[Publib] "Got Deaf Culture @ your Library" Program at ALA Annual Conference

[kathleen hegarty]

The following program, sponsored by ASCLA/LSSPS, at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., should be of interest to all public librarians. The discussion of Deaf Culture and of resources available to make Library services accessible to Deaf people will help librarians to promote Deaf Awareness in their communities and will support librarians in their efforts to reach, and serve, Deaf people.  
   
  ASCLA/LSSPS PROGRAM
  Monday, June 25, 10 a.m.-12 noon  Grand Hyatt Hotel, Independence Hall D-E
  "GOT DEAF CULTURE @your LIBRARY" Illustrated by PowerPoint
  Kaleidoscope of Deaf Culture & Library Services to Deaf People. Presented by Deaf Librarians, Friends, and Professionals. In American Sign Language,voice-interpreted.
   
  "Through Deaf Eyes:  A Beginning @ your Library"   
  Panel Discussion: "The Red Notebook: One Size Fits All" Alice L. Hagemeyer, President, Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action; "Deaf Community, Deaf Culture and Cultural Literacy" (game) Diana Gates, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Gallaudet University Library; "Meet Some Deaf Authors and Poets on Screen" Janice Rosen, Librarian to the Deaf Community, D.C. Public Library;  Deaf Cultural Reference Question:  Pilots"  Tom Harrington, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Gallaudet University Library; "Deaf Cultural Reference Question: Artists & World War 2"  Joan Naturale, National Technical Institute for the Deaf Library Liaison, Rochester Institute of Technology; "Partnerships" " Deaf Culture, Books, and Literacy in  Local Communities" Ricardo Lopez, President, National Literary Society of the Deaf; "Linking Libraries, Communities, and Culture"   Ginnie Cooper, Chief Librarian, D.C. Public Library"; "National Deaf History Month Updated" Amy Bopp, President, Library Friends
 Section, National Association of the Deaf,  "Wrap-up" Erich Eldritch, Manager, Access Program, Office Workforce Diversity, Library of Congress.  For more information, contact Alice Hagemeyer at:  folda86 at aol.com 
  or at 301-572-5168 TTY                          
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