“Providing every individual in the United States with equal opportunity of access to that part of the total information resource which will satisfy the individual’s educational, working, cultural and leisure-time needs and interests.”
- National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS),
Task Force report (ideal was cited), 1978
Simply Defined
…"The ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: to make contact with or gain access to; be able to reach, approach, or enter"
access. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 27, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/access
