Video Description:

0:00 – 0:07 seconds: April Woodward-Jackson, a black female signer, has natural black hair pulled up into a high-bun ponytail. She wears bright yellow hoop earrings and a dark yellow t-shirt underneath a short-sleeved pink sweater. April stands in front of a partitioned desk that has white walls and a wooden bannister. In the background behind her, there’s a birds-eye view of tall blue columns, windows, and a library section that states New Fiction on the wall.

0:07 – 0:47 seconds: Daniella Reyna, a Hispanic female signer, has long black hair and wears a short sleeved black t-shirt with long silver necklace. She stands in front of the Maryland DCDL physical collection at Germantown Library in Germantown, Maryland. Behind her are various books related to Deaf Culture and flyers promoting ASL classes.

0:47 seconds: The scene goes back to April Jackson-Woodward, a black female signer.

Transcript:

0:00 – 0:07 seconds (signed by April): The Deaf Culture Digital Library is dedicated to providing leadership and guidance in:

0:07 – 0:47 seconds (signed by Daniella):
– offering resources about deaf culture
– acquiring and preserving an excellent collection of deaf resources in digital formats
– furnishing access to information regardless of location
– providing highly competent assistance to Maryland residents, library staff in local public library systems, academic librarians in colleges and universities, and other libraries in the state of Maryland.

0:47 seconds: (Vision Statement signed by April):
All customers shall have equitable access to deaf culture information through the Deaf Culture Digital Library (DCDL) in a centralized medium in the State of Maryland.