We're Not Stupid You Know: Library Services for Adults with Mental Retardation.

Norlin, Dennis A.

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ERIC Number: EJ451878

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Publication Date: 1992

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We're Not Stupid You Know: Library Services for Adults with Mental Retardation.

Norlin, Dennis A.

Research Strategies, v10 n2 p56-68 Spr 1992

Discussion of ways libraries deal with patrons with various disabilities focuses on a project that investigated the effects of bibliographic instruction on mentally retarded adults using public libraries. Evaluation of the instruction by examining patrons' use of their library cards is described, and results of pretests and posttests are discussed. (15 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Library Instruction, Library Services, Mental Retardation, Pretests Posttests, Public Libraries, Questionnaires, Use Studies, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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