Charge
- This working group identifies and remediates duplicate, inaccurate, and/or problematic archival description.
Working Group Members
- Bri McLaughlin (chair)
- Sudha Anand
- Emma Dederick
- Ava Dickerson
- Jeremy Floyd
- Kelsey Grimm
- Julie Hardesty
- Melanie Hughes
- Molly LaPorte
- Katie Morrison
- Brandon Pieczko
- Ronda Sewald
- Kyra Triebold
- Amy Tims
- Barbara Truesdell
- William Vanden Dries
Goals
- Identify duplicates and near duplicate name and subject records in ArchivesSpace
- Make duplicate record consolidation plan
- Identify potentially harmful name and subject records
- Make harmful metadata remediation plan
Resources
Working Documents
- Agents spreadsheet
- Agent/Name Record Review Documentation
- Subjects spreadsheet
- Subject Heading Review Documentation
Description guidelines
- Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia Anti-Racist Description Working Group. “Anti-Racist Description Resources.” Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia. October 2019.
- First Archivists Circle. "Protocols for Native American Archival Materials." April 2007.
- Frick, Rachel L., and Merrilee Proffitt. 2022. Reimagine Descriptive Workflows: A Community-informed Agenda for Reparative and Inclusive Descriptive Practice. Dublin, OH: OCLC Research. https://doi.org/10.25333/wd4b-bs51.
- The Trans Metadata Collective, Burns, Jasmine, Cronquist, Michelle, Huang, Jackson, Murphy, Devon, Rawson, K.J., Schaefer, Beck, Simons, Jamie, Watson, Brian M., & Williams, Adrian. (2022). Metadata Best Practices for Trans and Gender Diverse Resources (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6686841
Documentation from other institutions
- Cataloging Ethics Steering Committee. "Cataloguing Code of Ethics." January 2021
- Lellman, Charlotte, et al. "Guidelines for Inclusive and Conscientious Description." Center for the History of Medicine: Policies and Procedures Manual (May 2020). Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass. https://wiki.harvard.edu/confluence/display/hmschommanual/Guidelines+for+Inclusive+and+Conscientious+Description.
- Tulane University Libraries. "Guide to Inclusive and Reparative Archival Description." April 2024.Tulane Guide for Inclusive and Reparative Archival Description.pdf
- Working list of statements on bias in library and archives description
Meetings
Call out meeting–January 24, 2024 1:00 PM EST [agenda]
February 28, 2024 2:00 PM EST [agenda]
April 9, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda]
May 14, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda]
June 11, 2024 3:00 PM EST
July 9, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda]
August 13, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda] **Note: This meeting is asynchronous**
September 10, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda]
October 8, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda]
November 12, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda]
December 10, 2024 3:00 PM EST [agenda]