Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature in the Madden Library at Fresno State University will be hosting a conference entitled “Outlawed: The Naked Truth About Censored Literature for Young People” from April 10-12, 2015. From their website: Learn how censorship presents itself in a variety of manners. While […]
By John Mack Freeman With a little more than six weeks before Midwinter, many people are starting to plan their conference schedules. Be sure not to miss these programs of special interest to the GLBTRT Membership: Blood Donation: Facts, Fear and Discrimination GLBTRT will be hosting a panel at the 2015 Midwinter Meeting entitled “Blood […]
By Ann K. Symons GLBTRT’s Fund Raising Committee, chaired by Erin Berman, has set a goal to raise $5,000 in 2015. Part of the money will be to support the Emerging Leader Program, part for Stonewall, and another part to continue our advocacy efforts. We have a great start. Erin, herself, has raised over $600.00 […]
Via press release Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. Awarded by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, the grant program provides books submitted for consideration for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards to […]
Via press release The first study is an online survey study being conducted by our research group at King’s College London and we are recruiting identical twins in which one is gay, lesbian or bisexual and the other is straight. The second is a multi-component study being conducted by our colleagues at the University of […]
Via press release CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a book that has been challenged or fighting to provide services on a limited budget. If you know a beleaguered librarian, now is your chance to give that person some much needed recognition by nominating them for the Lemony Snicket Prize […]
Via press release CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer seven conference sponsorships for librarians to attend the 2015 Annual Conference. The meeting takes place June 25 – June 30, 2015, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with colleagues. Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the […]
By John Mack Freeman GLBT News has a new page that will list presentations and articles by members of the Round Table related to LGBT subjects. You can find it here or in the About section drop down menu at the top of the page. A special thanks to Tess Goldwasser and Ellen Bosman for taking on […]
Via press release YALSA offers a variety of grants and awards to its members who hold positions as librarians who serve young adults. Grant categories range from funding research projects in relation to teens and libraries, travel stipends to ALA conferences, to providing new reading materials to libraries in need. Most applications must be submitted […]
By John Mack Freeman Geeks Out is an organization that began in 2010 with goal of uniting queer people at geek events and to promote the visibility of LGBT people and issues at these events. They are now taking this one step further by seeking to host their first ever entirely queer-themed convention called “Flame […]