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ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information professionals in the Social Sciences).
are pleased to announce a visit to
Visit to Senate House Library’s ‘Queer Between the Covers: Literature, Queerness and the Library’ exhibition
Monday 14th May 2018, 2-4pm
Queer Between the Covers: Literature, Queerness and the
Library is the current exhibition and event season at Senate House Library, Senate House, part of the University of London, which explores over 250 years of queer literature. The exhibition displays 50 carefully selected works from the collection,
showcasing works of satire, autographed manuscripts, illustrated novels and pulp fiction book designs, as well as rare editions of works by famous authors such as Oscar Wilde, W.H. Auden and Virginia Woolf.
Leila Kassir, co-curator and Research Librarian for British, USA and Commonwealth Literature, will provide a guided tour of the exhibition after which there will be time for browsing. A brief tour of Senate House Library and a viewing
of Theresa Easton’s artist book works created for the exhibition, are also included in the visit.
Meeting point: Leila will meet you on the 4th floor of Senate House, which is the entrance to Senate House Library
Directions:
http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/visiting-the-library
Date: Monday 14th May 2018
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Visit is free to ALISS members
£5 to non-members
To sign up contact
Heather Dawson
ALISS Secretary
LSE Library
10 Portugal Street
WC2A 2HD
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