Library Assistive Services and Resources

Location: 110 Wall Street, New Haven, CT

Contact us at askyalelibrary@yale.edu

Building Access & Accessibility

• Parking: Metered parking is available with curb cuts on streets around campus, including along York, Elm, and College Streets that border Sterling Library and Bass Library.
• Entrance: Bass Library is wheelchair accessible via two elevators, from Cross Campus and Sterling Memorial Library.
  • From Cross Campus at Wall Street: Patrons can take the elevator located inside the pavilion to the courtyard level (CL) to access Thain Cafe and the entrance to Bass Library at the courtyard level. There are mechanized doors between Thain Cafe and Bass Library.
  • From the Sterling Library Nave at 120 High Street: Patrons can take an elevator (near the DH Lab) to access the Wright Reading Room. From the Wright Reading Room, take the ramp to the entrance to Bass Library, where there is an elevator to access the library’s courtyard level (CL).
• Inside the Library
  • Elevators: An elevator on the West side of the building can be used to access:
    • the mezzanine level for restrooms
    • the Wright Reading Room inside Sterling Memorial Library
    • the Courtyard Level (CL) to the Bass Library service desk, the Graphic Novel Collection, public computers, and various study spaces
    • the Lower Level (LL) to access restrooms, book stacks for the general collection, public computers, various study spaces, printing and scanning services, and classrooms.
  • Restrooms: Bass Library has two wheelchair bathroom stalls in the men’s and women’s restrooms on the mezzanine and lower levels.  Within Thain Cafe, there is an additional, gender-neutral, single-use bathroom that is wheelchair accessible. Please note that these restroom doors are not currently mechanized.
  • There are two reservable, ADA-compliant individual study rooms located on the courtyard level, closest to Thain Cafe. Patrons can reserve these rooms for up to 4 hours, once per day: Reserve a space.

Available Technologies & Services

• In addition to the Library’s general assistive technologies and services, the following information may be helpful to Bass Library patrons with disabilities. Staff at our service desk, located on the courtyard level, can broadly facilitate the use of library services, spaces, and materials, including but not limited to:
  • Hybrid learning: Bass Library’s instruction rooms (L01A/B and L06A/B) are equipped with the ability to launch hybrid instruction with options to share and record the computer projection and/or the classroom. If there is a class you’d like to attend but it’s only offered in-person, please get in touch with the instructor as we may be able to offer the class in a hybrid in-person/virtual format.
  • Windows and Macintosh accessibility features are available on all public computers.
    • For PCs, these features can be activated in the lower right corner of the sign-in screen or by using the keyboard shortcut Windows logo key + U. PC accessibility features include:
      • Magnifier
      • Narrator
      • Speech recognition
      • Virtual keyboard
      • See a full list and description of Windows accessibility features.
    • For Macintosh computers, these features can be activated in the Settings application under “Accessibility.” Mac accessibility features include:
      • Voiceover
      • Zoom
      • Display (magnifier)
      • Spoken Content
      • Hearing Devices
      • See a full list and description of Mac accessibility features.
  • One ADA-compliant copier/printer scanner is available on the lower level of Bass.
  • Headphones are available through Bass Media Equipment to facilitate the use of narration software.

Location: Phelps Hall, 344 College Street, New Haven, CT

Contact us at colin.mccaffrey@yale.edu

Building Access & Accessibility:

• Parking: Metered parking is available on College St. with curb cuts for wheelchair access.
• Entrance: To access the Classics Library, enter the front entrance of  Phelps Hall and take either the stairs or the elevator to the 5th floor. The Library is accessible via wheelchair, and the doors of the building are mechanized. 
• Inside the Library
  • Elevators: All floors of Phelps Hall are accessible through the elevator, but please note that wheelchair users may find that many of our stacks are too narrow for wheelchair access. 
  • Restrooms: ADA-accessible restrooms are available by elevator on other floors of Phelps Hall. Doors are not currently mechanized.

Available Technologies & Services

• Please click here to view the Library’s general assistive technologies and services that are available to Classics Library patrons. Staff at our (location) can broadly facilitate the use of library services, spaces, and materials, or contact us at colin.mccaffrey@yale.edu.

Location: 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT

Contact us at askyalemedicallibrary@yale.edu or (203) 785-5359

Building Access & Accessibility

• Parking: Metered parking is available on Cedar Street, with limited accessible parking spaces. Accessible parking is also available at nearby parking garages. The closest is Air Rights Garage located at 60 York Street.

• Entrance: The accessible main entrance is located at 333 Cedar St. There are both ramps and mechanized doors for accessible entrance.

• Inside the Library

  • Inside the medical library, users can access the E-level via elevator. When the medical library is open, the 24/7 room (located on the E-level) is wheelchair-accessible via elevator. When the medical library is closed, the 24/7 room is no longer accessible for people in wheelchairs. Users must exit through the corridor which includes stairs. Unfortunately, the elevator to the Cushing Center is not wheelchair-friendly.

  • Restrooms: A single-stall accessible restroom is located on the main floor just inside of the Medical Library entrance. The men’s and women’s bathrooms located on the E Level both have accessible stalls. Please note that doors to these restrooms are not currently mechanized.

  • Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Access for Researchers with Disabilities

  • Library Maps (the wheelchair-accessible elevator is located in the center corridor)

Available Technologies & Services

• The following are examples of services available to persons with disabilities. This is not an exhaustive list. If you need help, please don’t hesitate to ask!
  • Retrieval of books and other materials from shelving
  • Telephone, email, virtual, and in-person assistance on library-related topics
  • Mail to Address service for library materials
  • Extension of reserves, loan periods, or lending rules when possible
  • Access to microform readers and other information technology
  • Assistance photocopying/scanning
  • Help with bibliographic citations
  • Access to desktops equipped with screen readers
     

• Consultations & Classes

  • Virtual consultations and meetings are available for anyone who would prefer to meet remotely. Please let us know if you would like automatic transcription turned on. Additionally, the option to record your consultation is available depending on everyone’s comfort level.

  • Many of the medical library’s classes are offered virtually. If there is a class you’d like to attend, but it’s only offered in-person. Please get in touch with the instructor as we may be able to offer the class as a hybrid in-person/virtual. 

• Information on building access, accessibility, services, consultations, classes, and more.

Location: Inside the Sterling Memorial Library, at the 301 York Street entrance

Contact us at: laura.galas@yale.edu

Building Access & Accessibility

• Parking: Metered parking is available with curb cuts on York Street, which borders Sterling Memorial Library, which houses the Music Library.
• Entrance: The Music Library is located in Sterling Memorial Library, where you’ll enter at 301 York Street. Once you enter the building and pass by the security guard, take a left and a quick right down the hall of the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. The entrance to the Music Library is on the left, just before you enter Sterling Memorial Library.
• Inside the Library
  • Elevators: There is elevator access to all floors of the library.
  • Restrooms: The men’s and women’s restrooms have accessible stalls, but please note that the doors are not currently mechanized.

Available Technologies & Services

• In addition to the Library’s general assistive technologies and services, the following information may be helpful to Gilmore Music Library patrons with disabilities. On-duty librarians can broadly facilitate the use of library services, spaces, and materials, including accessing headphones, magnifying glasses, a keyboard with large letters, and increasing font size on library computers.

Location: 154 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032

Contact us at walpole@yale.edu

Building Access & Accessibility

• Parking & Entrance: accessible parking spaces designated (2), and pick-up in Library SUV can be arranged. Library car from station or depot: When you make your plans to come to the Library, let us know how you plan to get here, and when and where your train will arrive. We may be able to have the Lewis Walpole Library car meet you at the station and drive you to the Library. If we are not able to meet you, you should make arrangements for a taxi, Uber, or Lyft to meet you at the station and bring you to the Library.
• In the Library
  • Elevators: An elevator provides access to all three floors of the building. There is a lift to enable people who cannot climb stairs to access the first floor of the historic ca. 1784 Cowles house (the second floor is not currently accessible by elevator). 
  • Restrooms: Accessible stalls in bathrooms, and an all-gender bathroom on the first floor. Please note that the restroom doors are not currently mechanized.
  • Please note that there is Braille on all room signs. 

Available Technologies & Services

• In addition to the Library’s general assistive technologies and services, the following information may be helpful to Walpole Library patrons with disabilities:
  • Public computers are available. 
  • Several magnifying glasses are available on the reading room table. 
  • By request, headphones can be made available in the administration area, and a height-adjustable table can be brought into the reading room. Accommodations can be made in advance by contacting walpole@yale.edu.

Location: 120 High St., New Haven, CT, 06511

Contact us at laura.galas@yale.edu

Building Access & Accessibility:

• Parking: Metered parking is available with curb cuts on streets around campus, including along York, Elm, and College Streets that border Sterling Library and Bass Library.
• Entrance: You can enter the Library from two access points:
  • From the 301 York Street entrance: Once you enter the building and pass by the security guard, take a left. Take a quick right down the hall of the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. Follow the hallway to the end and you will enter Sterling Memorial Library.
  • From Grove Street: The library and entrance to the building can be found on High Street. There is an accessible ramp at the Library’s front entrance on High St. Please note that the front doors of the Library are not currently mechanized.
• Inside the Library
  • Elevators: An elevator is located straight back from the main entrance. 
  • Restrooms: Men’s and women’s accessible bathrooms are on the ground floor in the Music Library and downstairs in the Wright Reading Room:
    • Music Library (Ground Floor) : If facing the old circulation desk in Sterling Memorial Library, take a right and then a quick left into the hallway of the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. Pass the main entrance to the Music Library on the right. The next doorway on the right leads to the men’s and women’s accessible restrooms on the main floor.
    • Wright Reading Room (Lower Level): If in the Nave, facing the High Street exit, take the stairs close to the exit down to the lower level. Once at the bottom of the stairs, the men’s and women’s accessible restrooms are located across from the Wright Reading Room.

Available Technologies & Services

• In addition to the Library’s general assistive technologies and services, the following information may be helpful to Sterling Memorial Library patrons with disabilities. Staff at our service desk can broadly facilitate the use of library services, spaces, and materials, including but not limited to:
  • The use of microform readers, computers, and printers
  • Instructions on how to use available library technologies located at adaptive workstations
  • The use of the library catalog and finding aids
  • Assistance with determining the availability of the library’s physical material
  • Retrieving books and other materials from the stacks
  • Explanations and descriptions of sources and information
  • Photocopying a limited number of pages from books and journals
  • The extension of loan periods, on an individual basis
• Windows and Macintosh accessibility features are available on all public computers.
  • For PCs, these features can be activated in the lower right corner of the sign-in screen or by using the keyboard shortcut Windows logo key + U. PC accessibility features include:
    • Magnifier
    • Narrator
    • Speech recognition
    • Virtual keyboard
    • See a full list and description of Windows accessibility features.
  • For Macintosh computers, these features can be activated in the Settings application under “Accessibility.” Mac accessibility features include:
    • Voiceover
    • Zoom
    • Display (magnifier)
    • Spoken Content
    • Hearing Devices
    • See a full list and description of Mac accessibility features.
• One ADA-compliant copier/printer scanner is available on the lower level of Bass.
• Headphones are available through Bass Media Equipment to facilitate the use of narration software.
• Additionally, the following library services may be of interest to patrons with disabilities:
  • Reference services and research consultations (in-person or online): Librarians and archivists are available to meet with patrons, either in-person or online. We welcome your questions in person at a library information service desk, via email (askyalelibrary@yale.edu), via chat, telephone (203-432-1775), or SMS/text (203-826-2053). Undergraduate students may also reach out to their personal librarian.
  • To book an appointment with a librarian or archivist, Request a Research Consultation or reach out to your Personal Librarian or Subject Specialist librarian.
  • Scan & Deliver: Request portions of Yale Library materials - from book chapters and journal articles - to be digitized and sent to you via email. 
  • Request for Pickup: Request library staff retrieve print materials for you and deliver them to the library of your choice using the option in Quicksearch to “Request for pickup.”
  • Mail to Address: Request for Yale Library’s circulating materials, including ILL and BorrowDirect, to be shipped to any U.S. address via UPS.
  • Hybrid learning: Bass Library’s instruction rooms (L01A/B and L06A/B) are equipped with the ability to launch hybrid instruction with options to share and record the computer projection and/or the classroom. If there is a class you’d like to attend but it’s only offered in person, please get in touch with the instructor as we may be able to offer the class in a hybrid in-person/virtual format.