Accessibility of Educational Materials for Undergraduates with Visual Impairments: An Ongoing Study

Persons with visual impairments in Nigeria are known for making demands for access to information that suit their reading interests (Adetoro 2014). The provision of such services is rendered by public libraries (Adetoro 2010; Atinmo 2007). However, public libraries are confronted with surmounting the challenge of high demands for alternative educational formats (Adetoro 2010). Much of the research that have been carried out relating to access of alternative educational materials have been focused on secondary school aged participants and older adults leaving out college age individuals. They also deployed quantitative methods of data collection which only show a numbered representation of participants. This research seeks to explore the lived experiences of a population that is not well represented in existing studies—college age students through semi-structured interviews.