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Information Services Provision to Persons with Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The Salient Issues

Information Services Provision to Persons with Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The Salient Issues

Niran Adetoro
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781613503355|ISBN10: 1613503350|EISBN13: 9781613503362
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch019
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Adetoro, Niran. "Information Services Provision to Persons with Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The Salient Issues." Library and Information Science in Developing Countries: Contemporary Issues, edited by A. Tella and A.O. Issa, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 261-274. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch019

APA

Adetoro, N. (2012). Information Services Provision to Persons with Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The Salient Issues. In A. Tella & A. Issa (Eds.), Library and Information Science in Developing Countries: Contemporary Issues (pp. 261-274). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch019

Chicago

Adetoro, Niran. "Information Services Provision to Persons with Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The Salient Issues." In Library and Information Science in Developing Countries: Contemporary Issues, edited by A. Tella and A.O. Issa, 261-274. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch019

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Abstract

A good understanding of the issues surrounding information services provision to persons with visual impairment in Nigeria will assist providers and producers of information materials in alternative format and other stakeholders to come to terms with the gap between what exists and the expectations. This chapter delves into the critical issues involved in the provision of information services to persons with visual impairment in Nigeria. It highlights the situation of the visually impaired information users in Nigeria as well as the providers of information services to them. It also focuses on the availability and use of information materials in alternative formats while the impact of technology on information provision to persons with visual impairment was discussed. The chapter concludes that stakeholders should collaborate and increase transcription activities and that information materials should be provided to meet the reading interest of the visually impaired.

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