Apologies to all for getting this issue out late. It was meant to post before Annual Conference. Printed copies of this issue were circulated at Annual Conference but we failed to get this posted in a timely manner. Our apologies. In this issue: Round table events at Annual Conference (old news, but you can see […]
Year: 2011
Interview With Dan Savage
On Friday, June 24, 2011, my first day upon arriving in New Orleans for our annual conference, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Savage by phone, who was also in New Orleans to deliver the conference’s keynote speech. ~~*~~ Tracy Nectoux: Thank you for agreeing to interview with me. Dan Savage: Well, of course. Nectoux: When you were […]
RT Councilor report: ALA Annual 2011
Stonewall Authors Scheduled Appearances at ALA Annual Conference
If you cannot attend the Stonewall Book Awards Brunch, or cannot wait until Monday morning to meet a favorite author, here is a list of Stonewall Author appearances in the ALA Exhibits Hall. Stop by and say hello. Stonewall Authors Scheduled Appearances at 2011 ALA Annual Conference Date Author Citation Location Award Sunday, 26 June, […]
Tickets Still Available to Stonewall Book Awards Brunch
Going to ALA Annual Conference?  Celebrate & support LGBTQ literature.  Attend the Stonewall Book Awards Brunch on Monday, June 27, 2011 – 10:30am – 2:00pm. Tickets You can get your tickets in the following ways: Haven’t registered for Annual yet?  You can add the Stonewall Book Awards Brunch to your registration during the normal process. […]
GLBTRT Bylaws Implementation Task Force Seeks Three Volunteers
Do you love bylaws? … Ok, do you at least like bylaws? GLBTRT members approved several significant bylaws changes in the 2011 ALA election. GLBTRT members Peter Hepburn (erstwhile chair of the Bylaws Task Force) and Karen Schneider are forming a small, agile task force to propose recommendations to the GLBTRT Steering Committee at ALA […]
GLBTRT Newsletter Released, Spring 2011
In this issue: the round table name change Williams Institute Releases Research on GLBT Population Neutrality = Silence, Neutrality in librarianship explored by Abel Ramos Ramos, Graduate Library Specialist, UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center librarians serving young people can fight the plague of youth bullying by providing LGBTQ experiences in books, including the ones described in […]
2011 GLBTRT Election Results
Beautiful Response to Book Banning: Revolutionary Readings
American Libraries “Year in Review 2010,” which noted GLBTRT’s Speaking OUT Against Bullying List, also described a successful book ban in Burlington County (NJ). One resident succeeded in getting Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology pulled from both the Rancocas Valley Regional High School library and the Burlington County Library System. Awesome Montclair State […]
American Libraries ‘Year in Review 2010’ article notes GLBTRT’s Speaking OUT Against Bullying List in a Censorship Context
Tenth on American Libraries’ Year in Review 2010 list is Censorship. Our Speaking OUT Against Bullying Resource is discussed in the context of book banning campaigns.  One book banning, we noted on our Twitter/Facebook page was in Burlington County, New Jersey.  One resident succeeded in getting Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology pulled from both the […]