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See what other
libraries have
done
(a few selected examples of libraries with extensive services for Deaf Communities, some overlap with the list below).
(a few selected examples of libraries with extensive services for Deaf Communities, some overlap with the list below).
Internet Portal Sites
(web pages with comprehensive links to Deaf Culture related sites and suggested reading lists):
There are so many excellent lists of websites and organizations related to Deaf Culture already on the Internet that it would be hard to produce anything more comprehensive (or even close). I have included links to a few of those sites instead of trying to create another:
Subject-based Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resources: an extensive portal site offering links organized by subject area on topics ranging from Deaf conferences to Deaf entertainment to Deaf Asian Americans (from Rochester Institute for Technology).
http://wally.rit.edu/internet/subject/deafness.html
Sound and Fury Resources Page: an assortment of Internet links and suggested books on the subjects of cochlear implants and Deaf Culture in general (created in support of the PBS documentary Sound and Fury about cochlear implants).
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/resources.html
aslinfo.com links: an extensive list of links with 42 different subjects in a drop-down menu, each one with its own pages of links (created by a professional ASL interpreter).
http://aslinfo.com/
Gallaudet University's Deaf Related Resources page: provides access to various guides bibliographies, pathfinders, research guides, Internet resources, Deaf periodical and more. Focus on university level research and study (created by Gallaudet University Librarians).
http://library.gallaudet.edu/dr/
Deaf Empowerment's Links to Deaf related sites: a page of Deaf-related subject areas, each linking to their own page of links (created by Deaf Empowerment, a service provider for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities in Wisconsin).
http://www.deafe.org/links/links.htm
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center's Information on Deafness page: general information on Deaf-related topics with a focus on children, teens and education. The center is associated with Gallaudet University and runs two demonstration schools (elementary and secondary), as well as providing general support to deaf and hard of hearing students and their families. Good resources for parents of d/Deaf children.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html
The Deaf Resource Library is a virtual library compiled by Karen Nakamura, an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, who has been studying Deaf cultures and communities in Japan and the United States for over a decade.
http://www.deaflibrary.org/
Books and Resources on ASL and Deaf Culture:
- Kathy MacMillan's Great Sign Language Books and Videos, A Selective Bibliography
- Annotated list of ASL Dictionaries in print
- ASLinfo.com - Suggested Books
- Laurent Clerc's Info to Go (Sign Language books for Children)
("Book List." ASLinfo.com Website. http://www.aslinfo.com/books.cfm
Deaf Literature:
- RIT Library's guide to Deaf Literature Anthologies
- Deaf Literature and Poetry (RIT subject guide)
Reference and Referral Resources:
- The Red Notebook is a resource produced and distributed by the Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action (FOLDA) which consists of a binder with updateable loose-leaf inserts containing information about Deaf-related organizations, events and information in the form of fact sheets, library reprints and other material.
General Information on Deaf Culture:
- aslinfo.com: this website provides a fairly in-depth overview of issues and information related to Deaf culture, history and ASL.
- Deaf President Now: celebrates the 15 year anniversary of the student movement at Gallaudet University which succeeded in getting a Deaf President elected at Gallaudet for the first time in its 124 year history. (Also, a Guide for Teachers).
- Canadian Cultural Society for the Deaf: one of their mandates is to work with libraries across the country to provide Deaf Heritage Information Kits for the community.
- Deaf Planet: an animated and video-based website and TV show presented primarily in ASL (with text and spoken interpretations) and aimed at grades Deaf and hearing students from grade 4-7 with lots of science content.