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Disability Services Liaison: Margaret Brill, 660-5924; margaret.brill@duke.edu
Duke University mobility access maps are available at the Perkins Reference Desk and the Lilly Library main desk. Also, Duke Administration provides online maps that indicate accessible parking, wheelchair-accessible routes, and buildings with elevators.
The best place to park for those visiting Perkins Library is the two accessible parking spaces in front of the Duke Chapel, at the end of Chapel Drive. If you display a handicapped sticker, the parking attendant will let you in to the parking lot. If no space is available, the parking attendant can direct you to alternative accessible parking.
The best place to park for those visiting Lilly Library and the Music Library on the East Campus is the accessible parking spaces in the "RT Lot" behind Lilly Library, near the tennis courts and dumpster. Call Lilly Library (660-5995) for more information.
Library staff is committed to providing a successful library experience for people with disabilities. To ensure staff availability, advance notice may be required for some services. If your disability is not apparent, please identify yourself as having a disability when you seek assistance.
Accessibility
The main floors of Perkins Library, Lilly Library, and the branches are accessible. However, some of the book stacks and other areas are currently not accessible. Please ask library staff for assistance if you need materials from these areas. There is an accessible telephone in the lobby of Perkins.
Help using the Library
Perkins and all the branches provide reference service to assist you in finding the materials and information you need. However, the reference hours may not be as long as the regular library hours. Telephone reference is available at Perkins at 660-5880 or by Email at askref@duke.edu (these services are also subject to Reference opening hours). If you need special assistance, contact the people listed below for each library.
Online Catalog
Accessible computer terminals are located just next to the main reference desk in Perkins Library, and in most branches. The online catalog and many databases are on the Web, so they may be accessed from any computer on campus or off with Netscape or Microsoft Explorer. Also see the Assistive Technology section of this web page. If you need help installing a web browser, please contact the OIT Help Desk at 684-2200. If you experience any problems with this, call the Help Desk Manager at 684-4576 or contact Margaret Brill.
Reserves
Many reserves are available on the Web (http://www.lib.duke.edu/access/reserves/ ) If you need extra time to use books or articles which are on reserve in the library or branches, ask for an extended loan when you check out the material.
Renewal
Books can be renewed by Email (http://www.lib.duke.edu/access/renew.htm).
Copiers
If you have difficulty using the photocopy machines the library staff will make photocopies for you of articles. There is no charge for Duke students. Ask at Current Periodicals in Perkins Library, or a staff member at any of the branches. If you call or Email ahead with article citations, copied articles will be processed with a 2-3 day turnaround. (See list of contacts). Assistance with photocopying is also available in Photographic Services in the basement of Perkins Library between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Retrieving Materials
The circulation staff will retrieve materials (books or journals) from the stacks. If staffing permits this may be done immediately. If it cannot be done immediately the materials will be held for you at the Circulation Desk or delivered to another library. However, if you call or Email ahead to the appropriate library with the call numbers of the books you need they will be waiting for you when you come in. (Note that Email may not be checked at the weekends or evenings.)
Students with disabilities may request books which circulate to be delivered from branches or other libraries on campus to your nearest library, for example from Perkins to Lilly.
Journal Articles
You may request copies of articles in journals or magazines from any library on campus. Just ask at Current Periodicals in Perkins or a staff member at Lilly or any of the branches. Please note that many journal articles are available full text on the Web via databases such as Academic Index and Proquest Direct. See the Library's Electronic Resources Page (http://www.lib.duke.edu/databases/)
Quiet Study Area
There is a Quiet Study Area on the third floor of Perkins Library (accessible by elevator).
Text Telephone
There is a Text Telephone for the deaf and hard of hearing at the Reference Desk in Perkins Library. The number is 919-684-6183. It may also be used for local outgoing calls. Reference staff can receive calls and the telephone can be used for local outgoing calls. To call a deaf or hard of hearing person you can also use the NC Relay service at 800-735-8262.
Campus Maps
Ask at the Reference Desk to see the Mobility Access map of the Duke University Campus.
Users who would like training in using the library's specially-designed equipment should contact the Reference staff at 684-5880 or askref@duke.edu to schedule an appointment. However, no appointment is necessary to use the equipment.
The following adaptive technology is available:
Telesensory Aladdin Rainbow Magnifiers: in Perkins Reference, Lilly Library and Rare Books, Manuscripts & Special Collections Library. These will magnify text in books, magazines, or on anything else that fits on the viewing table. There is also a black and white Aladdin Magnifier in Public Documents.Voice-output computer station with Kurzweil scanner in Perkins Reference.
Screen-enlarging computer stations with Zoomtext and large monitors: in Perkins Reference and Public Documents. Several enlargement settings are available.
Please contact Margaret Brill,660-5924 with any questions.
Microforms
There are interchangeable lenses for the microfiche and microfilm readers in Newspapers and Microforms. Please ask the staff for assistance if you need more magnification or have difficulty making copies of microforms.
Click on a staff person's name or email address to send pre-addressed email.
| Perkins Library |
Disability Services Liaison: Margaret Brill 660-5924;
Circulation/Reserves: Susan Sauls 660-5883;
Current Periodicals: For copies of articles use fastdoc@duke.edu; or contact Faye Bennett 660-5888;
Photographic Services: Glenda LaCoste 660-5858;
Public Documents & Maps Catherine Shreve 660-5850;
Newspapers & Microforms: Sonya Hinsdale 660-5840;
| Perkins Branches |
Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library: Linda McCurdy 660-5825;
Lilly Library: 660-5995 - Kelley Lawton
Music Library: Pat Canovai 660-5954;
Chemistry Library: 660-1578, ask for Anne Langley or Katherine Lawson;
Math-Physics Library: Mary Ann Southern 660-5960;
Engineering Library: Linda Martinez 660-5368;
Biological and Environmental Sciences Library: Carol Fineman 660-5971;
| Professional Libraries |
Divinity School Library:
Karen Harper, (919) 660-3546 or 660-3450;
karen.harper@duke.edu
Law Library: Janeen Denson; 613-7124 denson@law.duke.edu
Fuqua Business School Library:
Loans of material or other access-related services: Dave Solar,
660-7873;dsolar@mail.duke.edu
Document delivery service: Paula Robinson, 660-7942;
Reference service: Paula Robinson and Jane Day, 660-7874;
Medical Center Library: Virginia M. Carden, 660-1100; carde009@mc.duke.edu
| Campus |
Duke University Disability Programs Home Page
Disability Programs Director: Mary Thomas Franks, mary.franks.@duke.edu ; (919) 684-8231
Services for Students with
Disabilities
Director of Services for Students with Disabilities: Emma H.
Swain, (919) 684-5917
Disability Etiquette - Provides pointers on how to relate to people with various disabilities. (currently being cataloged - see also first entry under Web Sites.)
Free Publications from the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, including Disability Etiquette, and Understanding the ADA
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
Bobby, Center for Applied
Special Technology program that will help you make web pages accessible to those
with disabilities.
DRM Guide to Disability Resources
on the Internet
Disability Resources Librarians Connections
EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information
DO-IT Program at the University of Washington
ABLEDATA: The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation, US Department of Education
Assistive Media: The Web's first audio-literary service.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Roads to Learning: Information about Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Durham, NC
A whole new life. Reynolds Price. New York : Scribner, 1995. 813.54 P946, W628, 1995
Moving Violations: war zones, wheelchairs, and declarations of independence. John Hockenberry. New York: Hyperion, 1995. 362.43092 H685, M935, 1995
Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out. Edited by Kenny Fries. New York: Plume, 1997. 810.8 S795, 1997
Planet of the Blind. Stephen Kuusisto. Dial Press, 1998. 362.41092 K97. P712, 1998 (in Current Lit)
Sight Unseen. Georgina Kleege. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. 362.41, K63, S575, 1999
Waist-high in the World: A life among the non-disabled. Nancy Mairs. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. 362.196834 M229, W143, 1996
Deaf in America : voices from a culture . Carol Padden, Tom Humphries. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1988. 362.420973 P123, D278, 1988
"Walking to the Pavilion". David Blum. The New Yorker, April 30, 1990 v66 n11 p51(20) (Profile of the conductor Jeffrey Tate.)
The two-in-one: walking with Smokie, walking with blindness. Animals, culture, and society. Rod Michalko. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999. 362.4183 M621, T974, 1999
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Margaret Brill
Perkins Library
Duke University
Durham, NC USA
Last Update: Wednesday, 11-Apr-2001 14:18:16 EDT
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