GLBTRT Toolkit Development List

With the recent prominence of GLBT issues in the press the need for toolkit development to serve the Round Table's constituents has great importance.  Rather than trying to have a committee produce large documents, we hope to have small groups of 2-3 people to work on smaller documents, with the aim of compiling a larger document in the future.  These small, focused, toolkits would be posted on ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services [1] (OLOS) toolkit web page [2], linked from the GLBTRT web site [3], and elsewhere as appropriate.

Below are some proposed topics our community feels should be addressed.  People who have voiced interest in being involved are listed.

Contact Nancy & David if:

• you can think of other toolkits you would like to create and/or;
• if you would like to sign up for a group.

Best,
Nancy Silverrod & David S. Vess
Co-Chairs, GLBTRT

nsilverrod@sfpl.org [4]
vess@illinois.edu [5]

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Core Collections:

Core Collections, Academic Libraries:

• Ellen Bosman, New Mexico State University Library
• Ellen Greenblatt [6], San José State University & Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver, Auraria Library

Core Collections, Public Libraries:

• Joyce Homan [7]
• John C. Sandstrom [8], El Paso Public Library
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Core Collections, School Libraries

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Collection Development Statements

Ideas/Directions: An examination and aggregation of LGBT collection development statements. Will include general statements that mention LGBT materials.  Examine creating statements, structures, etc.

• H. Frank Cervone, Purdue University Calumet
• David Vess, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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GLBT Health Issues

Coordinator: Susan Swogger [9], University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GLBT Health Resources for Medical Professionals

• Stephanie Ballard [10], Alliant International University
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GLBT Health Resources for Health Care Consumers

• Sandy Swan [11], Phil Johnson Historic Archives & Research Library
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GLBT International Issues

• H. Frank Cervone, Purdue University Calumet
• Martin Garnar, Regis University
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GLBT Legal Issues

• Jennifer Nace, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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GLSEN/GLBTRT Partnership

The GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) partnership is being administered by the GLBTRT's External Relations Committee (Contact the Chair, Peter Hepburn). This could be a toolkit about how school libraries can support GLSEN and its goals.  Likely needs collaboration with someone from someone from YALSA/GLBTRT.  This could be combined with general services to LGBTQ teens, below.  This project could produce interesting toolkits as well as establish as important partnership the RT endeavors to cultivate and maintain.

• GLSEN Contact: Benny Vasquez, Director of Education
• Jesse Nachem
• Angie Manfredi [12], Mesa Public Library

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Library Services for Children of LGBT Parents

Ideal for ALSC/AASL/GLBTRT members?

• Nancy Silverrod
• Jamie Campbell Naidoo, University of Alabama
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Library Services for LGBTQ Teens in School and Public Libraries

Perhaps our YALSA liaison and a couple of other YALSA/GLBTRT members could address this?  Could be divided in to two groups: public libraries and school groups.

School Libraries:

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Public Libraries:

• Franklin L. Escobedo, Oceanside Public Library
• Nanci Milone Hill, Nevins Memorial Library
• Angie Manfredi [12], Mesa Public Library

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Services to marrried or domestically partnered LGBT couples

• Michael J. Miller, Benjamin Rosenthal Library
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Library Services for Parents of/and Gender Variant Children/Teens

• Nancy Silverrod, San Francisco Public Library
• Jamie Campbell Naidoo, University of Alabama
• A Caes

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PFLAG/GLBTRT Partnership

The PFLAG (Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays) partnership is being administered by the GLBTRT's External Relations Committee (Contact the Chair, Peter Hepburn).  This document could focus on collections, as well as urging libraries to provide meeting room space to PFLAG.  This project could produce interesting toolkits as well as establish as important partnership the RT endeavors to cultivate and maintain.

• PFLAG Contact: Peter Ji, Project Director - Assessment Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
• Dave Gray
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Library Services for the Transgender Community

Serve the informational and recreational library needs of the transgender communities.

• John Otto
• K. R. Roberto, University of Denver
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