Pearl : A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 1

Role of Public Library in Making its Services and Resources Accessible to Differently Abled Persons

  • Author:
  • Anil B. Talawar1,*, Rohit Patil2,**, Satishkumar Naikar3,***
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Published Online: May 19, 2025
  • Page Number: 1 to 6

1Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science (DLISC), Karnatak University, Dharwad-580003, Karnataka, India

2Guest Assistant Librarian, Kannada Research Institute (KRI), Karnatak University, Dharwad-580003, Karnataka, India

3Librarian, Badruka School of Management, Hyderabad-501401, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: abtalawar@kud.ac.in

**roth.patil@gmail.com

***satish.naikar1432@gmail.com

Online published on 19 May, 2025.

Abstract

The motto of writing this article is to elaborate on the role of public libraries in providing information to differently abled individuals and making them live independently in society. In this noble endeavor, how public libraries should make their services and resources accessible to differently abled individuals has been discussed. This article also discusses the problems faced by differently abled persons in day-to-day life.

Keywords

Differently abled persons, Public library, Information access, India, Physical access, Media formats