#nlw15

So this week is National Library Week in the US, and I want to celebrate. As a rabid list maker and a volunteer librarian at an LGBTQ library, I've decided the best way to do so is to start the master list I have wanted for months--a list of all the LGBTQ-focused libraries in the US.

I have already seen a list or two of LGBTQ libraries, collections, and archives floating around the internet, but I want to make a list that (1) is more complete, (2) focuses specifically on entire libraries dedicated to LGBTQ topics rather than LGBTQ collections within broader libraries, and (3) provides any links with pertinent information about the library (a web page, website, LibraryThing catalog, etc.).  

It's a lot of information to try to get by myself, which is why I am asking for your help!

If you know of an LGBTQ library in the US, send me a message with its name, location, and, if there is one, a website/webpage. 

If you don't know of any but think a list like this is a really cool idea, then reblog so I can get this out to as many people as possible.

And if you have any suggestions, helpful resources, etc., please let me know. 

Ask me a question, and you’ll get an answer If I don’t know, I can find who does. Bathrooms are upstairs on the right.

That book you need, I found in the catalog, It’s in the 300s between marriage and slavery.

There’s the manual on how to fix your windshield wipers, And magazines to play your guitar.

That hole in your jeans? Find the Singer machine On Reserve just use your card.

Now, here, take this data to city council It’ll help them build the bike trail.

There’s a class going on In the computer lab where 70 year olds learn to check “email.”

And upstairs there’s a sunny room where The Giving Tree is being read To 20 third graders sitting criss-cross apple sauce with stumps inside their heads.

For the second year, we are celebrating National Library Week by helping an elementary school library in need. Together with our friends at Kids Need to Read, we are committing 10% of all Out of Print online sales to help fully fund an application from the Coffeeville Elementary School to stock its library with new books.

We've been spending a lot of time showing off individual items from our collection, but as those of you who have visited can attest, our collection space is pretty spectacular as well. We occupy about two-thirds of the 3rd floor of Noel Memorial Library. Visitors enter through the reading room, where we provide plenty of comfy seating and a great view of the campus. The majority of the books are housed in the exhibit room (mostly pre-1850's material) or the stacks (everything else, including all the un-cataloged works). Our rarest materials are kept safe in the vault--but don't worry, we're happy to open it up for you!

It's hard to showcase a collection of this size in just a few photographs, so if you're able, come by and take a tour!

NEW Library Socks, now available in blue and gray! 

Special: Bundle all 3 of our library socks and save 25%!