The Satisfaction Level of Students with Disabilities with Library and Information Services

Osama Youssef Smadi
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Abstract


The study aimed to examine the level of satisfaction of students with disabilities with library and information services in Saudi universities. The descriptive survey approach was used. The study sample consisted of 35 students with disabilities enrolled in Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was used to collect the data of the study. The results showed a number of information services and special environmental facilities available within the university central library, the frequencies, and percentages of their use by students with disabilities. They were ordered according to the students’ responses: book borrowing service, book return service, audiobooks, large print, and Braille book services. Also, it was revealed that the degree of satisfaction of students with disabilities with the library services provided to them was high. In addition, the physical environmental facilities of the library from the point of view of students with disabilities were the availability of a personal and designated place to study such as computer spaces and chairs suitable for students’ needs. The signs (directions) related to disability in the library and their compatibility with the needs of students with disabilities and the availability of tools and technologies to meet their needs in the library without the help of others were rated poor.

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Level of satisfaction, Students with disabilities, Library and information services, Saudi universities

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Smadi, O. Y. (2022). The satisfaction level of students with disabilities with library and information services. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology (IJEMST), 10(2), 436-457. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijemst.2352




DOI: https://doi.org/10.46328/ijemst.2352

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