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Buildings and Bookmobiles
What physical accommodations exist for persons with physical limitations?
- Handicapped-accessible parking
- Ramp entrances
- Power doors
- Elevators
- Accessible aisles and routes inside the buildings
- Accessible restrooms, water fountains, and public telephones
- Low service desks
- Specially-designed school bookmobile with wheelchair lift
Locate Accessibility Equipment and Software
Programs
Are library programs accessible?
- Upon two weeks notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities.
Collection
What library materials are available for persons with disabilities?
- Large print items, including books, magazines, and newspapers
- Books and music on audiocassette and compact disc
- Braille books
- Descriptive video cassettes
- Closed-caption videocassettes
- Downloadable eBooks, eAudiobooks,
and Videos
Service from Home
What special services exist for patrons who are confined at home because of illness, physical disability or advanced age?
- Telephone service (314) 994-9300
- Service for shut-ins provides home delivery of materials
- Applications for Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to expedite service from the Missouri State Library
Wolfner provides free library service to anyone in the State of Missouri who is unable to use standard print materials due to a physical disability. The collection contains over 374,000 volumes in non-print formats, including fiction and non-fiction subjects, as well as magazines, for all ages. The Library loans playback machines to those using the recorded materials. 1-800-392-2614 or http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/Default.asp
Newsline
The National Federation for the Blind (NFB) has created a system for transmitting the information in newspapers to blind and visually handicapped persons. Offered by the Missouri's Secretary of State's Office, Newsline carries information from selected daily newspapers by telephone. St. Louis County Library is one of three selected service centers in Missouri, allowing for free service in the St. Louis calling area.
For more details and an application, please call the Wolfner Library
at 1-800-392-2614.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are assistive technology devices?
"Any item, piece or equipment, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities." (20 United States Code, Section 1401, Part 25)
Who is entitled to assistive technology?
Persons with temporary or permanent physical limitations, or advanced age who wish to use the Library. This includes people with learning impairments, low vision and reduced mobility.
What St. Louis County Library information resources are accessible through assistive technology?
- Online Library Catalog
- Printed Sources
- Electronic Databases
- Internet Resources
What assistive technology does St. Louis County Library provide?
Information Equipment and Software
- Adjustable or low workstations
- Large monitors
- Screen magnifiers
- Scanners
- Headphones
- Magnifier floor lamps
Software
- Screen magnification and screen reading programs
- Optical character reader for document scanner
- Audio version of internet screens
 Assistive Technology by Branch
Internet Resources
Alliance for Technology Access
ataccess.org
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
jan.wvu.edu
DocMorph Screen reader for the Visually Impaired (FREE)
docmorph.nlm.nih.gov
Missouri Assistive Technology
at.mo.gov
National Council on Disability
ncd.gov
St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired
slsbvi.org
U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page
usdoj.gov
Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
sos.mo.gov
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