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Adults with Special Needs. a Resource and Planning Guide for Wisconsin's Public Libraries DOCUMENT RESUME ED 482 241 IR 058 872 AUTHOR Huntington, Barbara; Swanson, Coral TITLE Adults with Special Needs. A Resource and Planning Guide for Wisconsin's Public Libraries. INSTITUTION Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 167p. AVAILABLE FROM WI Department of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning--Public Library Development, 125 S. Webster St., Madison, WI 53707-7841. Tel: 608-267-5077; Fax 608-267-1052; Web site: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us. For full text: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/ dltcl/p1d/special/asn.html/. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC07.Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Literacy; *Adult Programs; Adults; *Disabilities; *Library Planning; Library Role; *Library Services; Library Surveys; Physical Mobility; Poverty; *Public Libraries; Questionnaires; *User Needs (Information); Users (Information) IDENTIFIERS *Special Needs Individuals ABSTRACT This publication is intended to assist Wisconsin's public libraries and public library systems in providing service to adults with special needs (ASN) .Twelve chapters cover the following topics:(1) planning for success, including planning services and measuring progress; (2)a Wisconsin vision for the future, including creating the vision and community needs;(3) effective strategies, i.e., plan, train staff, diversity collections and services, collaborate, ensure accessibility, and market services and.materials;(4) cognitive disabilities, including causes, demographics, and related issues;(5) mental illness, including types of mental disorders, demographics, and barriers to services;(6) mobility, including causes of some mobility impairments, and parents of children uith mobility limitations;(7) speech and hearing, including deafness and the deaf community, causes of deafness, hearing loss and literacy, and tips for communicating with deaf or hard-of-hearing people;(8) vision, including causes of blindness, related issues, and parents of children who are born blind;(9) literacy, including people in Wisconsin who have literacy needs, literacy in the state corrections system, agencies providing literacy instruction in Wisconsin, and the role of public libraries;(10) poverty, including hunger, homelessness, health care insurance, and parents and children living in poverty;(11) aging, including health issues; and (12) supporting data, including census data on age, race and ethnic background, living arrangements for people over age 65, literacy indicators, poverty status, and disabilities. A copy of the survey questions and a summary of responses for the Survey of Library Services to Adults with Special Needs are included. Chapters 4 through 11 discuss results of the survey related to barriers to service, planning and collaboration, staff training, collections and services, accessible buildings and services, marketing, as well as suggestions for getting started with little money and time. Appendices include appropriate vocabulary when talking or writing about people with disabilities, a list of agencies and people contacted, Wisconsin public library standards, and a glossary.(Most chapters contain references.) (MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. .111111e. A 1 ANN. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY G. Doyle TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproducedas received from the person or organization \ originating it 0 Minor changes have been madeto improve reproduction quality 411111111111-- Points of view or opinions statedin this document do no, necessarly represent official OERI positior or policy BEST COPY AVAILABLE Adults with Special Needs A Resource and Planning Guide for Wisconsin's Public Libraries Barbara Huntington Youth and Special Services Consultant Administrator, Adults with Special Needs Project Coral Swanson Consultant, Adults with Special Needs Project klb BPI Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Madison, Wisconsin For information about this publication contact the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction 125 S. Webster Street P.O. Box 7841 Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7841 (800) 441-4563 or (608) 267-5077 Fax (608) 267-2052 Bulletin No. 03093 Funding for this project was provided by the Library Services and Technology Act. Full text of this publication is available online at http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/pld/special/asn.html The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability. Printed on recycled paper Foreword ublic libraries can make a major contribution to the quality of life of adults who have special needs, re- gardless of their personal circumstances or economic background. Adults with Special Needs: A Re- source and Planning Guide for Wisconsin's Public Libraries is designed to provide guidance and prac- tical suggestions to public libraries to ensure that all adults with special needs have convenient and equitable access to materials and technology at public libraries to meet their informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs. This resource and planning guide recognizes the changing face of Wisconsin. Our state population is in- creasingly diverse and aging. More adults with special needs are living in their own homes and communities, and a significant number live in poverty in both rural and urban areas. This publication offers strategies pub- lic libraries can use to provide adults with special needs the means to use library services effectively, foster personal growth, and obtain information necessary to be successful and productive members of their com- munities. Collaboration with other agencies is one of the six strategies in the publication. This emphasis on work- ing together will bring to the table public libraries, jails and prisons, and agencies that work with adults who have a wide range of special needs. Public libraries are encouraged to form partnerships with these organi- zations in their local communities to assure quality library services for these largely underserved population groups. Mutually beneficial programs and activities are likely to develop through this cooperation to the benefit of many adults who have special needs throughout the state. Elizabeth Burmaster State Superintendent Acknowledgments Sincere thanks and appreciation go to the following people for their contributions toward the creation .of this publication. Department of Public Instruction Cal Potter, former state librarian, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, and Larry Nix, director, Public Library Development Team, for their leadership, guidance, and support. Larry Nix and division consultants Peg Branson and Mike Cross for their assistance in facilitating the February 2002 plan- ning meeting. Division administration and finance consultant Al Zimmerman for his expertise and time in designing the Survey of Library Services to Adults with Special Needs and compiling the results. Division technology consultant Bob Bocher for making this publication available online. Department of Public In- struction Library and Statistical Information Center staff for their assistance in identifying and obtaining rel- evant publications. George W. Hall, Public Library Development Team project assistant, for coordinating communications with publication planning committee members and assistance with resolving formatting problems. Sandi McNamer, director of publications and sales, for coordinating the editing and design process. Impressions Book and Journal Services, Inc., provided editing services for this publication. Victoria Horn, Department of Public Instruction graphic artist, for designing the cover. And Tamar Wylesky, print manager, for shepherding the publication through the printing process. Adults with Special Needs Initiative Publication Planning Group Joan Airoldi, Former Director Mary Driscoll, Outreach Services Librarian Northern Waters Library Service, Ashland Dane County Library Service, Madison Linda Anderson, Director Nancy Fletcher, Special Needs Librarian North Side Library, Kenosha Waukesha County Federated Library System, Waukesha Mark Arend, Interim Assistant Director Winnefox Library System, Oshkosh Carol Gibson, System Coordinator Manitowoc-Calumet Library System, Manitowoc Shawn Brommer, Youth and Special Needs Consultant Ann Krueger, Library Services Manager South Central Library System, Madison Eastern Shores Library System, Sheboygan Sharon Charles, Former Youth and Special Needs Vibeke Lehmann, Coordinator of Institutional Consultant Libraries Southwest Wisconsin Library System, Fennimore Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Madison Karen Lisser, Director Rhonda Puntney, Youth and Special Needs ECHO, Janesville Consultant Lakeshores Library System, Waterford Sandra Lockett, Assistant City Librarian Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee Rob Reid, Youth and Special Needs Consultant Indianhead Federated Library System, Eau Claire Amy Lutzke, Assistant Director Dwight Foster Library, Fort Atkinson Mark Riccobono,
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