Meehan, T;
(2020)
The reclassification of non-Western art at UCL library.
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Abstract
In 2019 UCL Library reclassified 2000 art books, covering art from countries outside the classical and Western canon, that were arranged alphabetically by country. This paper will look at the project to reclassify these books to try to mitigate its bias against non-classical and Western art, and how the Library implemented largescale processes in the interests of speed and cost. It will examine the reasons why this was necessary; the technical steps taken to tackle the relatively small but still considerable numbers as simply and quickly as possible; and the potential for similar work within UCL to address issues around decolonising and liberating the collections and catalogue.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The reclassification of non-Western art at UCL library |
| Location: | Great Britain |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.cilip.org.uk/resource/collection/1CC12... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | library cataloguing, Library catalogs, library classifying, garside, art, non-western art |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Research UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Research > Library Services |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10119557 |
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