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Anti-Racism Subject Headings / Northwestern University
GitHub repository documentation for identifying additional subject headings in Alma catalog records using the LC subject heading “Anti-racism.” This list was then used to search Gobi for new books.
Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia: Anti-Racist Description Resources / Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia’s Anti-Racist Description Working Group
October 2019
Metadata recommendations for archival professionals to address racist and anti-Black archival description. The recommendations are intended to combat the racist structures inherent in predominately-White institutions and in archival description of underrepresented and marginalized groups, in particular those in the Black community.
DARE to say NO: Addressing Outdated and Offensive Classification / J.J. Compton and Anona Earls
Outlines a project to reclass offensive and dated terminology of call numbers for materials classified with N and O Cutter numbers for “Negro” and “Oriental.” The project workflow was structured as “DARE” – Decide (to undertake the project), Access (change the metadata), Repair (the label, record, shelving location, etc.), and Eliminate (weed).
From “Riot” to “Massacre” – LC Subject Headings and Metadata Justice / Karen Antell and Jay Shorten
Dec. 1, 2021
This presentation gives an overview with examples of metadata injustice in LCSH and the success University of Oklahoma librarians had in convincing LC that “Tulsa Race Massacre” is the commonly used phrase, resulting in an update to the LCSH “Tulsa Race Riot, Tulsa, Okla., 1921” to “Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921.” Presented at the Ex Libris Users of North America: ELUNA Learns - DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and the University of Central Oklahoma’s Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium.