Information for disabled users

If you are a disabled student or have a specific learning disability, which can make your use of the LIS and its resources difficult, we provide specialist help and equipment.

All parts of LIS are accessible by lift and have disabled toilets.

Contacts

Named staff are available to assist staff and students by finding material on the shelves, photocopying if required and assisting with the use of the PCs and other equipment. Please contact

site	contact	telephone	internal extension	e-mail
Ambleside	Jane Robinson	015394 30274	5274	ejrobinson@ucsm.ac.uk
Carlisle	Linda Moses-Allison	01228 616219	6219	LLMoses-Allison@ucsm.ac.uk
Lancaster	Alex Watson	01524 384251	4251	a.watson@ucsm.ac.uk

The library has an Equality and Diversity Group, chaired by Lisa Toner (LJToner@ucsm.ac.uk), which monitors and reviews services for students with special needs.

Specialist equipment

Specialist equipment is available in the site libraries. Please contact the staff named above for advice on using them.

Ambleside

All the Single Study Rooms are bookable at the library desk.

large-screen catalogue terminal, near staff photocopier, 1st Floor
magniLink magnifier in Quiet Study Area, 1st Floor
large-screen PC in Single Study Room 5, 1st Floor.
height-adjustable table with standard PC with trackerball mouse in Single Study Room 3
height-adjustable table in Group Study Room 4

IT Teaching Rooms 1, 2 and 3 and the VC Room have a Loop system
the library shelving is SENDA-compliant
all new spine labels are DDA compliant for the visually impaired, i.e. nearly all of the Teaching Practice books and packs and some equipment

Carlisle

PC with a large moniter and tracker ball mouse on an height adjustable table
a large screen PC library catalogue terminal

Lancaster

PC with SuperNova text magnification software and trackerball mouse on a height-adjustable table, in Group Study Room1
PC with a scanner, which reads print onto the computer screen enabling the material to be enlarged (forthcoming)
Close Circuit TV enlarges printed texts for easier reading, Zone 1
height-adjustable table with large screen PC, Zone 1

Extended Loans

Disabled students and students with specific learning disabilities can borrow and renew 7 Day Loan books for 14 days and can borrow Short Loan books for 2 consecutive slots. (Short Loan books cannot be renewed.) Reserved books will be kept for collection for 7 days.

If you would like to take advantage of this service, please bring to the library a completed form available from Student Services.

Library Publications

These can be made available in different formats. Please contact Sarah Ruston (tel: 015394-30310) in the Ambleside library.

Library Web Site

If you have a visual problem, the Accessibility page will give you information on how you can adapt the site to make it easier to read.

Need further help?

Please look at the College's Disability Support web page for further information on support and assistance, such as producing material in Braille and other supportive technology.