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Skokie Public Library
Category: Park District/Local Government, Disability-Aware Business, Library, Disability Awareness Trained
Phone number: (847) 673-7774
Location: 5215 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077
Website: http://www.skokielibrary.info
Location: 5215 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077
Website: http://www.skokielibrary.info
Hours:
M-F: 9am-9pm
Sat: 9am-6pm
Sun: noon-6pm
M-F: 9am-9pm
Sat: 9am-6pm
Sun: noon-6pm
Nearest Transportation Stop: Oakton and Lincoln Ave.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
-ADA Computer Lab offers a wide variety of assistive technologies such as ZoomText® for screen magnification, JAWS for Windows® for speech synthesis, and Open Book Ruby Edition® for reading scanned materials. There is also a Braille embosser.
-Switch-activated computer and Zac Browser available in Youth Services Department
-Sound amplification in auditorium and meeting room
-Adapted toys available for children to use in the Library
SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
-Club Wonder meets on the third Saturday of each month from 10:30 to 11:30am for children ages 3 to 7
-Rainbow Therapy Time meets on the third Sunday of each month from 12:15 to 1:15pm for children ages 7 to 12.
-Talking Books Discussion Group meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 2:00pm
-ADA Computer Lab offers a wide variety of assistive technologies such as ZoomText® for screen magnification, JAWS for Windows® for speech synthesis, and Open Book Ruby Edition® for reading scanned materials. There is also a Braille embosser.
-Switch-activated computer and Zac Browser available in Youth Services Department
-Sound amplification in auditorium and meeting room
-Adapted toys available for children to use in the Library
SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
-Club Wonder meets on the third Saturday of each month from 10:30 to 11:30am for children ages 3 to 7
-Rainbow Therapy Time meets on the third Sunday of each month from 12:15 to 1:15pm for children ages 7 to 12.
-Talking Books Discussion Group meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 2:00pm
Disability Aware Features:
- Adaptive technology
- Braille
- Extra assistance available
- Offer products or services for people with disabilities
- Physically accessible
- Trained staff
- Volunteer opportunities for people with disabilities
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Pink princess 9:41am 02/27/24
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Good
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I liked being there and it was a good experience.
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
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pepper 10:32am 10/05/21
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Great!
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found books like them as much as games at the libary
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Has employees with disabilities, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Has employees with disabilities, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
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Becky 10:28am 08/10/21
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Great!
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remodeling and renovation is very awesome. I like how they changed the public library. I want to do more there
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service, Accessible Parking
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service, Accessible Parking
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pepper 10:29am 08/03/21
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Great!
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had a fun time picking out my things at the libarry
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
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MetM 3:07pm 01/05/20
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Great!
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They were very interesting in the performance
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Friendly, Respectful, Physically accessible
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Friendly, Respectful, Physically accessible
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jg 1:21pm 11/21/19
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Good
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Came back here and presented to their staff. Building Is accessible. Staff was very nice.
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
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Becky 1:35pm 11/28/18
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Okay
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The staff are pretty good to me. The problem was, I never got a skokie library card. Can't complain! People were sometimes rude to me. Everything was confusing. Book club at the Douglas Center seemed like sort of epic fail to me.
Disability Awareness: Unwelcoming, Avoided me, Ignored me, Unfriendly, Inflexible service
Disability Awareness: Unwelcoming, Avoided me, Ignored me, Unfriendly, Inflexible service
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Kelly o. 4:07pm 07/16/15
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Bad
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There are so many wonderful early learning resources, however most of the staffs at the Youth Services Department at Skokie Public Library are very rude, unhelpful, lacking of professionalism, enthusiasm, and poor interpersonal interactions.
Disability Awareness: Unwelcoming, Ignored the person/people with the disability, Unfriendly, Disrespectful, Impatient, Unwilling or unhelpful with assistance or accommodations
Disability Awareness: Unwelcoming, Ignored the person/people with the disability, Unfriendly, Disrespectful, Impatient, Unwilling or unhelpful with assistance or accommodations
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sensui 4:08pm 01/02/15
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Great!
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i like going to the library cause they have really good stuff there they got movies cd's dvd's books magazines and other things as well you can use your library card to check out stuff and their very nice too its a great place if you want to look at things. i go there every week on Sunday during the weekend. i take pace there too as well.
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Has employees with disabilities, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Has employees with disabilities, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking
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Alex F 3:44pm 12/16/13
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Great!
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Last Friday, I went to the Skokie Public Library for a disability training. The people who work at the library are nice and friendly. They talked directly to me and I have a disability. Overall, I find them to be very accommodating to people with disabilities. I had a great experience doing the disability training at the library last Friday.
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked directly to the person/people with disability, Friendly, Respectful, Helpful with assistance or accommodation
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked directly to the person/people with disability, Friendly, Respectful, Helpful with assistance or accommodation
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Matthew 11:24am 12/16/13
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Great!
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i think it was a great time there. I think they learn a lot from us what our Goal was. to help them to learn from us how we sent our message to them. They came up and help us out with our goal is.There where lots of people there and learn a lot.. Our Goal was to talk to them to be Disability Aware. I think they were so happy so happy that we came in. I think they where Disability when i came in
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Friendly, Gave choices, Gave extra time, Respectful, Flexible service, Accessible Parking
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Friendly, Gave choices, Gave extra time, Respectful, Flexible service, Accessible Parking
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jake74 8:35pm 12/13/13
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Great!
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Let's try this again. I went here today for an event. The event was presented extremely well, and everybody with whom I interacted was wonderful. Also physically accessible!
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Has employees with disabilities, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Other, Accessible Parking, This library has assistive technology, as I found out when meeting here with another group many years ago. They still have some too.
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Has employees with disabilities, Flexible service, Physically accessible, Other, Accessible Parking, This library has assistive technology, as I found out when meeting here with another group many years ago. They still have some too.
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jg 7:09pm 12/13/13
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Great!
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Today I presentented at this library. Staff was very friendly to our group.
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Respectful, Physically accessible
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Respectful, Physically accessible
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Chana 10:14am 03/14/13
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Good
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The reason why I think the library is a good volunteer place is because everyone is so accommodating and friendly. I have had a good experience working there!
Disability Awareness: Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service
Disability Awareness: Talked to me person-to-person, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Flexible service
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THE DOUGLAS CENTER 9:59am 05/14/09
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Skokie Library is a great place for individuals to gain knowlege, share knowledge and participate in events and activities.
They offer services like computer training classes, they also have a mobile library(library on a bus) that stops by your place so more people can access their services.
Since all people may not have accesss to go to the library, they will come by your place of living or business so people with special needs can access their resources.
Its a great place to be, our people with special needs look forward to the day of Mobile Library every other week
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked directly to the person/people with disability, Friendly, Gave extra time, Respectful, Physically accessible
They offer services like computer training classes, they also have a mobile library(library on a bus) that stops by your place so more people can access their services.
Since all people may not have accesss to go to the library, they will come by your place of living or business so people with special needs can access their resources.
Its a great place to be, our people with special needs look forward to the day of Mobile Library every other week
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Talked directly to the person/people with disability, Friendly, Gave extra time, Respectful, Physically accessible
Disability Awareness: Welcoming, Asked me if I needed or wanted help, Friendly, Gave me choices, Gave me extra time, Respectful, Helpful when I needed assistance or accommodation, Physically accessible, Accessible Parking