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What is the DSD LINK Center?
"LINK" stands for "Literacy and Innovative Networking for Knowledge."
The DSD LINK Center is a 21st century school library/media center. It serves the students, staff, and families of Delaware School for the Deaf and Delaware Statewide Programs for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind (DSD/SWP).
Every week throughout the school year, the DSD LINK Center's Library/Media Specialist sees students ages 3-22 for library classes, ASL story times, special events, research assistance, book advisory, and book circulation.
Vision: The DSD LINK Center is a 21st century library and information hub of resources focused on raising, educating, and developing the literacy and language of children who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf/Blind. Resources and collections are accessible to all students, their families, and their service providers in formats that are both web- and site-based.
Mission: The DSD LINK Center enhances educational programs and outcomes for all Delaware Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf/Blind students by supporting language and literacy development and education.
Help support our School Library!
You can support our library by clicking on any of the sites shown here!
Support our Spring BOGO Book Fair
Support the DSD Library Amazon Wish List
Support our Donor's Choose projects
Shop our Scholastic Book Club
It's here!!
Our Spring BOGO Book Fair!
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE, you say?
YES!
Shop at DSD Community Day on Saturday, May 4th from 10-3
or
Click on the image below to shop online!
Help our Library shop the Spring BOGO Book Fair!
You can support the school library collection by helping us purchase much needed books.
Click on the image below to see how you can donate funds to be used to purchase books from our Book Fair for our school library collection. Thank you for your support!
Online Library Resources
DSD LIBRARY CATALOG: click on "Access Follett Destiny" below to go to the DSD Library Catalog page, where you can search for titles to borrow from the LINK Center, place a "hold" request for a book, use Learning Resources, view newly added titles, and explore special Collections for research and other learning topics!
Research and Information Databases: click on "UDLib/SEARCH" below to go to the UDLib/Search site to browse various databases and online periodicals. This is a collection of vetted online information sources where you can search and find accurate information for research projects and other educational activities!
Scholastic Magazines: click on "Scholastic Classroom Magazines" below and use the class code: DSDreads to explore Scholastic News, Let's Find Out, and Choices magazines by Scholastic! (We are currently renewing our subscriptions. Scholastic Magazines coming soon!
Digital Library: Click on "Sora Student Reading App" below and sign in by selecting "Christina School District" and use your student login for your DSD Chromebook or iPad. You can access thousands of e-books, audiobooks and e-magazines here!
BOOKLIST READER: click on "Booklist Reader" below and access the American Library Association's pre-publication book review magazine. Booklist Reader is intended for readers of all ages and in all communities. Each monthly issue has a topical theme, but also includes the month’s hot new books in Reserve These Reads, articles by and interviews with authors, Top 10 lists, and much more.
School Library/Media Specialist:
Karen Martin
karen.martin@christina.k12.de.us
About me
I love being the DSD School Library/Media Specialist. I've worked at DSD since 1991 and I've held many positions - starting out in the Dorm as a Resident Advisor, teaching Preschool, teaching 1st/2nd Grade, and as one of DSD's original Bilingual Literacy Specialists. And now, after over twenty years as a Bilingual Literacy Specialist, I get to put my expertise related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing children's bilingual language and literacy development to work in the "literacy hub" of the school! I especially love that I get to work with literally every student in the school - from age 3 to age 22! I love sharing books and knowledge with my students, whom I hope will stay curious and continue reading long after they've graduated from DSD, no matter where life's path might lead them.
I was born and raised in northern Delaware, and I received my Bachelor of Science in K-12 Deaf Education & minor in Psychology from Trenton State College (now known as The College of New Jersey) in 1991. From there I went on to earn my Master of Science in Elementary Deaf Education with a special concentration in the literacy development of bilingual Deaf children from Western Maryland College (now known as McDaniel College) in 1999. I later attended the University of Delaware to study for and receive my certification as School Library/Media Specialist in 2017.
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