Closing the 95 percent gap: Library resource sharing for people with print disabilities

Library Trends

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-429

  Epp, Mary Anne ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Langara College Library Services ^*  (United States)

^b British Columbia College and Institute Library Services (CILS)   (United Kingdom)

^c Advanced Education Media Acquisitions Centre ^*

^d Canadian Braille Authority

^e Canadian Association of Educational Resource Centres for Alternate Format Materials (CAER)   (Canada)

^f Canadian Association of Educational Resource Centres for Alternate Format Materials (CAER)   (Canada)

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EID: 33645795729     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2006.0025     Document Type: Review

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