Curricular, research, & programmatic needs
- The Accessibility and Disability Studies Collection (ADS) supports the current information, instruction, and research needs of MSU faculty, students and staff as well as visiting researchers and the general public.
- The multidisciplinary nature of the collection can help inform research in the arts, education, law, medicine, and social sciences.
- The Collection may be especially relevant for students in MSU’s rehabilitation counseling graduate programs, which focus on the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to collaborate in a professional relationship with people who have disabilities.
- The Collection emphasizes the work of disability scholars and authors who identify as disabled.
- The Collection focuses on current materials - historical materials will generally not be selected for the ADS fund.
- Titles that may be considered part of the ADS Collection are also located in the Children's & Young Adult Literature section.
History of the collection & collection strengths
- An Accessibility and Disability Studies (ADS) Collection fund was established in 2021.
- Before 2021, Accessibility and Disability Studies materials were acquired through other collection activities and funds (education, social work, etc.).
- A further analysis of existing and new ADS acquisitions is needed to determine collection strengths.
