Accessibility Services

Cary Library affirms its commitment to making its services and website accessible to all users. We have the following available to patrons; please ask for assistance at any public desk.

Print Disabilities or Visual Impairment

• Large print material for all ages.
• Audio and eAudio books for all ages.
• Merlin Full HD Video Magnifier.
• Handheld magnifying glasses available at all service desks.
• Page magnifying sheets available at all service desks.
• Wheelchair accessible library catalog computer with large print keyboard on each floor.
• A collection of non-prescription reading glasses available for use in the library’s Reading Room.
• Trueflix and Bookflix eResources that contain read along features.
• Priority Seating for programs.

Deaf or Hard of Hearing

• Induction Loop and Assistive Listening System in the Large Meeting Room and Living Room programming spaces.
• Portable Assistive listening system for residents to borrow for use outside the library.
• Volume controls on all public internet computers.
• Headphones for use in the library.
• Closed Captioning in all our virtual programs.
• Priority Seating for programs.

Physical Disabilities

• Door-to-Door delivery service for those unable to get to the library.
• Digitization of materials: the Worthen Collection, Lexington Minuteman, Lexington High School Yearbooks and many more of our research collections online are available from home.
• Wheelchair accessible library catalog with large print keyboard on each floor.
• Mobile Checkout app.

Accessibility Features of Our Building

• Accessible parking in our parking lot as well as accessible street spaces on Clarke Street next to the building.
• Ramp entrance at Massachusetts Avenue.
• Ramps and an elevator in the building.

Neurodiversity, Learning Disorders, Cognitive, and Developmental Disabilities

• Large print materials for all ages.
• Audio- and eAudio books.
• Literacy collection includes books with high interest topics but lower reading levels.
• Bookflix: Online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction ebooks to build a love of reading and learning.  Also includes a read along feature.
• Trueflix: Online resource that pairs nonfiction ebooks with short videos on the topic.  Also includes a read along feature.