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

Part2:Country studies

South Korea

Barriers

The most important barriers to the provision of services are:

• funding levels
• governmental support
• policy for the specialist libraries for visually impaired people.

Weak government policies, prejudice against disabled people, lack of understanding of print-disabled people, and lack of cooperation between Braille libraries and public libraries create major obstacles to the effective provision of library services for disabled people. [Keun Hae Youk: Public library as an agent ... 2005]