Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
8-18-2021
Keywords
Linked data; Indigenous peoples--Canada; Subject headings; Discrimination
Abstract
This presentation is inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Report and Recommendations released by the Canadian Federation of Library Associations in April 2017. With a focus on the “decolonization of library access and classification” in relation to the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) it presents the term circle as a way to mitigate colonial biases by creating a hybrid subject language system using SKOS RDF/XML in a linked data context. This hybrid system facilitates Indigenous community participation in the control and development of subject metadata and suggests a new role for metadata.
Repository Citation
Knight, F. Tim, "Using Linked Data to Mitigate Colonial Subject Bias" (2021). Librarian Publications & Presentations. 47.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/librarians/47
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
Based on a presentation delivered by video to the International Federation of Library Associations (ILFA) World Library and Information Congress on August 18, 2021. [Session recording]