Breaking the Rules Carefully: Implementation of Inclusive Terminology in the Catalog

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorSeguin, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-09T19:57:34Z
dc.date.available2020-06-09T19:57:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-09
dc.description.abstractIn January 2020, a group of employees at Towson University's Cook Library petitioned the Metadata Subgroup of the University System of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) to change the OPAC display of authorized Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) containing the pejorative term "illegal alien" to the more inclusive term "undocumented immigrant," and other LCSH containing "alien" to "noncitizen." As the technical liaison to the subgroup, I implemented a proof of concept in the Aleph Test OPAC to facilitate evaluation of the proposal. This presentation outlines the technical considerations of such a change and its implementation using tools available in the Aleph integrated library system. If you are interested in more inclusive library systems, then this poster will give you insight into the technical work that goes on behind the scenes.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/km5t-02hw
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26006
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtLibrary Research & Innovative Practice Forum
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectSubject headingsen_US
dc.subjectAutomationen_US
dc.subjectOnline library catalogsen_US
dc.subjectInclusionen_US
dc.subjectMARCen_US
dc.titleBreaking the Rules Carefully: Implementation of Inclusive Terminology in the Catalogen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Seguin_poster_Breaking_the_Rules_Carefully.pdf
Size:
862.91 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
poster
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.57 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Library Research & Innovative Practice Forum