1. Saturday May 20, 2006 Strategies for Building GLBT Collections Experiences from a Large Research University Cindy Ingold Women and Gender Resources Librarian University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

2. Saturday May 20, 2006 WHO ARE THE USERS AT UIUC  Faculty  Staff  Graduate Students  Undergraduates  Some community members

3. Saturday May 20, 2006 WHAT DO THESE USERS NEED  Books  Periodicals  Databases  Self-help  Collection development policy at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/administration/collections/tools/ developementstatement/lgbt.htm

4. Saturday May 20, 2006 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT: Strategies and Selection Tools  Work with a LGBT Bibliography Committee  Serve on LGBT Committee at University  Get to know faculty and graduate students  Variety of selection tools both print and electronic

5. Saturday May 20, 2006 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT: Budgets  No separate fund  Several fund managers buy materials  Committee coordinates collection development  Small Gay Studies fund  Consortial grants

6. Saturday May 20, 2006 PROMOTING COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES TO USERS  Committee work  Faculty liaison  Web page at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/wst/researchguide.html http://www.library.uiuc.edu/wst/researchguide.html  Library instruction sessions  Exhibits

7. Saturday May 20, 2006 GUERILLA GLBT LIBRARIANSHIP

8. Saturday May 20, 2006 BENEFITS OF WORKING IN A LARGE RESEARCH LIBRARY  Larger budgets  Collaboration with other fund managers  Collection policy can be very broad  Little concern for censorship