(via ALA)
Registration is open for the six-week ALA eLearning asynchronous online course “American Sign Language for Library Staff: Level 2”. It will take place fromMonday, October 7, to Sunday, November 17. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration.
Level up your knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) along with your library’s services to deaf and hard of hearing library users. Designed to provide more in-depth learning, practice, and feedback for those who have completed “American Sign Language for Library Staff Level 1”, this course will use readings, multimedia resources, online discussion boards, and hands-on assignments to introduce more ASL vocabulary, grammar, and culture topics relevant to the library setting. Instructor Kathy MacMillan is a librarian and ASL interpreter and will provide individualized feedback via a video project customized to your learning goals.
This six-week, asynchronous online course will introduce more American Sign Language vocabulary and grammar appropriate for use in a library setting and place that information within a linguistic and cultural context to aid participants in improving library services to patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Each week will focus on a different aspect of library services and will take approximately 5 hours to complete.
Kathy MacMillan (she/her) is a writer, nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter, librarian, and signing storyteller.
For more information, including learning objectives and accessibility options, and to register, please go here. Registering requires having an ALA account. Create one here.