Description of the facility

The library is easily accessible. It is located in the basement of the TUŠ Shopping Centre. The main entrance is accessible from the car park. The building has a lift. There are stairs without contrasting visual markings and an unsuitably sized, slippery ramp on the path from the lift to the library entrance in the basement. An additional side entrance is set up at the back of the building from the riverbank, but it is not accessible from the car park.
There is sufficient room to manoeuvre inside the library. Sanitary facilities are provided. The library also has a small hall with moveable seating that is not equipped with an induction loop. The interior of the library is adequately lit. 

Adaptations: 

People with mobility impairments: 

  • There is a designated accessible parking spot, but it is not spacious enough,
  • The main entrance to the building is accessible, 
  • The height of the reception desk is adapted to wheelchair users, 
  • There is sufficient room to manoeuvre indoors, 
  • There is a suitably sized lift in the building, 
  • The building has accessible sanitary facilities,   
  • The layout of the bookshelves enables wheelchair access.

People with visual impairments: 

  • The library counter is located in the immediate vicinity of the entrance, 
  • There are no abrupt transitions from light to dark spaces in the building, 
  • The signage and lettering in the building have contrasting visual markings and are readable, 
  • The lift buttons have raised tactile letters.  

People with hearing impairments: 

  • The library counter is adequately lit and enables lip-reading and interpreting facial expressions, 
  • The spaces have adequate sound insulation.

Deficiencies: 

People with mobility impairments: 

  • The accessible parking spot is not spacious enough, 
  • The slope of the ramp at the access from the lift to the library is inadequate.

People with visual impairments: 

  • The glazed glass doors do not have contrasting visual markings, 
  • The signage and lettering in the building are not placed at suitable heights, 
  • The edges of stairs and changes of level do not have contrasting visual markings. 

People with hearing impairments: 

  • The hall and library counter are not equipped with an induction loop.