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The Library Is Open: Materialising Queer Social Infrastructure | Cities Studio Annual Review

'The Library Is Open: Materialising Queer Social Infrastructure'
csar.lse.ac.uk/articles/58

#Library
#Archive
#History
#Research
#Heritage
#Collections
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
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#Queer

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To celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities (3/12) @cilip.bsky.social are recognising the achievements of the Lynne Mackie Accessibility Award winners & gaining insights into being more inclusive:
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
This is FREE, you do not need to be a CILIP member

Screenshot from the British Library shop showing a green and cream coloured jumper with festive pattern. The words “British Library” can be seen down the arm and front centre is “ex libris”. The price of £45 is also shown.

Erm, this exists in the British Library shop:
#ChristmasJumper #Christmas #Jumper #Sweater #library #Librarian 📚📜🎄

From last year, but worth a share this World AIDS day
#WorldAIDSDay #1stDec

The Library Is Open: Materialising Queer Social Infrastructure | Cities Studio Annual Review

'The Library Is Open: Materialising Queer Social Infrastructure'
csar.lse.ac.uk/articles/58

#Library
#Archive
#History
#Research
#Heritage
#Collections
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans
#Queer

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

🏅And the award for best title goes to⬇️

‘I can’t even read straight’: Exploring the influences on LGBTQ+ library collections through an artificial-intelligence-mediated parallel-synthesis-scoping-review approach
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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#Lesbian
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#Bisexual
#Trans

Available to watch online: 'Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays' 📚⬇️
#edi
#DEI
#Library

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

🏅And the award for best title goes to⬇️

‘I can’t even read straight’: Exploring the influences on LGBTQ+ library collections through an artificial-intelligence-mediated parallel-synthesis-scoping-review approach
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#Library
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans

📑thesis: 'To collect our own histories: community archiving in the Lesbian and Gay History Movement' ⬇️

iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/outp...

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Available to watch online: 'Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays' 📚⬇️
#edi
#DEI
#Library

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💠 #RLUKSPACE | Embedding #EDI principles in library spaces & practices | 🗓 2 Dec

Join us for this virtual event exploring how library design and practice intersect to create environments that support equitable access to knowledge and strengthen community connections.

🎟 Register at bit.ly/RLUKSPACE

A woman walked into a #library and asked if they had a book on Schrodinger's cat and Pavlov's dog.
The #librarian said 'it rings a bell but I don't know if it's here or not'!
#joke
#pun

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Announcement! The Fair Library Jobs newsletter is getting off Subtack. Sign up to our contact list to receive future blog posts via email docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ICIL event information card with event details and headshot photo of Sara Huws

🟠 #RLUKICIL | From Overthinking to Action: Making Library Activism Everyday | 27 Nov

This interactive workshop, led by Sara Huws (Cardiff), is an opportunity for library professionals to reflect on their social purpose & explore how 'everyday activism' can make positive changes

🎟 bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Self-Assessment Toolkit This workshop introduces the EDIB Self-Assessment Toolkit, developed by Archives West Midland.

Perhaps of interest to #archive folks:

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT) workshop. The EDIB SAT will be embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation assessment from Spring 2026:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equality-d...

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#DEI

Here's another, 130 years old: in 1895, Oscar Wilde was barred from the British Museum’s Reading Room after being convicted of gross indecency, a charge used to punish gay men in Victorian times. Last week, his access was symbolically reinstated as the British Library issued a card in his name 🤣

Not sure if we have many followers stateside? but if we do, this one is for you 🔽

Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
1/2
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...

*cackles in librarian*

Trans Folks in the Library – A Meditation on Personal vs Public A month ago, I attended a webcast seminar, ‘Transgender Inclusion in Libraries’, hosted by San Jose State University’s iSchool. This was the first webcast seminar, or webinar, I was attending under…

Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance 🏳️‍⚧️

hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/t...

Link to former posts highlighting resources about Transgender library staff: bsky.app/profile/cili...

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#Employment
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#TDoR
#TDoR2025

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This week (13-19th Nov) is #Transgender Awareness Week 🏳️‍⚧️ It aims to highlight the issues faced by the #Trans, non-binary & gender-diverse community & leads up to the Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDoR) on the 20th.

Be still my beating heart 😍✏️

A white forearm with a tattoo that looks uncannily like a black ink stamp, with messy edges and slightly blurry text that reads “Not to be removed from the library”

New ink making me happy. It’s like a funny secret. Thanks much to @thisone0verhere.bsky.social for the idea.

LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans "We build collections that allow people to find themselves on the shelves," notes one queer librarian.

📰'LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans'

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lg...

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#Bookban
#Book

LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misge...

📰'LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves'
apnews.com/article/lgbt...

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#Employment
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#Gay

'Small acts to make safe space: a case study of the Queer Liberation Library as a queer space'⬇️
publicera.kb.se/ir/article/v...

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#Queer

Its black cat appreciation day 🐈‍⬛ and itsSpooktober🦇🎃 If you're a member of our network & the owner/servant of a suitably spooky companion, feel free to post a pic below. We'd love to feature some pets in our next newsletter
#PetsOfBluesky

Out Behind the Desk - Litwin Books & Library Juice Press Number one in the series Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, series editor Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians is an anthology of personal accounts … R...

📘Book: 'Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians'
▶️ litwinbooks.com/books/out-be...

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#Employment
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#Lesbian
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#Trans
#Queer

LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector: The Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950 This book examines the complex and conflicting relationships between LGBT people and our cultural and heritage organisations including libraries, museums and archives. In this unique book established ...

📘Book: 'LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector
The Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950'▶️
www.routledge.com/LGBT-People-...

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