LGBTQ+ librarianship in the 21st century : emerging directions of advocacy and community engagement in diverse information environments /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mehra, Bharat (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Σειρά: Advances in librarianship, volume 45
• Θέματα: Libraries and gays.; Libraries and lesbians.; Human rights advocacy.; Language Arts & Disciplines > Library & Information Science > Administration & Management.; Library & information sciences.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.