Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive, and Open: Insights from a New Metadata Handbook

Session Description

DEI metadata work has several goals: enhancing diverse representation in descriptive metadata; improving discovery of diverse resources; and mitigating negative effects of inaccurate, outdated, or offensive terminology. There has been a growing body of DEI metadata resources with valuable advice from innovative metadata creators. However, these are scattered, not always easy to find, and require time to synthesize. With the collaboration of the Iowa State University Digital Press, and building on the groundwork laid by many others, five librarians wrote a handbook to provide guidelines for metadata work that focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our vision was to produce a one-stop, introductory reference, and make it freely available through open access.<br><br>