American Sign Language Video Collection

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Howard County Library is one of a handful of libraries in the country with a collection of American Sign Language (ASL) videos. Containing over 200 videos, it addresses topics such as classic literature, children's stories, biographies, history of the deaf culture, health, parenting, ASL poetry, and other original ASL titles. For anyone interested in learning ASL, including parents of deaf children, anyone in the deaf culture, or those interested in interpreting, many of the videos present lessons in the language.

To support the collection, the Library established The George W. Veditz Memorial Fund in honor of Veditz, a famous deaf Maryland resident who promoted ASL in the early 1900's. The Fund is used to strengthen and broaden Library ASL resources.

The collection is housed at the Central Library, but may be requested from any branch.