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Wikipedia Pages For Underrepresented Archivists: Creating Representation Through An Saa Foundation Grant-Funded Documentation Project, Stephanie Collier, April Anderson-Zorn
Wikipedia Pages For Underrepresented Archivists: Creating Representation Through An Saa Foundation Grant-Funded Documentation Project, Stephanie Collier, April Anderson-Zorn
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
In spring 2019, university archivist April Anderson-Zorn and special formats cataloger Eric Willey, both at Illinois State University (ISU), submitted a grant request to the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Foundation. The team requested funds to hire an ISU graduate student to create content for Wikipedia pages for underrepresented archivists. The grant aimed to fill a content gap on the site by including the biographies of female, Black, LGBTQ+, and other underrepresented archivists to highlight their accomplishments in the profession. With the help of graduate student Stephanie Collier, the project surpassed its original goal of fifteen pages, with over forty …
Applying Library Of Congress Demographic Group Characteristics For Creators, Eric Willey, Angela Yon
Applying Library Of Congress Demographic Group Characteristics For Creators, Eric Willey, Angela Yon
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
This research project explores how to ethically, efficiently, and accurately add demographic terms for African American authors to catalog records. A Department of History graduate student located evidence of self-identification as African American for authors, and catalogers added the demographic term to bibliographic records and are in the process of creating work level Name Title Authority Records for titles written by those authors. This work is the beginning of systematically enhancing catalog data with author characteristics to support making such information available in faceted results.
Wikipedia And Libraries: Improving Metadata Through Collaboration, Eric Willey, Angela Yon
Wikipedia And Libraries: Improving Metadata Through Collaboration, Eric Willey, Angela Yon
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
Presenters will discuss their investigation into using Wikipedia to identify author characteristics in order to enhance bibliographic records using terminology from the new controlled vocabulary, Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT). Focusing on African American writers, the session will discuss workflows, ethical issues, and opportunity cost in assigning LCDGT terms using citations showing self-identification to satisfy Library of Congress standards.
Wikipedia List Of African American Writers And Library Of Congress Demographic Group Terms (Lcdgt), Angela Yon
Wikipedia List Of African American Writers And Library Of Congress Demographic Group Terms (Lcdgt), Angela Yon
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
Presenter discussed an investigation into using Wikipedia to identify author characteristics in order to enhance bibliographic records using terminology from the new controlled vocabulary, Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT). The project's focus is African American writers.