Critcatenate is back after a year long hiatus. Read to catch up with the #critcat critical cataloging work that's happened in 2026—there's a lot! 📚 cataloginglab.org/2026/10/31/c...
Critcatenate: #critcat in January–October 2026 – Cataloging Lab
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November 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Critcatenate is back after a year long hiatus. Read to catch up with the #critcat critical cataloging work that's happened in 2026—there's a lot! 📚 cataloginglab.org/2026/10/31/c...
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November 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Especially want to recommend this for cataloging & metadata folks—the story highlights Indigenous classifications, vocabularies, and Traditional Knowledge labels. 📚 #critcat
October 26, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Especially want to recommend this for cataloging & metadata folks—the story highlights Indigenous classifications, vocabularies, and Traditional Knowledge labels. 📚 #critcat
The anticipatory obedience continues. The lists to change Lake Ontario to Lake America were both just published (subjects: classweb.org/tentative-su... and classification: classweb.org/tentative/26...) with a note it's not open for public comment. #critcat #lcsh
Tentative Monthly List 09 LCSH 2 (September 2026)
classweb.org
September 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The anticipatory obedience continues. The lists to change Lake Ontario to Lake America were both just published (subjects: classweb.org/tentative-su... and classification: classweb.org/tentative/26...) with a note it's not open for public comment. #critcat #lcsh
Finally, critcat.
August 14, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Finally, critcat.
"... the neutrality justification appears to be a smokescreen to cover up discomfort with a term that called out white racism; mandating neutrality in this case meant privileging being inoffensive to white people over acknowledging a widely accepted critique of systemic racism." #CritCat
Seeking Approval, Confronting Objectivity: Neutrality in the Library of Congress Subject Headings Approval Process
by Allison Bailund, Deborah Tomaras, Michelle Cronquist, and Tina Gross
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/seeking...
by Allison Bailund, Deborah Tomaras, Michelle Cronquist, and Tina Gross
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/seeking...
March 20, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"... the neutrality justification appears to be a smokescreen to cover up discomfort with a term that called out white racism; mandating neutrality in this case meant privileging being inoffensive to white people over acknowledging a widely accepted critique of systemic racism." #CritCat
"The definition of neutrality that LC, and by extension LCSH, seems to favor is one of passivity. Neutrality as indifference to social realities..." #CritCat
Seeking Approval, Confronting Objectivity: Neutrality in the Library of Congress Subject Headings Approval Process
by Allison Bailund, Deborah Tomaras, Michelle Cronquist, and Tina Gross
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/seeking...
by Allison Bailund, Deborah Tomaras, Michelle Cronquist, and Tina Gross
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/seeking...
March 19, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"The definition of neutrality that LC, and by extension LCSH, seems to favor is one of passivity. Neutrality as indifference to social realities..." #CritCat
Lovely to see you too @violetbfox.bsky.social Looking forward to all the critcat things!
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Lovely to see you too @violetbfox.bsky.social Looking forward to all the critcat things!
Call for volunteers to ALA SAC Local Authorities Working Group! #critlib #critcat
In response to the recent LCSH changes to Gulf of Mexico and Denali, there is increased interest in promoting awareness and providing information on how to change display names and/or create local authority records.
In response to the recent LCSH changes to Gulf of Mexico and Denali, there is increased interest in promoting awareness and providing information on how to change display names and/or create local authority records.
March 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
At some point, perhaps sooner than we think, we will have to decide whether we will continue to accept changes from LCSH/LCNAF to our catalogue, and start doing it ourselves or relying on other vocabularies. #critcat thoughts
March 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
At some point, perhaps sooner than we think, we will have to decide whether we will continue to accept changes from LCSH/LCNAF to our catalogue, and start doing it ourselves or relying on other vocabularies. #critcat thoughts
"Critcatenate is an effort to keep folks up to date on critcat efforts with a monthly-ish roundup of news. Critcat is short for critical cataloging, focusing on the ethical implications of library metadata, cataloging, and classification practice, standards, and infrastructure."
Critcatenate: #critcat in February 2024 – Cataloging Lab
cataloginglab.org
March 2, 2024 at 4:49 PM
"Critcatenate is an effort to keep folks up to date on critcat efforts with a monthly-ish roundup of news. Critcat is short for critical cataloging, focusing on the ethical implications of library metadata, cataloging, and classification practice, standards, and infrastructure."
You definitely don't want to miss
🌈Best practices for queer metadata with @cmisorski.bsky.social and @brimwats.com
🔗Linked data for West Virginia entities: cool co-lab between OCLC and WVU!
🌸Turbocharging data with AI: a look at record merging and cataloging
#libraries #critcat #responsibleAI
🌈Best practices for queer metadata with @cmisorski.bsky.social and @brimwats.com
🔗Linked data for West Virginia entities: cool co-lab between OCLC and WVU!
🌸Turbocharging data with AI: a look at record merging and cataloging
#libraries #critcat #responsibleAI
Registration is now open for the OCLC cataloging community meeting on 12 February 2025. This free, virtual event spotlights industry trends and offers insight into OCLC's roadmaps for our products and services. You won't want to miss it.
⤵️ Register now.
⤵️ Register now.
OCLC cataloging community meeting | OCLC
This virtual community event provides an opportunity to hear about important work by community members and learn about OCLC cataloging and metadata services.
oclc.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
You definitely don't want to miss
🌈Best practices for queer metadata with @cmisorski.bsky.social and @brimwats.com
🔗Linked data for West Virginia entities: cool co-lab between OCLC and WVU!
🌸Turbocharging data with AI: a look at record merging and cataloging
#libraries #critcat #responsibleAI
🌈Best practices for queer metadata with @cmisorski.bsky.social and @brimwats.com
🔗Linked data for West Virginia entities: cool co-lab between OCLC and WVU!
🌸Turbocharging data with AI: a look at record merging and cataloging
#libraries #critcat #responsibleAI
we migrated to alma/primo (barf) and are forced to use consortia records, which means we have to use outdated subject headings and can't use our own 69X local fields. has anyone else dealt with this and found a workaround, or a way to advocate for change? #critcat
March 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
we migrated to alma/primo (barf) and are forced to use consortia records, which means we have to use outdated subject headings and can't use our own 69X local fields. has anyone else dealt with this and found a workaround, or a way to advocate for change? #critcat
Heads up if you oppose these changes to LCSH, whether cataloger or not; this is the only day to comment! #critcat
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to listcomments@loc.gov by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Heads up if you oppose these changes to LCSH, whether cataloger or not; this is the only day to comment! #critcat
Excited for the continued work of creating a Hawaiian knowledge organization system and improving our description through the Kahoʻiwai Mellon Grant!! Honored to be contributing to this work. #knowledgeorganization #critcat #controlledvocabularies www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/01...
$3.2M Mellon grant boosts Native Hawaiian knowledge at UH Mānoa Library | University of Hawaiʻi System News
The grant will integrate Native Hawaiian knowledge into library collections, preserving cultural heritage and enhancing accessibility.
www.hawaii.edu
January 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Excited for the continued work of creating a Hawaiian knowledge organization system and improving our description through the Kahoʻiwai Mellon Grant!! Honored to be contributing to this work. #knowledgeorganization #critcat #controlledvocabularies www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/01...
Encouraged to see the launch of another Indigenous Subject Headings project! The SK ISH guide has a subject headings spreadsheet, usage tips & a prerecorded webinar on the project. The spreadsheet has terms specific to Saskatchewan with use recommendations & notes on why terms were changed. #critcat
Multitype Library Board: Saskatchewan Indigenous Subject Headings: Indigenous Subject Headings Proje...
Multitype Library Board website
mlb.libguides.com
November 17, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Encouraged to see the launch of another Indigenous Subject Headings project! The SK ISH guide has a subject headings spreadsheet, usage tips & a prerecorded webinar on the project. The spreadsheet has terms specific to Saskatchewan with use recommendations & notes on why terms were changed. #critcat
JAN 29: Interference Archive’s Library Cataloging Party, 314 7th St in #Brooklyn. 6:30-8:30PM. Help catalog the book collection at this radical archive and community space in Park Slope. No experience needed. To RSVP, see the post at the link: www.instagram.com/interference... #critcat #critlib #NYC
January 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
JAN 29: Interference Archive’s Library Cataloging Party, 314 7th St in #Brooklyn. 6:30-8:30PM. Help catalog the book collection at this radical archive and community space in Park Slope. No experience needed. To RSVP, see the post at the link: www.instagram.com/interference... #critcat #critlib #NYC
I love it when people reference @violetbfox.bsky.social & the impressive critcat work she's done in a random conference panel.
April 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I love it when people reference @violetbfox.bsky.social & the impressive critcat work she's done in a random conference panel.
From Lebanon to Palestine: Fighting Erasure, Archiving against Genocide - Hybrid Event, 19 May 2025 #critcat #heritage #palestine #archives #libraries #museums www.archiveslab.org/events/pales...
May 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
From Lebanon to Palestine: Fighting Erasure, Archiving against Genocide - Hybrid Event, 19 May 2025 #critcat #heritage #palestine #archives #libraries #museums www.archiveslab.org/events/pales...
Not LC proposed changes including the heading “Mexico, Gulf of” to “America, Gulf of,” and “Denali, Mount (Alaska)” to “McKinley, Mount (Alaska)”?
#critcat
classweb.org/tentative-su...
#critcat
classweb.org/tentative-su...
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Not LC proposed changes including the heading “Mexico, Gulf of” to “America, Gulf of,” and “Denali, Mount (Alaska)” to “McKinley, Mount (Alaska)”?
#critcat
classweb.org/tentative-su...
#critcat
classweb.org/tentative-su...
I don't actually know whether non-US librarians are invited to comment on this or not because these procedures are obscure as flip to me, but I've written in. #critcat 📚
Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su...
Send feedback to listcomments@loc.gov by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Send feedback to listcomments@loc.gov by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I don't actually know whether non-US librarians are invited to comment on this or not because these procedures are obscure as flip to me, but I've written in. #critcat 📚
Well fuck me, they didn’t give me my food stamps again. I’m so sick of jumping through hoops over this shit. Any help in the meantime would be greatly appreciated.
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July 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Well fuck me, they didn’t give me my food stamps again. I’m so sick of jumping through hoops over this shit. Any help in the meantime would be greatly appreciated.
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Could always use any help available. Currently dealing with a traffic ticket and registration cost
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July 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Could always use any help available. Currently dealing with a traffic ticket and registration cost
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