Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The promotion of services to those members of the community who are unable to use
library services available to others, e.g.. hospital patients and people in penal
institutions;
The promotion of services to those who have difficulty using available library
services, e.g.. housebound people, and elderly people using centers or living in
residential homes;
The promotion of library services to people who are handicapped and who live in the
community, e.g.. the mentally and physically handicapped, including the deaf:
1980 1989
Draft guidelines for library services to prisoners
Workshop on prison library build a child and you dont have to
repair the adult
Agreed that deaf individuals, where a large group of
handicapped readers who have perhaps been neglected by
librarians in the past.
1988, conference entitled opening doors for closed ears
Developed guidelines for library services to deaf people
Professional report series:
Books for the mentally handicapped: a guide to selection
Guidelines for libraries serving hospital patients and disabled
people in the community
IFLA
LIBRARY SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS
1990 1999
1991, Published guidelines for library services to prisoners
1997, Published guidelines for easy-to-read materials
2000 2009
2001, Published international resource book for libraries serving disadvantaged
persons
Guidelines for library services to hospital patients and the elderly and disabled
in long-term care institutions
Guidelines for library services to deaf people, 2 nd ed.
Guidelines for library services to persons with dyslexia
2005, Guidelines for library services to prisoners
2005, Published access to libraries for persons with disabilities - checklist
2007, Guidelines for library services to persons with dementia
2009, Published a glossary of terms related to LSN
2009, Published guidelines for easy-to-read materials, 3 rd ed.
2009, Published international resource book for libraries serving disadvantaged
persons, 2 nd ed.
SPECIFIC GROUP
People who are denied access to and use of the same tools
found useful by the majority of society. these include
autonomy, incentive, responsibility, self-respect, community
or support, health, education, information, employment,
capital, and responsive support systems.
Mayer (2003)
Overcoming disadvantages is of utmost importance to this
group and among the alternative is to empower them so that
they could remove all the barriers towards self development.
information resource is one of the empowerment tools.
The level of information use literacy is often very low in
disadvantaged communities. the number of illiterate people,
who cannot read, let alone use computers.
DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITIES
POOR / LOW INCOME PEOPLE
Prison
Juvenile detention center
Immigration detention center
Psychiatric prison
EXTENSION SERVICES FOR
SPECIFIC GROUP
LIMITATION
Funding
Provided by government agencies but it depends on how
well a central library plays its role in providing extension
service.
Decreasing population
Small number of children due to decreasing population in
an area may hinder the provision or continuation of
extension service because of cost benefit factors
EXTENSION SERVICES FOR
SPECIFIC GROUP
TYPES
Mobile service
The mobile libraries deliver a library service to rural
communities that do not have access to the branch library
service. the mobile libraries carry a wide range of adult and
children's books, along with books on tape, free internet access
and a free request service for books not in stock.
The mobile library brings the local authority service to the heart
of the rural community. it is a service that places a high priority
on answering the needs of the individual citizen in the rural
community.
The mobile library service still plays a key role in delivering a
library service to isolated communities, those with limited
access to transport, people with disabilities and young people in
rural communities.
EXTENSION SERVICES FOR
SPECIFIC GROUP
TYPES