Hiring the Hidden Handicapped: Employment of the Deaf in Libraries.

Kacena, Carolyn

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ERIC Number: EJ361427

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Hiring the Hidden Handicapped: Employment of the Deaf in Libraries.

Kacena, Carolyn

Journal of Library Administration, v8 n1 p69-75 Spr 1987

Describes the situations encountered in an academic library when hiring and training hearing impaired individuals as technicians in the library's cataloging department, as well as the support systems and training modifications used for these employees. (CLB)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, American Sign Language, Employment Practices, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education, Language Handicaps, Library Technicians, Manual Communication, On the Job Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Media Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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