Using this library
Features
For disabled readers
The Old Road Campus Library opens out into the lobby space of the Old Road Campus Research Building. To reach the Old Road Campus Library, there is a revolving door and a separate accessible entrance. If you are a wheelchair user, you can use the intercom in front of the external doors there is an intercom to alert staff to open the door. The library is located on the right-hand side of the main lobby space (opposite café tables). The entire route is level access.
The library has an outward facing (into the main lobby) reception desk that is lowered and has a portable hearing loop. All areas within the library are accessible.
The library can provide the following assistive equipment:
- 10 coloured acetate sheets
- 2 daylight reading lamps
- 2 magnifiers
Please ask library staff if you wish to use any of this equipment. The library also has a height adjustable desk and an ergonomic chair.
Spaces
- The main reading room has bookshelves and several desks.
- There is a cafe located just outside the library in the main lobby of the building.
