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Managing Problematic Metadata, Take Two

February 2, 2020 Maggie Dickson 2 Comments

Back in August I wrote a Bitstreams post about the various ways by which those of us who work with library metadata could attempt to tackle the issue of problematic descriptions and descriptive standards. One of the methods I mentioned was activism, and I highlighted the documentary ‘Change the Subject!’, which follows the story of … Continue reading Managing Problematic Metadata, Take Two →

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Managing Problematic Metadata

August 16, 2019 Maggie Dickson

In April 2018 I attended an excellent NISO webinar entitled “Can there be neutrality in cataloging?”. Initially this struck me as a somewhat quaint title, as though there could be any answer other than ‘no’. Happily, the webinar came to pretty much the same conclusion, and I think it’s fair to say that at this … Continue reading Managing Problematic Metadata →

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Introducing DUL’s “Statement on Potentially Harmful Language in Library Descriptions”

October 29, 2021 Maggie Dickson 4 Comments

Over the past couple of years I’ve written on this blog about the kinds of initiatives libraries are engaging in these days in order to try to wrestle with our past (and sometimes, current) problematic practices when creating the descriptive metadata patrons use to discover and identify library resources. And last spring we hosted an … Continue reading Introducing DUL’s “Statement on Potentially Harmful Language in Library Descriptions” →

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