Library facilities for clients with a disability, by facility

Library services | Library facilities by library | Assistive technology

Outline of facilities and access available in our libraries by facility
Facility Library name
Wheelchair accessible All libraries except Camden (upgrades are scheduled), Medical (via level 4, Blackburn Building)
Music library: staff have to open external door
Parking outside the library Badham, Burkitt-Ford, Camden, Conservatorium (short periods, by arrangement), Dentistry (on Chalmers Street), Fisher (coming soon - 2 designated spaces), Health Sciences (along Service Road), Medical (behind Bosch Lecture Theatre), Nursing (on Mallett Street, in front of Brain & Mind Research Institute), Sydney College of the Arts, SciTech (at a little distance in Maze Crescent).
Lift access Dentistry, Fisher, Health Sciences (stair lift), Law (lift access to level 8), Music, Medical (via Blackburn lifts to level 4 and walkway), Nursing, Schaeffer, SciTech

In the event of a fire alarm, the lifts cannot be used. If you are unable to leave the buildings via the stairs, you should wait at the nearest designated Refuge Point in one of the stairwells.
Library Fire Wardens will inform the Fire Services if anyone is waiting at a Refuge Point.
Ground floor libraries Badham, Burkitt-Ford, Camden, Sydney College of the Arts (collection on first floor)
Assistive computer technology Fisher, Health Sciences, Law
Height-adjustable desk and computer Badham (2), Camden, Medical, SciTech
Fisher has 2 desks on Level 3 by the Information desk which are at a wheelchair accessible height.
Photocopier, low-level Schaeffer, Sydney College of the Arts
Lockers Fisher, ask at the Loans Desk
Study room Health Sciences (with internal phone, ext. 19604 and an emergency button) , SciTech
Telephone (accessible) Fisher (one outside main entrance and one for university extensions only, by Information desk on level 3. Free Taxis Combined phone also by Information desk),

Health Sciences (in study room, outside the Library near the cafeteria and at the Information desk), SciTech

Toilets (accessible) Conservatorium, Dentistry, Fisher (on levels 1,2,3 and 4), Health Sciences (on levels 1 and 2), Law (floor 8), Nursing (near to library), Sydney College of the Arts, SciTech

 

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