自闭症知识的学术图书馆员
1School of Information, The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Autism in adulthood : challenges and management
|May 1, 2025
概括
学术图书馆员通过专业会议获得有限的自闭症教育,尽管关于自闭症和神经多样性的会议正在增长. 提高专业发展将为自闭症学生创造更具包容性的图书馆环境.
科学领域:
- 图书馆和信息科学 图书馆和信息科学
- 神经多样性研究 神经多样性研究
- 高等教育 高等教育
背景情况:
- 学术图书馆是为一些自闭症大学生提供关键支持的空间.
- 自闭症学生利用图书馆探索兴趣,并作为一个避难所从繁忙的校园环境.
- 目前,学术图书馆员缺乏关于自闭症和更广泛的神经多样性的正式教育要求.
研究的目的:
- 通过专业会议会议调查为学术图书馆提供自闭症相关教育的范围和性质.
- 分析在美国主要学术图书馆会议上提出的自闭症和神经多样性信息的可用性和内容.
主要方法:
- 来自五个国家大学和研究图书馆协会 (ACRL) 会议的会议计划的内容分析.
- 检查会话标题,元数据和有关自闭症和神经多样性的描述.
- 用描述性统计和定性方法来分析会话数据.
主要成果:
- 很少有会议专门讨论自闭症,但这个数字正在增加,特别是当在神经多样性的保护下讨论时.
- 自2015年以来,自闭症和神经多样性相关会议的数量稳步增加,2017年出现了显著的例外.
- 在会议中使用的语言正在向偏好的术语转移,远离基于缺陷的描述,这表明意识越来越大.
结论:
- 虽然学术图书馆会议中的自闭症和神经多样性内容有限,但在数量和质量上都在增长.
- 加强自闭症学术图书馆员的专业发展机会至关重要.
- 有信息的图书馆员将为自闭症学生提供更具包容性和支持性的学术图书馆环境做出贡献.
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