Comments on: Pride at your library http://libraryriot.com/2008/06/03/pride-at-your-library/ The revolution will not be blogged. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Emily Lloyd http://libraryriot.com/2008/06/03/pride-at-your-library/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Emily Lloyd Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:49:29 +0000 http://libraryriot.com/?p=55#comment-133 Whoops, backing up. The Minneapolis Public Library subset of Hennepin County Libraries has just put up a Pride 2008 list in digital form: http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/resources.asp?list=pride2007 Thanks, MPL! Whoops, backing up. The Minneapolis Public Library subset of Hennepin County Libraries has just put up a Pride 2008 list in digital form: http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/resources.asp?list=pride2007

Thanks, MPL!

]]> By: Emily Lloyd http://libraryriot.com/2008/06/03/pride-at-your-library/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Emily Lloyd Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:17:23 +0000 http://libraryriot.com/?p=55#comment-132 I'm with Hennepin County Public Library, in the major metro around outside Minneapolis. We don't do anything. I believe we've made some small gestures in the past (I'm only on my second year here), but we no longer do. As in Dances With Books' "Red State Wasteland," GLBTQ outreach is so low a priority as to be non-existent. We have no GLBTQ liaison on the Diversity Committee. Nada. But we're not a red state. We're a blue city! It breaks my heart. I’m with Hennepin County Public Library, in the major metro around outside Minneapolis. We don’t do anything. I believe we’ve made some small gestures in the past (I’m only on my second year here), but we no longer do. As in Dances With Books’ “Red State Wasteland,” GLBTQ outreach is so low a priority as to be non-existent. We have no GLBTQ liaison on the Diversity Committee. Nada. But we’re not a red state. We’re a blue city! It breaks my heart.

]]> By: Jason Puckett http://libraryriot.com/2008/06/03/pride-at-your-library/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Jason Puckett Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:38:53 +0000 http://libraryriot.com/?p=55#comment-129 I work in a large private academic library. To the best of my recollection, we've never done anything Pride-related in the seven years I've worked there, but like Ellie we don't do a whole lot of programming to begin with except for stuff that's directly related to academic work. That said, it's not like our library culture is bigoted or anything. We have a very active GLBT liaison, the library purchases to support the queer studies program, etc, and we've got plenty of out GLB employees (no T that I'm aware of). It just doesn't take the form of events. I work in a large private academic library. To the best of my recollection, we’ve never done anything Pride-related in the seven years I’ve worked there, but like Ellie we don’t do a whole lot of programming to begin with except for stuff that’s directly related to academic work.

That said, it’s not like our library culture is bigoted or anything. We have a very active GLBT liaison, the library purchases to support the queer studies program, etc, and we’ve got plenty of out GLB employees (no T that I’m aware of). It just doesn’t take the form of events.

]]> By: Dances With Books http://libraryriot.com/2008/06/03/pride-at-your-library/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Dances With Books Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:24:57 +0000 http://libraryriot.com/?p=55#comment-128 We'll have a small book display, as soon as I manage to get it put together. To be blunt, I am in a Red State wasteland where this is not exactly a priority to put it mildly. Programming is non-existent (something I am trying to change. Maybe next year with luck, if I am still here at MPOW). Probably a resources webpage. We’ll have a small book display, as soon as I manage to get it put together. To be blunt, I am in a Red State wasteland where this is not exactly a priority to put it mildly. Programming is non-existent (something I am trying to change. Maybe next year with luck, if I am still here at MPOW). Probably a resources webpage.

]]> By: ellie http://libraryriot.com/2008/06/03/pride-at-your-library/comment-page-1/#comment-127 ellie Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:54:44 +0000 http://libraryriot.com/?p=55#comment-127 1. We'll have book displays up at most or all of our campuses and I'm working on a resources page that will be linked off our homepage and list local pride events and a few other things. 2. I was really proud to see we have a pretty impressive GLBTQ collection, especially considering we don't have any specific classes covering queer issues. We don't really do much programming. But that's not singling any one group out, we just don't do much programming. It's kind of hard at a community college with many people just there for one semester and hopping between campuses and multiple jobs. But definitely something to look into. 1. We’ll have book displays up at most or all of our campuses and I’m working on a resources page that will be linked off our homepage and list local pride events and a few other things.

2. I was really proud to see we have a pretty impressive GLBTQ collection, especially considering we don’t have any specific classes covering queer issues. We don’t really do much programming. But that’s not singling any one group out, we just don’t do much programming. It’s kind of hard at a community college with many people just there for one semester and hopping between campuses and multiple jobs. But definitely something to look into.

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