Books & Authors

Celebrating Fifty Years of Stonewall Book Awards

On Demand

ALA Unit/Subunit: RRT

Moderator(s)

Rae-Anne Montague, PhD

Program Coordinator
Chicago State University
Chicago, Illinois

Speaker(s)

Dontaná McPherson-Joseph

Collection Management Librarian
Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park, Illinois
Jamie Campbell Naidoo

Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor
The University of Alabama, Alabama
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Christine Jenkins

Associate Professor Emerita
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John D'Emilio

President
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives

Slides Slides

In 1971, one year after the founding of the ALA Rainbow Round Table, the Stonewall Book Awards were established. Over time, the Round Table and the Awards have expanded and evolved to reflect emergent understanding based on the needs, interests, and lived realities of librarians and the diverse community members they serve. Stonewall Book Awards awards are presented annually to English language works for exceptional merit relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/ally (LGBTQIA+) experience. Currently they include: the-Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and the Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. In this program, panelists review key milestones of the most enduring awards for LGBTQIA+ books, reflect on trends, discuss implications for collection development, share features of their favorites, and look ahead toward exciting future possibilities.

Learning Objectives:

better understand and appreciate a significant aspect of library history.
locate and use resources to support collection development/diverse user needs.