PVAMU Multicultural Affairs LGBTQIA+: Panther Ally: TAMUS Virtual Library Conference

Name: Kimberly Michelle Gay

Title: Head of Reference and Information Services Department, Academic Reference Librarian II

Institution: Prairie View A&M University

Email: kmgay@pvamu.edu

Bio: Kimberly Michelle Gay is the Head of Reference and Information Services, Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II at the John B. Coleman Library of Prairie View A&M University- a Texas A&M University System. She graduated Magna Cum Laude GPA 3.9 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communication in 2003 from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. She went on to receive a master's degree in Library Science and Information Technology Studies, Suma Cum Laude GPA 4.0 from TWU as well. She is a Lifetime inductee in the Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Phi Mu (International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. She has more than 20 years of academic library experience and she is an active member and 2003 Spectrum Scholar for both the Texas Library Association and the American Library Association. She recently served on the Executive Board of TLA as a Representative -at-Large for Academic Libraries 2015-2018. Texas Library Association organizations include: College & University Libraries; Black Caucus; Library Instruction, ProCo Houston 2012, Reference, AGLHRT; Distinct 5- Northeast Texas, District 7- North Texas and District 8- Houston, Topaz Nonfiction Reading List 2018-2021. Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List 2012-2019.

Prairie View A & M University
FM 1098 Road & University Drive, Prairie View, Texas 77446
General information: (936) 261-3311
Website: www.pvamu.edu
Type: 4-year, Public
Awards offered: Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Campus setting: Town: Distant
Campus housing: Yes
Student population: 9,516 (8,524 undergraduate)
Student-to-faculty ratio: 19 to 1

Establishment – 1876

Prairie View A&M University, the first state supported College in Texas for African Americans, was established during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War. This was an historical period in which political and economic special interest groups were able to aggressively use the Federal Government to establish public policy, in an attempt to “alter or reshape the cultural milieu of the vanquished southern states”. The University had its beginnings in the Texas Constitution of 1876, which, in separate articles, established an “Agricultural and Mechanical College” and pledged that “Separate schools shall be provided for the white and colored children, and impartial provisions shall be made for both.” As a consequence of these constitutional provisions, the Fifteenth Legislature established “Alta Vista Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth” on August 14,1876.

Worksheet: First Impressions of LGBTQ+ People 

ALL Spaces Serving the GLBT Community in Your Library 

Prairie View A&M University Multicultural Affairs LGBTQIA+: Panther Ally focuses on the support and well-being of students on campus who are a part of the LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) community. This LibGuide will serve to help cultivate and host LGBTQIA+ library informational resources that can be used to empower, engage and enlighten the PVAMU community. From the library print and online books to databases, journal articles and websites, this guide will house collections of reading materials for anyone who has LGBTQIA+ informational interest.

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