Graduate Speaker Series

On April 22nd, I will be presenting in the Graduate Speaker Series. My presentation will be sponsored by the LGBTQ Center to "share the work of graduate and professional students conducting research related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.  Events are open to the UNC community and all are invited to attend" ("Graduate Speaker Series," n.d.).

In this presentation, I will cover the case study I wrote for my master's paper.  The case study discusses:

• Why LGBTIQ collections are important
• LGBTIQ people and their needs
• A brief history of UNC and the LGBTQ Center
• Work done inventorying and cataloging the collection at the LGBTQ Center’s Resource Library
• Work done on the Resource Library webpage
• Results of the reorganization process 
• Limitations faced in this particular setting 
• Recommendations for other LGBTIQ groups, organizations, offices, and centers looking to increase the visibility of their collections

By conducting this case study and presenting the results, I hope to contribute to the library profession by providing a model that other universities' LGBTIQ-focused organizations, centers, and offices or other LGBTIQ libraries can employ to build representative collections and make their library visible/accessible in their institution’s online catalog.


Reference
2014-2015 Graduate Speaker Series. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://lgbtq.unc.edu/news-events/features/2014-2015-graduate-speaker-series