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Call Numbers, Oh Call Numbers On Ebooks, Why Have You Forsaken Us!, David Schuster, Sasha Frizzell
Call Numbers, Oh Call Numbers On Ebooks, Why Have You Forsaken Us!, David Schuster, Sasha Frizzell
Library Scholarship
ILS vendor Knowledge bases (KB) are built in a black box. The quality of the metadata is not the concern of the ILS vendor which then leads to missing data, which impacts discoverability. Comparing records of two ILS vendors KBs has shown a disparity in how they manage metadata. We are evaluating multiple ebook publishers’ data in the KB based on the availability of call numbers and subject headings while looking at resource usage. Exploring ways to improve access by including call numbers and subject headings and discovering the larger problem.
Classification From The Margins : Three Alternative Classification Systems, 1930-1975, Sasha Frizzell
Classification From The Margins : Three Alternative Classification Systems, 1930-1975, Sasha Frizzell
Library Scholarship
Library classification systems frequently fail librarians and patrons because they do not provide space for the depth and breadth of topics both about and created by people within marginalized communities. This presentation explores three classification systems, created in North America between 1930-1975, that were produced by people in and for the communities that they represent. In 1930, Dorothy Burnett Porter Wesley, a librarian who helped to build the collection at Howard University, also created a classification system to better represent the works by, about, and for Black people. During the same time period, Alfred Kaiming Chiu was creating the Harvard-Yenching …