Everything you ever wanted to know Library …about sex. sexandculture.org

Scenario Library Open House / fund raising party  academics SFSU NSRC – National Sexuality Resource Center CRGS – Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality UCSF Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.  sex-positive activists and community sex educators HIV activists sex workers rights activists GLBT Historical Society SFPL librarians – James Hormel special collection sexual people who support CSC.  potential donors.  dates ???

sexandculture.org Who and What is CSC?  a community center for… sex education advocacy research all connect to the library support  serving the widest range of people we can researchers - world-wide, local general public classes that run the gamut from informational to experiential

sexandculture.org CSC Mission… To provide non-judgmental, sex-positive sexuality education and support to diverse populations by means of… classes workshops social gatherings hands-on, practical skills-building events to maintain and house these events and supporting materials and functions to maintain a publicly-accessible library and archives to staff and support this learning environment.

sexandculture.org Who and What is CSC?  Dr. Carol Queen  Dr. Robert Lawrence

sexandculture.org Where is CSC Library?  San Francisco – sex capitol of the world  physical location CSC th Street at Harrison Good Vibrations  online - soon to include lilbrary OPAC

sexandculture.org Why CSC and the CSC library? May 10, 1933

sexandculture.org Why CSC and the CSC library?  challenges to serious academic study of sex, gender, sexuality political climate (historical & current, i.e. Magnus Hirschfeld) social unease few locations with in-depth collections  difficulties addressing sex info needs of sexual communities »see above  merging academics and the general community grounding theory in practical application benefits both groups

sexandculture.org The Library  6,000 – 7,000 books  archival collection  OPAC in process  500 videos  20 – 50 journal titles estimated, still processing Collection contains: one-of-a-kind, unique items historical items

sexandculture.org The Library  collection began 30 years ago  now, publicly available currently, about half on shelves

sexandculture.org organizational structure Dr. Carol Queen Dr. Robert Lawrence John Otto, MLIS librarian sex educators misc. volunteers summer intern workshop presenters

sexandculture.org library initiatives physical space Turning the collection into a place cataloging the collection half way there technology OPAC 1-2 computers with Internet wireless e-journal subscriptions Path finders on-site librarian

sexandculture.org “big wins”  in a physical space  recent collection donation  summer intern from U. of Washington, MLIS program Ongoing internship program Connections in LIS and gender/sex studies

sexandculture.org key challenges  starting from scratch  $$$ - always a challenge Stable funding Grant writing E-journals Online libraries – patron expectations and needs  staffing

sexandculture.org CSC Library timeline 1990’s 1980’s 1970’s Collection begins 2010 Center for Sex and Culture founded Space for workshops and library obtained e-journals Library cataloging begins OPAC Full-time library staffing

sexandculture.org CSC Library value  Everything you ever wanted to know about sex Biology Psychology Sociology Anthropology History Medicine »gynecology, andrology, anatomy Social issues »Public health, safe sex, sexual abuse, reproductive technology, sex workers rights Gender studies Queer Studies & Queer Theory Transgender/transsexual studies Intersex studies Criminology Sexology And on, and on….it’s a lot more than just the act!

sexandculture.org CSC Library value  Unique collection  Few libraries focus on sex s and phone calls  Expert knowledge and resources Librarian with subject expertise If we don’t know the answer, we know where to find it  Located in San Francisco Close to users Nice place to visit

sexandculture.org How you can help…. library master$5000 and up library stud$1000 – $4999 library associate$500 - $999 library supporter$200 - $499 friend of library & CSC $91.25 only 25 cents per day Everything you ever wanted to know …about sex.