Thank you to everyone who responded to my recent enquiry. Here is a digest
of what everyone said.
Suppliers include:
Bookscan Library Services
62-64, Culvert Road,
London SW11 5AR
contact: Ira O'Flaherty
tel: 020 7585 3003
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Gay's the Word - no address but apparently 5 mins from King's Cross.
http://freespace.virgin.net/gays.theword/
The following publishers' names were also given to me:
Harrington Park Press, imprint of Haworth
Duke University Press
Rutgers University Press
Millivers-Prowler Group (with links to Gay men's Press and Libertas lesbian
online shopping)
Crossing Press
Continuum International
Alyson Publications
Also given the url for Diversity Groups' Conference
http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/diversity/conference
s
http://www.seapn.org.uk/lgbt.html
http://www.citylibraries.info/services/lgbt.asp
The point was made by one correspondent that outside the big cities people
may be less open about their sexuality and therefore not comfortable with
separate sections on the shelves. We have already started work on our
catalogue, where we have identified likely materials, and made Gay and
Lesbian search terms. They're on a field which is not visible on the web
catalogue, although it is on staff PCs, but is searchable.
Thanks once again to everyone for all their help - I will pass the info on
to the relevant colleagues here in Middlesbrough and hope this digest is
useful to others.
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