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Cultivating a Culture for Inclusive Metadata / Shay Beezley, Shay and Anna Nicole Sump-Crethar. ELUNA Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. (May 12, 2023.)
Presentation on University of Central Oklahoma Library’s Inclusive Metadata Initiative activities which include the creation of an Inclusive Metadata Statement, the creation of a form to report offensive or outdated terminology in library metadata, specific strategies for remediating offensive/outdated terminology, problematic classification, and providing more inclusive language in library metadata
Metadata through a DEI Lens: Creating More Inclusive Cataloging in the MARC Environment / Christina Manzella & Rich Murray. (2021)
Presentation on activities of Duke University Libraries’ Inclusive Description Task Force including accessibility for non-English speakers, remapped LC Subject Headings, alternative thesauri, and flexing the LC Subject Headings Manual and LCSH.
Metadata to Support DEIA: NISO DEIA Webinars, Workshop #1 / Treshani Perera, Merrilee Proffitt, Brian M. Watson. Oct. 4, 2021
DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) and Metadata / Treshani Perera
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Metadata: Some Works in Progress / Merrillee Proffitt
Minoritized Vocabularies & Metadata Collectives / Brian M. Watson
Whose Authority? Applying a DEI Lens to Traditional Descriptive Practice / Laura Daniels, Jackie Magagnosc, Liz Parker. (2023 NETSL Annual Spring Conference)
Cornell University Library formed an Inclusive Descriptive Practice Task Force in 2021, dedicated to examining metadata practices and identifying methods to acknowledge the subjective nature of cataloging and archival descriptive practices. This session will give an overview of the formation, structure, and outputs of some of the subgroups in this task force, including examples of unexpected challenges and some successes thus far.
[Approval] Plan of Action: Promoting Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion through Purchasing Award-Winning Books / Emily Crawford, Carla Davis Cunningham, Noa Kaumeheiwa. (April 2023)
2023 NETSL Annual Spring Conference. April 14, 2023. Temple University Libraries values diversity in its collections and wanted to develop tools and cataloging practices to better identify and collect award-winning works by or about underrepresented groups. Join this session to learn how subject selectors and cataloging librarians worked together, with DEI principles in mind, to curate and improve discoverability of books and highlight diverse voices in a collection.