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Please join the RUSA History Section and the ACRL History Librarians Interest Group for the webinar "Decolonizing the Catalog: Anti-Racist Description Practices from Authority Records to Discovery Layers" on July 7, 2021 at 1 PM EST/12 PM CST. A panel of experts will explore recent efforts to draw attention to and amend harmful language in library records related to the African American experience in the United States. This 90-minute webinar will be divided into three parts: First, Elizabeth Hobart will discuss the inadequacy of current subject headings related to anti-racism and the difficulties that patrons face in locating anti-racism books in the library catalog. She will draw from her recently published article in College and Research Libraries: "Antiracism in the Catalog: An Analysis of Records". Hobart's discussion will be followed by a presentation that explores one effort to update subject authorities related to African American Studies in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Straci Ross and Michelle Cronquist will detail their work as Co-Chairs of the African American Subject Funnel Project. They will describe the process that they go through to update subject headings and assess the successes and challenges that they've faced in getting revisions approved. The webinar will end with a final discussion of local efforts by the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) to remap problematic, outdated, and offensive LC Subject Headings by "replacing" these terms in their public catalog/discovery layer. Kelly Farrell, a Program Officer at TRLN, will be presenting on this collaborative effort. For registration information, visit: https://www.ala.org/rusa/decolonizing-catalog-anti-racist-description-practices-authority-records-discovery-layers<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ala.org_rusa_decolonizing-2Dcatalog-2Danti-2Dracist-2Ddescription-2Dpractices-2Dauthority-2Drecords-2Ddiscovery-2Dlayers&d=DwMFAg&c=pFsveJJPHV1MuWVdwlSI7Q&r=39HRCQkgNFO0LFXisop_RA&m=xczeBffUSMH5EmRem4QzGPuWvYqwfBZ9APkrcroBqoA&s=30oglc-lk2BLr1AOMQWi5QWXzdMQt0NqoauQIT1qmRs&e=> Nicole Wood Resource Management Librarian and Assistant Professor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Austin Peay State University Felix G. Woodward Library Box 4595 Clarksville, TN 37044 931-221-7387 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.apsu.edu<http://www.apsu.edu/> Pronouns: she, her, hers