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Summary:

Libraries are at the heart of many of the communities they serve. Increasingly, it is important for them to adjust to serve minority groups, including LGBTQ+ communities. This collection presents original scholarship on the emerging directions of advocacy and community engagement in LGBTQ+ librarianship.

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Jessa Lingel Part I: EMERGING SCOPE 1. Introduction; Bharat Mehra 2. What is "LGBTQ+" Information? Interdisciplinary Connections; Bharat Mehra 3. LGBTQ+ Terminology, Scenarios and Strategies, and Relevant Web-Based Resources in the 21st Century: A Glimpse; Donna Braquet Part II: NEW ROLES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN 4. Health Sciences Librarians in the Field: Pioneers for LGBTQ+ Health; Gregg A. Stevens, Tony Nguyen, Martin Morris, and Emily Vardell 5. Archiving History and the Educational Mission in Chicago's The Legacy Project: Challenges and Opportunities for LIS; Gabriel Gomez 6. Coming Out of the Closet: Librarian Advocacy to Advance LGBTQ+ Wikipedia Engagement; Rachel Wexelbaum Part III: RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF EMERGING COMMUNITIES 7. Finding the "B" in LGBTQ+: Collections and Practices that Support the Bisexual and Pansexual Communities; Melinda F. Brown and Deborah L. Lilton 8. Lines of Sight and Knowledge: Possibilities and Actualities of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Youth in the Library; Jeanie Austin 9. The Role of Public Libraries in the Lives of LGBTQ+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness; Julie Ann Winkelstein Part IV: CREATING COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER 10. Beyond Dewey: Creating an LGBTQ+ Classification System at the LGBTQ Center of Durham; Kai Ewing and LGBTQ Center of Durham 11. Bringing the Trans and the Local Community Together: The 'Trans Identities and Gender' Project; Eric Sancho Brú, Ian Bermúdez Raventós, Paul McIntyre Part V: LOOKING AHEAD: EMERGING QUESTIONS 12. Moving into the Mainstream: Is That Somewhere We Want to Go in the United Kingdom?; John Vincent.

Contributors:

Mehra, Bharat , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Advances in librarianship

Advances in librarianship; Volume 45

Subjects:

Libraries and gays

Libraries and lesbians

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

Z682.4.G39 L438 2019eb

ISBNs:

1787564746
9781787564749
9781787564732 (electronic bk.)
1787564738 (electronic bk.)
9781787564756 (electronic bk.)
1787564754 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

1098173907
1073109399 [Invalid]