Description of the facility

The library is easily accessible. The library is located on the first floor and attic of the building. In the immediate vicinity of the building, there is a marked parking space that is not of appropriate dimensions. Access to the library is from the passage of the building at Glavni trg 2, via stairs or an elevator. To use the elevator, library staff must be called. There is sufficient maneuvering space within the library. Magnifying glasses are available in the library for reading materials. On the first floor of the library, there are restrooms that are not adapted.
The library also manages a museum with a small hall located on the first floor of the building. Access to the museum’s exhibition spaces is from the passage of the building at Glavni trg 1 via stairs. Wheelchair users can access the museum through the library. The small hall has movable seating.
An adapted restroom is arranged on the ground floor of the passage at Glavni trg 1 and serves both the library and the museum.

Adjustments:

Mobility impaired:

  • a marked parking space is located near the entrance but is not of appropriate dimensions,
  • the entrance to the library is accessible,
  • an elevator is installed in the building (staff must be called for use),
  • the reception desk is height-adjusted for wheelchair users,
  • there is sufficient maneuvering space inside the library, exhibition areas, and the hall,
  • an adapted restroom is available in the passage of the building at Glavni trg 1,
  • the arrangement of bookshelves allows access for wheelchair users.

Blind and visually impaired:

  • the elevator buttons are tactile and labeled in Braille,
  • the edges of the stairs are marked with contrast,
  • magnifying glasses are available in the library.

Deaf and hard of hearing:

  • no adaptations.

Deficiencies:

Mobility impaired:

  • the marked parking space is not of appropriate dimensions,
  • one height difference inside is not properly bridged (a threshold at the access from the library to the museum).

Blind and visually impaired:

  • the signage board at the main entrance is not appropriate,
  • the reception desk is not located in the immediate vicinity of the library entrance,
  • the path to the distant reception desk is not marked,
  • the reception desk window is not marked with contrast,
  • signs and labels in the building are not placed at suitable heights and are not contrasting or legible,
  • the edges of height differences and stairs are not contrast-marked (only partially).

Deaf and hard of hearing:

  • the hall and the reception desk are not equipped with a hearing loop,
  • the reception desk is positioned so that there are windows behind it.