Enhancing the Access of Students with Disabilities to Information at the Library of UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta Indonesia

Marwiyah, - and Labibah Zain, - (2015) Enhancing the Access of Students with Disabilities to Information at the Library of UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta Indonesia. In: 4th International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2015): Creating the New Values Beyond Library, April, 22-24, 2015, National Library of Korea, Soul, South Korea.

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Abstract

The States of Islamic Studies (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta is one of inclusive universities in Indonesia. UIN Sunan Kalijaga has been declared as inclusive university since 2006. UIN Sunan Kalijaga has several disabled students. The number of disabled students has been significantly increased year by year. Consequently, UIN Sunan Kalijaga must provide the facilities to support teaching learning proccesses. As Information provider, the university library has to give accesses to disabled students relating collection, services and facilities. This paper describes the roles of library in serving students with disabilities at UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. Qualitative method has been employed. The data was gathered through interviews, observation and documentation. The article concludes that the library has been trying to give access to students with disabilities by providing Disabled friendly library building, disable corner and employing Ebooks for Blinds. But still, the library still need to develop those services regarding policies and facilities in order to give better services for them.

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