Embedded Files
Annotated Bibliography for Cultural Assessment of Digital Collections (Digital Library Federation, February 2017)
Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia. Anti-Racist Description Resources. October 2019.
ARLIS/NA Problematic Art Subject Headings Change Proposal Form
Call for Interoperable Ebook Standards in the Academic Book Market (February 25, 2025)
Cataloging Ethics Steering Committee
Cataloguing Code of Ethics (Final version, January 2021)
The Cataloging Lab: a collaborative hub for creating better controlled vocabularies.
List of Statements on Bias in Library and Archives Description (compiled by Violet Fox, Cataloging Lab)
"Critcatenate," (Violet Fox's monthly roundup of cataloging and metadata news)
Change the Subject: a documentary about the effort to change "Illegal aliens" in Library of Congress Subject Headings. (also streaming via YouTube)
Creating a Social Justice Mindset: Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in the Collections Directorate of the MIT Libraries, February 2017.
Critcat.org and #CritCat: twitter hashtag and community for conversations on critical cataloging
Critcatenate: Monthly roundup of Critical Cataloging News by Violet Fox
Critical Cataloging: Identifying and Dismantling Bias in Description (resource list compiled by Treshani Perera, January 14, 2021)
Critical Cataloging LibGuide (Chicago History Museum, Abakanowicz Research Center)
Decolonizing Canadiana Metadata (Canadian Research Knowledge Network, January 25, 2022)
Ethical Questions in Name Authority Control, ed. Jane Sandberg. Library Juice Press, 2019.
Ganin, Netanel. "I Never Metadata I Didn't Like" (Personal blog)
Harlow, Christina. "Resistance is Fertile: Building a Manualfesto for Lib Tech" 2017
Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches (ALA Editions, 2024)
Inclusive Metadata and Conscious Editing Resources (Sunshine State Digital Network, October 2020)
Inclusive Metadata Toolkit (Digital Library Federation Cultural Assessment Working Group, October 2024)
Inclusive Terminology: Guide and Glossary for the Cultural Heritage Sector (Carissa Chew, National Library of Scotland, May 2021)
Kirkus Collections: Diverse Book Lists and Reviews and for Library Selectors
López, Sol Maria and Laura Wright. "Radical Cataloging: Using Alternative Subject Headings Locally to Promote Inclusiveness and Diversity." CU Boulder Libraries, 2018.
National Information Standards Organization (NISO) DEIA Committee
NISO DEIA Webinars (2021)
Mike Olson. "Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs." Scholarly Kitchen, March 25, 2025.
OurStory Pro: Book Discovery App for Librarians and educators, by We Need Diverse Books
Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Advisory Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front, ed. K.R. Roberto. McFarland, 2008.
Schomberg, Jessica. "Cataloging and Social Justice." Research about Cataloging and Assessment and more... (Personal blog) posted February 3, 2014, updated 2019.
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
Task Group on Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Bibliographic Standards and Description (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS), Bibliographic Standards Committee (BSC))
Metadata Best Practices for Trans and Gender Diverse Resources (June 22, 2022)
Ways Of Knowing: Oral Histories on the Worlds Words Create, ed. Amanda Belantara, Emily Drabinski. Library Juice Press, 2025.
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