Booklist Webinar: Developing and Supporting Your LGBTQ Collection
By: Kristin Pekoll
On June 15, I was honored to participate in a webinar provided by Booklist and Gale Cengage with the help of three other presenters: Deb Sica, Michael Cart, and Kristin Fust. Check out the hashtag #LGBTQCollection to see what attendees thought (more than 1,400 people registered!).
If you didn’t get a chance to join the conversation, you can still view the recording and the presentation slides. Check out other intellectual freedom webinars on youtube.
Kristin Pekoll is the Assistant Director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. Kristin communicates with state library associations on current book challenges and publications that deal with censorship, privacy, ethics, and internet filtering. She organizes online education and training on the freedom to read and how to navigate reconsideration requests and media relations. Kristin started her career as a youth librarian in West Bend, Wisconsin. In 2009, over 80 YA LGBTQ books were challenged over 6 months. While the library board voted to retain all of the books in this case, she learned the indispensable value of support and education for librarians. She continued to fight against censorship in Wisconsin as the Intellectual Freedom Round Table Chair. Kristin’s husband and kids have joined her in Chicago but they all remain true Green Bay Packers fans. She enjoys zombies, knitting, and the Big Bang Theory. Find her on Twitter @kpekoll.