Culture
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning Youth: The Invisible Minority
GLBTQ youth are often forgotten when referring to culture and representation in the library and library collection. Below you will find a list of resources to support library services to GLBTQ teens.
Bibliographies
- Rosal, I (2007, April 12). But we don’t have any gay students: Serving hidden populations. Retrieved August 4, 2007, from TLA Annual Conference Web site: http://www.txla.org/conference/handouts/Bibliography.doc -A comprehensive list of resources presented by the University of Texas Gender and Sexuality Center.
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Roundtable, (2000). Bibliography for Gay Teens. Retrieved August 4, 2007, from American Library Association Web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/olos/outreachresource/gayteens21stcenturyaccessfuture.htm -This list of fiction and nonfiction titles was used in the Gay Teens In the 21st Century : Access to the Future Preconference of the American Library Association.
- Hansman, G (2007, June 15). Books For Elementary Libraries & Classrooms. Retrieved August 4, 2007, from The Safe Schools Coalition Web site: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-books_elementary.html
Websites
- Out Proud School Library Resources -This website offers a range of tools to help support gay and lesbian youth in schools.
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Community Centers
- LYRIC (Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center) - LYRIC, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, provides a physical place for GLBT youth to gather, gain information career information, information concerning health and development in addition to a variety of workshops and training. They also provide a youth talkline for peer support services.
- Lambda Youth Project - Each year the Lambda Youth Project hosts a "Gay Prom" in Hayward, CA, open to "LGBTQ and ALLIES 20 and under in the Bay Area and Beyond". This organization also provides discussion groups for LGBTQ youth and their families.
Sales and Databases
While it seems one can buy just about anything on Amazon.com today, it’s primary focus is still geared toward book sales. To this end, Amazon acts as an extensive database of information related to books, such as whether or not they are in print, what versions there are, basic bibliographic details, reviews and synopsis by professional organizations and the public, price, etc. Amazon.com is such a reliable and credible source of information on books, that many librarians use it as a substitute for Books in Print today. There is an extensive listing of video information as well.
John Moore, August 2, 2006
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb). An Amazon.com Company.
This website offers an extensive movie database, including titles, synopsis, actors, directors, producers, release dates, ratings, etc. The site also offers information on DVDs, television programs, and video games. There is information on current movies releases and news. For those who want more information on movies, such as movie industry professionals, there is an IMDb pro subscription version available.
John Moore, August 2, 2006
Culture: Film
Elizabeth Felix, June 28, 2006.
Culture: Music
- Temple, J. (director). (2000). The Filth and the Fury: A Sex Pistols Film (motion picture). United States. Fine Line Features. The film explores the making, the phenomena and the eventual split of the notorious punk rock group the Sex Pistols. The group was possibly one of the most popular and feared punk rock groups in the U.K and the rest of the world. The film utilizes historical footage, concert footage as well as recent interviews with members of the band and the manager discussing the business of music, drugs, angry social youth, punk rock and the internal strife within the band. This is a must see film for any fan of punk rock music.
Elizabeth Felix June 28, 2006.
Culture: Literature
- YALSA (2006) More Outstanding Books for the College Bound. American Library Association, Chicago. A great list, both fiction and nonfiction of the best for the serious teen on their way to success. David Loertscher, Sept. 6, 2006
- Rosow, La Vergene (206) Accessing the Classics: Great Reads for Adults, Teens and English Language Learners. Libraries Unlimited, Westport CT. Looking for a list of classical literature worth reading or to prepare for college? Sosow lists and annotates the best by period. Includes not only the Western Cannon, but also the emerging cannon of world literature. David Loertscher, Sept. 6, 2006
- Black, Ann N. (2006) Born Storytellers: Readers Theatre Celebrates the Lives and Literaature of Classic Authors. Teachers Idea Press, Westport, CT. Reader theatre episondes from: Robinson Caruso, Great Expectations, Rudyard Kipling, Frankenstein, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Jules Verne. David Loertscher, Sept 6, 2006
- Fellner, Eric (producer) & Wright, Joe (director). (2005) Pride and Prejudice (motion picture). United States: Universal Studios.This motion picture adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austin has all of the hallmarks of a teen hit. The independent daughter chooses to turn down the suitor her mother wants her to marry, she is strong and rightious defending her sister and fighting for her sister's love, yet when pointed out her own mistakes has the ability to repair the wrong she has caused as well even though her own pride is involved. Seeing this motion picture with my son (age 19) assures me that this is even a movie teen boys would sit through given the right promotion.
Laura Erickson, June 27, 2006
Culture: Websites
- The Web Gallery of Art http://www.wga.hu/index1.html is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. This website contains many high definition images which can be scaled to the viewers preferences. Extensive Caspar David Friedrich and Hieronymous Bosch collection.
Ryan Gan June 17, 2006
Older materials
Resources for Culture
with thanks to:
Doug Acterman, Dan Faurot-Daniels, and Paul Sampleman
Art
Artnet.com
Internet portal to the art world, including galleries, auctions, printstore and bookstore.
Art Institute of Chicago.
Beautiful website, heavy on graphics so can be slow to load.
Art Museum Network
Find an art museum in many parts of the world and visit many virtually. Includes a link to the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) which has a thumbnail catalog of over 50,000 works of art.
The WebMuseum
The WebMuseum is hosted by a number of institutions all over the world and contains catalogs and pictures of various works online.
Metropolitan Museum
You can't resist visiting the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. and its section on education. which offers a variety of educational experiences with images of works of art and detailed descriptions of educational opportunities at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Groves Dictionary of Art
The ultimate art dictionary
Museums
Museums around the world:An extensive list of links to locate and visit museums online from around the world. Includes 879 museums from the United States and museums from 79 other countries. From the Oxford University Computing Laboratory Archive.
MUSÉE
A not-for-profit organization which works with cultural institutions around the world to provide services to museums, schools, and the general public. MUSÉE's mission is to enhance cultural awareness, advance education at all levels, and stimulate public interest in cultural institutions. Homepage spotlights a Museum of the Day.
Smithsonian Institution.
Beautifully designed homepage for the Smithsonian, very easy to navigate.
Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Proclaims to be "America's largest builder of small discoveries"
Museum Stuff.com - California Museum Listings
Miscellaneous Culture Sites
Newcity.Com
Online links to alternative america.
The Great YA Services Tour
nnovative library programs for young adults, from YALSA. Brief descriptions of a wide range of innovative programs.
Culture Kiosque
Great links to opera, art, jazz, and dance sites. Try it.
Did you know?
Popular Music
Pop Music Articles (w9a)
MTV
A good online source for news, groups, awards, etc.
Rolling Stone Magazine
Has the scoop on much in the music industry.
Bing's Old Skool & Soul Empire
A site that is more historic for old-school funk, soul, and disco. A good place to learn the roots of the current R&B scene.
Country Music
Try CMT.com as a first choice for all types of information about the genre.
For lyrics to many songs and chords for some classic songs plus other stuff, try The Roughstock Network.
Classical Music
Classical Net
Dave Lampson's Classical Net is for both the novice and the longtime classical music fan. "The site offers the basic classical repertoire, a CD-buying guide and CD recommendations, a composer database, and a Reading Room that features a list of suggested books." (according to Yahoo Magazine)
Classical Insites
CDNow's Classical Insites offers a thorough Conservatory section that explains classical-music periods and genres in nontechnical language. There are also in-depth studies of key classical pieces, real-time chate, cybercasts, and message boards (according to Yahoo Magazine)
Jazz
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
The Red Hot Jazz Archive is a music historian's paradise devoted to jazz of the pre-sing era. Biographies, discographies, and thoughtful essays of figures such as Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, and King Oliver (recommended by Yahoo Magazine)
Jazz Portal
Jazz portal created by jazz buff.
General Music Resources
Music resources
Great links for all types of music.
Independent Classical and Jazz Label You know about CDnow and the other biggies, now try an indie label.
Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments:
Music Heritage Network's page on the history and development of musical instruments from around the world.
Organizations
American Film Institute:
The professional organization that eats, drinks and breathes movies.
http://www.afi.com/
Independent Film Project
Welcome to the indies- if you need it, they got it.
http://www.ifp.org
The Oscars
Guess who? "They love me. They really love me!"
http://www.oscar.com/
National Film Preservation Board
Preserved films by the Library of Congress. The LOC picks 25 films every years to preserve for all time. You too can vote which ones get chosen.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/film/
Sales and Databases
Videoflicks
Sales and database
http://www.videoflicks.com/index.htm
All Movie Database
Database
http://www.allmovie.com/
REEL
A good place to find new, used, and rare movies for sale.
Documentary Films
Great collection of documentary movies.
Movie Reviews
New York Times Movie Reviews
All the reviews that are fit to print.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/
Youth must be served!
For a good review of teen movies, so popular in Spring, 99 plus a good list of teen movies from past decades, see the news article(w9f.html)
American Film Institute Top 100 Lists
The celebration of the first century of American moviemaking continues (also contains downloadable PDFs)!
See CNN Showbiz Movies for current movies.
Film Books
Guides- Updated every year.
Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide by Leonard Maltin. Signet Press. The most complete guide in print form but lacks depth for actors, directors, etc.
Halliwell's Film and Video Guide by Leslie Halliwell. Harper. The best of American and British movies. Has films that others lack.
Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever. Visible Ink Press. The best overall guide. Has depth in all areas but only for those movies on video or DVD.
Variety Book of Movie Lists. Variety. Fun and amusing and who picked those catagories.
How-to
Screenwriters on Screenwriting by Joel Engel. The art of screenwriting by those who know.
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet. Knopf, 1995. The best overall description of the pieces that go into making movies. Each job is weel delineated.
Working in Hollywood by Alexandra Brouwer and Thomas Lee Wright. Avon, 1990. Film jobs- what they are and how to do them. If you ever wondered what the 'best boy' does, it's here.
History
"We'll Always Have Paris" The Definitive Guide to Great Lines from the Movies by Robert and Gwen Nowlan. Quote after quote after quote or "" after "" after "".
Movie-made America: A Cultural History of American Movies by Robert Sklar. Vintage, 1994. The cultural history of American movies.
Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford, 1996. The history of cinema in one volume.
Movie Time: A Chronology of Hollywood and the Movie Industry by Gene Brown. Macmillan, 1995. It's all about Hollywood. What else would you expect?
The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz. Harper, 1998. Everything you needed to know and more.
Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca by Aljean Harmetz. Hyperion, 1992. This starts out as a the-making-of-a-movie book but it is so much more. The writing is excellecnt.
Collection development and teacher resources
Professional article (w9e.pdf): Block, Lawrence."My Life in Crime: A Personal Overview of American Mystery Fiction." American Heritage, July/August, 1993, p. 37-49.
Amazon.com's Award Winners page
Amazon keeps track of 58 literary awards, some dating back to the turn of the century.
American Literature (listproc@lists.missouri.edu)
This is a listserv for exchanging ideas, opinions and information about American literature. To subscribe, in the first line of the body of the message, type subscribe AMLIT-L your first name and last name?.
National Book Awards
National Book Award winners from 1989-1999 in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and young people's categories.
National Council of Teachers of English
The NCTE homepage provides teaching ideas, a useful list of publications, professional development informaation and links to other language arts sites.
SCORE Site for Language Arts Curriculum
The San Diego County Office of Education hosts this "Schools of California Online Resources for Educators" site. Contains the Language Arts framework, resources for curriculum, model units and activities. Especially useful are the Cyberguides for Literature, which are web-searching activities centering around frequently taught works of literature.
100 Best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Modern Library, a division of Random House published what its editorial board considers the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. You can not only see the list on their website, but also vote for your own favorites. Also in file w9e.html
- Online Texts
- PROJECT GUTENBERG OFFICIAL HOME SITE - INDEX
- "The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote and search."
- Classic Short Stories
- Full text short stories from well know writers like Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, William Carlos Williams, and many more.
- Classics for Young People
Many children's literature classics are out of copyright, and are among the books available in full-text on the Internet. This site offers links to some of the more popular and interesting titles that are available in HTML format. Part of the Children's Literature WebGuide.
- The Internet Classics Archive
- This site features 441 works of classical literature by 59 authors, including Aesop, Aeschylus, Homer, Ovid and Plato.
- The Bartleby Project
Bartleby Library - Steven H. van Leeuwen's project (1992-1996) at Columbia University published literary, historical, and reference works on the Internet. Works include Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Dickinson, Hardy, Keats, Melville, Whitman and Wollstonecraft.
Poetry
The Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets site includes a listening booth where you can hear poems read by their authors, a number of interesting historic and thematic exhibits, and a list of featured poets. One notable part of the site is their Harlem Renaissance page, which features brief biographies and poems by writers such as Sterling Brown, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
- American Verse Project
- The University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative is compiling an online collection of American poetry from the 19th century, including works by William Cullen Bryant, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edna St. Vincent Millay.
- English Poetry Full-Text Database
- From University of Virginia. Works of 4,450 English poets in a full-text data- base. Time period is from the Anglo-Saxon period to the end of the nineteenth century.
- Favorite Poem Project
- "Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument," says U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project shares audio and video of people reading their favorite poems.
- Robert Frost - The Complete Works to December 1920
- Part of the Project Bartleby site from Columbia University. Full text of Frost's early works, including A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, and others. Some poems are available as audio files, including "After Apple-picking" and "Birches."
- The Shiki Haiku Salon
- The Shiki Internet Haiku Salon provides resources and a lesson in this poetic form.
- Internet Poetry Archive
- Sponsored by University of North Carolina Press. Features poetssuch as Philip Levine, Robert Pinsky, and Nobel Prize winners Czeslaw Milosz and Seamus Heaney. Includes audio clips, photos and other graphics to aid students in the understanding of the poems.
- Literature Gateways
IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection Main Page
- The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains over critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author,by title, or by literary period.
- The Nineteenth Century American Women Writers Web
- This site contains collections of poetry, novels, short stories, biographies and links to other related sites about 19th century American women writers.
- Sites about Individual Authors and Texts
- Louisa May Alcott
- Take a virtual field trip to the home where Louisa May Alcott lived, thought to be the setting for Little Women.
- Jane Austen Information Page
William Faulkner on the Web
- This outstanding site is an introduction to the life and works of William Faulkner, created and maintained by Professor John Padgett at the University of Mississippi.
- F.Scott Fitzgerald
- The F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page is the most comprehensive website devoted to the life and works of this great American writer. Includes timelines, essays, bibliography, photos, voice and film clips, biographical accounts and much more.
Nathaniel Hawthorne :
much material, including biography, works--many, like The Scarlet Letter, with complete text-- and criticism.
Zora Neale Hurston
Biographical information, bibliography, brief analysis of works, plus several links to other sites with information about this influential African American author.
- C.S. Lewis
This site includes photographs of Lewis, summaries of each of the author's works, and a guest book where visitors can record their reactions and memories of reading the Chronicles of Narnia.
- The Life and Works of Herman Melville
- Biographical information, Melville's letters to Hawthorne, links to literary criticism and topics related to Melville's works.
- Toni Morrison's Beloved
Mythology Encyclopedia :
brief sketches in separate lists of the Greek gods and goddesses and the Greek heroes and heroines.
- Edgar Allan Poe Cybertour
A virtual field trip to Baltimore and Annapolis; Richmond and Charlottesville; and other locales prominant in Poe's life and works. Includes links to full-text works online and several sites featuring Poe. Another Poe site focuses on the Fall of the House of Usher and was created by University of Texas students. And don't miss Peter Forrest's comprehensive site about all things Poe, The House of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe.
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature.
This site does a fine job making connections between Mary Shelley's novel and today.
John Steinbeck: The National Steinbeck Center :
Directions to the Center in Salinas, contents of the Museum, news of events, festival dates.
John Steinbeck: The California Novels :
Summaries of 11 novels, including The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, plus numerous links to libraries, geographical tours, photographs, festivals, and more.
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath :
- a lengthy chapter-by-chapter summary of the novel, with accompanying list of characters, a few bookcover pictures, and maps.
- Walt Whitman's Notebooks
- Primary documents offered through the Library of Congress American Memory Project affords readers a different view of one of America's greatest poets.
Shakespeare Links:
General
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet:
An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources available on Internet.
Welcome to Shakespeare's Stratford:
Another good overall site, this one from England.
The Shakespeare Mystery:
PBS¹s Frontline show exploring the true identity of the famous playwright.
The Renaissance Faire:
Elizabethan Accents: A pronunciation guide to Elizabethan English. Includes an Insults page.
Renaissance Faire Costume Guide:
Fashion information about men and women of all classes in Renaissance England.
Illinois Shakespeare Festival Research Articles:
Scholarly information on a wide variety of topics related to Shakespeare.
Welcome to Shakey's Place:
A 3-D, interactive site featuring the Globe theater.
Macbeth
Scottish Culture and History:
An introduction to all things Scottish.
The Real Macbeth:
Encarta's entry on the real person.
Daily Life in the Middle Ages:
What was it really like to live in the middle ages?
Scottish weaponry:
Reproductions of authentic Scottish weapons.
Macbeth for Dummies:
Summaries of the play, act by act, scene by scene.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Website for the Leonardo DiCapprio/Claire Danes film version
Fun Stuff
Shakespearean Insults:
- Each time you visit this site, you'll be insulted in a new way.
Creative Dramatics
Links from the Inernet School Library Media Center's (ISLMC) Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources; Site Administrator: Inez Ramsey, James Madison University
This site contains a collection of original plays and screenplays, criticism and links to other sites concerned with theatre. It publishes both classic and contemporary works, and offers a search function. This page is part of the collection now known as the EServer from Carnegie Mellon. It has been online for ten years, administered by Geoffrey Sauer.
A Latino/Chicano comedy troupe that is celebrating their fifteenth anniversary with a national tour and a series of special performances. Founded in San Francisco's Mission District on Cinco de Mayo in 1984, this three-person troupe of writers/performers - Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas and Herbert Siguenza - presents contemporary Latino/Chicano culture in America from its own outrageous and unique perspective.
Homepage for the theater production company that produces performances in the Eureka Theater, San Francisco.
Schedule of performances for the current season of the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley CA. Includes summaries of the upcoming plays and an easy to read calendar for each play's schedule.
Homepage for the Contra Costa Civic Theatre in the East Bay (Northern California). Includes information on their current season and other drama-related links. CCCT also runs a summer drama program for ages 7-14 which sells out fast.
Homepage for Novato Community theater, which is a family-oriented group committed to providing outstanding community theatre to the city of Novato, California that originated in 1919.
Pleasanton Playhouse is an educational, non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to providing affordable quality theatre, theatrical training, a showcase for talent and a cultural experience within the Greater Bay Area communities.
SCJT was founded thirty years ago by Roberta Jones to give children ages 8-18 the opportunity to develop poise, self-confidence, responsibility and friendships through dramatic arts. The theater and productions are sponsored by the City of Santa Clara.
PYT presents children's theatre in the San Francisco Bay Area, and offers classes to children ages 3.5 - 18 through their School of Performing Arts.
SCP offers a variety of productions geared to provide performing arts opportunities to three distinct age ranges: Junior: 8 - 18 years, Young Adult: 13 - 26 years, and Adult: 18+ years. SCP offer many opportunities to youth in Sunnyvale and surrounding communities through their Junior Productions.
Homepage for Los Gatos community theater.
A Traveling Jewish Theatre's mission is to create and perform original works of theatre, as an ensemble and in collaboration with theatre artists from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, that contribute to a generous vision of the human condition. ATJT looks for connections where others see separation.
A professional, non-profit resident theatre offering creative programming, production of new works, and collaborations with world-renowned theatre artists. BRT presents a seven-play season, with plays on stages both in Berkeley and around the Bay, and productions developed at BRT regularly travel to other theatres across the country.
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