Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
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 John Mack Freeman (thanks to Nel Ward for the head’s up!) Jim Deva, the co-founder of Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium died Sunday according to CBC News. Deva was a leader in Vancouver’s LGBT community for many years as an advocate for free speech and an opponent of censorship. For a full obituary, please […]
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 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 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. […]
By Tess Goldwasser This week’s very special profile is of Mac Elrod, a founding member of the RT, with decades of library (and life) experience. He’s so fascinating, I’m just going to let him tell us all about himself: TG: What is your role within the GLBTRT? ME: Founding member. What professional work do you […]
By Tess Goldwasser Todd Krueger is a selector in the Collection Development department at Baltimore County Public Library in Towson, MD. They circulate over 10 million items a year! Todd selects books for teens, graphic novels, fiction audiobooks, video games, and nonfiction (areas of religion, science/math/nature, and history/travel). He says, “It’s truly a dream job, with […]
