Member Blogs

These blogs are written, in whole or in part, by members of the GLBTRT. If you would like your blog added or removed, please contact the blog administrator at johnmackfreeman at gmail dot com.

The Library World:

Ingrid Henny Abrams “Magpie Librarian: Newly-elected board member and youth library in Brooklyn who works on Hurricane Sandy Book Relief:

Sami Gardner “Queer for Books: Focusing on queer librarianship resources and features a blog, its mission is to promote LGBT representation and outreach by providing practical resources to information professionals. It features link collections to queer organizations, magazines, social networking, and more along with more academic resources for librarians like queer bibliographies, studies, and exemplary library outreach.

Sami Gardner “Book Alchemy“: Combines librarianship with a pop culture twist to create a foamy web brew that is both nutritious and delicious. It is written for the library-inclined and features regular columns for the discerning pop culture jockey.

Karen Schneider “Free Range Librarian“: Librarianship, LGBT issues, and everything else.

Suzie Day of Mental Health Law Library, WA (Perth, Western Australia) “Catalogue This“: Catering to minority groups within information services, the blog mostly focuses on LGBTI and disability issues and also recaps any conferences.

Lucas McKeever “Mix It Up!“: For his involvement with a grant called “Mix-IT-Up!”–a youth advocacy program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign that pairs GSLIS students with community partners–McKeever works at the Uniting Pride (UP) Center which is the LGBTQA Resource Center serving Champaign County. Updates about his site are tagged with “UP CENTER.”

Becca Sorgent “Exploring Prison Librarianship“: Incarceration and education.

Juan Carlos Vegas “The Network for LGBT Health Equity: Spanish/English bilingual entries to The Network for LGBT Health Equity Blog on current happenings on LGBT health in Puerto Rico from a volunteer LGBT community organizer in Puerto Rico.

Somos Saludables:Also with the support of Margie Álvarez, a Spanish-English bilingual virtual library of LGBTT health resources, an educational component of the Citizens’Alliance Pro LGBTTA Health of Puerto Rico.

Books:

Eleanor Moss “Bisexual Books“: I have a tumblr blog with Sarah Stumpf, a public librarian in Illinois, devoted to reading, reviewing, and discussing bisexuality and bisexual issues in literature.

Kevin Coleman “Queer Books, Please: Mostly reviews of queer books.

Greg Kroemer “Northwest Indiana Diversity Library“: The website with blog is for Northeast Indiana Diversity Library.

Todd Krueger “BCPL Between the Covers“: Posts on a readers’ services blog for the public library system.

Carolyn Caywood “VBPL Recommends: Reviews of books for the public library.

Laura Ashlee Graves “Owl Tell You About It: A review blog, mostly devoted to YA, with “bookish” comments.

Christie Gibrich “Teen Librarian Toolbox: A blog about books and book-related topics by four youth librarians.

Henry Mensch “info guy!: I’m breathing some fire back into my blog that’s mostly library and technology topics, but sporadic non-library content (amateur radio, the state of the world,… ).

John Mack Freeman “Reading to Filth: Book review blog where I’ve resolved to review everything I read. Major themes include nonfiction, lgbt, fantasy, and sci-fi.

Brady Clemens “The Mockingjay: Mostly about science/creationism, the blog isn’t limited to that.

Gabi Toth “Cuddle Pill Designs: I’m taking a break from/looking for library work and have started a very small greeting business.

Just for fun:

Carolyn Caywood “Club Mallard: “Totally unlibrary.”

Dawn Betts-Green “The Askew Police” “A Dinosaur in the Library: These personal blogs have sporadic entries.

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