Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Tess Goldwasser What is your role within the GLBTRT? I am on the Resources Committee and am currently compiling an annotated bibliography of media relating to non-binary gender identities. What professional work do you perform? I’m a Research & Instruction Librarian at Haverford College, supporting the anthropology, education, psychology, and sociology departments. I get […]
By Tess Goldwasser Martin is the RT’s representative to the ALA Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, of which he also happens to be co-chair. He’s served previously as the liaison to IFRT and as a juror for the Over the Rainbow list. He is the head of research and instruction services at Regis University, […]
By Tess Goldwasser Dawn is a member of the GLBTRT. She hopes to participate in the Rainbow List or Stonewall Awards committees in the future. Until recently, she was a graduate assistant at Florida State University’s Goldstein Library while earning her MLIS. Now she is a doctoral student in the same program, working as a […]
By Tess Goldwasser Michael is a new member of the RT. He says he’s been “lurking” for about a year and is looking to get more involved. He is currently in a para position and does “as much reference and teaching as they allow me.” He hopes to land an academic librarian position, and has […]
By Tess Goldwasser This week’s RT member is Amanda Clay. She is a very talented writer, so I’m just going to let her tell you about herself. Take it away Amanda! Yeah! — Currently I have no specific role in the GLBTRT. I am a past chair of the Stonewall Book Award Committee (and I […]
By Tess Goldwasser Carlos is the International Documents Librarian at Florida International University. He is responsible for one of only two public university libraries to have a depository for both the United Nations and the European Union. He’s also responsible for the collection and maintenance of documents from the Organization of American States and other […]
By Tess Goldwasser Ellen has been involved with the RT since the mid-1990s. She has served as the treasurer, as the chair of the committee that plans the annual awards banquet, on the public relations committee, and twice on the Stonewall Book Awards committee, once as chair. She is the Head of Technical Services at […]
By Tess Goldwasser Michael is a member of the GLBTRT Reviews Committee. He loves it because it allows him to review films and spread the word about recent LGBT-themed movies that he says “simply yearn to be seen by a wider audience.” Michael is the psychology librarian at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. He […]
By Tess Goldwasser Meet Jenni! Jenni is a reviewer for the GLBTRT book blog. AÂ middle school librarian in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is in charge of a library used by 500 or more middle school students and their teachers. She is most proud of completely revamping the library where she works and increasing […]
By Tess Goldwasser John has served several roles in the GLBTRT (and its predecessor, the GLBTF). He served on the book award committee back in the late 1980’s, and was co-chair the year they had Quentin Crisp and Armistead Maupin as guests. He also served as our Stonewall Book Award Brunch chair for a few years. […]