Library services to Canadian college students with print disabilities

摘要

Post-secondary students with print disabilities (blindness, visual impairments, learning disabilities, physical handicaps) need information access to learning resources in alternate formats such as Braille, electronic text, large print, taped books, and tactile graphics. British Columbia College and Institute Library Services (CILS) is a provincial clearinghouse for resources for students and faculty with print impairments. CILS supplies resources to comply with the "duty to accommodate" under Canadian Human Rights legislation. As a coordinated service, CILS provides services by direct loans, interlibrary loans with parther agencies, and production of new alternate format materials. This article describes the range of services and technological applications that are used to locate and produce resources to accomodate the students' needs.