In the wake of the uprisings of 2020, the work of integrating social justice into our work took on a greater role for many of us. in libraries. Many of us looked for ways to make our catalogs more equitable. A few years later, we're now at an inflection point: will we think of this work as a task to be completed and dismissed? Or will we be able to sustainably continue this work into the future?
Join Chicago-based cataloging librarian Violet Fox for a discussion about the past, present, and future of inclusive cataloging. Participants will learn about projects being done around the world to address long-standing bias in our catalogs, providing new opportunities to continue this work in their own systems. Attendees will also come away from the session with a renewed awareness of how this work can positively impact both library workers and our users. No cataloging knowledge is needed for this conversation; anyone with an interest in making our knowledge organization structures more just and fair is welcome!
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Zoom
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Presenter
Violet Fox
Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at Northwestern University's Galter Health Sciences Library
Violet Fox is a Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at Northwestern University's Galter Health Sciences Library. Since earning her MLIS from the University of Washington in 2013, she has worked in multiple library positions, including as editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Violet is passionate about critical cataloging, exploring the ethical issues of the structures and standards we use in library metadata.
