Queer Strategies in an Era of LGBT Information Abundance

Cooper, Danielle

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Title

Queer Strategies in an Era of LGBT Information Abundance

Author(s)

Cooper, Danielle

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• LGBT grassroots information organizations
• queer theory
• information grounds
• library as place
• the new librarianship

Abstract

This poster introduces lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) grassroots information organizations and outlines a plan for an ethnographic research project to study these organizations' current contexts. Drawing upon queer theory, information grounds, library as place and the new librarianship, this project investigates the following questions: Why and how do members utilize and develop LGBT grassroots information organizations in this era of ever- proliferating LGBT information? What are the challenges and opportunities for LGBT grassroots information organizations as they navigate different organizational models such as autonomy and institutional partnership? Do, and if so, how do queer information activities continue to take place within LGBT grassroots information organizations?

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/47336

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/14332

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