Cataloging

Ms. Cameron from Red River College presented at the MCC's Microlearing session on May 4, 2020. Manitoba Archives Project  - Formed a working group (Camille Callison - U of M Indigenous Services Librarian, Christine Bone - U of M Metadata Librarian, Brett Lougheed - U of W Archivist; Terry Reilly -  Manitoba Archives, Janet La France – St. Boniface Historical Genealogist).  Mandate:  ‘to find problematic Library of Congress Subject Headings  and to replace the term “Indian” wherever possible.’  Consulted with Indigenous experts, both local and from around the world over many months.  Questioned Manitoba Bands about what names they call their own people. Results: 1093 changed or deleted headings and 120 new headings added. Lists were sent to Indigenous leaders and communities around the province.

While working at NorQuest College Libraries, Lorisia MacLeod (James Smith Cree Nation) worked with the Indigenous Student Centre to develop new citation templates to be used in APA and MLA for citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers. These citation formats are meant to promote the culturally respectful use of Indigenous knowledge and people in research and challenge the status quo of who we cite. 

This was hosted by the Maskwacis Cultural College microlearning: https://continuingeducationi.blogspot.com

This is a shared document that outlines what libraries are doing to decolonize the metadata in their catalogues. Anyone is welcome to add to it or use the information as a resource for their own work.