About the Library Services to People with Special Needs Section

Established in 1931

Previously called: Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons

The Section for Library Services to People with Special Needs is concerned with library and information services to all those groups within the community who for whatever reason are unable to make use of conventional library services. These groups include people in hospitals and prisons, the elderly in nursing homes and care facilities, the house-bound, the deaf and the physically and developmentally disabled. This Section provides an international forum for the discussion of ideas, sharing of experiences and development of projects designed to promote and improve the effectiveness of library and information services to such groups, and the promotion of national and international cooperation at all levels.

History

Chair/Treasurer:
Veronica L C Stevenson-Moudamane
Manager of Junior Services at Novato
Marin County Free Library System
20 Descanso Drive 1264
San Jose, California 95134
United States of America
Tel. +(1) 408-391-5240
Tel. +(1) 408-449-5088
E-mail: vlcsmoudamane@gmail.com

Secretary:
Elke Greifeneder
Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
E-mail: greifeneder@ibi.hu-berlin.de

Web Editor:
Tone Eli Moseid
Norwegian National Library
Box 8145 DEP
N-0033 Oslo, Norway
Email: tone@moseid.com

Information Coordinator:
Melanie Archambaud
Bpi- Centre Pompidou
Service Accueil des publics
Responsable mission Lecture Handicap
25 rue du renard
75004 Paris
Tel. 01 44 78 44 42
Fax. 01 44 78 12 15
melanie.archambaud@bpi.fr

Library Services to People with Special Needs

Last update: 2 November 2011