At Home in the World: Libraries & the Politics of Sexuality
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 · 5 - 6:30 PM
Joan S. Korenman Lecture
Emily Drabinski, President of the American Library Association
Join American Library Association President Emily Drabinski for a conversation about the role libraries play in queer communities and the importance of fighting to preserve and expand these crucial public institutions.
Biography: Emily Drabinski is Associate Professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. She is a contributing writer at Truthout.
She currently serves as president of the American Library Association.
The Korenman Lecture is organized by the Department of Gender, Women's, + Sexuality Studies
Co-sponsored by the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Special Collections.