This came my way via the ALA Public Programming listserv this morning, and I thought I’d share.

Kathleen Weibel and Kay Cassell are doing an article for LIBRARY TRENDS on public library programming aimed at women with particular focus on National Womens History Month. Unlike academic libraries with a womens studies librarian position, public libraries do not have an institutionalized focus on women and womens issues. However, these libraries do provide public programming aimed at women or on womens issues often during Womens History Month.

The LIBRARY TRENDS issue, edited by Sue Searing and Cindy Gold, will be on gender issues in information needs and services. This issue will explore a wide range of issues in the provision of information through libraries and other agencies, viewed through the lens of gender analysis.

Cassell and Weibel would love to hear from any libraries doing programming on womens health, careers, finances or any other topic as well as programs for National Womens History Month. Please contact Kay Cassell at by November 15.

Kay Ann Cassell Assistant Professor School of Communication, Information and Library Studies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey