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Resources for Users with Disabilities

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Locating Materials
ORION Express
Retrieving Materials
Proxy Borrower Card
Photocopying Materials
Renewals
ADA
Campus Resources
Library Resources

The UCLA Library is committed to providing accessibility to library materials, programs, and services to all users.

All staff working in public service areas of the campus libraries will make every effort to accommodate reasonable requests from users with disabilities. If your disability is invisible, please identify yourself as having a disability when you seek assistance.

If your needs are not met by the policies and procedures described in this handout, please notify the Library. We will examine and, if necessary, extend our policies and procedures to appropriately accommodate your needs.

Locating Materials

Staff will make every effort to assist you in obtaining information from any equipment or resource that is inaccessible to you. One specialized public workstation in each of the Biomedical, College, and Research libraries is equipped with JAWS (Job Access with Speech), which uses an integrated voice synthesizer to output the content of the computer screen to headphones, and Zoom Text, which allows screen magnification to a variety of sizes. These and some other standard workstations in a variety of locations are installed on adjustable tables to accommodate wheelchairs.

ORION Express

Students, faculty, and staff with disabilities may wish to use ORION Express for retrieval and photocopying of materials. Please ask a staff member or visit the ORION Express Web Page for further information.

ORION Express is not available to the general community, but the following libraries currently provide document delivery to non-UCLA users: the Biomedical Library (310/825-4055), Law Library (310/825-9317), Management Library (310/825-3138), Research Library (310/825-1263), Science and Engineering Library (310/825-3646), and Southern Regional Library Facility (310/206-2011). Prices vary. If you need research assistance, contact one of these libraries for details.

Retrieving Materials

If you find that library stacks or other areas are inaccessible to you, please ask staff for assistance. The number of items retrieved per day may be limited in a campus library due to staffing or workload considerations. When immediate paging cannot be done, particularly during evenings and on weekends, staff may make arrangements with you to have the material ready the next working day.

Special carts are available in the Biomedical, Music, Research, and Science and Engineering libraries, which are designed to assist you in retrieving and transporting materials in the stacks and other parts of the library. Please ask for a cart at the circulation desks in these libraries.

Proxy Borrower Card

You may designate, at no additional charge, an individual to borrow books in your name. That individual will be issued a "proxy borrower card." Please ask at the circulation desk of any campus library for further information.

Photocopying Materials

If you are unable to use a photocopier, staff will make copies for you. Bring materials to be copied to a circulation desk along with a debit card that has sufficient value to make the copies. Cash cannot be accepted. When fulltime staff are not available to leave the desk, you may leave material at a circulation desk for copying and pick up your copies the next working day. All copying must be in compliance with U.S. copyright law.

Renewals

To renew items, you may use the telephone renewal service at 310/825-9188 or renew materials yourself on ORION2, the Library’s Web-based catalog. For further information and instructions on how to use Library self-services, consult the Library Reneweals Web page.

ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act (PL 101-336), in its broadest definition, is a landmark legislation that extends civil rights protection to people with disabilities. These rights include equal access to employment, public services, public accommodations provided by private entities, transportation, and telecommunications. A copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act is available online. For more information, please consult the UCLA's ADA & 504 Compliance Office

Campus Resources

ADA & 504 Compliance Office: A239 Murphy Hall; Phone: 310/825-2242; TTY: 310/206-3349; Fax: 310/825-3688; Monitors and coordinates the university's compliance with federal and state laws and regulations mandating non-discrimination on the basis of disability.

Chancellor's Advisory Committee On Disability (CACD): Members represent staff, faculty, students, and community interests. They serve by appointment on subcommittees including architectural barriers, transportation & parking, recruitment & retention, and public relations. Interested individuals are encouraged to attend meetings. Contact ADA & 504 Compliance Office.

Disabilities and Computing Program (DCP): 4909 Math Science Annex; Phone: 310/206-7133; Fax: 310/206-7025; Email: danny@ucla.edu; Consulting available to UCLA students, faculty, and staff with disabilities regarding computer and information access technologies for greater independence and productivity. Services for people with permanent or temporary disabilities include voice recognition, reading machines, and large-print displays.

Environment, Health, and Safety (EH&S): 510 Westwood Plaza, 4th Floor; Phone: 310/825-5689; 24-hour safety information hotline: 310/206-7994; Concerned with maintaining a safe campus for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Inspects for hazardous conditions, consults on safety matters, and maintains education programs. Staff includes specialists in chemical, biological, radiation, and fire safety; industrial hygiene; asbestos abatement; emergency preparedness; and accident prevention.

Medical Center Deaf Services Program: Phone: 310/825-7271; TTY: 310/825-7275; Interpreter services, appointment scheduling, and networking with outside agencies for inpatients and outpatients receiving care at the UCLA Medical Center and Medical Plaza.

UCLA Healthcare Human Resources: 10920 Westwood Plaza, Suite 400; Phone: 310/794-0500; Fax: 310/794-0530; TTY: 310/206-5593; Emergency TTY: 310/206-6179; Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for faculty and staff with disabilities. Consultation and counseling in work site modification, job analysis, identification and assessment of assistive technological equipment/devices, and compliance with the reasonable accommodation provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD): Murphy Hall A255; Phone: 310/825-1501; TTY: 310/206-6083; Fax: 310/825-9656; The Office for Students with Disabilities provides a wide range of academic support services to students with permanent or temporary disabilities. Academic support services include readers, notetakers or purchased ASUCLA lecture notes, sign language interpreters, learning disabilities program, special parking, registration assistance, fee deferments authorized by the California Department of Rehabilitation, on-campus transportation, campus orientation and accessibility, proctor and test-taking arrangements, tutorial referral, housing assistance, support groups, workshops, special materials, adaptive equipment, and referral to the Disabilities & Computing Program. Accommodations are varied and specifically designed to meet the disability-related needs of each student. Support services are provided free of charge. All contact and assistance are handled confidentially.

Library Resources

Employment, Staff Training and Overall Coordination: Pat Hawthorne, Library Human Resources; Phone: 310/825-57947; Email: path@library.ucla.edu

Access to Services, Collections, Programs: Don Sloane, Access Services; Phone: 310/825-6314; Email: dsloane@library.ucla.edu

Building Policies: Jan Wildman, Library Business Services; Phone: 310/206-4213; Email: jwildman@library.ucla.edu

Staff Training and Overall Coordination ADA & 504 Compliance: Pat Hawthorne, Library Human Resources; Phone: 310/825-57947; Email: path@library.ucla.edu

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