Report on a Visit to a Library Specializing in Deafness in the UK.

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This article reports on the RNID Library which is at the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID). RNID offers various helpful services to support social independence for the deaf and the hard of hearing in the UK. The library has two roles: one is as an academic information center for researchers, and the other is as a social resource of the deaf and the hard of hearing. The RNID Library was founded in 1911 when RNID was established. In 1992 this library moved from RNID's headquarters to the Institute of Laryngology and Otology, a department of University College London. The RNID Library is the only library in the UK having a collection which covers all fields pertaining to the deaf and the hard of hearing, consisting of academic journals, research reports, student textbooks, novels with deaf characters, and art books on the deaf culture. The number of collected journals is 200 and the books add up 25000. ￡24000 was budgeted for purchasing books for 1993. There are two librarians who can use the British Sign Language (BSL) system. Users can also gain access to the library by using BSL, telephone, textphone, and mail.
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