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

Part2:Country studies

Sweden

Overall availability of material in alternative formats

Books

Approximately 10 per cent of the ink-print books are also made as audio books or e-text books.

Newspapers

75% (96 newspapers)

Magazines

50%

Educational materials

These are produced on-demand so it is impossible to say.

Government/official publications

Government material can be accessed via the Government’s website. Local government has to make all their material accessible. The local library is the disseminator of such material.

Type of output most desired to increase

All digital material should be based on XML, including websites. Also text books for university students. Our biggest problem is all the text books in English which TPB due to copyright restrictions can’t borrow or buy from other libraries but have to produce ourselves.