Abstract The terms Diversifying, Decentring and Decolonising characterise the ways that
academic libraries are engaging with social justice issues, through multiple theoretical …

Abstract Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) on LGBTQIA+ topics have not
evolved alongside the frequently changing vernacular vocabulary used to access resources …

The coverage of information science and knowledge organization in the Library of
Congress Subject Headings | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert …

Critical cataloguing aims to study cases of social injustice, misrepresentation, negative
biases, offensive terminologies, and hegemonic and oppressive hierarchical structures in …

This panel considers the bridge between research and practice in cataloging ethics.
Cataloging ethics–including indexing and classification–is an important part of practice, yet …

Traditionally, the selection of concepts and terms within a knowledge organization system
(KOS) has served to reflect a socially constructed but majority opinion on language and …

In recent years, there is a notable increase in the use of LGBTQ+ ontologies and structured
vocabularies in library systems, digital archives, online databases, heritages, etc. Many were …

This article summarizes the work done as part of a project to improve subject description of
an LGBTQ+ collection in the ONE Archives, part of the University of Southern California …

Following decades of critiques of subject heading terminology, recent years have seen
several experimental approaches to updating subject headings in library catalogs. Most of …

To promote social justice, recent work in knowledge organization (KO) has focused on
providing access for members of marginalized groups including LGBTQ+ persons …