GLBTRT Newsletter A publication of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Round Table of the American Library Association http://www.ala.org/glbtrt Vol. 20, No. 3 ◊ Fall 2008 From Your Co-Chairs Your Co-Chairs have been very Midwinter. Meanwhile, members the Fundraising Committee; if busy with Round Table work since of the Steering Committee are you have ideas about how to we got home from ALA Annual. We working on a plan for more for- increase RT membership, par- touch base at least a few times a mally defining the role of the ticularly of allies, you can con- Book Reviews week. One of the big things is that Rainbow List and its relationship tact the Membership Commit- (Pages 6-9): we‘ve been busy recruiting people to our Round Table. We held a tee, etc. (Check the last page of Uncle Bobby’s for a few open positions. We fi- late August conference call with this Newsletter for their email Wedding nally have Fundraising Committee some members of the Steering addresses.) If you don‘t know Chair and an up and running Book Committee, some of the Rainbow who to contact, just get in touch If You Believe Awards Brunch Planning Commit- List members, and Satia Orange with your Co-Chairs and we will in Mermaids … tee. If you‘re a real statistics nerd, from the OLOS office. We‘ll con- pass your ideas along. Don’t Tell please speak up! We need you to tinue these discussions face-to- If you want to know what we‘re Ardennian Boy be our liaison to the Research and face at Midwinter to come up with doing on a day-to-day basis, Statistics Assembly. We have a a plan that is satisfactory to eve- The Age of you can be our friends on Face- couple of people attending the ryone involved which can then be Dreaming book. For instance, on August Professional Ethics Committee who presented to the membership. 14th, you could have found out The Necessary can send reports to us but we You can tell your Co-Chairs are that K.R. always needs caffeine, Hunger could use someone who can defi- really going to put people to and on August 11th Nancy nitely also attend at least one Southland work! And if you haven‘t been wished for clarity. GLBTRT Steering Committee involved in the past but would Death Vows meeting. You can join the Round Table like to be in the future, please Group on Facebook Gay Games VII One thing we decided at Annual look at our committee descrip- (www.facebook.com/group.php? was that we need more specific tions on the web site Ministry gid=5265244609), and ALA has job descriptions for officers, com- (its.usc.edu/~trimmer/glbtrt/ among God’s a presence there as well, includ- mittee chairs, and committee committees.htm) and email us to Queer Folk ing a new Banned Books Week members, and that we need to let us know your areas of inter- group (www.new.facebook.com/ Since My Last amend the bylaws to include pro- est. I‘m already compiling lists of pages/Banned-Books- Confession cedures for removing and replac- potential committee members for Week/20181651661). Check out A Prophet in ing people in a timely manner if future needs. ALA‘s Banned Books Web site His Own Land they aren‘t fulfilling their duties. Even if you aren‘t on a commit- (www.ala.org/ala/oif/ We want to prevent people from DVD Reviews tee, your ideas are welcome. You bannedbooksweek/ being unduly burdened by taking (Page 10): can nominate books to the Book bannedbooksweek.cfm) for on extra responsibilities. Awards Committee; you can information and ideas for cele- For the Bible Along with amending the bylaws make fundraising suggestions to Continued on page 2 Tells Me So for this purpose, we are also ask- In Good Con- ing the Bylaws Revision Commit- science tee and Committee Chairs to re- Deadlines for the newsletter for the next year will be: view the bylaws and make other suggested changes by Midwinter. Winter 2008 November 20, 2008 Spring 2009 March 20, 2009 As some of you have probably Summer 2009 May 29, 2009 heard, it was decided at Annual Fall 2009 August 22, 2009 that it didn‘t make sense for the Rainbow List to be a subcommittee Please try to get your reports, articles, book reviews, etc. in by of the Membership Committee, these dates or let us know if there will be a short delay so room and that status will be ended at can be saved for them in the newsletter. Page 2 GLBTRT NEWSLETTER From Your Co-Chairs, continued... brating Banned Books Week, as well as And for a little fun: found on American K.R. Roberto information on dealing with challenges to Libraries Direct, 8/13/08 is a link to The Serials/Electronic Resources Librarian materials. You will note that sexuality, ho- Shifted Librarian theshiftedlibrarian.com/ University of Denver mosexuality, and sex education are a regu- archives/2008/08/07/star-in-your-own-read [email protected] lar theme in books that have been banned. -mini-poster.html where you can create Nancy Silverrod Does your library celebrate Banned Books your own READ posters. Nancy had fun Librarian, San Francisco Public Library Week? Share your ideas with us. making one of my dog at the beach that [email protected] says, ―Read books, don‘t eat them.‖ Profile: Nancy Silverrod What was your first What are you reading right now? Would my reading done). I used to be hooked on library (or library- you recommend it? Hill St. Blues, LA Law, and whatever the related) job? I read constantly and eclectically! You medical show was that came on somewhere I worked at Novi should become my friend on in there—I generally had a show a week. I (Michigan) Public Goodreads.com to try to keep up with only get 2 channels where in my neighbor- Library, partly doing where I‘m going. I just finished The Art of hood, and I‘d have to fork out big time for preschool services, Detection by Laurie R. King. She writes the special cable channels to watch the stuff and partly doing adult two mystery series, one set in present-day that sounds interesting: National Geographic reference work. San Francisco, featuring lesbian detective and other nature and history channels. Kate Martinelli; the other features Sherlock Tell us about your Holmes in his elder years, now married Social networks—yes or no? (LJ, Blog- current job. (much to his gruff surprise) to a younger ger, Second Life, WoW, MySpace, etc.) I work in General Reference at the Main woman, with whom he now solves myster- I‘m on Facebook, which started because my Library of San Francisco Public Library. I ies. The Art of Detection is one of a couple niece in Spain is on it. I think it has its limi- have worked in a number of capacities here, of her books where she ties the two to- tations, but I can bore everyone with fre- starting on the children‘s bookmobile, work- gether in interesting ways. And yes, I rec- quent new pictures of my dog. As I men- ing in the branches as a children‘s and ommend both series, and you have to start tioned earlier, I‘m on Goodreads, and I like young adult librarian, and then in adult at the beginning. I also just finished reading that because I get to find out what my reference for the last 8+ years. Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus. Writ- friends are reading and get some good sug- gestions that way – and vice versa, a bit of Did/do you have a mentor? ten for grades 5-8, this alternate/parallel an online book group. I want to know who No, but I had inspirations: Christine Jen- world fantasy has so many real-world his- has time to read all the blogs that are out kins, a good friend who is now teaching in torical characters that and a strong enough there! the Library School at UIUC, and then my plot, that I think older teens and adults will get even more out of it. I have a special school librarians, Mrs. Graham, and Miss Anything else you’d like to add? interest in LGBT books for kids and teens, Sarita Davis. There are people I work with I live with a beautiful Rottweiler/beagle mix and have a large collection at home. that I respect and look to for advice when I and a green-cheeked, yellow-sided conure need it, particularly my former supervisor, What is your favorite movie? Song? TV who love each other and they keep things Thomas Tavis. show? entertaining. Pip, the bird, likes to lean on Hard questions! My most recent favorite Ginny, the dog‘s cheek and bob his head up GLBTRT Newsletter (ISSN 1533-7219) movie was Juno. I don‘t go to the movies and down to announce his adoration. He is is an official publication of the Gay, nearly as much as I‘d like, so if any of you not so amused when Ginny licks him, but he Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered live in the Bay Area and want to go see a always goes back for more. The two of them Round Table of the American Library movie, let me know. Movies I‘ve seen re- keep me sane—despite some library book Association.