How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?

Abstract The article discusses the ways of getting library activities closer to the individuals or groups of users who have difficulties to or cannot visit the library themselves. The author presents the services offered by the Maribor Public Library and discusses how one of the basic human rights...

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Main Author: Dragana Lujić
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Language:English
Published: Slovenian Library Association & University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2002-10-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/knjiznica/article/view/14027
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description Abstract The article discusses the ways of getting library activities closer to the individuals or groups of users who have difficulties to or cannot visit the library themselves. The author presents the services offered by the Maribor Public Library and discusses how one of the basic human rights – the right to the access of cultural goods, knowledge and information - is exercised also through library activities. By enabling access to library material and information, public libraries help to fulfill basic human rights and thus raise the quality of living in a social environment. The following forms of library activities are presented in the article: »distance library« – borrowing books at home, in hospital, station for the bibliobus for disabled users, »mobile collections« in the institutions where users, due to their age or illness, have difficulties in accessing or even cannot reach library materials and information by themselves.
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spelling doaj-art-d5a62f166f3c45c5a6d21d2a3a9f36312025-08-20T01:57:28ZengSlovenian Library Association & University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Knjižnica0023-24241581-79032002-10-0146410.55741/knj.46.4.14027How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?Dragana Lujić0Dragana Lujić je zaposlena v Mariborski knjižnici, Maribor Naslov: Rotovški trg 2, 2000 Maribor Naslov elektronske pošte: dragana@mb.sik.siAbstract The article discusses the ways of getting library activities closer to the individuals or groups of users who have difficulties to or cannot visit the library themselves. The author presents the services offered by the Maribor Public Library and discusses how one of the basic human rights – the right to the access of cultural goods, knowledge and information - is exercised also through library activities. By enabling access to library material and information, public libraries help to fulfill basic human rights and thus raise the quality of living in a social environment. The following forms of library activities are presented in the article: »distance library« – borrowing books at home, in hospital, station for the bibliobus for disabled users, »mobile collections« in the institutions where users, due to their age or illness, have difficulties in accessing or even cannot reach library materials and information by themselves.https://journals.uni-lj.si/knjiznica/article/view/14027public librariesdisabled peopleMaribor Public Library
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How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?
Knjižnica
public libraries
disabled people
Maribor Public Library
title How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?
title_full How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?
title_fullStr How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?
title_full_unstemmed How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?
title_short How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?
title_sort how to reach library users who cannot reach libraries
topic public libraries
disabled people
Maribor Public Library
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/knjiznica/article/view/14027
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