Greetings to  organizational contacts

I want to let you know the directory.  "American Deaf Community Contacts @ your library." is now ready for posting on http://www.folda.net/contacts/dcc.html

We also put your name on our e-mail list for receiving future library news. Organizations listed in the directory have deaf resources and/or interests to help promote library access and quality resources for deaf communications, regardless of geographic location.

For purposes of this directory, the term - deaf community - consists of individuals - deaf and hearing - who share common characteristics of hearing loss and/or deaf culture.

See below

Ron Friedrich, our volunteer webmaster, is ready to post it sometimes this week on or before June 14.

Thank you again,

Alice L. Hagemeyer, compiler

Deaf Community Contacts @ your library

Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action (FOLDA)

http://www.folda.net/contacts/dcc.html

National and US-based international organizations

In alphabetical order of each category

Gallaudet University April 8, 1864

DC 20002
Web Site: www.gallaudet.edu /
Dr. Robert Davila is the President.

            Gallaudet University Library 

                        http://library.gallaudet.edu     

                        Library Public Services

                        Contact: Sarah E. Hamrick, Director /

                        E-mail: library.help@gallaudet.edu

                        Deaf Library Collections and Archives

                       Contact: Diana Gates, Librarian /

                        E-mail: diana.gates@gallaudet.edu

            Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (The Clerc Center) 1996
                       Web Site: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/

                        Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) October 15, 1966

                       Contact: Loida Canlas, Librarian /Loida.Canlas@gallaudet.edu

                        Renee Suiter, a Literacy Support Specialist /

                        E-mail: Renee.Suiter@gallaudet.edu

                        Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) February 16, 1857

                        Contact: Cynthia Sadoski, Librarian /

                        E-mail: Cynthia.Sadoski@gallaudet.edu

            Alumni Association (GUAA) June 27, 1889
            http://alumni.gallaudet.edu/
            Contact: Sam Sonnenstrahl, Executive Director
            E-mail: samuel.sonnenstrahl@gallaudet.edu
            Andy Lange is the president.

            Gallaudet University Press (GUP)  
            http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/
            Contact: Daniel Wallace, Marketing Director /

              E-mail: daniel.wallace@gallaudet.edu

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 1879 / Wallace Memorial Library

Rochester, NY 14623
Web Site: www.rit.edu

Dr. T. Alan Hurwtiz is the Vice President and NTID Dean

            National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) 1965

            Web Site:www.ntid.rit.edu   
            Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz is the NTID president

            Contact: Joan Naturale, NTID Librarian / E-mail: jxnwml@ritvax.rit.edu

            Postsecondary Education Program Network (PEPNET- Eastern Region) 1997
            Dianne Brooks, Dir / E-mail: dkbnca@rit.edu
       
            NTID Alumni Association 1980s
             www.ntid.rit.edu/alumni   
            Contact: Carmen Sciandra, President / E-mail: sciandra98@aol.com

For a list of public libraries in the United States, their full address and phone numbers, please go to http://www.publiclibraries.com/

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 1934 /

Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

DC 20554

Web Site: www.fcc.gov
Contact: Helen Chang, Section 504 Officer / E-mail: Helen.Chang@fcc.gov

Library of Congress (LOC) 1800 / Center for the Book (CFB) 1977

DC 20540
Web Site: www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook
Contact: Eric Eldritch, Manager, Access Programs / E-mail: eeld@loc.gov
John Y. Cole is the CFB director
National Literary Society of the Deaf is a partner of CFB.

US General Services Administration (GSA)

DC 20405

Office of Citizen Services and Communications
Online September 22, 2000
Web Site: http://www.usa.gov

Kendall Demonstration Elementary School   (KDES)

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Model Secondary School for the Deaf   (MSSD)
            See Academic Category under Gallaudet University

Birnbaum Interpreting Services (BIS) Feb 13, 1995
Silver Spring, MD 20910 

Web Site: www.bisworld.com
Contact: David S. Birnbaum, CEO / E-mail: birnbaumd@bisworld.com

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) November 1, 1975
  Sioux Falls, SD 57103

Web Site: www.c-s-d.org
Contact: Benjamin Soukup, President/CEO / E-mail: bsoukup@c-s-d.org
See also SIGNews under Special – Media

CSD has regional offices

Hamilton Relay 1990
  Aurora, NE 68818

Web Site: www.hamiltonrelay@com
Contact: Dixie Ziegle, Vice President
E-mail: relay@hamiltonrelay.com

Hands On Video Relay Services, Inc. (HOVRS) 1992
Rocklin, CA 95765

Web Site: www.hovrs.com
Contact: Ron Obray, President/CEO / E-mail: robrary@hovrs.com

LINKS Sign Language Interpreting & Services 1999
  Long Beach, CA 90806

Web Site: www.cscarpaci@linksinterpreting.com
Contact: Chuck Scarpaci, Director / E-mail: cscarpaci@goodwill-lbsb.org

National Captioning Institute (NCI) 1979
Vienna, VA 22182

Web Site: www.ncicap.org
Contact: Mary Presswood, Mgr., Corp. Adm / E-mail: marypresswood@ncicap.org
Captioning, subtitling and description services

Sign Language Associates (SLA) 1982
Silver Spring, MD 20902

Web Site: www.signlanguage.com
Contact: Janet Bailey, President and CEO / E-mail: jlbailey@signlanguage.com

Soreneson Communications, Inc. April 2000 / Community Relations

Salt Lake City, UT 84123
Web Site: www.sorenson.com
Contact: Ronald Burdett, Vice President  / E-mail: rburdett@sorenson.com

Sprint Relay -- In the Relay Business since 1990
Consumer Relations
DC 20004 

Web Site: www.sprintrelay.com
Contact: Karl A. Ewan, Consumer Relations Manager
E-mail: karl.a.ewan@sprint.com

Ultratec, Inc.   1976
Madison, WI 53711

Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
Web Site: www.ultratec.com
Contact: Pamela Holmes, Director  / E-mail: pam.holmes@ultratec.com

Verizon IP-Relay 1998
Ashburn, VA 20147

Web Site: www.IP-RELAY.com
Contact: Margie English, Outreach Representative /

E-mail: Margie.english@verizonbusiness.com
Phone: Cable & Wireless Accessible

Viable, Inc Summer 2005
Rockville, MD 20852

Web Site: http://www.viable.net
Contact: John Yeh, President / E-mail: contact@viable.net

Visual Language Interpreting (VLI) 1999
DC 20036

Web Site: http://vli-dc.com
Contact: Margie English, Marketing & Outreach / E-mail: info@vli-dc.com

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AGBELL) 1890 / Deaf and Hard of Hearing Section (DHHS) 1964

DC 20007
Web Site: www.agbell.org   click on “deaf and hard of hearing” at the top

Contact: Christine Anthony, chair / E-mail: dhhsmal@agbell.org

American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) 1937
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Web Site: www.aadb.org
Contact:: Elizabeth T. Spiers, Director of Information Services /

E-mail: espiers@aadb.org
Arthur Roehrig, is the president.

American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) May 25, 1966
Myersville , MD 21773

Web Site: www.adara.org
Contact: Steve Hamerdinger, President / E-mail: adaraorgn@aol.com

American Library Association (ALA) 1876
Chicago, IL   60611

Web Site: www.ala.org
Contact: Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) /

E-mail: ASCLA@ala.org

ASCLA, one of 11 ALA divisions, is home to Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS) in which one of its forums is   Library Services to People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (LSPDHH) 1979
Kathleen Hegarty is the 2007/2008 chair of LSPDHH. E-mail: kbhegarty@hotmail.com

            ALA Office of Outreach Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
            Contact: Satia Marshall Orange, Director / E-mail: olos@ala.org

American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) 1975
Rochester, NY 14692

Web Site: www.aslta.org
Contact: Glenna Ashton, President / E-mail: president@aslta.org

American Society for Deaf Children ( ASDC) 1967

Camp Hill , PA 17011

Web Site: www.deafchildren.org

Contact:   pending

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 1925

Rockville , MD 20852

Web Site: www.asha.org

Contact: Arlene A Pietranton, Executive Director / E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org

Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss (AAMHL) 2001
  Rockville, MD 20848

Web Site: www.aamhl.org
Contact: Wendy Cheng, President / E-mail: info@aamhl.org

Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) 1987
Rockford, IL 61107

Web Site: www.alda.org
Contact: Bonnie Palmer / E-mail: info@alda.org

Children of Deaf Adults International, Inc. (CODA) 1983
  Santa Barbara, CA 93130

Web Site: www.coda-international.org
Contact: Thomas Bull, Outreach Officer / E-mail: mrcoda@msn.com
Dave Eklof is the president

Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD) 1868

Frederick, MD 21701

Web Site: http://www.ceasd.org/

Contact:  James E. Tucker, President / E-mail NationalOffice@ceasd.org

President’s email address: tuckerja@msd.edu

Council of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) 1847, 1850 Inc

Bedford, TX   76095

Web Site: http://www.caidconference.org/

Contact: Helen Lovato, Office Manager / E-mail: caid@swbell.net

Kathy Obenhaus is the president.

 
Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) 2007
Ham Lake, MN 55304

Web Site: www.deafbilingualcoalition.com
Contact: John Egbert, CEO / Email: deafbilingual@gmail.com
 

The Deaf Ethiopian American Association (DEAA) 2000
  DC 20013

Web Site: pending

Contact: Kidane Habte, President / E-mail: habtek2@yahoo.com

Deaf History International, Inc (DHI) 1991
  DC 20002

Web Site: http://dhi.gallaudet.edu/
Contact: Lois Bragg, Secretary / E-mail: lois_bragg@hotmail.com
Douglas Bahl is the president.

  Deaf Pilots Association (DPA) 1994 Inc.2001

Jeffersonville, IN 47131

Web Site: http://www.deafpilots.org

Contact: Leslie Stayer, President  / E-mail: check online

Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) 1995
San Francisco, CA 94114

Web Site: www.deafqueer.org
Contact: Dragonsani Renteria, President/ Director / E-mail: dqrc@deafqueer.org

Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. (DSA) 1992
Surprise, AZ 85388

Web Site: www.deafseniorsofamerica.org .
Contact: Robert D. Cook, President / E-mail: cooook@aol.com

Hearing Loss Association of America (HLA) 1979

Bethesda, MD 20814

Web Site: www.hearingloss.org

Contact: Brenda Battat, Executive Director /

Email: http://www.hearingloss.org / E-mail: info@hearingloss.org
Anne Pope is the president

International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (Deaflympics) August 10, 1924
Frederick, MD 21701

Web Site: www.deaflympics.com/
Contact: Donalda Ammons, President / E-mail: info@deaflympics.com

International Lutheran Deaf Association (ILDA) 1971

The Deaf Lutheran
Parma, OH 44134

Web Site: www.lcmsdeaf.org/ilda
Contact: David G. Brown, Editor / E-mail: TheDeafLutheran@yahoo.com
Greg Desrosiers is the president / E-mail: gdesrosiers1@shaw.ca

Intertribal Deaf Council (IDC) 1994
Clayton, DE 19938

Web Site: www.deafnative.com
Contact: Mark Azure, Executive Director / Email: idc@deafnative.com

National Asian Deaf Congress (NADC) 1997
San Diego, CA 92177

Web Site: www.nadc-usa.org
Contact: Karen Tong-Bregman, President / E-mail: ktb_nadc@yahoo.com
NADC has 7 chapters.

National Association of the Deaf (NAD) August 25, 1880
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Web Site: www.nad.org
Contact: Nancy J. Bloch, CEO:  E-mail: on line www.nad.org/contactus
Bobbie Beth Scoggins is the president.

            Library Friends Section (LFS) July 4, 1994
            Contact: Amy Bopp, Chair / E-mail: boppfamily@aol.com

            Senior Citizens Section (SCS) June 1980
            Contact: Agnes D. Sutcliffe, Chair / E-mail: ADSutcliffe@verizon.net

Described and Captioned Media Program    see Special – Media

            NAD is an organizational member of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) 1951      FIN-00401 Helsinki, FINLAND Web Site: www.wfdeaf.org    Contact: WFD General Secretariat / E-mail: info@wfdeaf.org    Markku Jokinen is the president.

National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) 1982
Asheville, NC 28802

Web Site: www.nbda.orga
Contact: Cory L. Parker, Secretary / E-mail: secretary@nbda.org
Thomas Samuels is the president.

National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD) 1971
  Landover Hills, MD 20784

Web Site: www.ncod.org
Contact: Consuelo Martinez Wild, Executive Director / E-mail: cwild@ncod.org

National Cued Speech Association NCSA 1982

Cleveland, OH 44122

Web Site: www.cuedspeech.org
Contact: Sarina Roffe, President / E-mail: nycuedspc@aol.com

National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)  

Sands Point, NY 11050

Web Site: www.nfadb.org

Contact: Linda Syler, President / E-mail: nfadb@aol.com

   
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) 1977
Montgomery Village, MD 20886

Web Site: www.RAD.org
Contact: Steven Schumacher, Secretary / E-mail: Secretary@rad.org
Larry Pike is the president.
 

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc . (RID) 1972

Alexandria, VA 22314

Web Site: www.rid.org

Contact: Cheryl Moose, President / E-mail: publications@rid.org

Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI) 1968
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Web Site: www.tdi-online.org
Contact: Claude Stout, Executive Director / E-mail: info@tdi-online.org
Dr. Roy Miller is the president.

Deaf Prison Ministries Network 2004
Willis, TX 77378

Web Site: www.deafprison.org
Contact: Scott DeLoach, Executive Director / E-mail: sdeloach@deafprison.org

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC) 1967
Sands Point, NY 11050

Web Site: www.hknc.org
Contact: Dr. Robert J. Smithdas, Editor, NAT-CENT News / E-mail: hknc@aol.com

International Institute of Deaf Services (IIDS) February 16, 1994
Birmingham, AL 35208

Web Site: www.Enablelight.com
Contact: Paul William Ellis, President/CEO / E-mail: PWEllis@Enablelight.com

National Deaf Academy 2000
Mount Dora, FL 32757

Web Site: www.nda.com
Contact: Dr. Alan Cohen, Medical Director, CEO / E-mail: btashlein@nda.com

Embracing Lambs Ministries 2006

Baltimore , MD 21215

Web Site: www.freewebs.com/embracinglambs
Contact: Rev. Mark Ehrlichmann, National Coordinator of Special Needs and Deaf Ministry Resource Center / E-mail: embracinglambs@gmail.com ; 
Affiliated with the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (www.lcmc.net )