Closest accessible parking
Accessible Parking, Armadale Central Shopping Centre
External access and entrance
Direct, wide level access off the shopping arcade.
95cm wide gap between security pedestals into the library.
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Internal area
- The carpeted library is spacious and open plan, with self serve book scanners and customer service desks close to the entry point. One self serve book scanner is on a desk at sitting height. The service counter is 1 metre high.
- Aisles between bookshelves are 1.5 metres and open at both ends with with books stacked from floor level to 1.5 metres high.
- Library catalogue computers are 94cm high to the keyboard.
- The public computers are all located in central corales, at sitting height. Desks are 73cm high with 71cm knee clearance. The seats do not have armrests.
- There are two book returns, on either side of the partition between the inside and outside of the library. Book slots are 1 metre high.
- Seating in the 'Reading Room Lounge' have tub chairs with arms around coffee tables. Chairs with and without armrests are readily available.
- There are six hearing posts with head phones.
- Magazines are stored on the wall at sitting height.
Signage, customer displays and customer information
- The library is identified over the entrance by large, blue lettering on a white background.
- Openning hours on the door are in large print.
- Information produced by the library is in a clear print with clear colour contrast.
Equipment for people with disabilities
- Trolleys are available at the front of the library.
- The library offers a variety of texts in large print and audio formats.
- A CCTV (Optek Magnifyer) is on a power operated height adjustable desk.
- There is a Daisy Reader that can be trialled by customers with a vision impairment, with more information then available from Vision Australlia.
- Home delivery service available.
- The meeting room has a hearing loop and a height adjustable lectern.
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Closest accessible toilet
Accessible Toilet, near IGA, Armadale Central Shopping Centre
Rooms
Junior area
Connected to the main library with furniture suitable for smaller children.
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Youth Zone
A carpeted and hard floored area partitioned from the main library area with wide open access.
Two lowered desks 72cm high with 70cm knee access.
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Community meeting room
A room at the rear of the library with a 74cm wide door with a lever handle, heavy to push and slow to close.
Spacious inside with moveable chairs without armrests.
Audiovisual equipment with a built in audio loop.
Trestle tables are 75cm high with 71cm knee clearance.
A height adjustable lectern.
Kitchen facilities available.
Training room
A carpeted room at the rear of the library with desks and computers.
The room has a built in audio loop.
Entrance is through an 85cm wide door with a lever handle.
85cm space between moveable desks with 1 metre seating space behind desks.
Desks are 72cm high wih 70cm knee clearance.
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