| Summary: | Despite an increase in the number of scientific studies on talking books being done in the Library and Information Science field, there is a lack of research focusing on talking books in Sami, the language of the Swedish indigenous minority. This study aims to increase the knowledge about how access to talking books in the Sami language is being facilitated for pupils in Swedish schools. The Actor-Network Theory is used to describe and analyse how actors interact and connect with each other and how the resulting network affects students’ access to talking books. The ANT-analysis, which is based on data collected in qualitative interviews and from document analysis, showed that pupils’ access to talking books in Sami is not being facilitated by neither school librarians nor mother tongue teachers. The study identified the main challenges to be limited resources, but also steering documents omitting to mention Sami with disabilities and a lack of knowledge about talking books in other languages than Swedish. The study suggests that the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media, MTM, in their education material should encourage librarians and mother tongue teachers to mention talking books in other languages during meetings with pupils.
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