Speaker
Description
Edom, E. U.
Dr B.U Nzeribe State polytechnic, Awo-Omamma
euniceedom@gmail.com
Track: Digital Transformation in Higher Education
Eunice Uchechi Edom
euniceedom@gmail.com
Dr. B.U.Nzeribe State Polytechnic, Awo-Omamma, Imo State, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
Globally, the integration of assistive technologies has been recognized as central to inclusive education. Libraries play a vital role in supporting academic success and consequently understanding the types of students with special needs and their specific requirements is essential for planning library services. This study will examine the extent of awareness of assistive technologies and the provision of library services to students with special needs in selected tertiary institutions’ libraries in South-East, Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses respectively will guide the study. A survey research design will be adopted for the study. The population of the study will comprise 211 respondents in tertiary institutions libraries. A structured rating scale and an observational checklist titled: Extent of Awareness of Assistive Technologies for Students with Special Needs in tertiary institutions Libraries in South-East, Nigeria (EAATSSN) will be used to collect data for the study. Data collected will be analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Mean and standard deviation will be used to answer research questions, while chi-square and t-test statistics will be used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance.
Keywords; Assistive Technologies, Libraries, Tertiary institutions, students with special needs .