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Metadata inclusiveness, Conscious metadata, Black dialect, Racial slurs, Cataloging context, Jim Crow Era, Knowledge organization, Diversity, Inclusion, Metadata, Cataloging, Bias, Carol Mundy Collection, Juvenile biographies, Library collections, UCF Libraries
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Conscious Editing And Metadata Enhancement For Library Collections, Sai Deng, Jeanne Piascik
Conscious Editing And Metadata Enhancement For Library Collections, Sai Deng, Jeanne Piascik
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To promote Diversity and Inclusion and conscious metadata editing, the librarians in Cataloging Services at the University of Central Florida collaborated with several departments for the audit and reparative editing of digital collections related to sensitive materials, and enhancement and enrichment of subject headings for physical collections on biographies.
Working with Digital Initiatives, and Special Collections & University Archives, the cataloging librarians have been auditing and editing metadata for The African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010, The Civil War Collection, and PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements. For instance, an inclusion statement has been added to …