ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPPORTING HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN THE LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT
ABSTRACT
This research looks into adaptive equipment technology for assisting handicapped people in the library environment in southeast Nigeria. At the 0.05 level of significance, the study tested five null hypotheses. For the study, a descriptive survey design was used. The study’s populations included all identified students with mobility, hearing, and visual impairments, as well as professional librarians who served as service providers in polytechnic libraries.
The total number of professional librarians was 94, and the total number of physically challenged students was 1984, with a sample size of 279. Because the population was small, all professional librarians were used. For data collection, the researcher also used Focus Group Discussion (FGD).
The FGD was conducted with three separate groups of physically challenged students (mobility, visual, and hearing impaired) per institution. Three experts from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka developed and validated two sets of questionnaires for librarians (AULRSQL) and physically challenged students (AULRSQPCS). They were tested on 15 librarians and 7 identified visually, 5 hearing, and 8 mobility-impaired students from two polytechnics in south-south Nigeria.
AULRSQL and AULRQPCS have reliability coefficients of 0.668 and 0.778, indicating a high degree of internal consistency. The Cronbatch Alpha reliability method was used to obtain them. The instruments were given to the librarians, all of the identified hearing and visually impaired students, and 10% of the mobility impaired students who were chosen using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique.
However, 82 sets of the librarian questionnaire were returned in usable form, while 164 mobility impaired, 34 hearing impaired, and 38 visually impaired questionnaires were returned in usable form. The frequency tables, percentages, means, and standard deviations from the AULRSQL and AULRSQPCS were used to analyze the data from the AULRSQL and AULRSQPCS.
The nominal value assigned to the scale point’s real limit of numbers (means range) was used, and the decision was made by comparing the results to the real limit of numbers. ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses that had been developed.
Major findings include the availability of general library materials (though some are out of date), a scarcity of specialized library resources for mobility, hearing, and visual impaired students, a general lack of support resources in the library, and a high level of use of available resources and services.
There were also issues with the availability and utilization of library resources and services, as well as strategies to address them. Recommendations include providing more current general library materials in polytechnic libraries, providing specialized resources and facilities for the three groups of physically challenged students, and providing officers in charge of physically challenged students immediately.
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