Serving LGBTQ Teens (Practical Guides for Librarians) - Softcover

Houde, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1538107600 ISBN 13: 9781538107607

Publisher: RL, 2018

Synopsis

There are few places an LGBTQ teen can turn for help – searching the internet at home leaves a potentially discoverable trail, teachers may condemn youth who seek their help, and certainly, in many cases, a teen’s parents are not an option. While there have been advancements in acceptance of the LGBTQ population, there is still a firm stronghold on discrimination and teens still face the fear of potential alienation.

This leaves one of the only safe places for a teen to find information and, and indeed, find themselves in the context of the world – at the library.

Serving LGBTQ Teens offers the librarian a practical guide to library service to LGBTQ teens – from collection development, understanding terminology, dealing with censorship issues, programming and outreach, readers’ advisory, and even to creating welcoming displays, librarians will find the tools they need to offer exceptional services for LGBTQ teens.

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Houde is the assistant director and director of Youth Services at the Rye Public Library in Rye, New Hampshire. She is a member of several New Hampshire library organizations including the New Hampshire Library Association (NHLA), Children’s Librarians of New Hampshire (CHILIS), and Young Adult Library Services of New Hampshire (YALS); she’s a past president of YALS. Lisa has presented several times at various New Hampshire library conferences on LGBTQ library service as well as presenting book talks for the New Hampshire Flume Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: RL
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538107600
• ISBN 13: 9781538107607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162