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Our services: Accessibility and Support: Facilities, equipment and visual guides

Facilities, equipment and visual guides

Equipment for loan 

Loanable equipment is an accessibility feature available to all users. 

As well as our loanable IT equipment, the following is available to borrow from the Help and Information Desk on Level 2 of Bill Bryson Library:   

  • Coloured overlays (A4) 
  • Bar magnifier (small)   
  • Bar magnifier (medium)   
  • Stand magnifier   
  • Hand magnifier (major)   
  • Marble mouse   
  • Deaf alerters 
  • Wobble cushions 
  • Ear defenders 

For information on equipment available at ISC Library, please visit their dedicated guide.


Hearing Induction Loop 

All our Libraries have hearing induction loop systems. Portable systems are available at the Help and Information Desks.  

The Shincliffe Room in Bill Bryson Library also has an infra-red hearing loop system. If you are attending a Library induction or workshop in this room and want to use a head set or neck loop, please tell the person running the session in advance.  

Video guides

We've created a number of video guides as a visual support for some of our processes, or to show what to expect when you visit some of our buildings. You can view all our video guides on our Getting started with the Library guide.


Finding your way around Bill Bryson Library

We know Bill Bryson Library is a big building, so we've developed a few visuals to help you find your way around.

Floor maps

Our Library floor maps can help you to:

  • see where resources for your subject are kept
  • see which study areas are bookable or non-bookable 
  • find your pre-booked study space/study room before you visit.

Self-guided tour

We've recently updated our self-guided tour of Bill Bryson Library that you can follow at any time – scan the QR codes on our posters around the building to get an overview of some of our services and different study areas. 

The first point on the tour is at the entrance to the Library, located inside the main entrance doors - you'll find the poster on your left-hand side on top of the entry gates.


Finding our bookable spaces - photo guides

We've also created several photo guides to help you find our bookable spaces, available in the following areas:

  • Level 3 North, South and West Wings - quiet study
  • Level 1 West Wing - silent study
  • Individual and group study rooms - throughout the building
  • Disability Support Study Rooms - Level 1 West Wing
  • Kepier Room (Postgraduate Research Students) - Level 4 South Wing

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Some of our available equipment

A student sitting at a desk, reading a book using a blue coloured overlay a book

Coloured overlays

A student using a computer on a height adjustable desk

Height adjustable desks

Hands on a keyboard with ear defenders next to it on a desk

Ear defenders

A hand holding a bar magnifier over pages in a book

Bar Magnifier

A wobble cushion on a chair

Wobble cushion

View of a webpage on a computer screen using a magnifier

Magnifier

A student sitting at a desk using a kneeling stool and working on a laptop

Kneeling stool

A hand on a marble mouse

Marble mouse

Bill Bryson Library

External view of Bill Bryson Library