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This would fit well with the public                     libraries\u2019 mission: to facilitate access to information and resources                     in a variety of media and should therefore place them at the forefront of                     assisting people with the disability of dyslexia. A PhD research project: Public                     library provision of resources for dyslexic individuals\u2019; was                     undertaken at the Department of Information Science, Loughborough University,                     from December 1992 to 2000. The main focus of the investigation was primary                     research to establish what libraries are doing to ensure effective resource                     provision for dyslexic individuals. An extensive literature review is followed                     by the results of a questionnaire survey of 114 library authorities in England                     and Wales (75 per cent response rate) to determine the extent to which public                     libraries are providing for dyslexic users. Although the very high response rate                     indicated considerable interest in the subject of dyslexia resource provision,                     the survey data revealed that the level of activity in support of people with                     dyslexia was very modest, with only 16.7 per cent of the authorities claiming to                     have policy statements on special needs in general and even fewer (7 per cent)                     claiming that their policies directly covered dyslexia. A study of the policy                     documents revealed that many of the policies only covered dyslexia by inference                     and in no case was dyslexia specifically mentioned. Reluctance to use the term                     was almost universal amongst library authorities and, with a few notable                     exceptions, little was being done to address the needs of dyslexic users. The                     study concluded that: public libraries are not organizing and promoting                     resources for dyslexic individuals in a way that helps them to overcome the                     obstacles limiting library use; information about dyslexia is commonly held in                     public libraries, but few library authorities are doing much to address                     specifically the wider resource needs of dyslexic individuals; some library                     authorities are doing more than others; and the library profession and major                     bodies dealing with dyslexia are not providing proactive leadership in the area                     of resource provision for people with dyslexia. Some of the ways in which public                     libraries can work to remedy this situation are presented.<\/jats:bold>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/096100060203400302","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,2,7]],"date-time":"2005-02-07T23:27:40Z","timestamp":1107818860000},"page":"135-144","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Dyslexia"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Hazel","family":"Rutledge","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2002,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_1_1_1","first-page":"18","article-title":"The library and dyslectics","volume":"2","author":"Ahlen, B.","year":"1989","unstructured":"Ahlen, B. (1989) The library and dyslectics . 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