Cairns Library

• There are Blue Badge parking bays located throughout the John Radcliffe Hospital site
• There are some Blue Badge parking bays near the Academic Centre (where the library is located)
• Please follow the link below for more information about parking on the John Radcliffe Hospital site (including information on parking charges)

• Parking at the JR site

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• The Cairns Library is on level 3 (first floor) of the Academic Centre
• There are powered doors into the Academic Centre
• There is lift access to level 3 (first floor). The lift is opposite the Academic Centre entrance
• There are also stairs to level 3 (first floor)
• There are signs directing you to the library on level 3 (first floor)
• Doors into the library reception are manual
• Once inside the reception area, there is another (secure) door into the library
• The library door is secure 

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• There are two reception desks - 1 in the lobby outside the library, and 1 in the library
• Both desks are at a wheelchair accessible height but do not have a knee recess
• The desk in the lobby is staffed until 5pm, Monday to Friday
• The desk in the library is staffed until 7pm, Monday to Friday
• There is no hearing support system on either desk

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• There is an accessible toilet on same floor within George Pickering Education Centre (down the long corridor).
• There is an accessible toilet on level 2 (ground floor) of the Academic Centre

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• There is a lift from the level 2 (ground floor) to level 3 (first floor) of the Academic Centre
• The library is on level 3
• There are additional lifts in the building
• The library itself is on one level

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• The Cairns Library is on level 3 (first floor) of the Academic Centre.
• The stairs have handrails both sides and visually contrasting markings on the step edges
• The library itself is all on one level
• There is also a lift

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• There are manual double doors into the library reception
• There is a manual secure door from the reception area into the library
• The secure door has a proximity card reader to enter, and a green push button to exit
• During staffed hours, staff can help with the doors if needed
• Most of the library space is open plan
• Doors to seminar rooms in the library are manual and are either glazed or have vision panels

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Main reading room

• The main reading room is open plan
• There is shelving, cubicles, open plan seating and study desks

The Book Collection

• The Book Collection is a smaller room accessed off the main reading room
• There is shelving and study desks

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• There is a small seminar room off the main reading room
• There is a group study room off the reception area
• The Beeson Room is a large meeting/training room off the main reading room
• There are no hearing support systems in the rooms

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• There is small break out space by the reception area in front of the library entrance
• There are several armchairs and small coffee tables
• There is generous circulation space

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There are no hearing support systems in the library.

The library can provide the following assistive equipment:

• Five coloured acetate sheets
• Two hand-held magnifiers 
• Reading lamps
• 3 height adjustable desks
• 1 ergonomic chair

Please ask at the reception desk if you want to use any of this equipment.