Resources for Librarians

Assessment
Cataloging and Classification
Collection Development
Facilities 
Legal Resources
Public Services
Student Support

Open to All: Serving the LGBTQIA+ Community in Your Library (6 June 2022) [pdf:476 kb]

Assessment

• Best practices for asking questions to identify transgender and other gender minority respondents on population-based surveys report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute
   

Cataloging and Classification

• LGBTQ+ Controlled Vocabularies and Classification Schemes (July 2017) [pdf: 383 kb]
   

Collection Development

• Collection Development Policies (September 2007)

Facilities

• Equal Access to Public Restrooms from Lambda Legal
• Gender Neutral Bathrooms in Libraries (Version for printing) [pdf: 292 kb]
• Gender-Inclusive Restrooms Information Guide for Conference Attendees  (ALA Midwinter 2019) [pdf: 449 kb]
• Gender-Inclusive Restrooms Information Guide for Convention Center Staff  (ALA Midwinter 2019) [pdf: 452 kb]
• Restroom Access for Transgender Employees from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
   

Legal Resources

• LGBTQ+ Legal Resource Guide (2015) [pdf: 3.8 mb]
   

Public Services

• Safe in the Stacks: Community Spaces for Homeless LGBTQ Youth (2013)
• Transgender-inclusive Library Card Applications: Issues and Recommendations (Version for printing) (2015) [pdf: 127 kb]
   

Student Support

• Gay-Straight Alliance Resouces Guide (2014) [pdf: 90 kb]
• Speaking OUT Against Bullying (February 2022)

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