APPENDIX A:  Libraries Chosen for this Study

Date(s) of visit:      17 February 2000
Library:                  University of Washington Libraries
Location:               Seattle, WA, University of Washington
Interviewed:           Alvin Fritz, Librarian
Thesaurus Used:     LCSH

Date(s) of visit:         6-7 March 2000
Library:                     Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Library
Location:                   Bloomington, IN; Indiana University
Interviewed:               Jennifer Corbin, User Services Coordinator
Interviewed:           Liana Zhou, Head Librarian
Thesaurus Used:          Sexual Nomenclature

Date(s) of visit:      21 March 2000
Library:                  Homodok-Lesbian Archives Amsterdam (Homodok-LAA)
Location:               Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interviewed:           Jack van der Wel, Archivist
Thesaurus Used:     A Queer Thesaurus

Date(s) of visit:      22 March 2000
Library:                 Netherlands Institute for Social Sexological Research (NISSO) Library
Location:               Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interviewed:           Dr. Peter de Wit
Interviewed:           Dr. Evelien Evenhuis
Thesuarus used:          Trefwoordenlijst

Date(s) of visit:      31 March 2000
Library:                  Seattle Public Library
Location:               Seattle, WA
Interviewed:           Lynn Daniel, Social Sciences Librarian
Thesaurus used:     LCSH

Date(s) of visit:      6 and 9 April 2000
Library:                 Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society (GLBTHS)
Location:               San Francisco, CA
Interviewed:           Willie Walker, Archivist
Interviewed:          Gayle Rubin, GLBTHS volunteer and Anthropologist of sexual behavior
Thesaurus used:          Archival finding aids

Date(s) of visit:      6 and 8 April 2000
Library:                  Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS)
Location:               San Francisco, CA
Interviewed:           Jerry Zientara, Librarian
Thesaurus used:     None at present; building catalog

Date(s) of visit:      7 April 2000
Library:                 San Francisco Public Library, James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center
Location:               San Francisco, CA
Interviewed:           Jim Van Buskirk, Program Manager
Thesaurus used:     LCSH modified with Hennepin County Library subject headings

Date(s) of visit:      5 May 2000 [telephone interview]
Library:                 Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) Library
Location:               New York, NY
Interviewed:           Amy Levine, Librarian
Thesaurus used:          Sexual Nomenclature modified internally