Liberating minds : the stories and professional lives of gay, lesbian, and bisexual librarians and their advocates /

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Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1997.
Description:xv, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2730711
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Other authors / contributors:Kester, Norman G., 1962-
ISBN:0786403632 (lib. bdg.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Cal Gough
  • Introduction / Norman G. Kester
  • A Gauntlet for All Reasons: The Importance of Lesbigay Library History / James V. Carmichael, Jr.
  • Agitating/Innovating: A Sandy Berman Grabbag / Sanford Berman
  • Coming Out as a Form of Individualism: A Pre-Stonewall Relic / James V. Carmichael, Jr.
  • I Love You, Gertrude Stein / Joel Sartorius
  • Of Books and Bisexuality / Michael S. Montgomery
  • The Soul of the Learner / Gerald Perry
  • Brother, Warrior: The Black Gay Librarian-Writer - Some Personal Reflections / Norman G. Kester
  • Rip Van Winkle in Connecticut / David Garnes
  • The "About Your Sexuality" Kit / J. McRee (Mac) Elrod
  • Opening the Closed Stack: Coming Out with Librarianship / Honor Conklin
  • My Destiny: Librarianship / Martha E. Stone
  • How the GLBTF Got Started / Israel David Fishman
  • The California Library Association Gay & Lesbian Interests Round Table / Kenn Bicknell
  • Playing in the Attic: Indexing and Preserving the Gay Press / Robert B. Marks Ridinger
  • Cherishing the Past, Planning for the Future: Queer Librarians Celebrate Twenty-Five Years of Activism in Libraries and Society / Norman G. Kester
  • Of Books, Gay Displays and History / Steven Riel
  • Queering the Historical Record: An Interview with Harold Averill of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives / Norman G. Kester
  • A Lesbian Librarian in the Hinterland / Violet Clifford
  • Carnal Knowledge and the Librarian / Ina Rimpau
  • Connecticut Public and School Libraries: A Forty-Year User's Perspective / Barbara Gomez
  • Rising Tide and Ocean of Compassion in the Midwest / Robert Evans
  • "A Threat to the Security of the Institution" / Bonita C. Corliss
  • Where Should the Closets Be in a Library Without Walls? / Deborah Ann Turner
  • Community Pressures to Censor Gay and Lesbian Materials in the Public Libraries of Canada / Alvin M. Schrader.