There are many organizations serving deaf diversity in the US. Whenever librarians and information specialists are asked by the public for a complete list of such names, they will likely not know about missing names. Over years since December 1974 when the D.C. Public Library first initiated Deaf Awareness Week and at that time there were no formal library guidelines on deaf services, Alice L. Hagemeyer and her volunteers have been compiling the list. folda.net . As the nations libraries are now transforming communities, FOLDA wants to enhance our criteria for updating the list and to test each OSD with you beginning with the NAD. . Criteria and proposed NAD data Type of organization: Academic, School, Public & Special 1. Special – Consumer, Membership & Advocacy 2. Status: National 3. Location Zip: 20910 – Silver Spring, MD 4. Name: National Association of the Deaf (NAD) 5. Former name: National Association of Deaf Mutes 6. Founding date: August 25, 1880 7. Firsts: Elected NAD President: Robert McGregor; Vice President: Henry C. Rider; Secretary: Edwin Allan Hodgson; Chairman of the National Executive Committee and National of Deaf-Mute Convention: Edmund Booth (1880); Seed planter: Thomas Brown (1850s) and CEO Mover and Shaker: Frederick C. Schreiber (1960s) 8. Website: nad.org 9. Contact: Director of Communications nad.org * 10. Services and Programs that benefit libraries and communication accommodations for shared resources and/or partnerships a. Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) administrated by the NAD Funding by the US Department of Education in which mission is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. dcmp.org * b. Library Friends Section (LFS) A dues paying membership organization in which mission is to promote library access and quality resources for deaf diversity as well as the public in their needs of information about deaf cultures and library services . nad.org * 11. Notes Books and the related library materials related to the NAD and its history will be listed as we build Deaf Culture Digital Library. They will come. historians, cultural programmers, library staff, authors, archivists, researchers, media specialists and others * Contact Email, phone, history etc should appear on the website. The Buck Stops Here . Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can’t pass the buck to anyone else. Harry S Truman, US President 1945-1953
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