EAC Community Hour: Critical Cataloging Pt 2
Greetings All,
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Part 1 of our Critical Cataloging Community Hours. Part 2 will be held on July 15th at 2 pm EST / 11 am PST. Additionally, we have updated our committee page on VRAweb! You may now view previous Community Hour documents, submit topics for future Community Hours, or apply to join EAC!
Our guest moderator for Part 2 will be Treshani Perera, who will be giving a brief overview of her work in the Critical Cataloging arena. The Community Hour doc includes resources to get folks started with Critical Cataloging. We encourage attendees to look at the readings and resources provided in advance of the Hour if possible. This session is meant to be a space for you to bring general questions and concerns from your own work. Our guest moderators from Part 1, Karen Hwang, Devon Murphy, Brian M. Watson, and Alanna Radlo-Dzur, will be in attendance as well.
Discussion Prompts:
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What is your experience with critical cataloging in your institution or work? What thoughts, observations, or projects come to mind (if you are or are not familiar with CC)?
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What are the diverse communities in your workplace, collections, and service areas? How are they represented and served?
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Is there a way to elevate local terms that we update in our own collections to the national/international level?
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How do we enlist enthusiasm from co-workers to tackle the changes in cataloging?
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Is it possible to represent concepts in controlled vocabularies, subject heading/name authorities, or in thesauri that are from different knowledge systems? Are there affordances/concessions that have to be made to include terms? Should vocabs/subject headings/thesauri be reconsidered as a structure of organizing info?
Please send any specific questions in advance to Lael or Kendra (if you wish to remain anonymous please let us know) or bring your concerns to the Hour.
Click here to register for EAC Community Hour: Critical Cataloging, Part 2
Best wishes,Kendra & Lael