Main Building and Historic Villa

In front of the library's main building, there is a parking area with two spaces designated for people with disabilities.

The main entrance to the building is from Kosynierów Gdyńskich Street. The surface in front of the entrance is made of stone paving (with an uneven texture), which may pose difficulties for people using wheelchairs, crutches, or walkers. Access to the building is provided by automatic doors. The corridor and lobby offer convenient conditions for communication and free movement for people with disabilities. The building has two panoramic elevators that allow free movement on all publicly accessible floors. 

Tactile guiding paths are installed on the ground floor – leading from the main entrance to the Information Centre and from the main entrance to the Integration and Activity Centre. 

The stairs of the main staircase are fitted with contrasting, non-slip stair strips. Warning strips are placed at the beginning and end of the stairs. Handrails are equipped with overlays containing Braille inscriptions indicating which floor the stairs lead to. 

Tactile maps are installed on the ground floor near the main entrance, as well as on the first and second floors. On the doors of the lending departments, offices, toilets, and other publicly accessible rooms, Braille plates with NFC chips or raised pictograms with Braille have been affixed. 

At the main entrance and near the tactile maps on the first and second floors, there are sound navigation markers for blind and visually impaired people – Totupoint.

The library building is equipped with automatic door-opening systems. Automatic doors are located in the following areas: Reading Room for Books and Periodicals, Main Lending Department, Children’s Department, Audiovisual Collections Department, and Scientific Lending Department.

Accessible toilets for people with disabilities are located on:

• the ground floor, where the Information Centre, Main Lending Department, Integration and Activity Centre, and Reading Room Complex are located,
• the first floor, where the Children’s Department and the Audiovisual Collections Department are located,
• the second floor, where the Scientific Lending Department, Regional Collections Department, Information and Bibliographic Department, and Administration are located.

Persons accompanied by an assistance dog are allowed entry to the main building and the Historic Villa. 

At the main entrance to the library, there is a book drop box for the 24-hour self-service return of borrowed library materials (books, CD/DVD collections).

Access to the Historic Villa, where the Special Collections Department is located, is possible via a connecting corridor. The corridor is equipped with an elevator that enables people with mobility impairments to access the ground floor of the building. The first and second floors are not accessible to people with mobility impairments. Due to the building’s historic character, modifications or reconstructions are very difficult and often impossible to carry out.