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  • 1.  Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 01, 2021 04:36 PM

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    I was in a webinar or meeting earlier this year and someone had posted a list of problematic Library of Congress Subject Headings and possible inclusive alternatives. I swore I bookmarked it, but alas, I can't find it. If you know of something similar, I would greatly appreciate it if you'd send it to me.

     

    Thanks much!

     

     

     

    April

     

     

     

     

    April Sheppard
    SRRT Coordinator-Elect

    SRRT Past Coordinator

    RRT Advocacy & Resources Committee Chair

    SRRT & RRT Web Committee

    she/they/her/them

     

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  • 2.  RE: Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 02, 2021 01:20 PM
    Hi April, 
    I'm guessing this isn't the resource that you saw, as it's pretty new, but the Oregon Library Association Technical Services Roundtable has been working on a Critical Cataloging Repository of problematic or questionable subject headings and suggested alternatives. This is intended for Oregon libraries to share information and to gain some consensus or at least find out what other libraries are doing. Hope that's helpful. I'd be interested if others have seen similar resources. 


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    Ellen Avis
    Collections Manager
    Multnomah County Library
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  • 3.  RE: Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 02, 2021 01:22 PM

    No, but this is excellent. Thank you!

     

     

    April

     

     

     

    April Sheppard
    SRRT Coordinator-Elect

    SRRT Past Coordinator

    RRT Advocacy & Resources Committee Chair

    SRRT & RRT Web Committee

    she/they/her/them

     

    Dean B. Ellis Library   |   Assistant Library Director

    P.O. Box 2040   |   State University, AR 72467

    Phone 870.972.2766   |   asheppard@astate.edu  

     

    Please know that I honor and respect boundaries around personal time, well-being, caretaking, and time off. My work hours may be different than yours. Should you receive emails from me during a time that you're engaging in any of the above, please protect your time and wait to respond until you're working. 

     

     






  • 4.  RE: Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 02, 2021 08:20 PM
    Hi April,

    I also suspect this isn't the same thing you saw before, but the Cataloging Lab website might be helpful? https://cataloginglab.org/

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    Rachel Ivy Clarke
    She/Her/Hers
    Assistant Professor
    Syracuse University
    rclark01@syr.edu
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  • 5.  RE: Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 03, 2021 03:00 AM

    Thanks Rachel! There's a specific page on the Cataloging Lab set up for "Problem LCSH": https://cataloginglab.org/problem-lcsh/  Please note that this is a crowdsourced list, and thus the terminology listed there may not reflect a consensus viewpoint. I encourage people to add their "problem LCSH" to the list at that page! 

    Violet




  • 6.  RE: Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 03, 2021 07:10 AM
    Thank you Rachel and Violet! I've bookmarked them both.


    April 



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  • 7.  RE: Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 03, 2021 07:53 AM
    Hello April, 

    Was it the Cataloging Lab? https://cataloginglab.org/

    Aimee Lusty
    MLS Student | VP, QCSAA
    CUNY Queens College
    aimee.lusty@gmail.com

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    Aimee Lusty
    Student
    Queens College GSLIS
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  • 8.  RE: Inclusive Subject Headings List?

    Posted Sep 03, 2021 08:40 AM

    No, but I like it!

     

     

    A