Ideas for Celebrating Deaf Culture Year Round at Your Library

Better support your Deaf patrons and celebrate Deaf culture with your entire community, all year long.

Put together by the experts at Signing Savvy, this is a thematic planning tool to help your library incorporate Deaf culture, history, and language into your library’s displays, programming, and outreach. This guide supports libraries in highlighting ASL, Deaf culture, interpreters, CODAs, and accessibility through curated articles, recommended books, programming ideas, and suggested learning tools across eight inclusive themes:

• Deaf Culture & Community

• DeafBlind Changemakers

• Deaf Women

• Black Deaf Trailblazers

• LGBTQ+ Deaf Voices

• Deaf Sports Legends

• Deaf Poets

• Deaf Stories for Kids

Use this guide to plan monthly displays, pair storytime with cultural education, or recommend books for patrons of all ages interested in ASL and Deaf culture.