APLA2018

The University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) has formed a Decolonizing Description Working Group to investigate, define and propose a plan of action for how we can more accurately, appropriately, and respectfully represent Indigenous peoples and contexts through our descriptive metadata practices. This session will provide a brief introduction to the Working Group, give an overview of similar initiatives across Canada and beyond, provide examples of what we’ve found in our existing descriptive metadata, provide a summary of the Making Meaning Symposium, and outline the Group’s next steps.