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 Section 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.
Last update: 3 November 2011
