Research Catalog

Title

Liberating minds : the stories and professional lives of gay, lesbian, and bisexual librarians and their advocates / edited by Norman G. Kester.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1997.

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Additional Authors

Kester, Norman G., 1962-

Description

xv, 256 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Gay librarians > United States
• Bisexual librarians > United States
• Gay librarians > Canada
• Lesbian librarians > United States
• Lesbian librarians > Canada
• Bisexual librarians > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Opening essay: A gauntlet for all reasons : the importance of lesbigay library history / James V. Carmichael, Jr. -- pt. I: Awakenings/journeys. Agitating/innovating : a Sandy Berman grabbag / Sanford Berman ; Coming out as form of individualism : a pre-Stonewall relic / James V. Carmichael, Jr. ; I love you, Gertrude Stein / Joel Sartorius ; Of books and bisexuality / Michael S. Montgomery ; The soul of the learner / Gerald Perry ; Brother, warrior : the black gay librarian-writer : some personal reflections / Norman G. Kester ; Rip Van Winkle in Connecticut / David Garnes ; The "About your sexuality" kit / J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ; Opening the closed stack : coming out with librarianship / Honor Conklin ; My destiny : librarianship / Martha E. Stone -- pt. 2: Uncovering/discovering our past. How the GLBTF got started / Israel David Fishman ; The California Library Association Gay & Lesbian Interests Round Table / Kenn Bicknell ; Playing in the attic : indexing and preserving the gay press / Robert B. Marks Ridinger ; Cherishing the past, planning for the future : queer librarians celebrate 25 years of activism in libraries and society / Norman G. Kester ; pt. 3: Trials. A lesbian librarian in the hinterland / "Violet Clifford" ; Carnal knowledge and the librarian / Ina Rimpau ; Connecticut public and school libraries : a forty-year user's perspective / Barbara Gomez ; Rising tide and ocean of compassion in the Midwest / Robert Evans ; "A threat to the security of the institution" / Bonita C. Corliss ; Where should the closets be in a library without walls? / Deborah Ann Turner ; Community pressures to censor gay and lesbian materials in the public libraries of Canada / Alvin M. Schrader ; Managing the local gay & lesbian bookshop / Kimberley-Lei Mistysyn ; Living with AIDS at the library: an interview with Michael Pearl of the Toronto Public Library / Norman G. Kester ; Lost opportunity / David Gantt -- pt. 4: Triumphs. A fan letter to gay, lesbian and bisexual librarians / Martha Cornog ; Out & proud in the public library / Norman G. Kester ; Why being out is necessary for me / Pauline M. Klein ; Libraries : offensive by design / Joanne Abel & Nancy Blood ; Loving women, loving learning--linking the lesbian and the librarian / Jill Holman ; I should have realized / Hollie Edwards ; Step by step / Heike Seidel ; A queer career / James E. Van Buskirk ; Being digital: what cyberspace can and does mean for gay, lesbian and bisexual librarians / Anthony J. Adam -- Appendices. Notes on contributors ; Lesbigay library resources / Ellen Greenblatt.

ISBN

0786403632 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN

^^^97002117^

OCLC

36284005

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library