Public Library Services for Youth With Special Needs: A Plan for Wisconsin

by Frances De Usabel, Coral S. Swanson

Designed to provide guidance & practical suggestions for public libraries (PL) in ensuring that all youth will have convenient & equitable access to materials & technology at PL to meet their informational, educational, cultural & recreational needs. definition of youth with special needs (YSN); background of the YSN Initiative; demographics of YSN in Wisconsin; societal trends & their implications; needs of YSN; barriers to public library use, & strategies to overcome them; goals for library service for YSN; getting started in a few minutes a week; & Library Services & technology Act projects for YSN. Bibliography.

60 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1999