The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet): Disability, Accommodations, and Working in Libraries

Abstract

Academic Library Workers in Conversation is a C&RL News series focused on elevating the everyday conversations of library professionals. The wisdom of the watercooler has long been heralded, but this series hopes to go further by minimizing barriers to traditional publishing with an accessible format. Each of the topics in the series were proposed by the authors and they were given space to explore. This issue’s conversation reflects on the experiences of people with disabilities working in academic libraries. The authors make it clear that we need to elevate these voices and experiences to build better libraries in the future.—Dustin Fife, series editor