"It isn't part of our language": Self-naming and Indigenous Peoples in Library Data

DESCRIPTION

The Haudenosaunee (People of the Long House) are a confederacy of six sovereign nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. These are all “other names,” Anglicized forms of their autonym or self-names. Cornell University is located on the unceded land of the Cayuga Nation, thus the name used for these people in Cornell’s library catalog is of particular concern to the presenters. This presentation (based on a book chapter by the presenters in Inclusive Cataloging: Philosophical Questions and Case Studies in Reparative Cataloging) will describe the thought process and methods the authors used to engage with Haudenosaunee leaders to facilitate self-naming in the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

The presenters will also report on what’s happened since the chapter was published, including forthcoming and ongoing changes to the Library of Congress’s guidelines and approaches to representing Indigenous peoples.

SPEAKER BIOS

Laura Daniels (she/they) is currently Director of Cataloging & Metadata at Cornell University Library and a co-coordinator of the LAIPA (Latin American and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas) SACO funnel. Laura is concerned with ethics, including privacy, in authority and bibliographic metadata; is an active member of the FOLIO community; and loves a good spreadsheet.

Steven Folsom (he/him/they/them) holds an M.L.I.S. from the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science. He is currently the Head of Metadata Design and Operations at Cornell University Library. As a metadata librarian, his career has focused on standards-based metadata practices to aid in the discovery and access of both digital and physical collections in libraries. Steven strives to achieve sustainable and ethical solutions through a combination of data modeling, informing technology choices, and developing international metadata standards.

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