Accessibility

We provide equitable access to library services, resources and facilities for all by recognizing individual needs. If you have accessibility needs, please ask a library staff member for assistance with:

  • retrieving material from the stacks
  • using Omni or other library search tools
  • accessing technology or facilities

Let us know how we can best assist you, we are happy to help.

If you require library material in an alternate format, please contact library@trentu.ca for assistance.

ACE Portal

The Accessible Content E-Portal (ACE) is a service that provides library materials in accessible formats to readers with perceptual disabilities who attend a participating Ontario university. 

ACE provides the following alternate formats:

  • Colour PDF
  • Black & white PDF
  • DAISY
  • ePub
  • Plain text

Accessing ACE

Library users with perceptual disabilities may register for access to the ACE Portal using an individual token. 

Students must be registered with Student Accessibility Services in order to obtain an ACE token. 

Contact sas@trentu.ca to request access to ACE.

Using ACE

Once you have received an ACE token:

If the book you need is not available in ACE, contact library@trentu.ca to request digitization.

What is a Perceptual Disability?

According to Canadian Copyright law, a perceptual disability is defined as a “disability that prevents or inhibits a person from reading or hearing a work in its original format, and includes such a disability resulting from:

  1. Severe or total impairment of sight or hearing or the inability to focus or move one’s eyes;
  2. The inability to hold or manipulate a book;
  3. Or an impairment relating to comprehension”

(Copyright Act, s. 2)

Captioned Video

We will provide, on request, a transcript or closed captioned version of any DVD in our collection for students with perceptual disabilities. Contact library@trentu.ca to request accessible video content.

For complete campus accessibility information, please visit Trent's AccessibilityHub.

Bata Library

  • Accessible washroom facilities on all levels
  • All-gender washroom facilities on levels 2, 3 and 4
  • Accessible ramp from Bata Library parking lot
  • Automatic doors from Bata Parking Lot and University Court
  • Elevators to all levels
  • Height adjustable desks in public study spaces
  • Counter height service desk

Durham Library

  • Counter height service desk
  • Accessible and all-gender washroom facilities Thornton Building A
  • Accessible entrance at the front of Thornton Building A

Bata Library has three designated individual study carrels for use by students registered with Student Accessibility Services. These carrels are located on levels 3 and 4:

  • BL 306.1
  • BL 306.2
  • BL 412.4

These carrels offer a quiet, individual study space with limited distractions so you can focus on your work.

Access to the carrels is via a coded keypad. Contact Student Accessibility Services to request an access code.