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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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1991
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| author | Jernigan, Kenneth |
| author_facet | Jernigan, Kenneth Jernigan, Kenneth |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Reflections of a Lifetime Reader. Jernigan, Kenneth Blindness Braille Childhood Interests Elementary Education Library Services Personal Narratives Reading Attitudes Reading Difficulties Reading Materials Talking Books This publication recounts the childhood experiences of one boy at the Tennessee School for the Blind and his use of braille and talking book library services. It also describes his frustration at the rationing of braille reading materials at the school, and how his enormous appetite for reading material led him to "beat" the school's system. It examines how the scarcity of braille and talking books only increased his love of reading. In conclusion, it observes that the blind of the United States have grown strong through the power of collective action while libraries have also grown strong through a network of service and the meeting of a need,and urges the two groups to work together in a growing partnership to strengthen library services for the blind. (MAB) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1991 |
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| spellingShingle | Reflections of a Lifetime Reader. Jernigan, Kenneth Blindness Braille Childhood Interests Elementary Education Library Services Personal Narratives Reading Attitudes Reading Difficulties Reading Materials Talking Books Reflections of a Lifetime Reader. Jernigan, Kenneth Blindness Braille Childhood Interests Elementary Education Library Services Personal Narratives Reading Attitudes Reading Difficulties Reading Materials Talking Books This publication recounts the childhood experiences of one boy at the Tennessee School for the Blind and his use of braille and talking book library services. It also describes his frustration at the rationing of braille reading materials at the school, and how his enormous appetite for reading material led him to "beat" the school's system. It examines how the scarcity of braille and talking books only increased his love of reading. In conclusion, it observes that the blind of the United States have grown strong through the power of collective action while libraries have also grown strong through a network of service and the meeting of a need,and urges the two groups to work together in a growing partnership to strengthen library services for the blind. (MAB) |
| title | Reflections of a Lifetime Reader. |
| topic | Blindness Braille Childhood Interests Elementary Education Library Services Personal Narratives Reading Attitudes Reading Difficulties Reading Materials Talking Books |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED331507 |