Meeting the information needs of people with disability through mobile library services in Nigeria
PDF

Keywords

Meeting
Information needs
Disability
Mobile library
Nigeria

How to Cite

Onifade, F. ., & Babarinde, B. A. . (2022). Meeting the information needs of people with disability through mobile library services in Nigeria. MiddleBelt Journal of Library and Information Science, 20. Retrieved from https://mbjlisonline.org/index.php/jlis/article/view/185

Abstract

This study discusses meeting the information needs of people with disabilities through mobile library in Nigeria, it focused on disability person, their information needs and considered people with disability as ones who cannot functions well, they oftentimes referred to as people with impairments such as blindness, deafness, crippled and mentally retarded, concept of information need was examined and information needs of people with disability highlighted to be :recreational, medical, religion, educational and employment needs, concept of disability was also dealt with, mobile library for people with disability explained as library services that does not stay in a place which move from one place to another to served people with disability and through mobile devices such as cell phones computers, UM PCs (Ultra Mobile Pc) and through the use of internet, the paper summarized the possible mobile library services to people with disability to identified the information needs at first instance, promoting love for reading , using interest of internet to facilitates information usage, couple with education and life-long learning entertainment, paper concluded that people with disability also have right to good and quality information which can be provided through mobile library.

PDF