Exploration and Reflection on Services for the Visually Impaired in Public Libraries from the Perspective of Empowerment——A Case Study of Dongguan Library
Improving service capabilities for the visually impaired is an important issue in the development of public libraries in the new era.Dongguan Library has achieved positive out-comes through measures such as institutional empowerment,environmental empowerment,service empowerment,and collaborative empowerment,and has been awarded the title of"Top Ten Most Beautiful Assistance Programs for the Visually Impaired"in Guangdong Province.The practice of Dongguan Library has shown that public libraries can empower and optimize services for the visually impaired from seven aspects:improve the system,integrate resources,innovative technology,design activities,cultivate talents,establish a collabora-tive,and effective evaluation.