Accommodation to persons with disabilities: A census of Ohio College and university libraries

Carpenter, Scott A.

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Title

Accommodation to persons with disabilities: A census of Ohio College and university libraries

Author(s)

Carpenter, Scott A.

Issue Date

1996

Keyword(s)

• Academic libraries
• Libraries and people with disabilities

Abstract

The Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336) was signed into law on July 26, 1990 and took effect on January 26, 1992. This law, the most sweeping civil rights legislation since the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, has far-reaching ramifications for libraries. In a census of Ohio's 134 college and university libraries, data was gathered on the types of accommodations which have been made in Title II (Public), Title III (Private) and Title IV (Communication services and auxiliary aids) with respect to access, auxiliary aids and services, restroom facilities, signage, and staff and policymaking. Hypotheses regarding the effects of library characteristics such as type of school, new/old building, single/multi-storied building, and staff with disabilities were tested. Whether the institution was private or public was by far the most differentiating factor in the institutions' levels of accommodation. Whatever the cause may be behind this difference (funding, demand, etc.), these findings should be a vital consideration to policymakers.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Katharine Sharp Review ; no. 003, Summer, 1996

ISSN

1083-5261

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright 1996 is held by Scott A. Carpenter

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