LGBTQ+ librarianship in the 21st century emerging directions of advocacy and community engagement in diverse information environments
Libraries are at the heart of many of the communities they serve. Increasingly, it is important for them to adjust to serve minority groups, including LGBTQ+ communities. This collection presents original scholarship on the emerging directions of advocacy and community engagement in LGBTQ+ librarian...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bingley, U.K.
Emerald Publishing Limited
2019
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| Series: | Advances in librarianship
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| Collection: | Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prelims
- Part I: Emerging scope
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What is "LGBTQ+" information? Interdisciplinary connections
- Chapter 2: LGBTQ+ terminology, scenarios and strategies, and relevant web-based resources in the 21st century: a glimpse
- Part II: New roles and new technologies for the 21st century librarian
- Chapter 3: Health sciences librarians in the field: pioneers for LGBTQ+ health
- Chapter 4: Archiving history and the educational mission in Chicago's the legacy project: challenges and opportunities for LIS
- Chapter 5: Coming out of the closet: librarian advocacy to advance LGBTQ+ wikipedia engagement
- Part III: Recognizing the needs of emerging communities
- Chapter 6: Finding the "b" in LGBTQ+: collections and practices that support the bisexual and pansexual communities
- Chapter 7: Lines of sight and knowledge: possibilities and actualities of transgender and gender non-conforming youth in the library
- Chapter 8: The role of public libraries in the lives of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness
- Part IV: Creating communities coming together
- Chapter 9: Beyond Dewey: creating an LGBTQ+ classification system at the LGBTQ Center of Durham
- Chapter 10: Bringing the trans and local community together: the "trans identities and gender" project
- Part V: Looking ahead: Emerging questions
- Chapter 11: Moving into the mainstream: is that somewhere we want to go in the United Kingdom?
- Index