Location accessibility

• Enter from 3700 McTavish Street:
  • Exterior ramp and staircase (3 stone steps) with handrails on both sides (Accessibility guide p. 15)
  • 2 doors that open outward with automatic push-to-open door activation
  • Leads to staircase and elevator on the basement level
  • On the 1st floor follow signage to Room 112, behind a door with a lever handle that opens outwards.
    • Alternatively, use the push-to-open automatic door to the Faculty of Education Learning Commons and make a loop by turning right and right again through the space.
• Enter from the north side of the building:
  • Paved pathway with a steep incline
  • 2 doors that open outward with automatic push-to-open door activation
  • Leads to staircase and elevators on the second floor of the building
  • On the 1st floor follow signage to Room 112, behind a door with a lever handle that opens outwards.
    • Alternatively, use the push-to-open automatic door to the Faculty of Education Learning Commons and make a loop by turning right and right again through the space.
• Enter from Peel Street:
  • External staircase (6 stone steps) with handrails on both sides
  • 2 doors that open outward with no automatic door activation
  • Leads to the Education Curriculum Resources Centre in Room 112

• Elevators: 3 Elevators operate between floors B2 to 6^th floor of the Education Building
  • Capacity, 1595 kg or 22 people
  • Floor indication: visual only, outside and inside above eye-level
  • Braille: outside and inside buttons
  • 1 Elevator operates between the basement level and the 1st floor
  • Capacity, 2 persons and 1 wheelchair
• Stairs: 1 staircase serving all floors of the Education Building
  • Slip-resistant surface
  • Handrails on both sides
  • Uniform riser height
  • 1 staircase from the basement level to the 1st floor
  • Slip-resistant surface
  • Handrails on both sides
  • Uniform riser height

• Location: No access within the Library
  • Women’s and men’s washrooms located outside of the library to the left and through the doors
  • Narrow stalls with one larger stall
  • No automatic door activation
  • The women’s washroom includes free menstrual products and has an infant change table
  • Nearest gender inclusive washroom is B 139

• Location: None inside the Library
• 1 fountain on the 1^st floor near the Peel Street entrance
  • Approach: unobstructed, sufficient knee clearance for mobility device users
  • Bottle fill station: operated by sensor
  • Drinking fountain: operated by push bars mounted on front and both sides
• 1 fountain on the 1^st floor near the washrooms
  • Approach: unobstructed, sufficient knee clearance for mobility device users; 2 heights
  • Bottle fill station: operated by sensor
  • Drinking fountain: operated by push bars mounted on front and both sides

• Location: inside the entrance of the Library
  • Features: standard-height desk, no toe and knee clearance
  • Sound level: semi-talking

A large standard-height table with chairs (wheels, no armrests); additional counter-height seating and cushioned chairs

• Stacks
  • materials are shelved on the highest and lowest shelves.
• Sound level
  • quiet study
• Flooring
  • carpet
• Lighting
  • overhead fluorescent lighting
• Equipment
  • scanner