University libraries: The role of an accessible campus on the inclusion of users with special needs

IF 0.5 4区管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Transinformacao Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.1590/2318-0889201931E180029

Isabel Cristina dos Santos Diniz, A. M. Almeida, C. Furtado

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Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present preliminary results of an ongoing research that seeks to diagnose inclusive practices in Brazilian and Portuguese university libraries, particularly in what concerns to the role of an accessible campus on the inclusion of users with special needs. The results were collected through an online questionnaire applied to 87 library directors (54 Brazilian and 33 Portuguese). Fifty valid answers were collected (28 Brazilian and 22 Portuguese).The results allowed to identify accessibility issues, namely in what regards to the access to the campus and to the lack of teams of librarians with specific skills to aid and assist these users. We conclude that many of these libraries are integrated in campuses without accessible infrastructure, and therefore, are not able to promote the inclusion of the students with special needs. Respondents say they are aware of their limitations and weaknesses when facing this challenge and show openness to change their practices and attitudes towards a new future scenario in which they could build solutions to improve the accessibility and inclusion in these libraries.

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大学图书馆:无障碍校园的作用在于包容有特殊需要的用户

本文的目的是介绍一项正在进行的研究的初步结果，该研究旨在诊断巴西和葡萄牙大学图书馆的包容性实践，特别是关于无障碍校园在包容有特殊需求的用户方面的作用。调查结果是通过对87名图书馆馆长(54名巴西人，33名葡萄牙人)的在线问卷收集的。收集了50个有效答案(28个巴西答案和22个葡萄牙答案)。调查结果可以确定无障碍问题，即关于进入校园的问题，以及缺乏具有特定技能的图书馆员团队来帮助和协助这些用户。我们得出的结论是，许多这些图书馆都是在没有无障碍基础设施的校园中整合的，因此，无法促进有特殊需要的学生的融入。受访者表示，在面对这一挑战时，他们意识到自己的局限性和弱点，并表示愿意改变自己的做法和态度，以迎接新的未来情景，在这种情况下，他们可以建立解决方案，以改善这些图书馆的可访问性和包容性。

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Transinformacao INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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0.80

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16.70%

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36 weeks

期刊介绍： Transinformação es una revista cuatrimestral especializada, abierta a las contribuciones de la comunidad científica nacional e internacional y editada por la Facultad de Biblioteconomía y el Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales Aplicadas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Campinas. Fundada en 1989, está clasificada en la lista Qualis como A1 y publica artículos que contribuyen al estudio y el desarrollo científico de las Ciencias de la Información, la Biblioteconomía, la Archivología, la Museología y sus áreas afines.