Northeast Ohio Regional Library System - Event Information - Northeast Ohio Regional Library System
Event Name:
Make Your Library Deaf-Friendly
Competency:
Customer Service and Patron Awareness
Description:
Join Ben Gulyas, Deaf Services Coordinator at the Coventry Village Branch of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library, who will talk about the various aspects of making your library Deaf-friendly. He will give tips for collection development, resources, programming and staff training.
Ben will be followed by Bill Morgan, Artistic Manager, SignStage, who will give an overview of Deaf culture and use of ASL. Bill will provide a basic lesson for ASL that would be useful in library settings.
Learning Objectives:
Learn ways to make your library Deaf-friendly
Learn about programming for the Deaf community
Learn about the Deaf Culture
Learn Basic American Sign Language (ASL)
Presenters:
Ben Gulyas is an adult services librarian, page supervisor and he maintains the Deaf material collection and coordinates Deaf programs and staff ASL training at the branch. Along with ongoing programming that consists of a monthly Deaf social, a quarterly Deaf Film Night and free public ASL classes offered twice a year, Ben has arranged other Deaf special events including authors, educators and entertainers. In October 2017, the library sponsored a free performance by deaf comedian and actor CJ Jones to an enthusiastic audience of 600.
Bill Morgan, Artistic Manager, SignStage
Event Date:
10/30/2018
Event Time:
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern
Location:
Coventry Village Branch of Heights Libraries 1925 Coventry Rd # 2 Cleveland , OH 44118 UNITED STATES