Accessibility
The Stanford University Libraries are committed to serving all members of the Stanford community. If you have problems or special needs, ask for help at any library public service desk. Call specific libraries for advice on access and to make an appointment for reference assistance.
If you cannot access content or use features on the Stanford University Libraries website due to a disability or other accessibility-related issue, please contact the Stanford Online Accessibility Program via HelpSU or by email at web-accessibility@stanford.edu.
| Library | Access for persons with limited mobility |
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Cecil H. Green Library(650) 723-1493 |
The Loan & Privileges Desk staff are available to assist patrons with finding and retrieving items from our book stacks. Some areas of the stacks are not wheelchair accessible. Some collections are held at service points. Please contact library staff for further accommodation needs. |
Academy Hall (SRWC)(650) 497-4833 |
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Archive of Recorded Sound(650) 723-9312 |
Power equipped accessible entrance; elevator access to lower level and Archive entrance. |
Bowes Art & Architecture Library(650) 723-3408 |
The Library is located on the second floor of the McMurtry Art & Art History building, and is accessible via the building's passenger elevator. The collection is housed completely in hand cranked, rolling compact shelving. Assistance may be requested at the Circulation and Reference desk during all hours the Library is open. |
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections(650) 723-2746 |
Accessible to patrons with limited mobility. Elevator is available to take patrons to the library entrance on the 2nd floor. Power equipped accessible entrance is located on the south side of the building. |
Business Library(650) 725-2055 |
Accessible to patrons with limited mobility. |
Classics Library(650) 723-0479 |
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Cubberley Education Library(650) 723-2121 |
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David Rumsey Map Center(650) 498-8698 |
Elevator access is available. |
East Asia Library(650) 725-3435 |
The EAL is accessible to people with limited mobility. Ask at the circulation desk for help in getting items located on upper/lower shelves. If staff assistance is needed, please call the circulation desk (650-725-3435). |
Harold A. Miller Marine Biology Library at Hopkins Marine Station(831) 655-6229 |
Most areas of the library are accessible to patrons with limited mobility. |
Hoover Institution Library & Archives(650) 723-3563 |
The Reading Room is accessible by a ramp from Crothers Way (between the Herbert Hoover Memorial Building and Green Library) and then an elevator at the entrance of the Herbert Hoover Memorial Building. |
Lane Medical Library(650) 723-6831 |
Parking is available for those with accessible parking permits at the L-9 surface parking lot or the Roth Parking Garage, both on the corner of Campus Dr. and Roth Way. Lane Library has a power-equipped accessible front entrance and elevator access to the lower level. Please contact Lane Library staff for further accommodation needs. |
Lathrop Library |
Lathrop Library is wheelchair-accessible. An elevator services all floors. |
Music Library(650) 723-1211 |
The main entrance is power-equipped; an elevator serves the main and lower levels. |
Robert Crown Law Library(650) 723-2477 |
The law library is accessible to patrons with limited mobility. The entrance gate at the first floor main entrance is electronic and a staff member is always there to assist patrons. |
Robin Li and Melissa Ma Science Library(650) 723-1528 |
The entrance to the library is located on the third floor of the Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, and is accessible via the building's passenger elevator, located to the left as one enters the building from Lomita Drive. The library occupies much of the third floor and all of the fourth floor of the Sapp Center, and a passenger elevator makes both floors accessible to library users. |
SLAC National Accelerator Lab Research Library(650) 926-2411 |
Most of the SLAC library collections are either electronic or remotely stored hard-copy materials. Library use is limited to current SLAC staff only. Library users are encouraged to email requests to library@slac.stanford.edu. SLAC Library staff will respond to the requests as soon as possible. |
Special Collections & University Archives(650) 725-1022 |
Accessible to customers with limited mobility. |
Stanford Auxiliary Library 1&2 (SAL1&2)(650) 723-9201 |
Most of the collections are shelved on compact shelving. Library staff are available to retrieve items from the Stacks for all users. |
Stanford Auxiliary Library 3 (SAL3)(650) 723-1493 |
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Stanford Auxiliary Library, off-campus Newark(650) 723-1493 |
No public access. |
Tanner Philosophy Library(650) 723-1539 |
The Tanner Philosophy Library is accessible to patrons with limited mobility. |
Terman Engineering Library(650) 723-0001 |
Parking is available for those with accessible parking permits on the south side of the Huang Engineering Center and in the Via Ortega Garage at Panama St. and Via Ortega. The Huang Engineering Center is equipped with automatic doors, accessible elevators, and accessible washrooms. A height-adjustable computer work station is available in the library. Please contact Terman Engineering Library staff for further accommodation needs. |