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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies

Part 2: Country studies

Contents

Australia

• Basic country data
• Note on information sources
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Materials provision
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

Canada

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• The views of CNIB
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• “Service providers and producers of alternative format materials
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Materials provision
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

Croatia

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Facts about the Croatian Library for the Blind
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Service provision - general
• Service provision - education
• Materials provision
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

Denmark

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Materials provision
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

Japan

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Materials Supply (Public Libraries)
• Materials Supply (Libraries for Visually Impaired People)
• Preferred situation (Public libraries)
• Preferred situation (Libraries for Visually Impaired People)
• Education
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

South Korea

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Models and responsibilities
• Government responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Materials provision
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

The Netherlands

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Materials provision
• Preferred Situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

South Africa

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Public libraries
• Numbers and growth
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Policies and initiatives
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Materials provision
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

Sweden

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Models and responsibilities
• TPB
• Relationship of services to visually impaired and print impaired people
• Relationship of the services to visually impaired and print impaired people
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Policies and initiatives
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Rights and attitudes
• Materials provision
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

UK

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Preferred situation
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

USA

• Basic country data
• Definitions and their effects
• Library and user group data
• Rights and attitudes
• Services to print impaired people in relation to services to visually impaired people
• Models and responsibilities
• Governmental responsibility
• Overlaps - are they a problem?
• Gaps between policy and practice
• Are the models in flux?
• What is driving change?
• Measuring success
• Participation by visually impaired people
• Funding sources and adequacy
• Overall availability of material in alternative formats
• Materials provision
• NLS
• The view from the user's perspective
• Barriers
• Copyright
• Special projects
• Publishers'involvement

Submitted to: IFLA/BL/MLA steering group
Version: Final
Date: 8 May 2007
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