Zahnow Library Disability Accommodations
TDD Contact Information - 964.7091 | Campus Disability Services Home Page
Librarian Assistance
- Reference librarians are available 80.5 hours per week to assist library users with one-on-one assistance at the Reference Desk or by appointment.
- The Reference and Instruction librarian in conjunction with faculty and the SVSU disabilities services arranges for library instruction session material to be modified as needed for disabled students.
Resource Assistance
- Retrieval service provided for patrons with height challenges. See Circulation Desk for assistance. Also, telephones by all stairwells have direct access to the Circulation Desk to facilitate remote requests.
- Print enlarging lenses for the microform reader/printers. See Periodicals Desk for assistance.
- Purchase of captioned video materials whenever possible. - See http://library.svsu.edu/search/d?SEARCH=closed+captioning&sortdropdown=-&searchscope=11 for list of currently owned closed captioned materials
- Selection of audiobooks for the visually challenged. - See http://library.svsu.edu/search/daudiobooks for a list of currently owned audiobooks
Facilities Accommodations
- Study desks with raised writing surfaces for wheelchair access on all library floors. See Circulation Desk for specific locations
- Braille signage in elevators and all new signage
- All shelves and installations distanced to allow wheelchair access beyond the minimum required accommodations
- Powered doors at all major entrances
Accommodation Equipment
- Kurzweil - Computer-based text reader located on the Reference Consultation Room PC and on two PCs in the library computer lab (Z 111).
- Amigos - The Circulation Desk has three Amigo power scooters provided by Disability Services. These are available on a first come-first serve basis. These are checked out on a daily basis.
- Phonic Ear - Phonic Ear is a portable wireless FM systems for Personal Assistive Listening. The Circulation Desk has one available for check out on a first come-first serve basis. These are checked out on a daily basis.
- eBeam - eBeam Projection is a compact, portable, and easy to use device that turns a wall or whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard. Arrangements for use need to be made with SVSU’s Disability Services but is checked out at the Library Circulation Desk.
TDD line
TDD - A telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) is an electronic device for text communication via a telephone line, used when one or more of the parties has hearing or speech difficulties. Other names for TDD include TTY (telephone typewriter or teletypewriter, although TTY is also a term used for teletypes in general), textphone (Common in Europe and the UK), and minicom (United Kingdom).
The typical TDD is a device about the size of a small laptop computer with a QWERTY keyboard and small screen that uses LEDs or an LCD screen to display typed text electronically. In addition, TDDs commonly have a small spool of paper on which text is also printed - old versions of the device had only a printer and no screen. The text is transmitted live, via a telephone line, to a compatible device, i.e. one that uses a similar communication protocol. In certain countries there are Telecommunications Relay Services, so that a deaf person can communicate with a hearing person on an ordinary voice phone using a human relay operator. There are also "carry-over" services, enabling people who can hear but cannot speak ("hearing carry-over," a.k.a. "HCO"), or people who cannot hear but are able to speak ("voice carry-over," a.k.a. "VCO") to use the telephone.