Blind academic library users’ experiences with obtaining full text and accessible full text of books and articles in the USA: A qualitative study Available to Purchase

Adina Mulliken has been an Assistant Professor and Librarian at Hunter College, CUNY since 2014. She was an Associate Librarian at Syracuse University, and worked there from 2002 to 2014. She has an MS Degree in Cultural Foundations of Education with a Certificate in Disability Studies from Syracuse University and a Master’s Degree in Library Service from Rutgers University. She was a member of Students United for Visual Access Today (SUVAT) at Syracuse University.

Kerry Falloon is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Acquisitions Unit at the College of Staten Island Library (CSI), CUNY. Professor Falloon manages the acquisition of collections for the library, including joint collections with CUNY, and participates in serials and e-resources collection development. Professor Falloon’s research interests include investigating emerging technologies in acquisitions, resource management and collection building in libraries, and making libraries user friendly for special populations, such as individuals with disabilities. In addition to an MLIS Degree, Professor Falloon has an Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology as well as a prior history working with developmentally disabled children. She is currently the library liaison to student accessibility services at the College of Staten Island. Current publications include, Dzurak, E., Falloon, K.A. and Cope, J. (2015), “Evaluating and planning for interdisciplinary collection development: a case of an East Asian collection at the College of Staten Island Library”, Collection Building, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 51-58; Falloon, K. (2015), “A case study in practice: providing accessibility for persons with disabilities at the College of Staten Island Library”, Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 40, pp. 89-107; Falloon, K.A. (2016), “Accessibility and inclusion issues in library acquisitions: a guideline to evaluating and marketing the accessibility of library e-resources”, The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, Vol. 1 No. 1, available at: https://publish.lib.umd.edu/IJIDI/article/view/314; and Wolverton, R.E., Davidson, K, Blanchet, K.A., Verminski, A., Falloon K.A. et al. (2017), “E-resource round up: a multimodal approach to accessibility compliance for e-resources”, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 180-197.