Activities of the NJLA Gay and Lesbian Round Table

1994

• Presented "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay," by Joe Fanning, a program on young adult literature with gay and lesbian themes, at the New Jersey Educational Media Association conference

1995

• Presented "Becoming Visible: Lesbian and Gay Youth in the Library," by Kathy Anderson and a PFLAG member, a program on service and collection development issues with young adults, at New Jersey Educational Media Association conference

1996

• Presented "OUTstanding in the Field: Lesbian and Gay Collection Development" with Ellen Greenblatt, co-author of Gay and Lesbian Library Service, at NJLA Conference
• Presented "Providing Services for L/G/B Students," by Joe Fanning at New Jersey Educational Media Association Conference
• Presented "The Value of Gay and Lesbian Literature in your Collection," by Kathy Anderson at NJLA Youth Services Forum

1997

• The Round Table produces a special issue of New Jersey Libraries (Winter, 1997) devoted to such gay and lesbian issues as gay youth in the library and lesbian and gay literature.
• Presented the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Archive program, "Putting the Gay and Lesbian Experience Back in the Closet for Posterity," by Tom Frusciano, Rutgers Archivist , at NJLA Conference.
• Presented "It's My Life: Lesbian and Gay Issues," by Kathy Anderson and Joe Fanning at New Jersey Educational Media Association Conference
• Designed and printed 500 brochures about the roundtable. Distributed them at the NJLA conference as well as to groups throughout the state.
• Worked with Rutgers Archives and Special Collections to maintain the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Archives of New Jersey.

1998

• Sponsored Karen Schneider's "Is it Censorship?," which examines the issue of Internet filters , at the Spring NJLA conference.
• Established, this, our own home page. It has links to other gay & lesbian sites such as ALA's SSRT, the Gay & Lesbian Task Force, NJLA, and the Gayellow Pages. Other information includes the Round Table's history, goals, projects, and events.
• Designed and printed brochures about the NJ Gay & Lesbian Archives. Distributed them to organizations throughout the state to encourage them to preserve materials.

1999

• Sponsored Leslea Newman as a keynote speaker at the New Jersey Library Association Spring Conference. Leslea Newman's topic was "Heather's Mommy Speaks Out: Homophobia, Censorship and Family Values."
• Sponsored a panel discussion entitled "Changing Families - Changing Needs" at the fall EMA conference. Speakers were Carol Barfield from the Burlington County Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Coalition, Deborah Smith from NJEA's GLB Caucus, and Pat Morrow from the Atlantic County Library.

2000

• Pat Morrow gave a book talk entitled "Leave it to Beaver" at the EMA conference. Pat's updated bibliography from that is available.