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Podcast: New Books in Communications
Episode: Amber Billey et al., "Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches" (ALA Editions, 2024)
Description: Filling a gap in the literature, Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches (ALA Editions and Core, 2024) provides librarians and catalogers with practical approaches to reparative cataloging as well as a broader understanding of the topic and its place in the technical services landscape. As part of the profession's ongoing EDISJ efforts to redress librarianshipâs problematic past, practitioners from across the field are questioning long-held library authorities and standards. Theyâre undertaking a critical and rigorous re-examination of so-called âbestâ practices and the decisionmakers behind them, pointing out heretofore unscrutinized injustices within our library systems of organization and making con...