Decolonizing Description at the University of Alberta Libraries

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Farnel, Sharon
  • Laroque, Sheila

• This presentation provides an overview of the work of the University of Alberta Libraries to examine and revise its descriptive metadata practices to more accurately, appropriately, and respectfully represent Indigenous peoples and contexts. This was presented on April 24, 2018 as part of the SLA Western Chapter webinar series.

• Date created

  2018-04-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Information ethics
  • Metadata
  • Cataloguing
  • Inclusive description
  • LIS practice
  • Decolonization

• Type of Item

  Conference Paper

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3FQ9QM1S

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International