Juvenile Biography Collection: EDI Analysis and Enhancement

作者
Peter Spyers-Duran, Sai Deng, Amy Dovydaitis, Jeanne Piascika, Kristine Shrauger
出版日期
29 Oct 2022
內容

Inherent bias in Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and non-LCSHs impedes patron access to materials. To improve discoverability of their juvenile biography collection, librarians at the University of Central Florida Libraries utilized a 39 item Qualtrics questionnaire to analyze the subject headings in the bibliographic records of 952 juvenile biographies. Each biography was evaluated for elements of the biographee’s gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality. The resultant data was incorporated into local subject headings yielding 2,972 additional points of discoverability. More inclusive Library of Congress subject headings, and terms from Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT) and Homosaurus were also added.

刊名
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
卷期
Volume 60, Issue 8
頁數
836-857
關鍵字
Authority control; biography; controlled vocabularies; diversity; gender identity; inclusion; racial identity; nationality; collection audit
網址連結
發布日期:2023年02月15日 最後更新:2023年02月23日