Subgroup Members |
College |
Work Group |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Roach *Lead | San Mateo County Community College District | DEIAA Work Group |
| Katie Leach | Shasta College | DEIAA Work Group |
| Tassanee Chitcharoen | San Diego Mesa College | Cataloging Work Group |
| Natalie Lopez | Crafton Hills College | Cataloging Work Group |
| Cameron Bluford | Los Medanos College | Cataloging Work Group |
| Jeff Sabol | Long Beach City College | Discovery & User Experience Work Group |
The Harmful Language Review Work Group is a subgroup of the LSP DEIAA Work Group. The group is charged with carrying out the approved process for changing or removing subject terminology from shared records.
The group formed November 2023, and meets monthly on Zoom during the academic year moving forward. Additional meetings may be scheduled as needed. The schedule for 2023-24 is below:
Meeting notes will be posted.
The work group focuses on subject headings only. We will review subject headings from any data source (for example Network Zone or Institution Zone bibliographic records or Central Discovery Index).
Subject headings are terminology that capture the essence of a what a work (a book, an article, or other resource) is about. Subject headings (aka subjects or topics in OneSearch) may be single words or phrases that appear in a list on the OneSearch page details for the title (Figure A), or used as a search tool for filtering (Figure B).
Figure A. Subjects listed in the record details of a OneSearch record for an ebook title
Figure B. Subjects listed in search results filters for "Tweak my results" or "Refine my results." This menu may appear on the right or left side of your college library's OneSearch, depending on the configuration of the user interface.
