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Users with a disability

Welcome to the ANU Library!

Personal Contact

The Library has a staff member located in the Chifley Building who can assist users with disabilities. If you have special concerns, please phone: (02) 6125 4084, or email to: socialsciences.library@anu.edu.au

In addition, Library staff in all buildings are most willing to help eligible users in any way possible, for example, by

• collecting books from the shelves,
• arranging for books to be brought from other buildings,
• assisting in the use of the Library's online catalogue, INNOPAC, and in the use of electronic services.

Off-Campus Service

You can request Library material to be delivered to your home. For more information see the Off-Campus Service web page.

Special Needs Resources

The ANU Disability Services Centre provides a special resource room in the Student Facilities Building (near the Chifley Building, above the Commonwealth Bank in Union Court).

For information phone: (02) 6125 2344, or see Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities.

Audiovisual Services

Audiocassettes, videocassettes, lecture and language tapes, together with facilities for viewing and listening are available in the J.B. Chifley Building and the Law Library.

A free lecture tape copying service is also available (if the lecturer has given permission for copying) - for students who have a disability card. Ask at the Chifley or Law Loans Desks.

Inter-library Loans

Library materials in formats suitable for people with disabilities (e.g. talking books) can be identified through Libraries Australia and requested on Inter-Library Loan.

Access

Parking spaces are reserved near each Building for people with restricted mobility:

• J.B. Chifley Building
  - near the side door (lane access)
  - in Union Court (near Sullivans Creek Bridge),
  from here you can enter via the lane and the Chifley side door (lower ground floor),
  OR, via the lift at the Arts Centre end of the Student Facilities Building and the Chifley front entrance (ground floor)
• W.K. Hancock Building
  - near the side entrance (Biology Place)
• Law Library
  - Coombs Building car park;
  - the pay and display area beside Law
• R.G. Menzies Building
  - near the front entrance.

For wheelchair access to the J.B. Chifley Building ring the bell at the side door (between the Library and the Commonwealth Bank in the laneway). You will be accompanied via the lift to the main reading area.

Lifts

Lift access is available in the J.B. Chifley, W.K. Hancock, R.G. Menzies Buildings and the Law Library. In Chifley, Hancock and Law the lifts have controls accessible at wheelchair height and raised lettering controls.

Since lifts cannot be used in the case of fire or similar emergency, users who rely on the lift should notify Library staff when they enter and leave the buildings.

Toilets

Disabled Toilets are located at

• J.B. Chifley Building - Ground Floor - Male and Female
• R.G. Menzies Building - First Floor - Unisex (ask for key at Information Desk)
• W.K. Hancock Building - Ground Floor - Unisex
• Law Library - On the ground floor of the Law School Building, near the Law Link Lecture Theatre (not inside the Library)

Maps and Floor Plans

You can see the Floor Plans for all floors of the main Library buildings. Printed versions can also be consulted at Information Desks.

A small printed map showing the campus location of all Library buildings is available in each building.

Further Information

The Disability Support Unit has provided detailed information about the services available at ANU, and they can be telephoned on: (02) 6125 2344

The University Disabilities Liaison Officer, Trevor Allan, can be emailed at Disability.Adviser@anu.edu.au.