Decolonizing the Stacks
summary
Library teams report concrete fixes: a homegrown foreign-law classification removes colonial prefixes, batch-updating 29,000 catalog records and physically relabeling 18,000 volumes, with about 6,850 linear feet moved so far and the refile project slowed by COVID but working; a digital gallery compiles oral histories and court files about the five Black students who integrated UNC, plus a law review essay; an anti-racist guide plus a BIPOC monograph +350 titles initiative surface new materials and planned subject-heading changes.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 3:31What Does It Mean To Decolonize Libraries
- 8:46Rebecca Stewart
- 10:24The Columbia Law Library's Efforts in Revising Homegrown Foreign Law Classifications
- 10:46Schiller Classification
- 24:15Donna Nixon
- 26:30Confederate Statue
- 39:26Barriers of Jargon
- 49:19Conclusion
- 50:21Jessica Ugstead
- 54:37Women's Rights
- 1:03:41Development of the Tribal Law Collection
- 1:10:41How Are You Sharing these New Acquisitions with Your Community
- 1:11:33Physical Displays
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