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This paper aims to suggest the strategy for a national development plan, role models for production and distribution of the alternative format materials for the equitable library service for Koreans with print disabilities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper is based on a series of pre\u2010research studies and discusses arguments for and principles of an alternative format materials development plan in terms of protecting access to information, eliminating the knowledge and information gap, the role of libraries and their social responsibilities, the inadequacy of materials currently available, production plans at the national level, and the advent of an era of digital distribution.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>This research presents a strategic development plan as well as a role division model concerning the production of alternative format materials based on the mid\u2010 to long\u2010term plan and a nation\u2010wide cooperative network centring on the National Library Support Center for Disabled People in Korea.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The strategic development plan and a role division model concerning the production of alternative format materials presented in this study will improve consciousness about the gap in information.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/00012531111148976","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,7,25]],"date-time":"2011-07-25T11:16:44Z","timestamp":1311592604000},"page":"380-398","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Development strategy of the alternative format materials for disabled people in Korea"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"63","author":[{"given":"Hee\u2010Yoon","family":"Yoon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Sin\u2010Young","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"unstructured":"Canadian Library Association, Working Group (2005), Opening the Book: A Strategy for a National Network for Equitable Library Service for Canadians with Print Disabilities, Canadian Library Association, Working Group to Define a National Network for Equitable Library Service, Ottawa.","key":"key2022020320230043700_b1"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Epp, M.A. (2006), \u201cClosing the 95 per cent gap: library resource sharing for people with print disabilities\u201d, Library Trends, Vol. 54 No. 3, pp. 411\u201029.","key":"key2022020320230043700_b2","DOI":"10.1353\/lib.2006.0025"},{"unstructured":"Home Care Service of NSW (2002), Accessible Information Service Pricing Sheet, Communicating in Alternative Formats with People with Disabilities: Policy & Procedures, Home Care Service, Sydney.","key":"key2022020320230043700_b4"},{"unstructured":"IFLA\/BL\/MLA Advisory Group (2007), Funding and Governance of Library and Information Services for Visually Impaired People, Rightscom Ltd, London.","key":"key2022020320230043700_b3"},{"unstructured":"Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (2007), 2007 Survey on Digital Divided of Disabled People, KADOP, Seoul.","key":"key2022020320230043700_b5"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Todaro, A.J. 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