“We Could Do Better”: Librarian Engagement in LGBTQ Collection Development in Small and Rural Public Libraries in the Southern U.S

Betts-Green, Dawn

doi:10.1080/01616846.2020.1737493

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“…Accordingly, successful public library initiatives focused on LGBTQIAþ health information require intentional design to expand assistance to needs far more diverse than information provision. Moreover, without community input, available materials can often drastically misrepresent the needs of LGBTQIAþ persons, health-related or otherwise (Betts-Green, 2020). Given broader sociotechnical challenges latent within the design and structure of libraries, providing health information alone may reinforce broader descriptive and access challenges that create hostile rather than inviting information spaces (Staccini and Lau, 2022).…”

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“What is a wave but 1000 drops working together?”: The role of public libraries in addressing LGBTQIA+ health information disparities

Kitzie,

Vera,

Lookingbill

et al. 2023

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PurposeThis paper presents results from a participatory action research study with 46 LGBTQIA+ community leaders and 60 library workers who participated in four community forums at public libraries across the US. The forums identified barriers to LGBTQIA+ communities addressing their health questions and concerns and explored strategies for public libraries to tackle them.Design/methodology/approachForums followed the World Café format to facilitate collaborative knowledge development and promote participant-led change. Data sources included collaborative notes taken by participants and observational researcher notes. Data analysis consisted of emic/etic qualitative coding.FindingsResults revealed that barriers experienced by LGBTQIA+ communities are structurally and socially entrenched and require systematic changes. Public libraries must expand their strategies beyond collection development and one-off programming to meet these requirements. Suggested strategies include outreach and community engagement and mutual aid initiatives characterized by explicit advocacy for LGBTQIA+ communities and community organizing approaches.Research limitations/implicationsLimitations include the sample's lack of racial diversity and the gap in the data collection period between forums due to COVID-19. Public libraries can readily adopt strategies overviewed in this paper for LGBTQIA+ health promotion.Originality/valueThis research used a unique methodology within the Library and Information Science (LIS) field to engage LGBTQIA+ community leaders and library workers in conversations about how public libraries can contribute to LGBTQIA+ health promotion. Prior research has often captured these perspectives separately. Uniting the groups facilitated understanding of each other's strengths and challenges, identifying strategies more relevant than asking either group alone.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“What is a wave but 1000 drops working together?”: The role of public libraries in addressing LGBTQIA+ health information disparities

Kitzie,

Vera,

Lookingbill

et al. 2023

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“…In the same way, the librarian of educational institutions was also tried to provide teaching material electronically [21][22][23] . University libraries were also shifted to e-libraries and they shift their print resources to digital resources [24][25][26] . It is pertinent to mention here that the concept of e-library is rapidly prevailing in all the developing and developed countries to provide digital resources at the doorstep and clockwise 15,16 .…”

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Steady ship: Digital, online, and e-libraries (1971–2020)

Ali

Shoaib

Syed

2021

Journal of Information Science

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This paper attempts to examine the e-libraries, digital libraries, electronic libraries, and online libraries employing bibliometric study techniques from 1971 to 2020. It focuses to consolidate the published documents on the library indexed in Web of Science. It has been observed that we found 4266 published documents employing bibliometric analysis. The study findings show that digital libraries are the top topic, proceeding paper is the top type of document, and most are published in the English language. Similarly, the year 2006 to 2010 has the highest number of published documents, top author Fox EA, Dept. Comp Sci top organisation, United States top country, and digital libraries as a top keyword has been found. Further, the name of Liu et al. has been at the top of the author’s list. Moreover, the results are presented in tables and figures to show the trend of data.

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Interviews with Public Librarians on Their Experiences in Cases of Censorship

Clark-Hunt,

Creel

2023

Public Library Quarterly

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“We Could Do Better”: Librarian Engagement in LGBTQ Collection Development in Small and Rural Public Libraries in the Southern U.S

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

“What is a wave but 1000 drops working together?”: The role of public libraries in addressing LGBTQIA+ health information disparities

“What is a wave but 1000 drops working together?”: The role of public libraries in addressing LGBTQIA+ health information disparities

Steady ship: Digital, online, and e-libraries (1971–2020)

Interviews with Public Librarians on Their Experiences in Cases of Censorship

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