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Author:   Ellen Greenblatt
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9780786448944

ISBN 10:   0786448946
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   21 December 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction (Ellen Greenblatt) Selective Glossary of LGBTIQ Terms (Ellen Greenblatt) Section One: New Communities and Connections Library Resources and Services for Bisexuals (Jessica L. Howard) Intersex Resources in Libraries (David Cameron Strachan and Jim Van Buskirk) Libraries and the Transgender Community (Michael Waldman) The Internet and LGBTIQ Communities (Ellen Greenblatt) Profiles It’s Not Monopoly: Gender Role Explorations in Online Environments (K. Fisher) Making a Difference (Jim Van Buskirk) OutHistory.org: Fostering Community-Created LGBTQ Histories (Lauren J. Gutterman) Section Two: Libraries—Contexts and Venues LGBTIQ Issues in Public Libraries (Catherine Ritchie and Dale McNeill) School Libraries Can Make a Difference (Arla A. Jones) LGBTIQ Users and Collections in Academic Libraries (K. L. Clarke) Queering Libraries and Classrooms: Strategies to Build Inclusive Collections and Services for Sexual Minority and Gender Variant Youth (Alvin M. Schrader and Kristopher Wells) Profiles Quatrefoil Library: The Next Generation (Karen P. Hogan) San Francisco Public Library’s ìOut at the Library: Celebrating the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Centerî (Jim Van Buskirk) Section Three: Archives—Contexts and Venues How Queer ìPack Ratsî and Activist Archivists Saved Our History: An Overview of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Archives, 1970–2008 (Aimee Brown) ìIt Was Only Supposed to Be Twenty Interviewsî: GLBTIQ Oral History as Librarianship—The Under the Rainbow Collection (Tami Albin) Now on Exhibit: Bringing Out Materials from LGBTIQ Archives (Jennifer K. Snapp-Cook) Profiles From a Vision to a Reality: The Birth of the Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives (Lisa A. Cohen) IHLIA—Making Information on LGBTIQ Issues in the Past and the Present Accessible and Visible (Jack van der Wel) Inside the Files of This Has No Name (tatiana de la tierra) Section Four: Collection Development Barriers to Selecting Materials about Sexual and Gender Diversity (Cal Gough and Ellen Greenblatt) One for the Road: Personal Reflections on LGBTIQ Literature (James V. Carmichael, Jr.) Meeting the Needs of LGBTIQ Library Users and Their Librarians: A Study of User Satisfaction and LGBTIQ Collection Development in Academic Libraries (Melissa Adler) Profiles Shoulders to Stand On (Peter Bernier) ìThe Journal of Recordî: The Gay & Lesbian Review/Worldwide (Martha E. Stone) Section Five: Bibliographic Access Interfiling Intersex: How Dewey Classifies Intersex in Theory and in Practice (Ben Christensen) The Treatment of LGBTIQ Concepts in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (Ellen Greenblatt) Queer as Folksonomies (Analisa Ornelas) Profiles The LGBT Life Thesaurus Creation Experience (Linda Rudell-Betts) LGBTIQ History Starts Here: Indigenous/Native Terminology (Karen Vigneault) Section Six: Censorship of LGBTIQ Resources Censorship of Children’s and Young Adult Books in Schools and Public Libraries (Laura Reiman and Ellen Greenblatt) LGBTIQ Teens—Plugged In and Unfiltered: How Internet Filtering Impairs Construction of Online Communities, Identity Formation, and Access to Health Information (David Brian Holt) Profile Responding to a Challenge: A Letter from a Public Library Director—Uncle Bobby’s Wedding (James LaRue) Section Seven: Professional Concerns—Workplace Issues, Library Education, Organizations, and Networking LGBTIQ Librarians and Workplace Issues (Rachel Wexelbaum) Integrating LGBTIQ Representations Across the Library and Information Science Curriculum: A Strategic Framework for Student-Centered Interventions (Bharat Mehra) When Collection Development Leads to Staff Development: The Transgender Resource Collection (Bleue J. Benton and Sharon Grimm) Profiles The History of the GLBT Round Table (Anne L. Moore) LAGAR (Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable) (Mary Caldera) HQ76.3/New England: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Librarians and Library Workers (John DeSantis) About the Contributors) Index)

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a long-awaited and welcome guide...should be a welcome addition to any library --<i>Library Journal</i>; of great importance for any library's professional collection --<i>ARBA</i>; before the publication of this book there was very little available on library issues and resources for these communities so it would be a useful addition to the library's professional development collection. --<i>The Australian Library Journal</i>; an invaluable text.... This guide is a necessary and essential resource for a wide range of institutions and professionals that will introduce readers to the topic in a clear, informative, and entertaining manner...definitive...filled with a wealth of resources for all information professionals and institutions...deserves a place on the shelves of all institutions --<i>Archival Issues</i>; definitive...deserves a place on the shelf at all libraries...should be mandatory reading for staff and faculty --<i>Feminist Collections</i>.

a long-awaited and welcome guide...should be a welcome addition to any library <i>Library Journal</i>; of great importance for any library s professional collection <i>ARBA</i>; before the publication of this book there was very little available on library issues and resources for these communities so it would be a useful addition to the library s professional development collection. <i>The Australian Library Journal</i>; an invaluable text.... This guide is a necessary and essential resource for a wide range of institutions and professionals that will introduce readers to the topic in a clear, informative, and entertaining manner...definitive...filled with a wealth of resources for all information professionals and institutions...deserves a place on the shelves of all institutions <i>Archival Issues</i>; definitive...deserves a place on the shelf at all libraries...should be mandatory reading for staff and faculty <i>Feminist Collections</i>.

Author Information

The late Ellen Greenblatt was the associate director for Scholarly Communication and Digital Initiatives at Auraria Library at the University of Colorado in Denver. She was active in LGBTIQ librarianship for a quarter century and taught an online graduate course on “LGBTIQ Resources and Issues” at the San José State University School of Library and Information Science.

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