Metadata is often created about marginalized communities by professionals unfamiliar with the issues and preferences of the communities involved and so work practices which appear to be neutral continue to enact harm. To counteract these problems, …
This essay is occupied with attempts to provide alternative bibliographic infrastructures for marginalized communities and discusses the possibilities of queer metadata. First, I provide a definitional and literature review focused on the principles …
This paper originated from a collaborative effort between an academic and archivist and a cataloger to address the issues around the LCSH heading “Social disabilities.” In it, we examine various aspects and consequences resulting from the ways that …
The goal of this paper is to report and discuss findings from an analysis of 14 qualitative semi-structured interviews with historians and historical researchers on how cataloging systems commonly used in cultural heritage institutions such as …
The surrogate record for a book in the library catalog contains subject headings applied on the basis of literary warrant. To assess the extent to which terms like “Indians of North America” are accurate to the content of the items with that label, …
A name is a reflection of the individual, yet for authors who no longer
identify with their birth name or whose name has changed, continuing to see their
previous name on publications can be painful, annoying, or even potentially dangerous.
While …
The goal of this paper is to report and discuss findings from an analysis of 14 qualitative semi-structured interviews with historians and historical researchers on how cataloging systems commonly used in cultural heritage institutions such as …
The goal of this paper is to report and discuss findings from an analysis of 14 qualitative semi-structured interviews with historians and historical researchers on how cataloging systems commonly used in cultural heritage institutions such as …