Antiracism Work at the U of M Libraries
Dean of the Libraries, Lisa German, said, "Antiracism is a journey, as Ibram X. Kendi tells us in How to Be an Antiracist, and we commit to identifying and addressing the ways white supremacy manifests itself throughout all aspects of librarianship. We must be accountable for this work. Our U Office for Equity and Diversity says: We all share responsibility for equity and diversity — it’s everybody’s everyday work. We are committed to making this a priority for the University of Minnesota Libraries."
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UMN resources to guide reparative work
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Metadata and Description: Statement of Values and Principles
Statement providing a framework for University of Minnesota Libraries staff conducting this work
Archives and Special Collections collection guides language editing guidelines
Guidance on making and documenting changes to descriptive language in archival finding aids
Statement on historical language in archival description
This statement is linked from all pages in ArchivesSpace and is also the basis for harmful language notes that may be added to individual collection guides or archival objects within collection guides.
Harmful in digital repositories statement
This statement is linked in the footer of all pages in the University Libraries' UMedia digital repository. Future plans are in place to incorporate the statement more prominently.
Guides for Reparative Description and Critical Cataloging
Inclusive description portal - Society of American Archivists
Topic/issue-specific guidelines
Disability Language Style Guide
Metadata Best Practices for Trans and Gender Diverse Resources
Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
General guidelines
Guide to Conscious Editing (UNC Chapel Hill)
Creating Metadata for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Reimagine Descriptive Workflows (OCLC)
Drafting the Inclusive Metadata Statement (University of Oklahoma) Statement
Resources about Bias and Metadata (Sharon Mizota)
(Includes a list of alternative vocabularies)
Documentation from other repositories
Critical Cataloging work (Chicago History Museum)
Reparative Archival Description Working Group (Yale University)
List of Statements on Bias in Library and Archives Description (Cataloging Lab)