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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies
Part2:Country studies
Canada
Models and responsibilities
Service provision: general
All the following organizations are involved in providing library services to visually impaired people in Canada:
- General public libraries
- Specialist libraries for the blind
- Educational libraries
- Charities, voluntary organisations or non-governmental organisations
- Other specialist organisations
The CLA's Opening the Book report [http://www.cla.ca/issues/nnels_final.htm] described the system in Canada as follows: