Download or read book Public Library Services for Youth with Special Needs written by Wisconsin. Task Force on Youth with Special Needs and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to provide guidance and practical suggestions for public libraries (PL) in ensuring that all youth will have convenient and equitable access to materials and technology at PL to meet their informational, educational, cultural and recreational needs. Chapters: definition of youth with special needs (YSN); background of the YSN Initiative; demographics of YSN in Wisconsin; societal trends and their implications; needs of YSN; barriers to public library use, and strategies to overcome them; goals for library service for YSN; getting started in a few minutes a week; and Library Services and technology Act projects for YSN. Bibliography.