Well, it is an interesting topic - one that I'd like to hear, and I commend
Ms. Morris in her important work, but it hardly seems like a "Hot Topic" to
me.
Here AALL has a chance to discuss the first important Civil Rights issue of
the 21st Century - how much more "Hot Topic" can you get, at one of the most
crucial times and places, and they turn their back.
No matter what side you come down on in the debate, it is hard to imagine a
"Hotter" topic.
Sincerely,
Brian
Brian L. Baker, JD, MLS
Director of the Law Library
& Assistant Professor of Law
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Voice: 202-274-7354 Fax: 202-274-7311
bbaker@udc.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu]On
Behalf Of Stanley R. Conrad
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:35 PM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: AALL 2004 Hot Topic -- not same-sex marriage
Since there was some discussion earlier this year about whether AALL might
agree to have a discussion of the legal aspects of the politically volatile
(and possibly election swinging) issue of same-sex marriage in the open "hot
topic" slot at the Boston annual meeting, I'm forwarding part of the
following note received today from AALL's Social Responsibility SIS (some of
whose members submitted the same-sex marriage proposal).
I may be out of the office for the next several days, so I'll leave any
initial commentary to others for the moment.
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Stanley R. Conrad, JD/MLS
Reference / Special Collections Librarian
Rittenberg Law Library
St. John's University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY 11439
conrads@stjohns.edu
718-990-2012 (voice)
718-990-6649 (fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-sr-sis-20315@aallnet.org on behalf of Ann Hemmens
Sent: Wed 5/26/2004 5:45 PM
To: AALL Social Responsibilities SIS
Subject: [sr-sis] AALL 2004 Hot Topic
Earlier today Gail Warren, Chair of the Annual Meeting Program
Committee,
informed the SR-SIS that our Hot Topic proposal for the 2004 AALL
Annual
Meeting in Boston, "Same-Sex Marriage: the Legal Issues" was not
selected.
The AMPC committee, which had five proposals to consider, selected
the
program "The Baghdad Biblio-Files: Tales from a Librarian at Large."
The AALL Annual Meeting and Conference Update email (sent this
afternoon
from AALL) includes a description of the selected program. The text
is
copied below:
"Formerly the Head of Electronic Services at George Washington
University
Law School, Kim Morris currently is Program Manager for Library and
Information - Baghdad of the International Human Rights Law
Institute at
the College of Law, DePaul University. From her residence/office in
Baghdad, Kim has been traveling to three law schools in Iraq and
meeting
with the deans and staff to assess their respective collections and
begin
the process of rebuilding their law libraries. This July, the Annual
Meeting Program Committee brings you a snapshot of the challenges
facing
law librarians in Iraq by way of this year's Hot Topic program "The
Baghdad Biblio-Files: Tales from a Librarian at Large"."
[snip]
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