How Libraries Must Comply with the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA) - by Donald D Foos & Nancy C Pack (Paperback)

About the Book

This handbook is designed specifically for use by personnel in public, academic, special, and school libraries. It will clarify those areas of the law in which terminology is vague and status of compliance is uncertain. The ADA does not provide a one size fits all solution to the complex issue of civil rights for people with disabilities. There is, however, a built-in flexibility to allow individual rights to be balanced against the needs and resources of the library. In this work, you will learn how your library can successfully implement the ADA.

Book Synopsis

This handbook is designed specifically for use by personnel in public, academic, special, and school libraries. It will clarify those areas of the law in which terminology is vague and status of compliance is uncertain. The ADA does not provide a one size fits all solution to the complex issue of civil rights for people with disabilities. There is, however, a built-in flexibility to allow individual rights to be balanced against the needs and resources of the library. In this work, you will learn how your library can successfully implement the ADA.

Review Quotes

.,."a quick, user-friendly guide to the ADA and a good beginning for understanding the ADA law and planning for its implementation in libraries."-Technicalities

.,."good reading for all library professionals and should be considered 'must' reading for the library school foundation courses across the nation."-Library Times International

.,."offers expertise in specific library fields while giving the reader a general overview of the ADA."-Collection Management

.,."the first book that addresses ADA's implications for libraries and presents a plan for libraries to design an ongoing self-evaluation process to meet the requirements of this law."-Bulletin of Medical Library Association

.,."will prove to be more than an excellent reference book for anyone working in the library environment."-Journal of Academic Librarianship

?...a quick, user-friendly guide to the ADA and a good beginning for understanding the ADA law and planning for its implementation in libraries.?-Technicalities

?...good reading for all library professionals and should be considered 'must' reading for the library school foundation courses across the nation.?-Library Times International

?...offers expertise in specific library fields while giving the reader a general overview of the ADA.?-Collection Management

?...the first book that addresses ADA's implications for libraries and presents a plan for libraries to design an ongoing self-evaluation process to meet the requirements of this law.?-Bulletin of Medical Library Association

?...will prove to be more than an excellent reference book for anyone working in the library environment.?-Journal of Academic Librarianship

..."a quick, user-friendly guide to the ADA and a good beginning for understanding the ADA law and planning for its implementation in libraries."-Technicalities

..."good reading for all library professionals and should be considered 'must' reading for the library school foundation courses across the nation."-Library Times International

..."offers expertise in specific library fields while giving the reader a general overview of the ADA."-Collection Management

..."will prove to be more than an excellent reference book for anyone working in the library environment."-Journal of Academic Librarianship

..."the first book that addresses ADA's implications for libraries and presents a plan for libraries to design an ongoing self-evaluation process to meet the requirements of this law."-Bulletin of Medical Library Association

About the Author

DONALD D. FOOS is now on long term disability leave as director of library and information science programs and director of the Center from Library Information Science Education and Research (CLISER), University of Arkansas, Little Rock. He is a volunteer consultant wh the Florida Bureau of Library Services for the Blind and Physically Disabled.

NANCY C. PACK is a consultant wh the Florida Bureau of Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. She is a life member of the American Library Association and chairperson of ASCLA's Library Services to the Blind and Physically Handicapped Forum Program Committee for 1992.