Madelyn Cranberry (she/her/hers) is a Student Librarian at Concordia University and in her final semester of the Master of Information Studies program at McGill. Passionate about community engagement, Madelyn volunteers as Library Coordinator at St. James Interfaith Library, Co-Vice-President of the ABQLA, and as a circulation clerk at Atwater Library.
Sessions auxquelles Madelyn Cranberry participe
Vendredi 24 Avril, 2026
As LGBTQ+ books are continuously among the most challenged in North American libraries, I present LGBTQ+ and feminist community libraries as both stewards of these resources and safe spaces for their users. The Union for Gender Empowerment (UGE) at McGill University is home to one of these community libraries. Findings from my interviews with UGE Library users indicate that the library acts as a third space, fills an information gap, and is valued by users based sheerly on its existence. In t...