Inclusive Metadata Strategies at Max Chambers Library

Abstract

Max Chambers Library is committed to serving underrepresented communities. One way this is accomplished is through the professional catalogers' dedication to accurately and respectfully describing materials relating to underrepresented communities. They are actively taking steps to ameliorate these problematic practices that directly affect the Central community's access to library resources. In this presentation, the catalogers will describe various projects undertaken in the areas of offensive/outdated terminology, issues in classification, and retroactively and actively adding inclusive language to records.