Introduction: accessibility of electronic information resources for all

The purpose of this article is to introduce the themed section, “Accessibility”, of this special Library Hi Tech issue.

The paper explains the philosophical underpinnings of the concept of disability and provides an overview of the contributed papers.

By necessity, article collections on online accessibility, such as this special issue, need to be selective.

Librarians are partially responsible for putting in place conditions that are either enabling or disabling to library users.

This paper introduces the theme of this special Library Hi Tech issue.