| Summary: | 1. Background / Objectives and Goals
This articles reports on an investigation of the information
seeking behavior of blind and visually impaired students, It investigated whether the services provided by the University of Malaya Library (hereafter UML) accommodated the information seeking behavior of blind students and those with visual impairments.
2. Methods
The students were surveyed by means of a semi-structured interview where they were asked what their information needs were, how they met and whether the information they found from library system met their needs or not. The Librarians and the Counseling Unit Officers were surveyed by means of self-administered questionnaires where they were asked to specify their length of services, the frequency with which they assisted students with visual impairments and the students with visual impairments sources and formats.
3. Expected Results/Conclusion/Contribution
Recommendations include developing a strategy to implement the UML disability policy and allocating a sufficient budget for the purchase of assistive devices or, preferably, incorporating principles of universal design in the information system.
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