Summer 2010

Librarians Hear and See the Deaf Community at Afternoon Seminar in DC

By Janice Rosen, librarian, Library Services for the Deaf Community, Adaptive Services Division, DC Public Library On Sunday, June 27, the DC Public Library and the District of Columbia Association of the Deaf co-sponsored an afternoon seminar, “Libraries, Access, and ASL Literature: The Deaf Community Shares Our Not-So-Silent Stories,” in conjunction with the 2010 ALA...

ALA conference attendees tour Jessup Correctional Institution Library, Maryland

By Glennor Shirley, library coordinator, Maryland Correctional Education Libraries On Monday, Jun. 28, the Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS) of ASCLA hosted a tour of library and education departments at Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI) as part of the section’s programming activities at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C. I, along with JCI...

After five years, Indiana Vision Expo grows along with vendors and attendees

This September, the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library will host the fifth-annual Indiana Vision Expo at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis. This free event was created for persons with vision loss, their friends and families, service providers, educators, health care professionals, librarians and other consumers interested in products and services designed to promote...

How a Library Can Develop the Ability in Disability

By Susan Jaworski, Interlibrary Loan Clerk, Buffalo State College, E.H. Butler Library A version of this article appears in ERIC – World’s Largest Digital Library of Education Literature. ED51134, Summer 2010. Web. 14 Sept. 2010. http://www.eric.ed.gov/. Through collaboration with two distinct programs, the College-Based Transition Program and the Work Transition Program, staff members at E....

Great Strides in Serving Special Populations: A Letter From ASCLA’s President

By Diana Reese, ASCLA president and coordinator, institutional library development, Colorado State Library Hiking the Colorado Trail one weekend, I met a lone hiker using a long cane. I was momentarily stunned to see a blind person on the trail. I couldn’t resist asking him how he managed to stay on the trail and avoid...