“Inclusive Description.” Society of American Archivists. This website affords a bibliography of resources on inclusive description practices in archives, including case studies, manuals and guidelines, research and theory (articles, academic papers, etc.), resource lists, and sample statements about harmful language…
The Uncontrolled Vocabulary: Queer Archiving and the Fluidity of Language
Alper, Bianca Finley, Isaac Fellman, and Megan Needels. “The Uncontrolled Vocabulary: Queer Archiving and the Fluidity of Language.” Descriptive Notes: The blog of the Description Section of the Society of American Archivists, December 5, 2022. Alper, Fellman, and Needels document…
Browsing through Bias: The Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings for African American Studies and LGBTQIA Studies
Howard, Sara A., and Steven A. Knowlton. “Browsing through Bias: The Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings for African American Studies and LGBTQIA Studies.” Library Trends 67, no. 1 (Summer 2018): 74–88. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2018.0026. Howard and Knowlton explore how bias…
Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia: Anti-Racist Description Resources
Antracoli, Alexis A., Annalise Berdini, Kelly Bolding, Faith Charlton, Amanda Ferrara, Valencia Johnson, and Katy Rawdon. Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia: Anti-Racist Description Resources. 2019. Created by a team of largely white persons who work in primarily white institutions…