Creativity in Mainstreaming Library and Material Production Service for the Visually Impaired in Nigerian Universities: Innovative Approaches for Operation and Provision of Library Services

EasyChair Preprint 10026

Abstract

University Libraries in Nigeria have operated for decade providing information services which excluded the visually impaired generally and the students with visual impairment in some of these universities. The paper advocates innovative methods for the inclusion of services to the visually impaired in Nigerian university libraries. It provides useful guidelines for the establishment of functional library services and material production centres as part of mainstream library services. The article further explains the guidelines in the areas of framework for service, customer care, cooperation and networking, collection development, access to services and collection, production of alternative formats, management and marketing. It concludes that library services and material production centres for the visually impaired in Nigerian universities is not only desirable but would help widen access to information.

Keyphrases: Library Services, Materials Production, Nigeria, innovative approaches, mainstreaming, visually impaired

@booklet{EasyChair:10026,
  author    = {Niran Adetoro},
  title     = {Creativity in Mainstreaming Library and Material Production Service for the Visually Impaired in Nigerian Universities: Innovative Approaches for Operation and Provision of Library Services},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10026},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}