IMLS Grant [2024-2025]

Personnel

The primary project personnel is a group of researchers in library and information science (LIS) located at three iSchools across the US who are interested in understanding how members of marginalized groups actually use library catalogs. In particular, we want to understand how the language of the users intersects with the language of the catalog. Our goal is to ultimately improve user experience for marginalized users. We hope to do this by applying our expertise in knowledge organization (KO) to the problem of social justice for marginalized users.This project was awarded the National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support ongoing research. More information about the IMLS grant can be found here

Co-principal Investigators

Brian Dobreski, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Heather Moulaison-Sandy, University of Missouri
Karen Snow, Dominican University

Advisory Board

Denice Adkins, University of Missouri
Billey Albina, formerly Homosaurus Editorial Board
Lynn Connaway, OCLC
Rachel Fischer, CCS
Vanessa Kitzie, University of South Carolina

Research Assistants

Christopher Hastings, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Rosa Wardlow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mary Wahl, Dominican University

News Stories

SIS Assistant Professor Receives IMLS Grant to Help Continue Research on Inclusive Cataloging in Libraries