Läsning för alla! Om bibliotekens hjälpmedel för barn med speciella behov

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to present an overviewof a number of libraries’ specially adapted media forchildren with special needs.We also wanted to see how the librarians worked to helpchildren with special needs, to take advantage of the librariescollections and activities. These special needs could bedyslexia but may also be disabilities which have resulted inthem being unable to read literature other than specialadapted literature. Examples of this literature are DAISY,book & DAISY, pictogram, bliss, ISAAC, easy reading,Braille, tactile picture books, and computer programs thatmake it easier for people to read in their own way with theirown skills.Using qualitative interviews we have interviewed sevenlibrarians. Through this process we have been able toascertain which methods public libraries use to meet theneeds of those children whose disabilities relate to reading.The interviews also explored how they are working withchildren who need more time than other children does whenit comes to reading.The results of the interviews showed that the librariesprovided a lot of special adapted media. Some of thelibraries had a more sophisticated selection collected in their,in Swedish, äppelhylla, but all of them wanted to help andmeet children with special needs at the children’s own level.The use of economic budget for adapted literature variedamongst the libraries, sometimes it was amalgamated withthe rest of the library budget, but in others the budget wasassigned specifically for the adapted literature.