Services for Individuals with Disabilities
The University of Tennessee Libraries is committed to providing access to library services and resources to all users.
If you would like assistance remotely with finding resources and conducting research, please contact the Research Services Desk by phone, 865-974-6873, by email, eref@utk.edu.
You may also visit the Research Services Desk in person in the Hodges Library Reference Room on the 1st floor.
Upon your arrival, you may ask at the Hodges Library Circulation Desk for direction to services points throughout the library. This desk is located on the second floor. Coming in from the Melrose entrance it will be on your right during the construction.
If you need assistance with ongoing Library research or have questions/comments, please contact Steven Milewski, Disabilities Services Coordinator for the Libraries, at 865-974-4473, smilewsk@utk.edu.
Students may contact The Office of Disability Services for assistive technology training or coursework support. Faculty may contact The Office of Equity and Diversity.
Services and Access at Hodges Library
Services and Access at Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library
Services and Access at the George F. DeVine Music Library
Software and Equipment at All Libraries by Type
Software and Equipment at All Libraries by Location
Services and Access at Hodges Library
Service Desks
Staff at the Circulation Desk can assist with locating appropriate service desks and/or assistive technologies. The Circulation Desk is the located on the second floor of Hodges Library. If entering from the Melrose entrance it will be on your right during the construction.
The Commons is located on the second floor of Hodges Library. If you are entering at the Melrose entrance, Commons North is on your left and Commons South is on your right. Note: TheCommons will not be open at the beginning of classes. Commons North is scheduled to open in mid September.
Map Services is located on the ground floor of Hodges Library.
Retrieving Materials and Photocopying UT Students, Faculty and Staff registered with the Office of Disabilities
Services receive photocopying and reformatting services at no charge. Delivery options are available, please ask. Requests can be made four different ways:
-In person: Bring a list of items to be pulled or photocopied to the
Hodges Library Circulation Desk which is located on the second floor just inside the Melrose entrance on your left.
-Online: While in the library catalog, click 'Get It' and then click 'Item Pickup or Delivery' to have the item pulled and placed on hold. Pick up is at the Hodges Library Circulation Desk which is located on the second floor just inside the Melrose entrance on your left.
-By Telephone: Call Library Express at 974-0021
-Via e-mail: express@lib.utk.edu
Please provide call numbers for all items. If you need assistance finding books or articles, etc., contact Research Services by e-mail at eref@utk.edu, telephone 865-974-6873, or in person in Hodges Library Commons North located on the second floor.
Research Assistance at Hodges Library
Research librarians are available to answer your questions and assist in finding resources. They can be contacted several ways:
-In person: Research Assistance desk in Hodges Library Commons North
-By phone: Call 974-6873
-By e-mail: eref@utk.edu
-For in-depth research assistance, students are encouraged to make an appointment
with a subject
librarian and/or the Libraries' Disabilities Services Coordinator.
Parking: Multiple designated parking spaces are available in Staff Lot 12 located at the Melrose entrance of Hodges Library. Additionally, there are designated parking spaces on Melrose Ave., which surround the Staff Lot 12 parking lot. When entering from the Melrose entrance, you will be on the second floor of Hodges Library.
Building Entrances: Both entrances are wheelchair accessible and have automatic doors:
The main entrance to Hodges Library is located on Melrose Avenue. This entrance opens onto the
second floor. Elevators are down the hall and on your left. If you need
assistance, the main Circulation Desk is located just inside the entrance
on your right during construction.The Volunteer Boulevard entrance opens onto the ground floor. If you need assistance, there is a staffed security desk
on the ground floor just inside the entrance.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible restrooms and water fountains are available on
all floors.
All rooms are braille labeled.
Services and Access at the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library
Services: The staff will retrieve materials from the stacks and assist in photocopying. Checkout privileges may be negotiated.
Location: The Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library is located on the UT Agriculture campus, just off Neyland Drive on the corner of River Drive and Joe Johnson Drive. It is in Room A113 of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital building.
Parking: Two designated parking spaces are in front of the library. Directly across from these parking spaces is a sloped access to the sidewalk. Once on the sidewalk, proceed to the right and enter the doorway with the sign Pendergrass Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library.
Building Entrances: The entrance is wheelchair accessible and has automatic doors.
Accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible rest rooms are available.
Services and Access at the Music Library
Services: The Music Library staff will provide additional services such as retrieving materials from the stacks or from Reference shelves and assisting with photocopying. Provisions will be made for exceptions to circulation policies when necessary, such as taking materials to adaptive equipment housed elsewhere.
Accessibility: The Music Library houses a substantial collection in relatively small quarters. Except for the stacks aisles, there is room to maneuver a wheelchair to listening carrels, the photocopier, the Circulation desk, and the Reference room.
Equipment & Software by Location at UT Libraries
Map Services which is located on the ground floor of Hodges Library
- There is one CCTV
which is used to enlarge the viewing of print materials.
- There is one PC Workstation with JAWS 13.0, Kurzweil 1000 10.0 & scanner, and Zoomtext 10.0.
- There are two photocopiers with enlargement capabilities.
Commons South whick is located on the second floor of Hodges Library
- A Video Relay Service (Internet Phone/Sorenson Video Phone) located in Room 235 D. Please ask for assistance at the Hodges Library Studio Desk to find the location.
- Two Handheld Video Magnifiers are available to be checked out at the Commons South Equipment Checkout Desk.
- An Interpretype "the conversation piece" unit is available to be checked out at the Commons South Equipment Desk.
- A Trackball Mouse is available at the Commons South Equipment Checkout Desk and at the main desk in the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library.
Software on Computers in Hodges Library
- Computers in the Commons and the Map Services have the following software: Kurzweil 3000 10.04 and Magnifier.
Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library
- Photocopiers with enlargement capability
- All Computers in the AgVetMed Library have Kurzweil 3000 and Magnifier.
- An Assistive Technology station has JAWS 7.0, Kurzweil 1000 9.0
& scanner, and Zoomtext 8.1. The AT station is equip with a trackball mouse.
- Loaner laptops for use within the library.
Music Library
- Compact disc and audiocassette players
- DVD and VHS players
- Photocopier with enlargement capability
Equipment & Software by Type at All Libraries
Software for Visual Disabilities:
- Zoomtext 10.0 is on the assistive technology workstation located in Map Services on the ground floor of Hodges Library
- ZoomText 8.1 is on the assistive technology workstation located the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library assistive technology workstation.
- JAWS 13.0 is located on the Map Services assistive technology workstation and the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library assistive technology workstation.
- Kurzweil 3000 is is on all Commons computers and all OIT computers in the Hodges Library and the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library
- Kurzweil 1000 10.0 is on the assistive technology workstation located in Map Services on the ground floor of Hodges Library
- Kurzweil 1000 9.0 is on assistive technology workstation at the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library
Equipment for Visual Disabilities:
- A CCTV which is used to enlarge the viewing of print materials is located in Map Services on the ground floor of Hodges Library.
- Two Handheld Video Magnifiers are available to be checked out at the Commons South Equipment Checkout Desk.
Equipment for Speaking Disabilities:
- An Interpretype "the conversation piece" unit is available to be checked out at the Commons South Equipment Desk.
Software for Learning Disabilities:
- Kurzweil 3000 10.04 is on all Commons computers and all OIT computers in the Hodges Library Reading Room on the first floor.
Equipment for Hard of Hearing:
- A Video Relay Service (Internet Phone/Sorenson Video Phone) is located in Room 235D near The Studio in Commons South.
Equipment for Mobility Disabilities:
- An adjustable workstation is available in the Reference room on the 1st floor of Hodges Library.
- Several Adjustable workstations are available at the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library.
- All Instruction Rooms and Group Viewing Rooms in Hodges Library should have at least one adjustable table.
- A Trackball Mouse is available at the Commons South Equipment Checkout Desk and at the main desk in the Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library.
- Automatic Entrance Doors are in place at all of the UT Libraries.
- Wheelchair accessible restrooms are available in all of the UT Libraries.
