Accessibility Declaration
Accessibility Declaration
The Silesian Library undertakes to ensure the accessibility of its websitein accordance with the Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities.
The accessibility declaration applies to the website https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra.
- Date of publication of the website:
- Date of the last significant update:
Digital accessibility status
This website is fully compliant with the annex to the Digital Accessibility Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities.
Preparation of the accessibility declaration
- Date of preparation of the declaration:
- Date of the last review of the declaration:
We have prepared the declaration based on self-assessment based on the Checklist for examining the digital accessibility of a website v. 2.2 (docx, 0,12MB).
Feedback and contact details
You can report any problems with the digital accessibility of this website to the Information Technology Department at the e-mail address informatyczny@bs.katowice.pl or by phone (+48) 32 208 37 71.
Everyone has the right to request the digital accessibility of this website or its elements.
When submitting such a request, provide:
- your name and surname,
- your contact details (e.g. phone number, e-mail),
- he exact address of the website on which the element or content is digitally unavailable,
- a description of the problem and what method of solving it would be most convenient for you.
We will respond to your report as soon as possible, no later than within 7 days of receiving it.
If this deadline is too short for us, we will inform you about it. In this information, we will provide a new deadline by which we will correct the errors you reported or prepare the information in an alternative way. This new deadline will not be longer than 2 months.
If we are unable to ensure the digital accessibility of the website or content indicated in your request, we will offer you access to them in an alternative way.
Handling requests and complaints related to accessibility
If, in response to your request to ensure digital accessibility, we refuse to provide the digital accessibility you requested, and you do not agree with this refusal, you have the right to file a complaint.
You can also file a complaint if you do not agree to use the alternative method of access that we proposed to you in response to your request to ensure digital accessibility.
Submit your complaint, if any, by letter or e-mail to the management of our institution:
- Director of the Silesian Library in Katowice
- Adres: plac Rady Europy 1, 40-021 Katowice
- E-mail address: bsl@bs.katowice.pl
You can also inform the Commissioner for Human Rights - website about this situation and ask for intervention in your case.
Other information
Architectural accessibility
Silesian Library building (headquarters) - Plac Rady Europy 1, 40-021 Katowice
For detailed information, please contact the Library Department staff during office hours or the security staff. There are 2 disabled toilets in the building.
Detailed information is also provided by employees on duty in the lobby or security staff.
Silesian Library building (headquarters) - ul. Ligonia 7, 40-036 Katowice
For detailed information, please contact the Library Department staff during office hours or the security staff. There are 2 disabled toilets in the building.
It is possible to enter the building with an assistance dog and a guide dog. There is a Bibliotherapy Department in the building, which carries out tasks aimed at counteracting the exclusion of people with special needs.
Visually impaired people are provided with a READER device to play spoken books, digitally stored on memory cards and a collection of approximately 500 playable titles. For more detailed information, please contact the Library Department during opening hours or the security staff.
Silesian Library building - ul. Francuska 12, 40-0151 Katowice
The staff of the Silesian Library provide assistance in the event of a wish to participate in events organised by the Library or a wish to use the services of the Library, after prior notification of such a need to the Administrative and Technical Department - e-mail: administracja@bs.katowice.pl or telephone +48 32 208 38 71.
Accessibility of communication and information
- Online Polish Sign Language Interpreter – service for deaf and hard-of-hearing people Interpreter Migam – website
- Information about our activities – recording in Polish Sign Language (PJM) [in preparation]
- Information about our activities – easy read text (ETR) [in preparation]
- Information about our activities – machine-readable text: https://bs.katowice.pl/biblioteka/tekst-odczytywalny-maszynowo/
