This project researches the information needs of slow learners to bridge the knowledge and information gap and improve library services to create a library environment that can be easily used by anyone.
Who are ‘Slow Learners’?
This term refers to a person with a developmental disorder or who has difficulties in academic achievement due to borderline intelligence with an IQ between 70 and 85.
Details
This project was operated with the civic participation budget in 2019 to create a library that can be used comfortably by the "Slow Learners" with a developmental disorder or borderline intelligence, and thus bridging the information gap with the general public by guaranteeing the right to read and use information for slow learners.
Period
2019
추진근거
Article 43 (Obligations of Libraries) and Article 44 (Support for the Bridging of the Knowledge and Information Gap) of the Library Act
Article 27 of the Seoul City Ordinance on the Promotion of Libraries and Reading Culture (Support for the Bridging of the Knowledge and Information Gap)
Article 4 of the Act on the Guarantee and Support of Rights of Persons with Developmental Disabilities (Obligations of the State and Local Governments)
Basic Plan for Noisy Library for Slow Learners Project (Library Policy Division-918)
Objective
Ensure the slow learners' right to use information through easy writing and distribution
Establish a system to provide universal services without discrimination by improving library services that reflect the needs of the slow learners
Laying the foundation for the slow learners to act as members of the local community through the library
