国際図書館連盟(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions : IFLA)で障害のある人の図書館サービスに関わるのは「盲人図書館セクション」(Libraries for the Blind Section : LBS)と「特別のニーズを持つ利用者へのサービスセクション」(Section of Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons : LSDP)です。
Guidelines for Libraries Serving Hospital Patients and the Elderly and Disabled in Long-Term Care Facilities. Compiled by a working group chaired by Nancy Mary Panella under the auspices of the Section of Libraries Serving Disadvantaged persons. 2000. ISBN 90-70916-73-8 (IFLA Professional Reports, Nr.61)[PDF文書] http://www.ifla.org/VII/s9/nd1/iflapr-61e.pdf
Guidelines for Library Services to Deaf People. 2nd Edition. Edited by John Michael Day. 2000. ISBN 90-70916-74-6 (Revised edition of Professional Report No. 24) [紙媒体のみ]
By Gyda Skat Nielsen and Birgitta Irvall under the auspices of the Section of Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons. 2001. ISBN 90-70916-82-7 (IFLA Professional Reports, Nr.70) [PDF文書] http://www.ifla.org/VII/s9/nd1/iflapr-70e.pdf
Guidelines for Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials in Libraries and other Institutions. Bruce Royan, Monika Cremer et al for the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section. March 2004. ISBN: 90-70916-9-59 (IFLA Professional Reports, Nr.80) http://www.ifla.org/VII/s35/pubs/avm-guidelines04.htm
Access to libraries for persons with disabilities - CHECKLIST By Birgitta Irvall and Gyda Skat Nielsen. ISBN 9077897046 (IFLA Professional Reports, No.89) [PDF文書] http://www.ifla.org/VII/s9/nd1/iflapr-89e.pdf
Designing and Building Integrated Digital Library Systems - Guidelines By Bente Dahl Rathje, Margaret McGrory, Carol Pollitt, Paivi Voutilainen under the auspices of the IFLA Libraries for the Blind Section The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2005. - 67p. 30 cm. ISBN 9077897054 (IFLA Professional Reports, No.90) [PDF文書] http://www.ifla.org/VII/s31/pub/Profrep90.pdf
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参考文献として、国立国会図書館関西館事業部図書館協力課が編集・発行した図書館調査研究リポート -NDL Research Report-のNO.1 「デジタル環境下における視覚障害者等図書館サービスの海外動向」北克一,河村宏,深谷順子,村上泰子 著 2003.8 53p. ISBN 4-87582-590-0