Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ann K. Symons, Chair Last year when I was Chair-elect, my main job was to do committee appointments – except for the Stonewall, Rainbow and Over the Rainbow Committees. Those committee appointments were done by the Chair, Roland Hansen. I would, however, look at the long lists of members who volunteered for these appointments […]
By John Mack Freeman As part of the GLBT News ongoing work to better keep our membership informed about the goings on in the roundtable, we will be profiling one of our standing committees every month to check in with them and see what they are currently up to. As always, any committee can have […]
By John Mack Freeman (all awards info are direct quotes from ALA press releases) Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming. School libraries, public or private, that […]
By Jane Sandberg Marriage equality has won several victories in the United States during the past seven years. This same period has seen countless publications on the topic of same-sex marriage. To guide readers through this abundance of recent literature, the GLBTRT’s Professional Tools page now includes a current, comprehensive annotated bibliography about same-sex marriage. The […]
By John Mack Freeman. Thanks to David Isaak for the tip! This year’s ALA award winners are featured in the September/October issue of American Libraries (jump to page 28 to see the spread). Among them are our very own Ann Symons who won the Equality Award and Karen Schneider who won the Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for […]
By Ann Symons, Chair Appointments for Stonewall Book Awards Committee, Rainbow Project Committee and Over the RainbowCommittee will be made this fall. The time to volunteer is now through October 15th. There is a NEW process this year for award and book committees. Volunteers must fill out two forms (the Committee Volunteer Form and the Award and Book List Committee Volunteer Form) to be considered for an […]
The GLBT Round Table’s Professional Tools page has seen a number of recent additions and improvements. The page now includes a Google map display of GLBTQ libraries and archives in the US and Canada , and a bibliography of recent African American LGBT books. The page also includes Nancy Silverrod’s “Soldier Girls and Dancing Boys” bibliography for gender-exploring children […]
Guest Column. Submitted by Joel Bangilan. Few libraries across the country orchestrate as extensive an observation of Pride Month as San Antonio Public Library. For the past five years Pride has been a rewarding and validating endeavor for the library system. Diversity is not always black and white. Diversity encompasses race, religion, socio-economics, gender, sexual […]
By Roland Hansen This is considerably overdue, but I wanted to send it anyway. Lots of things happened in Las Vegas during Annual Conference, and I’m sure I’ll miss some things in this short report, so feel free to comment on the blog. It’s hard to say which is the biggest news from Conference. The […]
Compiled by John Mack Freeman As most of you know, the Reviews section of the GLBTRT Newsletter has spun off into its own independent blog. If you haven’t been over there this month, here’s what you’ve missed: Cookbooks Mistress Ginger Cooks by Mistress Ginger Fiction Caught in the Crossfire by Juliann Rich The Forever Marathon by […]