Reenvío una solicitud de contribuciones para un libro sobre experiencias de
bibliotec...@s LGBT en el puesto de trabajo.
Saludos
José A. Frías
Please excuse cross-posting. And please feel free to forward widely.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians (a working title),
edited by Tracy Nectoux and published by Library Juice Press as part of the
series Gender and Sexuality in Librarianship.
Seeking submissions for an anthology of personal accounts by librarians and
library workers relating experiences of being gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgendered, or queer at work. This volume seeks to represent a broad
spectrum of orientations and gender identities, highlighting a range of
experiences of being and/or coming out at work. Also welcome are critical and
historical perspectives on the challenges of navigating gender and sexuality in
the library workplace.
Objective of Book
Librarians and library workers are in a singular position to discuss the
difficulty-even today, even in libraries-of choosing to be out at work. Our
situations are unique. We are educators, leaders, and often advocates of some
of our most vulnerable citizens: LGBTQ youth. We face two enormous, yet
conflicting consequences when we decide to come out: the risk of jeopardizing
our own professional security while simultaneously presenting ourselves as
allies to LGBTQ patrons. The discussions in this volume will be an uncommon
and valuable addition to the literature of gender and sexuality in the
workplace, a topic that has been little examined in library literature.
Suggested Topics:
a.. Personal narratives of coming and being out in the library workplace
b.. Personal, historical, and critical approaches to hostile environments
and/or colleagues
c.. Accounts of supportive environments and/or colleagues
d.. Narratives of workplace discrimination struggles
e.. Narratives of coming out in rural and urban contexts
f.. The challenges of coming and being out in historical perspective
g.. When and why library workers stay closeted
h.. Other critical, historical, and personal perspectives related to being
out in the library
Target Audience:
LGBTQ librarians, library workers, and library school students, as well as
library administrators who might find such a volume helpful in creating an
inclusive, diverse, and safe workplace for both employees and patrons who are
sexual minorities.
Submission Guidelines:
We welcome and encourage submissions from a broad spectrum of librarians and
library workers and seek to be inclusive of all ages, library types (public,
academic, or private libraries), geographies (rural, urban, international), and
sexual orientations and gender identities (gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgendered, transsexual, gender-queer, questioning, etc.). A range of
submissions are welcome, including essays, poetry, and visual art.
Anonymous submissions will be accepted from librarians and library workers who
are not out.
Deadline for summaries: May 31, 2009
Submit a brief summary (3 paragraphs maximum) and a short author's statement or
URLs where appropriate. Electronic submissions only to [email protected].
Deadline for manuscripts: December 31, 2009
One electronic copy. Black-and-white artwork may be submitted in hard copy;
author responsible for securing image copyright permissions. Text may range
from 100 to 5,000 words.
Contact:
Tracy Nectoux
Cataloger, Illinois Newspaper Project
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
[email protected]
217-244-2498
Cell: 217-766-7984
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