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Serving New Jersey's GLBT Community
@ Hyatt New Brunswick
October 14, 2009In partnership with the New Jersey State Library (David Lisa, liaison), INFOLINK and the INFOLINK Diversity Committee under Chair Christine Yang (Edison PL) hosted the Serving New Jersey’s GLBT Community workshop on October 14, 2009 at the Hyatt New Brunswick. Forty-five colleagues from 29 multi-type libraries (Public, School, Academic, Special and Medical) participated in this statewide forum on how to serve New Jersey’s GLBT community (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender).
Led by Allan M. Kleiman (INFOLINK Diversity Committee), the ten presenters shared their experiences, knowledge, and resources with participants with in-depth insight and subject expertise. We thank all the presenters for their time and exceptional programs. We also acknowledge NJLA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Intersexed Roundtable and ALA’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table.
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Presenters (from left: Michael Waldman, Baruch College, CUNY; Enola Romano, NJLA GLBTI Roundtable; Loida Garcia-Febo, Queens (NY) Public Library; Allan M. Kleiman, South Plainfield PL; Joe Da Rold, Plainfield Public Library; Karla Ivarson, Ocean County Library; Eric Schwarz, SLA GLBTI Caucus; Julie Tozer, Ocean County Library; David Lisa, The New Jersey State Library; Leslie Kahn, Newark PL)
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Handouts.
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Presenter(s) |
Handout(s) |
New Jersey GLBT Community 2009 and Beyond |
Allan M. Kleiman, INFOLINK Diversity Committee |
Census Snapshot - New Jesery (The Williams Institute)
ALA GLBT Roundtable Fall 2009 Newsletter |
“So why is being gay so out this season?” (Bruno):
Man --& Woman—Magnets @ Your Library, a Discussion of GLBTI
Reference & Collection Development |
Leslie Kahn, Newark Public Library |
Tools for LGBTI Reference & Collection Development (.pdf)
More Tools (.pdf)
Topics for Reference & Collections (.pdf)
GLBTI People Need Libraries (.pdf)
Violence (.pdf) |
| Networking 101 - Reaching OUT |
Enola Romano, NJLA LGBTI Roundtable |
Networking 101 - Reaching Out (.pdf) |
| A Special Group for Info Pros: The SLA's GLBT Issues Caucus |
Eric Schwarz, SLA GLBTI Caucus |
A Special Group for Info Pros: SLA's GLBT Issues Caucus (.ppt) |
Programming, Partnerships, Promotion and Pitfalls |
Karla Ivarson & Julie Tozer, Insight Out Focus Team, Ocean County Library |
GLBT Resources for NJ Libraries (.pdf)
Insight Out Sensitivity Sentences (.pdf)
Rainbow List 2009 (.pdf) |
| Latino/Spanish Speaking Communities |
Loida Garcia-Febo, Queens (NY) Public Library |
Serving GLBT Populations: Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (.pdf)
The Queens Library Book List (.pdf)
Celebrate Gay Pride Month Brochure (.pdf) |
Serving the Transgender Community –or what’s gender got to do with it? |
Michael Waldman, Baruch College, CUNY |
Serving the Transgender Community or What's gender got to do with it? (.ppt) |
Attendees discussed many practical ideas and resources to increase the awareness of GLBT issues and to develop/provide various programs/services at libraries. There was consensus that resistance, indifference, or hostility against GLBT issues still exist among some library staff and the public they serve. Presenters and participants discussed how libraries could overcome these problems.
Participant Feedback. Participants provided feedback about what they hope to do following the workshop. Some of their ideas are:
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Planning programs for YAs & presenting sources to our HS Club spectrum. |
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Take steps geared toward small to medium events during Pride Month and focus on tallying public participation in programs. |
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Collection development, bookmarks, information brochures, web page with links. |
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Introduce more GLBT programming and services, especially for teens. |
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Outreach to student GLBT group on campus to learn how the library can better serve their needs; promote our resources to the wider campus community. |
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Involve the Friends of the Library as well as academic departments on campus, i.e., women’s and gender studies, the film club, student activities, etc. |
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Local resources and resources provided by the presenters. |
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Outreach ideas and staff education |
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Introducing SLA GLBT Caucus to topics, resources discussed today. |
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Consciousness raising – rethinking all services. |
Overall, the workshop was a huge success, as attested by comments from participants:
“Thank you for putting this together. This was wonderful & much needed.”
“I enjoyed this very much. It is very timely. The speakers were very helpful as are the hand outs.”
“Wanted to know how to display and organize materials without being patronizing. Learned quite a bit.”
“Great info provided. Fantastic handouts. Excellent, well informed speakers.”
“Well organized, well run workshop!”
Many participants also requested we offer more programs on the GLBT topics as a next step after the workshop.
Sincere thanks to everyone who participated!
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