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The Lesbian Herstory Archives, Polly Thistlethwaite Jan 1991

The Lesbian Herstory Archives, Polly Thistlethwaite

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An introduction to the history and radical practice of New York City's Lesbian Herstory Archives with discussion of the period-specific situation of the archive housed in, but outgrowing, private quarters.


Libraries Of New York: The Bronx Institute Archives Of Lehman College Library, Janet Butler Munch Jan 1990

Libraries Of New York: The Bronx Institute Archives Of Lehman College Library, Janet Butler Munch

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The Bronx Institute Archives is a unique collection of primary and secondary sources assembled to document the history and development of the Bronx.


Representation, Liberation, And The Queer Press, Polly Thistlethwaite Jan 1990

Representation, Liberation, And The Queer Press, Polly Thistlethwaite

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Lesbian and gay people lay special claim to the power of the printed word. It is through the printed word, consumed privately and anonymously, that we often first call ourselves queer. Coming out stories are thick with accounts of self-discovery through reading and exploration in libraries.


To Tell The Truth: The Lesbian Herstory Archives: Chronicling A People And Fighting Invisibility Since 1974, Polly Thistlethwaite Sep 1989

To Tell The Truth: The Lesbian Herstory Archives: Chronicling A People And Fighting Invisibility Since 1974, Polly Thistlethwaite

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A portrait of the Lesbian Herstory Archives by a volunteer, describing the archive in its original home in Joan Nestle's Upper West Side New York City apartment that she shared with Mabel Hampton. Originally published in Out/Week Magazine.


Lesbian And Gay, Polly Thistlethwaite, Daniel C. Tsang Jan 1989

Lesbian And Gay, Polly Thistlethwaite, Daniel C. Tsang

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"The time is past when librarians can assume no patron is lesbian or gay, or that there is no interest in gay research," Dan Tsang and Polly Thistlethwaite wrote in the introduction to the 'Lesbian and Gay' section of Katzes' 1989 edition of Magazines for Libraries. This title review of the queer periodicals of the day was intended to serve as a guide and justification for 'mainstream' libraries' collection building. The number and range of titles in Thistlethwaite and Tsang's collaborative entries (1989, 1992, and 1995) far exceeded any mainstream library collection known to either of the authors who …


College Library Friends Groups In New York, New Jersey, And Connecticut, Janet Munch Sep 1988

College Library Friends Groups In New York, New Jersey, And Connecticut, Janet Munch

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Friends of the Library groups are largely undocumented in the professional literature at non doctoral-granting colleges and universities. Through a survey of Friends activities at colleges and universities in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, this study fills a gap in knowledge about these groups.


Indexing For The Online Catalog, Arthur B. Chitty Dec 1987

Indexing For The Online Catalog, Arthur B. Chitty

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The proliferation of online public access catalogs (OPACs) requires some systematic rationale for the comparative evaluation of their designs. Considered as an indexing application, the OPAC can be analyzed by three features: the varieties of bibliographic data processed, the kinds of indexes constructed, and the ways in which the indexes are searched. No one configuration applies to every library research project with equal efficacy or likelihood of satisfying queries. However, the rationale proposed can compare and evaluate alternative library computer catalogs in terms of the library's understanding of the relationship between the library's collections and their use.


Burnout: A Survey Of Library Directors' Views, Izabella Taler Jan 1984

Burnout: A Survey Of Library Directors' Views, Izabella Taler

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Reports on a survey survey designed to find out whether or not library directors are able to recognize the existence of burnout among the library personnel