LIBRARY SERVICES FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED CITIZENS
Journal: Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS
Year: 2020

Blind and visually impaired citizens are a special category of people with disabilities. According to the World Health Organization data, there are about 39 million blind people around the world and 246 million people have very low vision. The formation of a barrier-free environment in the field of social services, culture, education, employment is the most important task for representatives of federal and regional authorities, ministries and departments. Institutions of various profiles are doi