Research Catalog

Title

Queer library alliance : global reflections and imaginings / Rae-Anne Montague and Lucas McKeever, editors.

Publication

Sacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, 2017.

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Additional Authors

Montague, Rae-Anne

Description

xxii, 256 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Queer identities are complex. They are embedded in a web of intersectionality and often challenging to fully define. Sometimes queerness shines like a beacon and this radiance is captured in media. Sometimes it is more subtle. Often it is invisible. Promoting understanding and visibility are primary goals of this anthology. As library professionals that create, utilize, and make accessible systems of organization and classification for information, intersectionality must remain a clear objective in addressing these historical absences. These topics represent some of our efforts to respond to challenges, address critical needs, and serve as essential forces against systematic oppression across service areas, library types, and borders. The first section of this collection of essays looks at how we are developing understanding and library services that reflect and are responsive to LGBTQ user needs. The second emphasizes opportunities and approaches for augmenting queer professional practice, which ultimately benefits our diverse library users. Contributors hail from, reside in, and study issues from several countries around the world including Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, England, India, Japan, Sweden, and the U.S.A. With many areas of the world not represented in this text, we recognize biases inherent in our perspectives. As librarians, archivists, and other information professionals committed to facilitating access and high-quality services for LGBTQ- and other marginalized users, it is important to stress that this is just one step in a larger process. There is still much more to consider and do as we continue to advocate for equity in library services to all" -- Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Series on gender and sexuality in Information studies ; number seven

Uniform Title

Series on gender and sexuality in information studies ; no. 7.

Subject

Libraries and sexual minorities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part one. Reflections : developing library services to meet LGBTQ users' needs -- Disruption is not pleasant but sometimes it produces results : Michael McConnell, pioneer of same sex marriage and intellectual freedom of librarians in the United States / Noriko Asato and Andrew B. Wertheimer -- We have made a start but there is a long way to go : public library LGBTQ* provision to children and young people in the current UK context / Elizabeth L. Chapman -- In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a defiant LGBTQ community flourishes : collaborating to preserve their memory despite the DRC's Archives Act / Louis Kamwina Nsapo -- Universal Decimal Classification : a universal discriminative classification / Gregory Toth -- Imaginings : queering professional practice -- Rural and urban queering alliances out of the library towards legal protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people in India / Bharat Mehra and Lisette Hernandez -- What is it we do not know? : LGBTQ and library staff / Ragnhild Brandstedt -- From gay surfers to old lesbians organizing for change : developing an LGBT initiative at a state university in Florida / Matthew Knight -- Global promotion of LGBTQ library resources and services through social media / Rachel Wexelbaum.

ISBN

• 9781634000314
• 1634000315

OCLC

• 992225700
• SCSB-12521675

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library