INCLUSIVE LIBRARY INITIATIVES: ENHANCING ACCESS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES

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2021-05
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SAMBO, SULEIMAN
SULEIMAN, HUSSAINI
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Providing library services to the satisfaction of all users without discrimination is crucial to Public Libraries in this century. Inclusive Library Initiative is aimed at enhancing access and increasing meeting the demands of all users. The aim of the paper was to look at how inclusive library initiative enhance access to public libraries. A lot of inclusive initiative programmes were introduce by librarians such as Ipad lending, Mobile Workplace, Seat2meet, Table Tennis, Fab Lab, Chat and Chill, Tool Lending, Kitchen Equipment and many more. The paper concluded that Inclusive Libraries Initiative has made, and will continue to make, significant improvement in attracting and serving library patrons within the community it is located and therefore enhancing access to Public Libraries. Finally the paper suggested that Public Libraries should develop a general policy to guide the public library inclusive initiatives, Librarians in Public Libraries should be encourage to create more library inclusive initiatives programmes and more Public Libraries should be built to cater for the increasing population of the community.
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AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COMPLEX SEMINAR SERIES (ABULCSS/006-21) HELD AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COMPLEX, A.B.U ZARIA NIGERIA ON 25TH MAY, 2021
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