[Ohiodig] Intro to Conscious Editing Series – Sunshine State Digital Network

[Carleton, Janet]

You may be interested in this free series (I lost no time registering!)
Introduction to Conscious Editing Series
Do you have concerns about the quality of your metadata? Are you wondering about how to update outdated descriptive information to create equitable, anti-oppressive, and inclusive discoverability?
The Sunshine State Digital Network is excited to announce a three-part series to introduce the practice of conscious and reparative metadata editing to information and cultural heritage professionals in Florida.
Librarians and archivists have begun to actively focus on making sure materials are described in a way that respects the diverse backgrounds and experiences of both historical subjects and contemporary researchers. Traditional cataloging and archival description often excluded figures deemed “unimportant,” making it almost impossible to research marginalized people, hiding the richness of the historical record and alienating communities who can’t see themselves in our collections.

https://sunshinestatedigitalnetwork.wordpress.com/2020/09/16/introduction-to-conscious-editing-series/
Part 1
Part 1 will be held on Wednesday, October 7 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET. Led by Dorothy Berry, this presentation will provide an overview of some emerging issues in conscious editing for digital collections description, forming a foundation for future projects to re-examine past practices.
Dorothy Berry is currently the inaugural Digital Collections Program Manager at Houghton Library, Harvard University, where she oversees both large scale-digitization and the creation of new scans serving patron research needs. Following an MLS, and an MA in Ethnomusicology, both from Indiana University, she has built a career focused on improving access to African American cultural heritage materials and primary sources relating the Black History, through enhanced description and improved digital discovery.
Registration: https://fsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtd-iopzMsHtAwJa2XSF4gDJq3tCdtGIed
Part 2 and 3
Parts 2 and 3 of this series will build on the concepts from part 1 and provide case studies and hands-on exercises.
Part 2 will be held on Monday, November 2, 1:30-3:00 PM ET and will feature panelists from institutions who have been incorporating these practices into their digital library and finding aid descriptions. They will provide practical ways that these practices can be integrated into workflows at institutions of all sizes and types.
Panelists include:

  *   Kelly Bolding, Project Archivist for Americana Manuscript Collections at Princeton University and co-author of the Anti-Racist Description Resources from the Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia.<https://archivesforblacklives.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/ardr_final.pdf>
  *   Laura Hart, Technical Services Archivist at UNC Chapel Hill and co-chair of the UNC Libraries’ Conscious Editing Steering Committee.
  *   Meghan Rinn, Archivist and Cataloger for the Bridgeport History Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut and a leader in the practice of reparative editing for disability description in archives.
  *   Holly Smith, College Archivist at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and a leader in community-building around digital libraries and archives.
Registration for part 2: https://fsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuc-qqqT0sGtR4NwHoeFxpxV0Y251hW8v9
Part 3 will be held, Wednesday, December 2, 1:30-3:00 PM ET and will provide hands on exercises for attendees to become familiar with applying these concepts to archives and digital library records. This workshop will be facilitated by three librarians and archivists experienced in applying them in practice in their own collections.
The facilitators for part 3 are:

  *   Itza Carbajal, Latin American Metadata Librarian at UT Austin and doctoral student at the University of Washington School of Information.
  *   Betts Coup, Processing Archivist at the Houghton Library at Harvard University.
  *   Jessica Tai, Resident Processing Archivist at the Beinecke Library at Yale University.
The registration link for part 3 is forthcoming and will be updated here when it becomes available.
We hope you will join us for this timely series. Please direct any questions to Keila Zayas Ruiz, SSDN Coordinator at kzayasruiz at fsu.edu<mailto:kzayasruiz at fsu.edu>.
Part 1 of this training is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida’s LSTA program is administered by the Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services. For FY2020-21, the percentage of total costs for the program, Meetings of Florida Library Staff, financed with federal money is 82%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $49,776. This program is partially financed by non-governmental funds in the amount of $11,182, which is 18% of the total project cost.

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