SERVICES
For Users with Disabilities
Stanford University Libraries are committed to serving all members
of the Stanford community. If you have problems or special needs,
ask for help at any library public service desk. Call
specific libraries for advice on access and to make an appointment
for reference assistance.
The Disabilities Resource
Center provides a wide range of services on campus.
Libraries
Green Library
- Reference: staff members at the Information
Center Desk (725-1064) provide aid in using Stanford's reference
resources, including Socrates (SU Catalog) and other online resources.
- Circulation: staff members at the Loan Desk
will page materials from the stacks. Send your request to greencirc@stanford.edu
24 hours in advance.
- Access: Green Library has three elevators.
Use the Green East elevator to access all floors in that wing.
Use the Bing Wing elevator to access all floors and stacks in
the Bing Wing. Use the elevator in the hallway between the wings
for access to the West Basement.
Meyer Library (second floor)
is home to The
Assistive Learning Technical Center (ALTEC)
Other Stanford Libraries
Archive of Recorded Sound. General information (650)
723-9312.
The Archive is located in the basement of Braun Music Center, and
is accessible by the elevator in the Music Library.
Art and Architecture Library.
Circulation Desk, (650) 723-3408.
The Art Library reading room, which is on the ground floor, is accessible
to patrons with limited mobility. However, there is only stairway
access to the stacks. The Art Library staff will be happy to page
desired items from the stacks.
Branner Earth Sciences Library.
Circulation Desk, (650) 723-2746.
The library is accessible to persons with limited mobility by using
the elevator from the first floor. Persons unable to ascend stairs
should ask at the Circulation Desk in order to gain access to the
maps on the mezzanine.
Cubberley Education Library.
Circulation Desk, (650) 723-2121.
The Education Library is partially accessible to persons with limited
mobility. An elevator on the first floor provides wheelchair access.
Ask at the circulation desk for help obtaining library materials.
East Asia Library, Circulation Desk, (650) 725-3435.
The East Asia Library is accessible to patrons with limited mobility.
Engineering Library. Circulation,
(650) 723-0001.
The library is located on the second floor of the Terman Engineering
Center at Stanford University. The Terman Engineering Center is
on Samuel Morris Way between Santa Teresa Street and Panama Street.
Please call for information about accessibility.
Falconer Biology Library.
Circulation, (650) 723-1528.
The Biology Library is partially accessible to
people with limited mobility. There is no elevator
Hall. Wheelchair access to the main floor of the library
is by means of the elevator in Herrin Laboratories and
then across the breezeway. The elevator in Herrin
Laboratories is accessible from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm,
Monday - Friday, except for University holidays.
For access to the library during other hours, call
(650) 723-1528. The mezzanine level of the library
is not wheelchair-accessible. Ask at the circulation
desk for help getting inaccessible materials.
The public photocopy machines in the library are not
wheelchair-accessible.
Hoover
Institution Library and Archives. (Coordinate library.)
- The Hoover Institution Library is accessible by a ramp located
on the west side of the Hoover Tower, between the Tower and the
Cummings Art Building. For more information about accessibility
for the Hoover Library, or to page materials from the stacks 24
hours in advance, please call the Circulation Desk at (650) 723-2058
or send your request to hoovercirc@hoover.stanford.edu.
- The Hoover Institution Archives is located on the courtyard level
of the Herbert Hoover Memorial Building. Wheelchair accessibility
is via a ramp from Crothers Way (behind the Herbert Hoover Memorial
Building and Hoover Tower, between the Herbert Hoover Memorial
Building and Green Library) and then an elevator just inside the
front door of the building. For more information, please call
(650) 723-3563 or send your request to danielson@hoover.stanford.edu.
Jackson Library
(Coordinate library, Graduate School of Business.) (650) 723-2162.
Please call for information about accessibility.
Jonsson Library of Government
Documents is located in the Bing Wing of Green library. It
is open to the public and wheelchair accessible.
Lane Medical Library.
(Coordinate library, School of Medicine.) Circulation, (650) 723-6691.
Lane is accessible to people with limited mobility.
Mathematical and Computer
Sciences Library. General Information, (650) 723-4672.
The library is located in Sloan Mathematics Center (Building 380)
on the fourth floor. An elevator on the first floor provides wheelchair
access to patrons with limited mobility.
Miller Marine Biology Library.
General Information, (831) 655-6229.
The library is located at the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific
Grove, CA. It is accessible to people with limited mobility. Holdings
are listed in Socrates; users on the main campus interested in
obtaining materials should contact the staff in the Falconer Biology
Library, the Branner Earth Sciences Library, the Lane Medical
Library, Interlibrary Loan Services in the Green Library, or contact
the Librarian directly.
Music Library. (650)
723-1211.
The Music Library is located in Braun Music Center. The entrance
is on the ground floor. The book and score stacks in the basement
are accessible by elevator.
Physics Library. General
Information, (650) 723-4342.
The library is located on the third floor of the Varian Building
and is partially
accessible to persons with limited mobility. Wheelchair access
is by means of elevator on first floor. Wheelchair users should
ask at circulation desk for help getting
materials from the mezzanine.
Robert
Crown Law Library. (Coordinate Library, School of Law.) (650)-723-2477.
Please call for information about accessibility.
Special
Collections and University Archives. Reference, (650) 725-1022.
The Department's reading room is located on the second floor of
Green Library's Bing Wing. Green Library is wheelchair accessible;
use the Bing Wing elevator.
Stanford Auxiliary Library
[SAL1&2]. General Information, (650) 723-9201.
SAL is located at 691 Pampas Lane, across from the University's
Credit Union. The facility is accessible to wheelchair users.
Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Library. General Information
and Circulation, (650) 926-2411.
The SLAC Library is located in the Central Lab Building (40) on
the 2nd Floor in room Y215. The street address is 2575 Sand Hill
Road. Pleaase call for information about accessibility.
Swain Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering Library. General Information, (650) 723-9237.
Swain Library is partially accessible to persons with limited
mobility. Please ask at the circulation desk for help in getting
materials located in compact shelving or on
upper/lower shelves. If you will need staff assistance, please
call Swain in
advance because Swain is often staffed by only one person.
Last modified:
February 15, 2008 |
