Even We Can Read: Evaluating the Impact of a Project to Expand Library Services to Visually Impaired Users in Rural South Africa

LIBRI was established in 1950 and is a leading international scholarly journal which investigates the aspects of library and information studies from both a historical and present-day perspective and analyses the role of information and knowledge in cultural, organizational, national and international developments.

The journal reports on current trends in library and information studies worldwide and describes their resulting transformation from the introduction of new information and communication technologies, multidisciplinary approaches, changing practices, and evolving methods. Background information and the latest research findings in library and information studies are made accessible to academics, practitioners, and a broader public. Topics that are covered include, but are not limited to :

• Libraries (national, public, academic, school, special, etc.) and other information environments
• Information and knowledge management
• Information for development (developing and industrialized countries)
• Indigenous knowledge
• Literacy (media, information, etc.)
• Data analytics, big data and their impact on organisations (e.g., customer related data; social science perspective)
• Digital libraries and repositories
• Data management, data curation and virtual research environments (VREs)
• Information ethics and information law
• Freedom of access to information and freedom of expression
• Archives & preservation
• Cultural heritage
• Book and publishing history
• Theory submissions

Now in free access - Editors' choice 2020: Rongqian Ma, Translational Challenges in Cross-Cultural Digitization Ethics: The Case of Chinese Marriage Documents, 1909–1997, LIBRI 70/4.

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