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Mission

The Sacramento Deaf Services Library Foundation has been founded to establish a

library in the Sacramento, California, area to serve the needs of the local Deaf community,

families with deaf members, people who are late-deafened or hard-of-hearing,

sign language and interpreting students, and working interpreters.

This new library, when established, will place special emphasis on information

services and on stimulating interest and appreciation for reading and learning for all ages.

The service goals of the new Sacramento Deaf Services Library will be to:

Enhance literacy skills development of Deaf children and adults

Support parents in gathering information on deafness to make informed

decisions about their children’s lives

Provide library services through ASL, English, or communication mode of patron’s choice

Teach how to find and evaluate information

Provide ASL video materials with option to use library screening rooms

Offer lectures and programs in ASL

Provide internship opportunities for qualified candidates

Research program effectiveness and communicate to others in the

library and deaf education fields

to contact SDSLF President, Kirsten Klinghammer, for further information. Click here