Best of Core Forum: White Supremacy in the Stacks
Description: Library classifications exist, in theory, to group books on similar topics together. However, the way in which librarians choose to group books together serves to highlight biases, sometimes conscious and sometimes unconscious. This session examines how Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications handle books on topics relevant to White Supremacy and how this perpetuates the idea of a color-blind or color-neutral society.
This webinar was previously presented in-person as a session at the 2023
Core Forum. We are hosting this webinar, with the session adapted and
presented live as a virtual event, to extend its reach.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:- Identify problematic classifications in collections
- Be more intentional about reparative classification
- Provide recommendations for how to ameliorate these issues
Who Should
Attend: Anyone
involved in cataloging and classification, as well as administrators who
might be future decision makers with regards to implementing new
systems.
Presenters:
Preston Salisbury is Collection Maintenance Librarian at Mississippi State University.
Tech Requirements
Core Webinars are held in
Zoom. Speakers or a headset for listening to the presentation are
required. You may interact with the presenter and ask questions through
text-based chat. Closed captioning is available in the Zoom platform.
The webcast will be recorded and the link to the recording shared with
registrants shortly after the live event.