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Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:25:25 -0500
Subject: AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION GLBT CONFERENCE...

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The ALA Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Round Table is pleased
to announce several programs at this years annual American 
Library Association Conference in Chicago, July 6-12, 2000.

***For more information, please contact Roland Hansen:  
rhanse@artic.edu


GAY TEENS PRECONFERENCE PROGRAM
A preconference program titled GAY TEENS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: 
ACCESS FOR THE FUTURE will be held on July 7, 2000 at the Chicago 
City Centre Holiday Inn.  This program is designed for librarians
with interests in intellectual freedom issues that impact library
services to gay teens and other young adults.  Librarians, 
library supporters, intellectual freedom advocates, and youth 
activists will discuss and learn about intellectual freedom issues 
affecting teens, develop advocacy skills to support information 
access, explore effective leadership techniques addressing print 
and electronic censorship, and review quality information resources
for gay teens and other young adults.  For more information, visit: 
www.ala.org/olos/gay_teens_preconference.html


ROUND TABLE GALA
On Monday, July 10, 2000, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender 
Round Table will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the founding
of the Task Force on Gay Liberation (Annual Conference, 1970) 
with an anniversary gala.  Presentation of the annual Book Awards, 
plus sit-down dinner will be part of this festive event.  The 
keynote speakers are author Nancy Garden and Sol Kelly-Jones, a 
teen activist for glbt rights.  This event will take place in the 
Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Intercontinental during the 2000 Annual 
ALA Conference in Chicago.  Festivities begin at 6pm.  Tickets are 
$60.00 for ALA members, $75.00 for non-members.  Tickets maybe 
ordered via the ALA website at www.ala.org, or purchased at the 
ALA Registration booths on Thursday, July 6 through Saturday, 
July 8 ONLY.  There may be a limited number of tickets available 
at the GLBTRT Exhibit Booth on SATURDAY ONLY in the McCormick 
Place Exhibit Hall.  Find the booth in the Professional Exhibits 
aisle.  For more information, visit: 
http://calvin.usc.edu/~trimmer/ala_hp.html


GLBTRT PROGRAM
On Monday, July 10, 2000, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender 
Round Table will present a program entitled: IS THERE ANYTHING IN 
THE LIBRARY FOR ME? THE CHALLENGES OF SERVING THE GLBT YOUNG 
ADULT COMMUNITY.  The program runs from 9:30 to 11:30am at the 
Hotel Intercontinental, Exchange Room.

"Is There Anything in the Library for Me?:  The Challenges of 
Serving the GLBT Young Adult Community."  A distinguished panel 
of authors, librarians and educators will discuss the state of 
young adult GLBT literature, questions surrounding Internet access
and filtering, and the future of providing service to this 
community. The panelists are:

Lynn Evarts, Library Media Specialist, Sauk Prairie High School (WI)

Nancy Garden, author, Annie On My Mind

M.E. Kerr, author, Deliver Us From Evie

Christine Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Harriet Selverstone, Library Media Specialist, Norwalk (CT) High 
School

Moderator: Ann Symons, ALA President, 1998-1999



GLBTRT SOCIAL
The Roud Table will be holding a social dinner on Sunday, July 9, 2000
from 6 to 8pm at the Ann Sather restaurant, 929 W. Belmont St., 
Chicago. This famous Swedish diner will be the setting for members, 
prospective members, and other supporters to take a break from 
conference proceedings and socialize in a festive atmosphere.  For 
more information, visit: http://calvin.usc.edu/~trimmer/ala_hp.html

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