Services for users with a disability
The library tries to ensure that all staff and students with a
disability are able to access the libraries, their resources and
services.
Register for services
Students with a disability seeking library assistance should register
with the University's Disability support
Library staff to help
Library staff are available to provide assistance with:
- retrieval of items from the shelves
- making photocopies
- showing you how to use equipment
- helping you improve your academic learning skills
Assistance in these areas is by prior arrangement. If prior arrangement
has not been made, the services available may be limited. Contact
the Disability Contact Officer at the branch library you wish to
use.
Branch libraries
Contact details, services, facilities and equipment available
at each branch library:
Facilities and equipment
Adaptive Technology Rooms (ATRs)
ATRs are available at all Monash University Library branches, except for the Parkville Pharmacy Library and the Berwick Library, although the Berwick Library does have a shared space with the ATR equipment and software listed below.
ATRs contain the following equipment or software:
- computer
- scanner
- internet and Novell account access
- Microsoft Office, EndNote
All ATR computers also have the following assistive software:
- JAWS for screen reading
- Magic for screen magnification
- Texthelp Read&Write GOLD for page reading and text literacy assistance
- ABBYY FineReader for scanning and fast optical character recognition
- Dragon Naturally Speaking for dictation and
voice control of the computer
- Inspiration for graphical idea representation
and essay structuring.
The following equipment is also available:
- Everest Braille embosser and Duxbury Braille translation software at the Matheson Library
- Kurzweil book readers at Law and Matheson libraries
- Telephone typewriters (TTYs) at Caulfield and Matheson libraries
- Book magnifiers (CCTVs) at Caulfield, Matheson and Peninsula libraries
- Lightweight book trolleys at Caulfield, Matheson, Gippsland
and Peninsula libraries
- Resting rooms at Hargrave-Andrew, Law, Matheson and Peninsula
libraries.
Accessible alternatives for Google Apps at Monash can also be used on the computers throughout the libraries
Services outside Monash University Library
A selection of disability
related links including services provided by other libraries in
Australia.
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