Information for users with special needs
The Wroclaw University Library - a friendly place for users with special needs (12 Joliot-Curie St., Wrocław)
Parking space:
Separated and marked parking places for people with special needs are located in front of the Library building near the employee entrance, which can also be used by people with special needs, moving on crutches or on wheelchairs. Security personnel is available to help you reach a comfortable elevator that will take you to Level 0, which you can be used to reach the selected circulation department's agenda via the next lift route.
Amenities in the Library building:
Spacious library lobbies, doors without thresholds and comfortable elevators marked in the Braille alphabet make movement in the building easier for people with special needs, on wheelchairs and visually impaired. At the Library's Information Point, at level 0, the librarian will help and answer all your questions.
The toilets have also been adapted for use by people with special needs, are marked in Braille alphabet and are on every level. In the circulation departments (reading rooms, informatory, free access to the collections area) workstations with raised table tops have been prepared and wide spaces between shelves have been provided, which facilitate access to the person on the wheelchair.
The Library has induction loops available, which are devices that assist hearing in the case of hearing-impaired or deaf people who use hearing aids or a speech processor (hearing implant system).
The induction loop is designed for hearing impaired people with varying degrees of hearing loss who have the ability to hear and understand speech. It sends the signal directly to the hearing aid, which allows it to bypass any interference or sound distortion. To receive the loop signal, the hearing aid or speech processor must be equipped with a telecoil (T-COIL). Additionally, the loop has a receiver that can be used by hearing impaired people who do not use a hearing aid or want additional privacy.
All information about using induction loops is provided by the librarians.
| Loop location: | |
| Ground floor: Information Point |  |
| Level 1: Local Lending Department | |
| Level 2: Free Access Area | |
| Level 3: Main Reading Room, Special Collections' Reading Room | |
| Places where devices are available have been marked with an appropriate pictogram representing an induction loop. |
Note: the user of the device/processor must switch their device to telecoil mode.
Use of collections – facilities:
Users with users with special needs in the circulation departments (Main Reading Room, Current and Archive Periodicals Reading Room, Silesian Collection Reading Room, Special Collections' Reading Room and Informatory) have access to computer workstations adapted for use by people with visual impairments (magnifying software displayed on the monitor, a lector reading selected text, keyboard with enlarged characters and Braille one) as well as stationary and portable Explore 5 electronic magnifiers with display. In the Informatory and Main Reading Room, users can use a device for reading printed texts with a synthetic voice (Auto-Lektor). Selected computer workstations are equipped with a specialized trackball computer mouse.
Students of the University of Wrocław special needs have the option to use licensed electronic resources outside the UoW network (via a proxy server)
Lending of collections:
Users with special needs have the right to appoint a representative who will lend and prolonge library materials on their behalf (in accordance with the Rules of Collection Circulation in the Wroclaw University Library, §36.1). Users with special needs also have the right to borrow a larger number of publications and for a longer time (§43.1-3 of the Rules of Collection Circulation in the Wroclaw University Library).