aserl-accessibilityig Mailing List: Re: Collective wisdom about inaccessible spaces

[Christina Althea Torbert (ctorbert]

Beth,
We have faced this question in our building. We have one call number section on 
a mezzanine only accessible by an ancient elevator, and even then, the aisles 
are not wheelchair accessible. We offer a retrieval service for any materials 
at any time (higher shelves are not accessible either), and especially 
advertise it when that elevator stops working.

Your question about the equipment's accessibility is a good one. Our public 
scanner sits on a high table. I guess Access Services helps if someone needs 
assistance (and asks). We do have a computer on an adjustable, wheel-chair 
accessible table. Good suggestion to think about other equipment, too.

All the best,
Christina


Christina Torbert

Head of Continuing Resources and Acquisitions

Liaison to departments of Philosophy, Religion, and Gender Studies

J.D. Williams Library

University of Mississippi

P.O. Box 1848

University, MS 38677

662-915-7059 (o)

Pronouns: she/her



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Subject: [aserl-accessibilityig] Collective wisdom about inaccessible spaces

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Hi ASERL Accessibility people,

I am in search of your accessibility wisdom! In an ASERL accessibility
working group meeting last week a couple of questions came up about how to
handle some types of inaccessible space and we wondered what others were
doing.

Question 1: What does your library do when a normally accessible space
becomes temporarily inaccessible? For example, if you have a space that is
only accessible to users in wheelchairs via an elevator, but the only
elevator serving the area is temporarily going to be down. Do you have a
protocol for notifying patrons about a planned outage? What about an
unplanned outage?


Question 2: What about places that you discover are inaccessible like a new
printer/copier, that you didn't pick, where the screen is too high for
users who use wheelchairs? Has anyone had any success with
accommodating these kinds of devices that they can share?

Feel free to respond to the list (aserl-accessibilityig [at] aserl-lists.org) or
respond directly to me (beashmor [at] ncsu.edu) and I can summarize for the 
list.

Thanks,
Beth

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