20240515T133020240515T1415America/ChicagoReparative Cataloging in the Washington Research Library ConsortiumLibrarians across the profession are actively practicing and implementing reparative description in order to mitigate the biases found within our metadata. This session describes the specific reparative cataloging efforts within the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), and how these initiatives translate to various Alma workflows (authority definitions, normalization rules, local metadata extensions, and local display fields in Primo), as well as initiatives outside of Alma and Primo to communicate ongoing reparative cataloging work across the profession.Conrad B/CEx Libris Knowledge Days and ELUNA Events 2024eluna-conf-planning@exlibrisusers.org
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Librarians across the profession are actively practicing and implementing reparative description in order to mitigate the biases found within our metadata. This session describes the specific reparative cataloging efforts within the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), and how these initiatives translate to various Alma workflows (authority definitions, normalization rules, local metadata extensions, and local display fields in Primo), as well as initiatives outside of Alma and Primo to communicate ongoing reparative cataloging work across the profession.
Alma, Primo, None/General
Learn about the implemented workflow at the WRLC for headings reporting to be able to adapt to their own institutional needs or requirements
Learn how to add local authority records to their own Alma instance, as well as how to update Primo display rules
Learn about the WRLC Reparative Cataloging community of practice and how it communicates with the WRLC at large about subject heading changes and work going on in the profession
