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The following services are available for patrons with disabilities. For additional assistance contact the Accessibility Resource Center, (ARC) 277-3506 or Ask a Librarian at 277-9100.

General Services at all four branches of University Libraries
Please request any of the following at any library service desk.
Print materials are paged and electronic library collections are retrieved for individual students as needed.
No-charge photocopy services provided to students with disabilities requiring paper formats.
Student-specific re-formatting of collections into usable formats is available on demand (i.e., PDF to OCR conversion).
All four libraries have adjustable height computer tables to accommodate wheelchairs.

Zimmerman Library

• Most group study rooms on the first floor and basement level are wheelchair accessible.
• Alice Clark Room
  The Alice Clark Room is on the north side of the first floor of Zimmerman Library The Alice Clark Room houses various assistive devices provided by the Accessibility Resource Center to facilitate and promote the use of the UNM University Libraries' collections for patrons with special needs. This equipment primarily services the needs of blind and vision impaired students. Lockers are also available in the Alice Clark Room for students with disabilities. Among the various devices provided, updated and maintained by ARC are:
  

• 3 Windows 7 Computers
  1 Windows XP Computer
  1 Flatbed Scanner
  1 Sheet Feed Scanner
  1 Laser printer

• Software includes MS Office 2010, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Jaws, ZoomText, Kurzweil 3000, Dragon Speaking Naturally

• The room was named for Alice S. Clark who was the Associate Dean of the UNM University Libraries from 1974-1986, and under whose leadership the library first organized services for its patrons with special needs.
  

• 2 private study rooms are also available in Zimmerman Library, these small rooms contain Windows based computers with Dragon Naturally Speaking software installed, along with MS Office, printing is not available from these rooms.

Parish Library

• Parish Library has a designated group study room with priority use for disabled students.
  ARC maintains a computer in Parish Memorial Library that contains the standard range of accessibility software to accommodate students who use the 24/5 services.

Centennial Science and Engineering Library

• One designated group study room with priority use for disabled students.

Fine Arts and Design Library

• All FADL group study rooms are wheelchair accessible.