%0 Journal Article
%T Accessibility in Central Asia:  Collaboration between graduate school and library
%A A. S. CohenMiller
%A Margaret Spires
%J IFLA Journal
%@ 1745-2651
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0340035217751960
%X Having recently adopted the United Nations Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Kazakhstan, a former Soviet Republic located in Central Asia, is currently in a position to find ways to increase accessibility and encourage inclusiveness in education. This paper describes the combined efforts of Nazarbayev University¡¯s Library and Graduate School (located in Astana, Kazakhstan) to ensure accessibility for the university¡¯s first ever student with a documented disability. Using co-generative qualitative data and analysis, faculty and staff worked together with the student to determine the best way to help him. As a project based in more experiential research, the authors¡¯ focus is to document the experience and provide recommendations to others who are beginning accessibility/inclusivity efforts as well. Chief among these recommendations is close collaboration with communities to ensure what is needed and provide education regarding accessibility, as well as setting up a reasonable timeframe for adaptations needed
%K Academic libraries
%K Central Asia
%K information and society/culture
%K Kazakhstan
%K libraries and society/culture
%K principles of library and information science
%K services to user populations servicing disabled populations
%K types of libraries and information providers
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0340035217751960