Standing Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues:
Embracing the Diversity of Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities

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2010 Reception: stay tuned!

 

Founded in 1985, the Standing Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues was proposed as an organizational vehicle for 1) promoting the discussion of issues important to the lesbian and gay community; 2) raising the visibility of lesbian and gay law librarians within the Association; and 3) providing professional and social contacts for standing committee members. History ...

Today, these goals continue to be achieved through the standing committee's impressive record of annual meeting educational programs, publications, AALL professional activity, and social opportunities. The activities of the standing committee are guided by Article VII of the SR-SIS bylaws.

Current/Recent Work:
The report from the 2008 annual meeting is here.

May, 2007 Report (pdf) of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Name Change (of the Standing Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues).

Grants:
The Alan Holoch Memorial Grants may be awarded each year by the Standing Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues. The $500 grants to assist members in attending the Annual Meeting are funded by a generous bequest made by Alan Holoch, who died in 1991, having served as treasurer of AALL and as Director of the Ohio State University Law Library. (stay tuned for 2010 applications!)

Past Holoch Grant Recipients:

  • 2009 - Pam Brannon
  • 2008 - Lee Van Duzer and Meg Butler
  • 2007 - Jim Gernert
  • 2006 - Druet Cameron Klugh
  • 2005 - Courtney Selby
  • 2004 - Scott Burgh
  • 2003 - not awarded
  • 2002 - Ron Wheeler

Publications:
In 2006, the Standing Committee published Sexual Orientation and the Law: A Research Bibliography, as AALL Publication #74 (ISBN 083770166X; 9780837701660). Updates will be posted online at www.lgbtbib.org.

Collage is the newsletter of the group.

SCLGI Officers:
2009/10 Chair: Meg Butler, New York Law School
2008/09 Chair: Meg Butler, New York Law School
2007/08 Chair: Jorge Juarez, Santa Clara University
2006/07 Chair: Courtney Selby, Collection Development/Instructional Services Librarian, University of Tulsa
2005/06 Chair: Stephanie Davidson, Head of Public Services at the University of Illinois College of Law
2004/05 Chair: Jeffrey Berns, Library Manager at Spiegel & McDiarmid
2003/04 Chair: Scott Fisher, Director of Library Services at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer


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Last updated July, 2008