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'Small acts to make safe space: a case study of the Queer Liberation Library as a queer space'⬇️
publicera.kb.se/ir/article/v...

#Library
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans
#Queer
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Available to watch online: 'Reading Between the Lines: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion Through Curated Book Displays' 📚⬇️
#edi
#DEI
#Library
uklibrariesnag.bsky.social National Acquisitions Group (NAG) @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social · 1d
Q&A document, purchases list and EDI calendar now added to the recording page for "Reading Between the Lines" from last week's #NAGWebinarWeek with @salforduni.bsky.social
Open access for all at:
nag.org.uk/development/...
Huge thanks to Dean, Beth and Cameron for their extra work on this!
"Reading between the lines - promoting diversity and inclusion through curated book displays" with Dean Brown, Beth Lanigan and Cameron Fragoso, University of Salford with picture of the team and their book display on the right.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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💠 #RLUKSPACE | Embedding #EDI principles in library spaces & practices | 🗓 2 Dec

Join us for this virtual event exploring how library design and practice intersect to create environments that support equitable access to knowledge and strengthen community connections.

🎟 Register at bit.ly/RLUKSPACE
RLUK space event information card, RLUK logo, event title and date against a blue background
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
A woman walked into a #library and asked if they had a book on Schrodinger's cat and Pavlov's dog.
The #librarian said 'it rings a bell but I don't know if it's here or not'!
#joke
#pun
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Announcement! The Fair Library Jobs newsletter is getting off Subtack. Sign up to our contact list to receive future blog posts via email docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FLJ Contact List
This list is to submit your name to the Fair Library Jobs contain list. We will use the contact list to update subscribers on news, website updates and new blog posts. The list of email addresses wi...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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🟠 #RLUKICIL | From Overthinking to Action: Making Library Activism Everyday | 27 Nov

This interactive workshop, led by Sara Huws (Cardiff), is an opportunity for library professionals to reflect on their social purpose & explore how 'everyday activism' can make positive changes

🎟 bit.ly/RLUKICIL
ICIL event information card with event details and headshot photo of Sara Huws
October 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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librarycolleen.bsky.social
Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Perhaps of interest to #archive folks:

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT) workshop. The EDIB SAT will be embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation assessment from Spring 2026:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equality-d...

#EDI
#DEI
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Self-Assessment Toolkit
This workshop introduces the EDIB Self-Assessment Toolkit, developed by Archives West Midland.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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iliasnyc.bsky.social
Here's another, 130 years old: in 1895, Oscar Wilde was barred from the British Museum’s Reading Room after being convicted of gross indecency, a charge used to punish gay men in Victorian times. Last week, his access was symbolically reinstated as the British Library issued a card in his name 🤣
October 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Not sure if we have many followers stateside? but if we do, this one is for you 🔽
queerliblib.bsky.social Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social · Nov 15
Wow, hi new followers, hey! We’re Queer Liberation Library.

QLL is a digital library of queer ebooks & audiobooks available FOR FREE to anyone in the US. Our collection’s in Libby so you can read to your heart's content on your e-reader, phone, etc.

membership details downthread~
A scrapbooky, zine-like image. In the top left corner there’s a picture of a young kid in rainbow face paint waving a rainbow flag atop a woman's shoulders, as they both watch a pride parade. A photo of a group of people, young and old, carrying a pink LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE banner is seen in the bottom center. Top right, a picture of two gorgeous drag queens: one in a light pink wig and white dress decked in butterflies, and the other literally dressed as Lady Liberty in a rainbow toga. Text throughout, in mismatched fonts and on torn paper, reads "Q: So, what is QLL? a: Queer Liberation Library is an ONLINE DIGITAL LIBRARY …that is by and for the LGBTQIA+ community and our allies, focusing on queer materials and queer perspectives.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
1/2
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.
October 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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wabbits.bsky.social
*cackles in librarian*
astoldbynai.blacksky.app nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · May 29
2. What is something people romanticize that's actually way harder or less glamorous in real life?
May 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance 🏳️‍⚧️

hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/t...

Link to former posts highlighting resources about Transgender library staff: bsky.app/profile/cili...

#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#Trans
#Queer
#TDoR
#TDoR2025
Trans Folks in the Library – A Meditation on Personal vs Public
A month ago, I attended a webcast seminar, ‘Transgender Inclusion in Libraries’, hosted by San Jose State University’s iSchool. This was the first webcast seminar, or webinar, I was attending under…
hacklibschool.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
This week (13-19th Nov) is #Transgender Awareness Week 🏳️‍⚧️ It aims to highlight the issues faced by the #Trans, non-binary & gender-diverse community & leads up to the Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDoR) on the 20th.
a poster for transgender awareness week which takes place from november 13-19
ALT: a poster for transgender awareness week which takes place from november 13-19
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November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Be still my beating heart 😍✏️
presentcorrect.bsky.social Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 15d
Our annual Pencil Advent Calendar is back, and this year it’s a Japan special!
www.presentandcorrect.com/products/pen...

24 days of new, and vintage, for daily joy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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profbanks.bsky.social
New ink making me happy. It’s like a funny secret. Thanks much to @thisone0verhere.bsky.social for the idea.
A white forearm with a tattoo that looks uncannily like a black ink stamp, with messy edges and slightly blurry text that reads “Not to be removed from the library”
August 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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📰'LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans'

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lg...

#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#LGBT
#Gay
#Bookban
#Book
LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans
"We build collections that allow people to find themselves on the shelves," notes one queer librarian.
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📰'LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves'
apnews.com/article/lgbt...

#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#LGBT
#Gay
LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves
Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misge...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
'Small acts to make safe space: a case study of the Queer Liberation Library as a queer space'⬇️
publicera.kb.se/ir/article/v...

#Library
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans
#Queer
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Its black cat appreciation day 🐈‍⬛ and itsSpooktober🦇🎃 If you're a member of our network & the owner/servant of a suitably spooky companion, feel free to post a pic below. We'd love to feature some pets in our next newsletter
#PetsOfBluesky
librarykirsten.bsky.social Kirsten the Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social · Oct 15
Goblin is Halloween coloured (black and orange) and has a spooky name!
Photo of a very pretty tortoise shell cat
October 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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📘Book: 'Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians'
▶️ litwinbooks.com/books/out-be...

#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans
#Queer
Out Behind the Desk - Litwin Books & Library Juice Press
Number one in the series Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, series editor Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians is an anthology of personal accounts … R...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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📘Book: 'LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector
The Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950'▶️
www.routledge.com/LGBT-People-...

#LGBTQ
#GLAM
#Library
#Museum
#Archive
LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector: The Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950
This book examines the complex and conflicting relationships between LGBT people and our cultural and heritage organisations including libraries, museums and archives. In this unique book established ...
www.routledge.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Posting a little late, but Happy ##InternationalPronounsDay. Some words from our Committee Member Binni:
black text on a cream background with watercolour flowers in the bottom as decoration. The text reads "Using the right pronouns helps us all feel respected and included. To introduce ourselves with our pronouns and put them in email signatures and social media bios is a small but impactful act that signals inclusion and understanding, making it easier for trans+ and non-binary people to feel safe and welcome (Binni, they/them/theirs)."
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
It's Spooktober🦇🎃 If you're a member of our network & the owner/servant of a suitably spooky companion, feel free to post a pic below. We'd love to feature some pets in our next newsletter
#PetsOfBluesky
📸my friends cat in something orange. That's spooky enough,right? anyone tried dressing up a cat!
photo of a tabby cat sitting on a table. The cat is wearing a padded collar/ruff in orange.
October 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
📄Chaper 'The Hidden History of Queer Subject Access' from 📗'Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front'
edited by K.R. Roberto
#Cataloguing
#Cataloging
#Metadata
#CritLib
#LGBTQ

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Radical Cataloging
This collection of critical and scholarly essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors, including Sanford Berman, Thomas Mann, and numerous front-line libra...
books.google.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM