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Lorelei Rutledge, Faculty Services Librarian, University of Utah Marriott Library?????????????? <\/strong><\/p>\n By A. Faulkner<\/em><\/p>\n What is your role in the GLBTRT?<\/strong><\/p>\n General member<\/p>\n What does the GLBTRT mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n A place to discuss professional issues related to LGBTQ people<\/p>\n Are you involved in ALA in other ways?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes! I just wrapped up as an Emerging Leader, where I worked on a project to revitalize the Learning Round Table?s conference presentation review service. I am also a member of the University Libraries Section Committee and the LLAMA Mentoring Committee.<\/p>\n What professional work do you perform?<\/strong><\/p>\n I manage our virtual reference services and our resident librarian program. I also liaise with several social sciences departments.<\/p>\n What would you like to share about your personal life?<\/strong><\/p>\n I am going back to school for my MBA, which is both exciting and terrifying. I am obsessed with supernatural fiction and have recently discovered a love of audiobooks, so I am listening to all of the Dresden Files <\/em>books by Jim Butcher. The way to my heart is coffee and I love art and regular journaling. I am one of those nerdy queer people without enough pop culture knowledge to make me seem cool. ?J<\/p>\n What are you most proud of?<\/strong><\/p>\n I am delighted to be the fianc?e of a gorgeous, funny and smart lady, and the minion of a furry feline overlord.<\/p>\n Who inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n I got a chance to present with Alanna Aiko Moore, Adriana Burgos-Ojeda, Whit Lopez and Jhani Miller at the ALA Annual Conference on ?Intersections and the Experience of GLBTQ Library Folks,? a GLBTRT co-sponsored panel, and I was very inspired by their dedication and willingness to share their lives and experiences.<\/p>\n What are your goals? (Professional and\/or personal.)<\/strong><\/p>\n My goals are to continue to contribute to the profession, especially in ways that support equity for underserved groups. Personally, I hope to become a gentler, kinder person.<\/p>\n What do you think (or predict) is the future of libraries?<\/strong><\/p>\n I think our future is to continue providing access to high-quality information in a variety of ways to a variety of people. Like many other Round Table members have said, I believe libraries are and will continue to be essential in preserving democracy.<\/p>\n In what direction would you like the GLBTRT to move in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n I love the direction GLBTRT is going now, especially the opportunities to connect with and learn from other members. ?:)<\/p>\n If you could be transported into the fictional world of any book, where would you go?<\/strong><\/p>\n I think it would have to be the world of Lila Bowen?s Shadow<\/em> series, which is set in the Old West but includes shapeshifters and other supernatural types. I would love to be friends with Nettie\/Rhett, the main character. ?J<\/p>\n What would be the title of your autobiography?<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh God What?s Happening Right Now: A Life <\/em>or I Think I Forgot My Lunch: A Memoir.<\/em><\/p>\n If you could only choose one song to play every time you entered a room for the rest of your life, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n Florence + The Machine?s Dog Days are Over. It always cheers me up.<\/p>\n If you could have a dinner party with 5 culturally or historically significant figures, living or dead, who would you invite?<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh gosh, probably Roxane Gay, Marilyn Wann, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jack Halberstam and Rebecca Solnit.<\/p>\n What is the meaning of life?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dude!! 42, obviously!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lorelei Rutledge, Faculty Services Librarian, University of Utah Marriott Library?????????????? By A. Faulkner What is your role in the GLBTRT? 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