Tag: Cataloging

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Emory Libraries summer internships: A pathway to diversity ​within the profession

Posted onAuthorKim Norman

The Emory Libraries Access and Resource Division (ARS) of the Robert W. Woodruff Library supports three 10-week summer internships specifically for members of underrepresented communities to gain work experience in the areas of Access, Resource, and Preservation Services. In the ever-changing landscape of librarianship, there is an urgent obligation to attract individuals from underrepresented communities with varying perspectives and to provide meaningful, Read More …

Cataloging for change: Accurately describing the African American experience

Posted onAuthorEmory Libraries1 Comment

Historically Black colleges and universities Anti-lynching movements Afrofuturist fiction   What do the above have in common? Answer: They are new terms that have recently been added to the Library of Congress’s list of authorized subject headings. They are ready to be used accordingly when relevant resources are added to the Emory Libraries catalog. A Read More …

LGBTQ+ materials and Homosaurus

Posted onAuthorKyle TanakaLeave a comment

They/them. She/her. He/him. We use these terms (and plenty of others) to tell others how we should be recognized. Doing so allows us to express ourselves and signal to others both how we think about ourselves and how we would like them to think about us. In the library, terms used to describe materials are Read More …