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NISO DEIA Webinars, Workshop #1, October, 2021
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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
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ALA Core Metadata Interest Group presentation, March 2023
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Catalog records sometimes include terminology or describe viewpoints that are biased, offensive, or outdated. Library-provided descriptive metadata can also include harmful language, which can – and should – be updated to be more sensitive and accurate without compromising discoverability. In the summer of 2022, several members of the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries’ Critical Cataloging Interest Group came together to explore creating a public-facing statement on harmful language that may appear in the library’s catalog or other descriptive metadata. The purpose of this statement is to invite library patrons and staff to report harmful language they encounter, while providing context and education about why harmful language may be present, and assure patrons and staff that their concerns will be heard and addressed.
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NETSL 2023 Annual Spring Conference, April 2023
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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.
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