Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to introduce some of the issues that
blind and other print disabled people face in connection with reading
and to explain how this situation influences the role of libraries
for the blind. It goes on to describe the structure and purpose of
the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
(IFLA) and its Libraries for the Blind Section, and to highlight
the Section???s challenges, goals, and activities contained in its latest
strategic plan.published or submitted for publicatio