“Accessible Tourism and Special Library”: the Results of All-Russian Research

Abstract

The article gives the general description of the activities of the Russian libraries for the blind in the direction of tourism for persons with disabilities. The material is based on the results of a national survey “Accessible tourism and special library”, initiated by the Stavropol regional library for the blind and partially sighted. It is noted that accessible tourism questions are relevant to 20-25% of Russian libraries for the blind. However, the author points to the identified problem areas related to both: the practical and theoretical side of the question, in particular, the necessity to specify in detail the definition of accessible tourism. In the first part of the article there is described the purpose, stages, methods, and tools used in the course of work. In addition, this work presents the results of analysis of questionnaire data. The second part presents the key findings, briefly discusses the possible future work in the studied areas.