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Library Work Study Student Employee Training Guide: Library Floors

Library Floors

Library Floors:

Ground Floor –  Library - Archives and Special Collections, bound periodicals, reading room, acquisitions, cataloging, serials, electronic resources librarian, microfilm

Center for Accessible Academic Resources, testing lab, student support, café

 

First Floor – Library -ADA Room, study room, library instruction classroom (24 students), reference collection, periodicals, new books, copier, printer, information desk (circulation, reference, reserves, ILL, Library IT), lobby

Academic Advising and Academic Excellence, writing center, honors program

 

2nd floor - Library - Faculty research room, librarian offices, A-HC regular book collection, educational resource area, Library instruction classrooms (42 and 24 students – mobile classroom), 2 study rooms (idea paint, flat screen panels on order, 6-8 students per room) Classroom 2 -214 mobile classroom and Holocaust Collection.

3rd floor HD – ZA regular collection Dean’s suite, group study rooms 8, computers, quiet area

 

 

 

Assistive devices and services in the library

Assistive devices are available in the library building. Refer to Library Policies document pg. 17- 18.

Facility access 

  • There are accessible restrooms located on each wing of each floor.
  •  An Adaptive Technology Study Room is located on the first floor; access is with a key card checked out at the Main Desk.

Assistive devices in the library building

• Height adjustable workstations throughout the library building.

• Dell Optiplex GX620 computers running Windows XP and Microsoft Office.

• Merlin LCD – desktop video magnifier - provides 5x to 61x magnification of black/white or color pages projected on a 17” monitor.

• Epson 1670 scanner – a flatbed color image scanner usable with text, graphics, or photos.

• Kurzweil 3000 – software for text magnification.

• JAWS 7.0 – (Job Access with Speech) – screen reading software that enables access for the blind or visually impaired to online catalogs, databases, Internet sites, and Microsoft Windows applications. Complete documentation included for the novice user. Multi-lingual synthesizer reads in English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish text.

• ZOOMText 9.0 – software that enables text magnification and speech synthesis of computer displays.

• Dragon NaturallySpeaking (speech recognition software and headset) • Merlin Enhanced Vision digital text magnifier.

• Toshiba MW 14F52 televisions with VCR and DVD players.

More information on SSU disability services for students - contact the Center for Accessible Academic Resourceson the ground floor, room 20 .