Critcatenate: #critcat in August 2021

Critcatenate is an effort to keep folks up to date on #critcat efforts with a monthly roundup of news. #critcat is short for critical cataloging, an effort focusing on discussing the ethical implications of library metadata, cataloging, and classification standards, practice, and infrastructure.

#critcat in August 2021:

Upcoming:

  • Dewey Really Need This?,” a panel exploring the Dewey Decimal System, streaming and in person, from PMI Victorian History Library in Australia. (Sunday September 19 on Australian time means this will be on Saturday September 18, 11 pm U.S. Central time.) Speakers will discuss the ethical and practical issues of Dewey classification, and how it is used or modified in different institutions today.
  • Minitex (Minnesota) Technical Services Symposium is happening online Tuesday November 9. The 2021 theme is “Good Trouble: Activism and Ethics in Technical Services”. Deadline for proposals: September 24.

Please get in touch if I’ve missed anything relevant, I’d be happy to add it to next month’s report!

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