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The Deaf Services Center
provides information to all who are interested in general and specialized information –
including biographies – about hearing loss, deafness, Deaf culture, American Sign Language,
prominent individuals and other associated topics. Materials in the collection are
intended to appeal to D/deaf and hard-of-hearing adults, children, teens, their family
members and friends, as well as to professionals in related fields. Children and teens use
age-appropriate books and videos in DVD and VHS formats. Researchers, professionals and
students use specialized conference proceedings, serials and vertical file material.
Archival-level materials are actively sought from local and national agencies,
organizations and individuals. Weeding rarely occurs.
- American Sign Language: Introduction to and practice in ASL; Deaf history, culture, education and performance as it relates to ASL.
- American Sign Language Interpreting: Initial process; preparation for certification and continuing education units awarded by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
- Culture: Hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, oral deaf, D/deaf, Deaf-Blind; primarily in the United States, some foreign cultures represented.
- Education: History of Deaf education; current U.S. educational resources for infancy through high school.
- Fiction: Works featuring D/deaf, oral deaf, late-deafened and hard-of-hearing characters; works by deaf authors.
- History: From the 1800s to the present.
- Language Acquisition: From birth to age 12.
- Reading Development: From preschool to age 12.
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