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scooting about in the library

Posted on 21Jan09 by jessamyn

From the VTLIBRARIES Mailing list: “A public library in Illinois offers a motorized scooter for its patrons to use. One of those ideas that makes you think, of course!”

Posted in accessTagged access, disability, library, mobility, scooter2 Comments on scooting about in the library

blind librarian helps blind patrons with reading

Posted on 22May0623May06 by jessamyn

There are not nearly enough stories about disabled librarians, considering how large and ubiquitous the profession is and how much we strive to serve disabled patrons. I enjoyed this article about a blind librarian and the work she does at the Philippine National School for the Blind. [filipino librarian]

Posted in accessTagged blind, disability, librarians

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