The Hales Corners Library offers a variety of special services and adaptive technologies to assist those with diverse needs.
Services for those with mobility concerns
- Parking – handicap accessible parking is located at the main entrance and at the lower level entrance, for events held in the Hunt Room
- Building Entrance – the main entrance to the library and the lower level entrance to the Hunt Room feature no steps and automatic doors
- Handicap Accessible Restrooms – in the library and on the lower level
- Wheelchair Accessible Computers – in the library
Assistive Services
- Retrieval of Library items – books, periodicals, CDs, DVDs, and so on. Just ask!
- Specialized materials
- large print books
- audiobooks (on CDs and digital)
- captioned DVDs
- downloadable Audiobooks and eBooks
- Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library (information and applications)
- Access to highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online through Gale Courses
- OverDrive – available through Wisconsin’s Digital Library (OverDrive) link, materials which can be read with computers, assistive reading devices, braille printers, and MP3 players
- Interlibrary Loan – obtaining items from other libraries
- Proxy Pick-up –
- A card holder can assign a proxy person to their account. Material is put on hold on the individual’s library card, but a proxy can be added to pick up the books for the account holder. All library circulation and registration policies apply. Please call the library for more information and to get the form.
- Photocopying assistance
Assistive Technology
- Hearing Loop – available in the Hunt Room (A hearing loop is a system that transfers sound directly to a hearing device or cochlear implant via a t-coil receiver. The t-coil may need to be activated by an audiologist.)
- Assistive Listening Devices – available upon request for use in the Hunt Room
- Low-Vision-Equipped Computer – all public computers have magnifying software
