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The ALA Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Round Table is pleased to announce several programs at this years annual American Library Association Conference in Chicago, July 6-12, 2000.

***For more information, please contact Roland Hansen: rhanse@artic.edu

GAY TEENS PRECONFERENCE PROGRAM
A preconference program titled GAY TEENS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ACCESS FOR THE FUTURE will be held on July 7, 2000 at the Chicago City Centre Holiday Inn. This program is designed for librarians with interests in intellectual freedom issues that impact library services to gay teens and other young adults. Librarians, library supporters, intellectual freedom advocates, and youth activists will discuss and learn about intellectual freedom issues affecting teens, develop advocacy skills to support information access, explore effective leadership techniques addressing print and electronic censorship, and review quality information resources for gay teens and other young adults. For more information, visit: http://www.ala.org/olos/gay_teens_preconference.html

ROUND TABLE GALA
On Monday, July 10, 2000, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Round Table will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the Task Force on Gay Liberation (Annual Conference, 1970) with an anniversary gala. Presentation of the annual Book Awards, plus sit-down dinner will be part of this festive event. The keynote speakers are author Nancy Garden and Sol Kelly-Jones, a teen activist for glbt rights. This event will take place in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Intercontinental during the 2000 Annual ALA Conference in Chicago. Festivities begin at 6pm. Tickets are $60.00 for ALA members, $75.00 for non-members. Tickets maybe ordered via the ALA website at http://www.ala.org, or purchased at the ALA Registration booths on Thursday, July 6 through Saturday, July 8 ONLY. There may be a limited number of tickets available at the GLBTRT Exhibit Booth on SATURDAY ONLY in the McCormick Place Exhibit Hall. Find the booth in the Professional Exhibits aisle. For more information, visit: http://calvin.usc.edu/~trimmer/ala_hp.html

GLBTRT PROGRAM
On Monday, July 10, 2000, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Round Table will present a program entitled:IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE LIBRARY FOR ME? THE CHALLENGES OF SERVING THE GLBT YOUNG ADULT COMMUNITY. The program runs from 9:30 to 11:30am at the Hotel Intercontinental, Exchange Room.

"Is There Anything in the Library for Me?: The Challenges of Serving the GLBT Young Adult Community." A distinguished panel of authors, librarians and educators will discuss the state of young adult GLBT literature, questions surrounding Internet access and filtering, and the future of providing service to this community. The panelists are:

Lynn Evarts, Library Media Specialist, Sauk Prairie High School (WI)

Nancy Garden, author, Annie On My Mind

M.E. Kerr, author, Deliver Us From Evie

Christine Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Harriet Selverstone, Library Media Specialist, Norwalk (CT) High School

Moderator:Ann Symons, ALA President, 1998-1999

GLBTRT SOCIAL
The Roud Table will be holding a social dinner on Sunday, July 9, 2000 from 6 to 8pm at the Ann Sather restaurant, 929 W. Belmont St., Chicago. This famous Swedish diner will be the setting for members, prospective members, and other supporters to take a break from conference proceedings and socialize in a festive atmosphere. For more information, visit:http://calvin.usc.edu/~trimmer/ala_hp.html

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