Two public library programs in the Washington Metropolitan Area!

I recently received an email from the National Literary Society of the Deaf about two public library programs in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area:

March 13 – April 15, 2008 is Deaf History Month.

2008-2010 Theme: Promote deaf culture, books and literacy @ your library

Saturday, April 5 10:00 am – Noon

Guest Presenter: Diana Gates, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Gallaudet University will lead a panel discussion on the book “Talk, Talk” by T.C. Boyle. She will also highlight how deaf characters in literature have changed in the last twenty years.

Sponsored by the Rockville Public Library and Disability Resource Center

Program site: Rockville Public Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

Coordinated by Susan Cohen of Disability Resource Center, Library Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

About program accommodations, please email to drcinfo@montgomerycountymd.gov or call 240-777-0001; or TTY # 240-777-0902.

“Talk, Talk” is a suspense story of Dana, a deaf woman, who is arrested for a crime she did not commit. She and her boyfriend, Bridger set out to find the identity thief themselves. This is a story that deals with language, love and identity theft.

Wednesday, April 9 12:00 Noon – 1:00 pm

Guest Presenter: Susan M. Mather, Ph.D, Professor of Linguistics, Gallaudet University and co-author of “Movers and Shakers: Deaf People Who Changed the World”

Sponsored by the D.C. Public Library and Adaptive Services Division

Program site: Martin Luther King Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 Room A-5

Coordinated by Janice Rosen, Librarian to the Deaf Community of the Adaptive Services Division

About program accommodations, please email to library_deaf_dc@yahoo.com or call 202-727-2142; or TTY 202-727-2255

Presenter will highlight lives of both famous and unsung deaf heroes, from Joachim Du Bellay in the sixteenth century to Andrew Foster in the twentieth, as well as remarkable deaf achievers, such as Ludwig van Beethoven to Thomas Edison.