Equitable access to information in libraries: A predicament for transgender people

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Access Services Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/15367967.2019.1671850

Brandon Lyttan, Bikika Laloo

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract Discriminations against members of the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer (LGBTQ) community havebeen reported in every sphere of life, including in libraries. This paper reviewed the literature on transgender studies particularly in relation to the role of libraries. It highlights the problems faced by transgender people in accessing information in libraries and the importance of making libraries more inclusive.

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图书馆公平获取信息：跨性别者的困境

对女同性恋/男同性恋/双性恋/跨性别/酷儿(LGBTQ)群体成员的歧视在生活的各个领域都有报道，包括在图书馆。本文回顾了有关跨性别研究的文献，特别是关于图书馆的作用。它突出了跨性别者在图书馆获取信息时面临的问题，以及使图书馆更具包容性的重要性。

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Journal of Access Services Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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1.50

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Access Services welcomes the submission of research, theory, and practice papers relevant to the access services in libraries and archives of all types. Access Services is the broad field and collective term of all the services that provide, facilitate, and manage the access of the clientele to the information resources acquired or made available by the libraries or archives with the aim of allowing for easy and convenient retrieval of needed information, utilization of information resources to the fullest extent, and greatest availability of resources to each of the clientele.