Event Details

In November 2019, Kennedy Library invited the Cal Poly community to read through a selection of the current 41st Library of Congress Subject Headings, a “controlled vocabulary” used to catalog our library materials, and annotate the subject headings that may be dehumanizing, biased or obscure. Based upon feedback, this second iteration display hopes to shed more light on the history of the Library of Congress, its categorization system, why it is important, and how it can be changed.

This “Changing the Subjects in Kennedy Library” display is the precursor to the screening of the documentary film, “Change the Subject,” screening February 4, 2020: https://lib.calpoly.edu/events/change-the-subject

Hosted by: Creative Works, Kennedy Library