Information and library services for users with disabilities

Infolib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Larisa Larisa Egai Larisa Egai ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Library Users ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), people with disabilities make up nearly 13 percent of the world’s population, and this figure is not declining today. That is why the issue of comprehensive assistance to people with disabilities in the maximum possible adaptation to society remains relevant in many countries. The article highlights the issues of providing information and library services to students with disabilities, including the forms and methods of working with this category of library users.

Emerging Roles of Libraries and Librarians During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Fredrick Wawire Otike ◽  
Asmaa Bouaamri ◽  
Agnes Hajdu Barát ◽  
Péter Kiszl
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Learning Institutions

This chapter highlights the challenges and opportunities that have and will arise as a result of the epidemic. When the spread of CoronaVirus 2019 (COVID-19) was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO), most schools, colleges, and tertiary institutes around the world were ordered to close so as to contain the spread. Currently, most learning institutions are experiencing challenges related to how to provide critical services; the most critical ones are linked to the library services. With the COVID-19 pandemic still in place, it is evident that libraries will greatly be affected in their service delivery. This chapter, therefore, brings into perspective the eminent changing roles of libraries and the challenges and opportunities that did and will emerge as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides different library case studies and how the COVID-19 pandemic is being handled in Kenya, Morocco, and Hungary. The chapter puts into perspective new insights that will enable libraries to adapt quickly to the new technologies substituting the obsolete and redundant ones.

scholarly journals The Right of People with Disabilities to Health: What Is Expressed by the Architectonics of Legislation?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Ingrida Baranauskiene
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Health Organization

The article formulates <strong><em>the research problem</em></strong>: what ideas dominate in architectonics of two laws under scientific analysis (The Human Right to Health of the World Health Organization, Article 12, and parts of the Law on the Health System of the Republic of Lithuania related to the situation of people with disabilities in the healthcare system)? The research methodology is grounded on the ideas of postpositivism and ethnographic approach. The thematic analysis has been chosen as a method of data processing. The findings allow formulating a conclusion that architectonics of legislations of the World Health Organization has a clear jurisprudential foundation; whereas the Law on the Health System of the Republic of Lithuania provides preconditions for various stipulations, which results in people with disabilities facing manifestations of discrimination in Lithuanian system of health care.

Adaptive Library Environment to Support Disabled Persons: Services and Strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Bhalachandra S. Deshpande ◽  
C. Sajana
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
World Health ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) found that 650mn of the world’s population have some type of disability. As per UNESCAP-United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, more than 400 million disabled people live in Asia, and most of them are not included in the various public activities. But, libraries as an integral part of our society, has to adopt adequate technology and services to cater the needs of disabled persons, such that they are provided with equal opportunities to avail library services. The present paper is a brief study about the possible methods that can be adopted in library environment to provide effective services to patrons with disability.

Erstes Instrument zur standardisierten Erfassung der Teilhabe Behinderter

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (07) ◽  
pp. 526-527
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Menschen Mit Behinderung

Coenen M et al. [Recommendation for the collection and analysis of data on participation and disability from the perspective of the World Health Organization]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2016; 59: 1060–1067 Um eine gleichberechtigte Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft von Menschen mit Behinderung zu ermöglichen, werden zunächst Daten zu vorhandenen Einschränkungen gebraucht. Erst wenn diese detailliert erhoben wurden, können Konzepte zur Beseitigung von Problemen entwickelt werden. Ein standardisiertes Erhebungsinstrument für alle Aspekte der Funktionsfähigkeit fehlte jedoch bisher.

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