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Analysis and Implications of Private-led Library Services for the Disabled in Major Advanced Countries

주요 선진국 민간주도형 도서관 장애인서비스 분석과 시사점

  • 윤희윤 (대구대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2022.05.25
  • Accepted : 2022.06.05
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

Access to knowledge and information is a universal human right. However, even after the Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013, only 1-7% of standard printed materials are accessible to people with reading disabilities, including the visually impaired, and library services are very weak. As a result, the book famine of people with reading disabilities continues. This study, focusing on such severe access gaps and inequalities, analyzes Learning Ally and Bookshare in the US, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the UK, Bibliothèque Numérique Francophone Accessible (BNFA) in France, and SAPIE in Japan, which are considered private organizations leading library services for the disabled in major developed countries. And based on the derived implications and the Marrakesh Treaty, a strategic plan was proposed to strengthen the services of the disabled in domestic libraries. It is urgent to enact the 'Act to Resolve Reading Barriers', amend the provisions related to the Copyright Act that restrict library services, strengthen the organizational capacity of the National Library for the Disabled, raise the service index for the disabled in library evaluation, and establish a library cooperation system centered on regional representative libraries and expand services, etc.

지식과 정보에 대한 접근은 보편적 인권이다. 그러나 2013년 6월 27일 마라케시 조약이 채택된 후에도 대다수 국가에서 시각장애인을 포함한 독서장애인이 접근 가능한 자료는 표준 인쇄물의 1-7%에 불과하고 도서관서비스도 매우 취약하여 도서 기근이 계속되고 있다. 이러한 심각한 격차 및 불평등에 주목한 본 연구는 주요 선진국에서 민간단체가 장애인서비스를 주도하는 미국 Learning Ally와 Bookshare, 영국 RNIB, 프랑스 BNFA, 일본 SAPI를 분석하였다. 주요 내용은 모태와 발전, 법적 근거와 주요 정책, 도서관과의 관계, 회원제도, 서비스 체계와 내용, 대체자료의 개발과 확보, 서비스 제공 실적 등이다. 그리고 도출된 시사점과 마라케시 조약을 기반으로 국내 도서관 장애인서비스 강화를 위한 전략적 과제를 제안하였다. 장애인 '독서장벽 해소를 위한 법률' 제정 촉구, 도서관서비스를 제약하는 「저작권법」 관련 조항 개정, 국립장애인도서관 조직역량 강화, 도서관평가에서 장애인서비스 지표 제고, 광역대표도서관 중심의 도서관 협력시스템 구축과 서비스 확대 등이 시급하다.

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