This guide is designed to be a quick introduction to the disability services available at USA Marx Library. If you cannot find the information you are looking for, don't worry, the librarians and staff at the USA Marx Library are here to help!
Our reference team is available to provide assistance in locating information on research topics. You may contact us through Live Reference Chat or by email at webref@southalabama.edu.
Other helpful departments and their phone numbers are listed below.
Circulation Desk: (251) 460-7028
Government Documents/Serials: (251) 460-7024
Patrons can request to have library materials retrieved from our shelves for in-library use, or for check out using our Book Valet service.
Available items are held for 2 weeks for pickup at the Circulation Desk.
Disabled students and faculty may also call the Circulation Desk at (251) 460-7028 and request item retrieval.
Students are required to register with USA’s Center for Educational Accessibility & Disability Resources to receive assistance campus-wide.
Students can contact CEDAR for a complete list of services and resources by phone at (251) 460-7212 or through email at disabilityservices@
The Center for Educational Accessibility & Disability Resources can assist students in need of accommodations due to disability, including alternative textbooks and enlargements for the visually impaired.
All branches of the Mobile Public Library have large print books, recorded books and Closed Captioned videos. The Mobile Public Library also provides information and applications for The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a free national program to provide audiobooks on disks and cassettes and special equipment on which to play them.
Call the Mobile Public Library at (251) 340-1535 for more information.
Six Handicapped spaces are available in the North parking lot near the JagTran stop. A sidewalk leads to the East entrance.
One Handicapped space is located near the loading dock on the West side of the library. A ramp on the dock leads to the West entrance
All four floors of the Library are accessible by the elevators on the North and South sides of the building.
The elevator control panels are at wheelchair level and have Braille indicators. The elevators also have audible signals and an emergency speaker telephone.
All floors have wheelchair accessible restrooms. Signs near doors will indicate accessibility.
The Library's printing and copying is self-service. Print jobs can be submitted either by uploading them from your device to our online print center, or by using one of the computers on first and second floor. More information can be found on our Printing at the Marx Library Libguide.
Copies are 10 cents per page, black and white prints only, and patrons may pay for printing at the Circulation Desk or at the self-service cash machines located next to print stations. The printing stations are located on our first and second floors.
Patrons who experience difficulty in making copies may request Circulation staff on the first floor to assist them.
Our Interlibrary Loan department also offers a document delivery copy service for journals and book chapters in our collection. Please allow 24 hours for delivery.
If the fire alarm sounds and flashes, do NOT use the elevators. Wait by the stairs and the library staff and emergency personnel will come to you.
There are public computer stations that are accessible to persons in wheelchairs.
Wi-Fi for personal devices is available on all floors of the University Library.