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Terrific new article about how the idea of "neutrality" has been used for decades to deny the approval of #LCSH relating to marginalized people. Great description of how subject headings are created and how inordinate scrutiny is given to certain proposals in order to appear "unbiased." #critcat 📚

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zn7vfqfcnctwh67uhdxtqkq2/post/3mhdrd22dxk2d

Seeking Approval, Confronting ...

Violet Fox 🦊Mar 12

Join @[email protected] & Karen Snow & Billey Albina & me for a free webinar, "Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today: Ethics, Power, and Possibility" on Tuesday April 14th. Part of the Womack Lecture Series sponsored by @[email protected]. 📚 #critcat

Violet Fox 🦊Dec 1

New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring news about critical #cataloging. cataloginglab.org/2025/11/30/c... #critcat Metadata & cataloging librarians, please consider taking the surveys shared to help your colleagues! 📚

Critcatenate: #critcat in Nove...

Critcatenate: #critcat in November 2025 – Cataloging Lab

Violet Fox 🦊Nov 5

New survey researching how recent policy shifts within the U.S. in higher education are impacting DEI reparative metadata/cataloging efforts in academic libraries & archives in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. 📚 #critcat uncg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Ramification of DEI shifts in ...

Ramification of DEI shifts in higher education on reparative cataloging activity

Survey for "Ramification of DEI shifts in higher education on reparative cataloging activity".

Violet Fox 🦊Oct 1

New issue of Critcatenate now available: cataloginglab.org/2025/09/30/c... If you're interested in critical cataloging, here's a roundup of news & new resources. 📚 #critcat

Critcatenate: #critcat in July...

Critcatenate: #critcat in July–September 2025 – Cataloging Lab

James Truitt (he/him)Aug 1, 2025

A student pointed out to me today that LC has some interesting headings on GNC/NB ppl:

> LCSH sh2017004882 Gender-nonconforming people has a 450 for "Non-binary people"

> LCDGT dg2017060287 Non-binary people has a variant "Gender nonconforming people"

My student asks if these should variants of each other, rather than full-fledged headings. Any #critcat people know anything about this?

Violet Fox 🦊Jul 15, 2025

Looking forward to the Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium, happening online Thursday. Sessions on reparative description, LCSH revisions, Indigenous subject headings, & more. Registration is free! library.uco.edu/mjoklasympos... #critcat

LibGuides: Metadata Justice in...

LibGuides: Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium: About MJOKLA

Violet Fox 🦊Jun 29, 2025

Treshani Perera presenting her poster session about the libraries who created Harmful Language Statements—and discussing how many libraries have now disappeared those statements from their website. 👀 Keep an eye out for her research! cdmcd.co/5n5yZ8 📚 #ALAAC25 #critcat

Mara Caelin Jun 18, 2025

My article on leveraging short term project funds to catalyze reparative cataloging work/mindsets is now free and available with RBM:

https://rbm.acrl.org/index.php/rbm/article/view/26822

#critcat #cataloging #blackbibliographyproject

Sustainably Critical Cataloging: Maximizing the Impact of Term Funding with the Black Bibliography Project | Caelin | RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage

Sustainably Critical Cataloging: Maximizing the Impact of Term Funding with the Black Bibliography Project

Violet Fox 🦊May 11, 2025

A new memorandum from the Dept of Defense listing specific subject headings to be used within military libraries to flag books with "divisive content." #LCSH #critcat 📚 media.defense.gov/2025/May/09/...

media.defense.gov/2025/May/09/20...

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