Naming Prejudice and Oppression, a panel featuring Jose Guerrero, Maren Cornett, Ryan Hildebrand, Jonathan Tuttle, and JP Mongeau
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale University
Print thesauri published between 1983 and 1991: Genre Terms (1983), Printing and Publishing Evidence (1986), Provenance Evidence (1988), Binding Terms (1988), Type Evidence (1990), Paper Terms (1990), and Genre Terms 2nd edition (1991). Photo courtesy of Ryan Hildebrand
Naming Prejudice and Oppression: Implementing Prejudicial Works Vocabulary in Library Catalogs
In 2024, approximately 50 new and revised genre terms describing various strains of prejudice and oppression were added to the RBMS Controlled Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging. This panel will explore the Prejudicial Works vocabulary from the perspectives of librarians who are working to implement the terms into the local cataloging practices of their institutions. The panelists will offer practical strategies for incorporating the terms into descriptions of special collections materials in a variety of formats, while also reflecting on the potential and limitations of the terms for surfacing and contextualizing oppressive content in our collections.
Speakers:
Maren Cornett is Coordinator of the Special Collections Cataloging Unit at the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Jose Guerrero is a cataloging librarian at Berkeley Public Library (CA).
JP Mongeau is a Metadata Librarian at the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press.
Jonathan Tuttle has been a special collections cataloger for nine years. His areas of interests include zines and cataloging ethics
Moderator:
Ryan Hildebrand is the Director of Resource Description Services at the University of Oregon
This session is sponsored by Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books.
Registration (in-person or virtual) for the full conference is required. This panel will be accessible via livestream for those who register to attend the conference virtually.