Resources Compiled by the American Library Association:
Key Messages
• Libraries provide a welcoming, safe, respectful space for diverse voices and perspectives.
• No longer just a place for books, libraries are expanding beyond their traditional roles and providing more opportunities for delivery of new services that connect closely with patrons’ needs.
• Libraries strive to develop and maintain programs and collections that are as diverse as the populations that they serve.
• There is not a one-size-fits all approach to developing library programs. Each library has its own process to develop and offer programs.
Best Practices
Open to All
http://www.ala.org/rt/glbtrt/tools
Toolkit, Parents and Families of LGBTQ Individuals, Collection Development Policies, and Safe in the Stacks.
Drag Queen Story Hour: Reading Fabulously (PLA 2018 Conference)
http://www.placonference.org/program/drag-queen-story-hour-reading-fabulously/
Library-Initiated Programs as a Resource, an interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/programs
LibGuide on Library Policy Development
http://libguides.ala.org/librarypolicy
“Library policies help define the values of the organization, and they help managers and staff translate those values into service priorities.” – Library Policy LibGuide
Selection Criteria
http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit/criteria
While this resource focuses on collections it is appropriate for selection of programming topics
Books
Diversity programming for digital youth : promoting cultural competence in the children's library
by Jamie Campbell Naidoo
ISBN: 9781610694872 1610694872
OCLC Number: 862958393
Queer library alliance : global reflections and imaginings
by Rae-Anne Montague, Lucas McKeever
ISBN: 9781634000314 1634000315
OCLC Number: 992225700
Serving LGBTIQ library and archives users : essays on outreach, service, collections and access
by Ellen Greenblatt
ISBN: 9780786448944 0786448946
OCLC Number: 630498096
The First Amendment and LGBT equality : a contentious history
by Carlos A. Ball
ISBN: 9780674972193 0674972198
OCLC Number: 959649250
ALSC Blog Posts on Drag Queen Storytime:
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2017/06/drag-queen-story-hour/
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2017/07/drag-queen-story-hour-2/
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2018/03/pla2018-drag-up-your-storytime/
Children and Libraries article on Drag Queen Storytime
https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/article/view/6589
OIF Blog Posts on Drag Queen Storytime
https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=14809
https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=14725
https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=9902
American Libraries articles
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/06/01/inclusive-storytimes/
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/phoenix-cancels-drag-queen-storytime/
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/broome-county-defends-drag-queen-storytime/