Accessibility Information for the Penn Libraries
The Penn Libraries is committed to providing accessible materials, programs, and services for all users.
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries are open to Penn faculty, staff, and students with a valid PennCard. Information for guests is available at Access and Visitor Information.
Facilities
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Butler Assistive Technology Room
The Butler Assistive Technology Room (G 101.11) is located on the ground floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center near the accessible entrance and the bank of elevators. The room offers equipment and technology to accommodate many different needs to support student learning.
Read about facilities and technologies in the Butler Room
Request orientation to the Butler Room or tell us about equipment that you need
Services
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Do you live far away from campus? Unable to pick up your library books? We can mail them to you! Once you've registered, just request delivery via Books By Mail directly from the library catalog, and we'll ship them to your off-campus home address.
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Alternative format materials requests
If you need any library materials converted into an accessible format, please send an email request to ALT@upenn.libanswers.com and include the item information and type of remediation needed (e.g. accessible PDF, captions, transcription, image description).
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SensusAccess
SensusAccess is an easy-to-use OCR tool that allows users to transform documents into many formats, including MP3, DAISY, EPUB, and digital Braille. Penn now has a subscription for all university students, faculty, and staff:
www.sensusaccess.com/web3/upennlib