"... the neutrality justification appears to be a smokescreen to cover up discomfort with a term that called out white racism; mandating neutrality in this case meant privileging being inoffensive to white people over acknowledging a widely accepted critique of systemic racism." #CritCat
"The definition of neutrality that LC, and by extension LCSH, seems to favor is one of passivity. Neutrality as indifference to social realities..." #CritCat
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 📚
we migrated to alma/primo (barf) and are forced to use consortia records, which means we have to use outdated subject headings and can't use our own 69X local fields. has anyone else dealt with this and found a workaround, or a way to advocate for change? #critcat
Text heavy poster with images of five middle aged women, four of whom are white. The text reads: The Fresno State Library invites you to a FREE webinar! Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today Ethics, Power, and Possibility Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT/ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET. Please join us for a conversation with four nationally known librarian leaders in the critical cataloging/critical librarianship movement. They will explore how we can continue to move forward with this important work in the shifting political landscape. The panel will also discuss why it matters in higher education and in society today more than ever. Speakers 1. Emily Drabinski Associate Professor and Chair, School of Information Studies, Queens College, City University of New York 2. Dr. Karen Snow Professor and Ph.D. Program Director, School of Information Studies, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois 3. Violet Fox Creator of The Cataloging Lab, Minnesota 4. Billey Albina (FKA Amber Billey) Social justice rockstar librarian turned clinical social worker, Toronto, Canada. Host: Julie Renee Moore Special Collections Catalog Librarian, Fresno State Library, California State University, Fresno. Use the QR code to register! This webinar is sponsored by The Womack Lecture Series named for late librarian emeritus, Printise J. Womack, at Fresno State.
Join @edrabinski.bsky.social & 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 @fresnostatelibrary.bsky.social. 📚 #critcat
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! 📚
Thank you Colette - and thanks to everyone who attended this World Cafe Event on Subject Analysis and LCSH. #metadata #cataloguing #subjects #critcat
There's still time to register for our free World Cafe event on Subject Analysis and Subject Headings at the Wellcome Collection London, Wed 26th Nov 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
Registration open until 25th Nov
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics #changethesubject
The surveys will close on December 5, 2025. If you have questions about the survey or the Working Group, please email working group chairs Allison Bailund abailund@sdsu.edu or Rebecca Saunders rlsaunders@email.wcu.edu.
#critlib #critcat
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_...
Don't miss our first #WorldCafe event on #SubjectAnalysis at the Wellcome Collection, London: 11:00-16:00 on 26th November.
Contribute to the discussion on the use of LCSH and other subject heading vocabularies.
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics
https://tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
@cilipmdg.bsky.social invites participants to a WorldCafe Event @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on the topic of Subject Analysis & LCSH within the current metadata landscape.
Wed 26th November 2025 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics
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
Eternally impressed by @brimwats.com
So grateful to have some of my lived experience included in this research.
#critcat #critlib
1 week to go!
Don't forget to register for our Cataloguing Ethics Panel Discussion and AGM.
Join us in-person at the University of Manchester or online via Teams.
#cataloguing #cataloging #metadata #ethics #inclusion #critcat #EDI #DEI #libraries #archives #galleries #museums #repositories
ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on $v Retention invites participation in a survey investigating potential impacts of the Library of Congress' omission of form subdivisions ($v) in subject headings. Please share!
tinyurl.com/2792hbkn
#critcat #critlib
https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1958692
Join us on Wednesday 3rd September from 2pm (BST) for our AGM Event with a Cataloguing Ethics Panel Discussion.
Hybrid event: in-person at the University of Manchester, or online via Teams.
Full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #cataloguing #cataloging #ethics #critcat #event
In the latest episode, I speak with Walter F. Nickeson, creator of SO MANY of the macros catalogers depend on to do their work:
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#CritCat #LibraryCataloging #LibraryPodcast
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
Treshani presents her poster to two people listening.
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
For the Violet Fox superfans out there (lol): I was interviewed on William Blueher's #cataloging podcast Catapod. We talked about #critcat, zine librarianship, why librarians should edit Wikipedia, and more. 📚 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring a bunch of news, webinars, blog posts, and more about critical #cataloging in May 2025. cataloginglab.org/2025/05/31/c... #critcat
Highlight of my presentation on #QMDC at #arlisna2025 was my beautiful son, Booker T. Cat, interrupting during the Q+A
@arlisna.bsky.social #critcat
From Lebanon to Palestine: Fighting Erasure, Archiving against Genocide - Hybrid Event, 19 May 2025 #critcat #heritage #palestine #archives #libraries #museums www.archiveslab.org/events/pales...
New blog post at ACRLog: Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries acrlog.org/2025/05/11/t.... I talk about how painful it is that LCSH are being used for this dirty work. #critcat 📚
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/...
Really looking forward to this book launch event tonight. More than ever, we need to invest in alternatives to systems controlled by the U.S. government. Get inspired by those who maintain their own systems! 📚 #critcat
In the latest episode, I interview Andrea Puccio, Director of the Clark Art Institute Library.
#CritCat #LibraryCataloging #Cataloging
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