Accessibility statement

Date of website publication: 30 June 2017
Last major update: 9 May 2023

Status of digital accessibility

Links
- The site contains links within image with no or insufficient ALT attribute.
- The site contains links for downloading documents that do not specify their format.
- The site contains links with URL address as their text.
Headings
- The pages may contain inappropriate headings.
Alternative text for images
- The site contains text images without alternative text.
Form fields
- Form fields have no labels or labels have been incorrectly related to fields.
Other page controls
- The drop-down main menu items are not accessible through a keyboard.
Accessibility of all the elements on a page
Accessibility of materials published on the site
- The site may contain links to inaccessible documents.
Site map, understandability of site structure, ease of finding the information
- The site does not contain site map.
Contrasts and colours on the site
- The site contains elements that do not meet contrast requirements.
Dynamic elements on the site
- The site contains drop-down elements that are not accessible through a keyboard.
Highlighting links and other important elements on the site
- The site contains links that are distinguishable only by colour, which do not meet contrast requirements.
User interface accessibility
- Drop-down main menu items are not accessible through a keyboard.

The statement was based on an assessment conducted by the Office for Persons with Disabilities (BON), UW.

This statement was prepared on 31 May 2022
The last review of the statement was prepared on 4 December 2025

Full accessibility statement is avaliable on this pages: accessibility-statement [HTML] and Accessibility statement [BON Website].

The contact person for the accessibility of this website is: Anna Grędzińska.

If you experience problems with accessibility of this website, contact with us by sending an e-mail to: am.gredzinska@uw.edu.pl, or by calling 22 55 27 185. Requests for providing accessible alternative for non-accessible content as well as other requests related to accessibility can be submitted by the same channels.

Everyone has the right to request digital accessibility to the website, mobile application or any elements thereof. You can also request information to be made available using an alternative means of access.

The request should contain the particulars of the person filing the request, indication of the website or mobile application it concerns and contact information. If the requesting person reports the need to receive information by means of an alternative method of access, they should also specify a convenient mode of presenting such information to them.

The public entity should promptly satisfy the request, not later than within 7 days from the date the request was filed. If meeting this deadline is not possible, the public entity will promptly notify the person filing the request about the time when the request can be satisfied, however, this deadline may not exceed 2 months from the date of filing the request. If the provision of digital accessibility is not possible, the public entity may offer an alternative access to the information.

If, in response to your request for digital accessibility, we refuse to ensure the accessibility you requested and you do not agree with this refusal, you have the right to file a complaint. You also have the right to file a complaint if you do not agree to use the alternative access method we proposed in response to your request for digital accessibility. You can submit a complaint by post or email to the Accessibility Coordinator at the University of Warsaw:

Paweł Wdówik – Accessibility Coordinator, address: Dobra 55 street, room no. 1.019 (first floor), 00-312 Warsaw, e-mail: dostepnosc@uw.edu.pl

Helpful information can be found on the government portal gov.pl (available in Polish only).

You can also inform the Commissioner for Human Rights about this situation and request intervention on your behalf.

Full list of buildings belonging to the University of Warsaw with information on their architectural accessibility.

The Leading Unit declares the architectural availability of the building: Library of University of Warsaw at Dobra Street, postcode 00-312 Warsaw, address 72 Dobra Street

Administrative Director: Iwona Niezbecka-Zawada

Phone: (22) 55 25 918

Email: i.niezbecka@uw.edu.pl

Entrance to the building

Two entrances to the University’s Library building, the first from Lipowa Street, the second on the opposite side from ‘the roundabout, the garden’.

A slope from Lipowa Street towards the building. The double doors, between the vestibule, manually opened. One wing 90 centimetres wide, when both wings opened – 150 centimetres wide. Help available from Building’s Security or from University’s Library staff by telephone. No steps or thresholds in the entrances to the University’s Library (BUW) building.

Assistance obtained by telephoning Building’s Security, open 24 hours a day, at telephone no. +48225525100 or +48225525153, or the BUW Information Desk, open during BUW opening hours, at telephone no. +48225525178 or +48225525179.

Corridors and passages

Flat corridors in the University Library building, without steps or thresholds. Doors to rooms 90 centimetres wide, handles at a height up to 110 centimetres. Lift doors 90 centimetres wide, the lift cabin 140 x 110 centimetres. The lifts in the building accessible without additional procedures.

Procedures

Access to the building for persons with disabilities requires assistance to open the door.

Extra help

Full information: on the websites, News and University’s Library. It is recomended to follow Library’s profiles on FB and Instagram.

The library is open: Mon-Wed 1pm-8pm, Wed-Fri 9am-4pm Email: informacja.buw@uw.edu.pl. Chat: Ask the Librarian/Zapytaj Bibliotekarza (8am-6pm). Telephone no.: +48225525178/179 (Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm).

Bathrooms, toilets, changing rooms

Cloakrooms located on the ground floor of the University’s Library building to the right and left of the University’s Library entrance. In the cloakrooms bathrooms for persons with disabilities, on the right the women’s one, on the left the men’s one.

Bathrooms for persons with disabilities are located:

staircase 4 on the first and second floors in “open access”,
staircase No. 9 “rogal” on level 2 underground to the third floor.

No restrictions in terms of accessibility for persons with disabilities to cloakrooms or bathrooms.

Additional customizations

No Braille descriptions in the lecture’s halls, secretariats and reception desk. An inductive loop located in the auditorium on level 2 underground. The auditorium not equipped with headphones for the loop. Braille room descriptions available in the Sport’s” rooms on level 1 underground. No voice information in the lifts and Braille descriptions of the buttons.

Access and parking spaces

Bus stops located at Dobra Street next to the University Library. Zebra crossing with light and audio signals. Bus lines: 106, 118, 127

The right to enter with an assistance dog

Easy access with a guiding dog.

Additional information about the building

On the first floor at “catalogue hall” some architectural obstacles that make it difficult for persons with visual impairments to move around (protruding handrails of the spiral staircase).

Communication and Information Accessibility

PJM translator

If there is a need of the assistance of a Polish Sign Language interpreter, it is highly recommended to subbmit the application at University’s Office for Persons with Disabilities at least 3 days before the actual date of the service. Contact to the OPD: telephone no.: +48 22 55 24 222, e-mail address: bon@uw.edu.pl, website: www.bon.uw.edu.pl.