Ohio Deaf History Month celebrates deaf history and the contributions of the hearing impaired and Deaf community to society. The General Assembly of the State of Ohio passed legislation in 2017 designating the period beginning March 13 and ending April 15 as Ohio Deaf History Month. The State Library of Ohio Board proclaimed the period beginning March 13 and ending April 15, 2023 as Ohio Deaf History Month and encourages Ohio libraries to display materials and host deaf awareness activities to highlight the significance of the many outstanding contributions made by Deaf and hearing pioneers, particularly in Deaf Education.
Does your library serve summer meals/snacks, or are you interested in being a meal site or supporting other meal sites in your area? Many libraries in Ohio and around the USA participate in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), a USDA-funded program that provides free meals and snacks to children ages 0-18 in communities with high levels of need.
The need for this program remains great. In the wake of the pandemic, economic instability and food insecurity continue to hurt Ohioans. Additionally, SNAP emergency allotments ended today (March 1), impacting over 670,000 Ohio households with an average cut of approximately 30% of food purchasing power per person.
The Ohio Digitization Interest Group welcomes presentation proposals for our next virtual meeting, held Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The theme of the March meeting will be managing community-generated digital content.
Managing digital materials created within specific community contexts is an area of increasing interest and research within the cultural heritage sector and presents both myriad challenges and exciting opportunities. We welcome presentation proposals from colleagues from all types of Ohio cultural heritage organizations who are interested in sharing their experiences in this burgeoning area of digital cultural heritage work! These will be short, 10/15-minute presentations that can touch on a wide range of topics relating to managing and curating community-generated digital content, including but not limited to:
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