Library:Help for People with Disabilities
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Contents
At UBC Vancouver
Access to UBC Campus Libraries
Detailed information for individual branches:
- Asian Library
- David Lam Library
- Education Library
- Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
- Koener Library
- Law Library
- Woodward Library
- BMB Library
- Xwi7xwa Library
Services for people with visual or print disabilities, see the Crane Library, Access and Diversity.
General Information
The aim of these pages is to provide easy-to-use directions for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to UBC campus libraries. Clicking on the above links will take you to maps and access information for each library. Further (and more detailed) information is available at the Access and Diversity.
UBC students, faculty, and staff who have a disability are entitled to Enhanced Services at the libraries, for book/journal retrieval and other assistance.
Users who are visually impaired or require print accessibility options
The Crane Library, Access and Diversity concentrates on helping people with vision and print-legibility. You should start your search at Crane Library if long-term special assistance is required. If you require a reader, contact the Access and Diversity and ask about the Students Helping Students programme. The pages of this guide include visual access information where possible and relevant, but mainly concentrate on physical and wheelchair access to UBC campus libraries.
Users who are deaf or hard of hearing
There is a public telephone in Koerner Library. For other numbers and e-mail addresses, please see individual library home pages. Captioned videos and other services are available at Koerner Library. Following are Fax numbers for each campus library:
| Asian Library | 604-822-0650 |
| Education Library | 604-822-5378 |
| Woodward Library | 604-822-5596 |
| David Lam Library | 604-822-9398 |
| Koerner Library | 604-822-9820 |
| Xwi7xwa Library | 604-822-8944 |
| IKBLC | 604-822-3779 |
| Law Library | 604-822-6864 |
Users who are physically disabled
This guide provides basic access information for people with mobility needs and wheelchair-users, including where to park and how to get in each campus library. A very general review of access to essential services follows location information. For more detailed information on library services and actual measurements, contact the particular library.
About This Site
Use of symbols
The annotated symbols 
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are used to summarize accessibility for each library. The building sites and libraries were reviewed by a student in a manual wheelchair, with good upper-body strength. The principal goals were to describe wheelchair access routes to each campus library and to provide a general overview for universal access.
Parking at UBC
The three types of public parking are mentioned on these pages: visitor, designated, and assigned.
- General visitor parking is in the parkades (involves parking fee), or at parking meters (free with display of valid decal).
- Designated spaces are marked in parking lots and other areas; require display of a valid handicap permit (decal).
- Assigned parking is obtained through UBC traffic & Parking; requires display of a valid UBC parking permit.
Maps
Small area maps are included on individual library pages; these show designated parking spaces, parking lots and parkades, and the accessible building entrance. Links to key plans have also been provided, in gif and pdf formats. The gif image will open in the ordinary Web browser. The pdf format offers significant magnification and improved printing capabilities, but requires Adobe Reader for reading and printing files. Click here to get the free Adobe Reader.
Library Services
For more information on library services for people with disabilities, please see our Enhanced Library Services page.
At UBC Okanagan
UBC Okanagan's Disability Resource Centre (DRC) works to eliminate structural and attitudinal barriers to those with disabilities.
The DRC provides disability-related services including information on physical access and accessible parking on campus as well as academic accommodations to students, staff and faculty with documented disabilities. For more information on the DRC and to find out about access to Okanagan Library facilities and services, visit the DRC website.
