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Conference Session 151
Addressing the Silence: How Libraries can Serve Their LGBTQ Users
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users Special Interest Group
19 أغسطس 2014 16:00 - 18:00 | Room: Forum 1
ELIZABETH L. CHAPMAN (Information School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom)
JOSÉ AUGUSTO CHAVES GUIMARÃES (Graduate School of Information Science, São Paulo State University, Marília, Brazil) and FABIO ASSIS PINHO (Graduate School of Information Science, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil) and GILBERTO GOMES CÂNDIDO (Graduate School of Information Science, São Paulo State University, Marília, Brazil) and BRUNA GISELE MOTTA (School of Archival Science, São Paulo State University, Marília, Brazil)
BHARAT MEHRA (School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States) and LAVERNE GRAY (School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States)
NOÉMI SOMORJAI (Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
JULIE ANN WINKELSTEIN (School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States)
CHRISTER EDEHOLT (Umeå City Library, Sweden) and MARIA LINDGREN (Umeå City Library, Sweden)
EDUARDO DA SILVA ALENTEJO (Library Science Department, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
MARTIN MORRIS (Schulich Library, McGill University, Montréal, Canada) and K.R. ROBERTO (Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States)
International discussions surrounding diversity are paramount to the library profession. One patron group that commonly is overlooked, even during these conversations, is our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) library users. Professionals from around the world will discuss efforts in providing access and fulfilling information needs to this patron population at the first IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG session.