March 03, 2025

In This Issue:

• Save the Date: 2025 WRLC Annual Meeting
• Stay Connected: Join the New WRLC Events Listserv!
• Reparative Cataloging Updates
• Instruction Interest Group Meeting
• WRLC Job Listings

We are excited to announce that the WRLC Annual Meeting will take place on May 20-22nd, 2025.

This three-day event is an opportunity for us to come together as a community and celebrate our achievements, share our experiences, and plan for the future.

We are planning a packed agenda filled with engaging discussions and opportunities for networking. Whether you are a new member or a long-time supporter, you won't want to miss this chance to connect with your colleagues and peers.

In next month’s newsletter, we will be sharing more information about the program, and how to sign up to be a presenter. In the meantime, we encourage you to mark your calendars and plan to join us for this exciting event.

We look forward to seeing you in May!

- WRLC Sharing Expertise Committee

We’re excited to announce a new communication tool designed specifically for our library community: the WRLC Events Google Group listserv. This platform is your go-to source for sharing and receiving timely updates on events relevant to our consortium.

Why Join?

While our monthly newsletter keeps you informed, events and opportunities can pop up at any time. The WRLC Events listserv ensures you are always in the loop. Whether it’s a hands-on workshop, an insightful webinar, or a collaborative networking event, you’ll be the first to know.

How It Works:

• Timely Updates: Receive email notifications about events as they are announced.

• Community Engagement: Easily share your own events and insights with fellow library staff across the consortium.

• Easy to Join: Simply visit https://groups.google.com/a/wrlc.org/g/events/about and sign up: it’s quick and straightforward! If your organization is not on the Google Workspace platform, email Joel Shields at shields@wrlc.org to request to be added.

Your Participation Matters

Your active involvement directly impacts our community. By joining and contributing to the listserv, you help create the opportunity to share your expertise, ask questions, and learn about new initiatives from colleagues across the consortium.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect and collaborate. Join the WRLC Events listserv today and be a part of our engaged, dynamic library community.

Each month, members of the Reparative Cataloging Subgroup take turns sharing news related to reparative cataloging and recent updates to the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs). Here is what’s been happening in the last few months:

Recent LCSH Changes:

• Tentative LCSH changes:

  • LCSH is updating any headings or language that has transgender or transsexual to trans people.

    • NOTE: If you’re looking at the tentative or approved lists sometimes you’ll see multiple ones in a month. They are changing how they are handling projects so anything that has multiple headings would be addressed (in this case 70 headings that would be updated to trans people).

  • They have updated classification numbers for Family special classes of gender non-conforming people.  

  • Changes references for Adiwasi Oriya/Odia language (Adiwasi Oriya language > Adivasi Odia language)

• Approved LCSH changes:

  • Updating Hermaphroditism to Intersexuality

    • Changing subject cutter from BM496.9.H47 to BM496.9.I58

• Approved Genre/Form terms (LCGFT):

  • 155 Seinen manga    [gp2024026089]

    • 555 BT Manga

  • 155 Bio-bibliographies    [gp2024026090]

    • 455 UF Biobibliographies

    • 555 BT Bibliographies

    • 555 BT Biographies

• The subgroup is aware and actively working on addressing how the recent name changes for the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Denali back to Mt. McKinley affects our records as a consortium. More information about this matter will be addressed at a later time.

NZ (Network Zone) Preferred Term Corrections:

Numbers in () indicate how many bibliographic records in our NZ were updated with this change.

• Paraplegics changed to People with Paraplegia (40 bibs)

• Paralytics changed to People with Paralysis (22 bibs)

• Quadriplegics changed to People with Quadriplegia (38 bibs)

• Racially mixed changed to Multiracial (1,231 bibs)

• Elgin marbles changed to Parthenon sculptures (29 bibs)

WRLC SACO Funnel:

Steps to develop a SACO Funnel at WRLC are underway!

On February 13th, a virtual Lunch & Learn event on SACO was held, going over the basics of what SACO is and what to expect being a part of a SACO Funnel.

Video records and slides will be available on Basecamp at a later time.

Plans to have the first funnel meeting this Spring are underday. If you’re interested in joining, please fill out the following Poll to attend.

For more information about this program, visit the Library of Congress’ SACO Funnels website.

What to know more about the world of Reparative Cataloging?:

Here are some helpful resources related to our line of work!

• ALA Core Interest Group Week March 3-7, 2025 (Free!)

  • Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group (3/4 at 1 pm) Registration Link

  • Cataloging Norms (3/6 at 2 pm) Registration Link

• Repairing and Restoring Cultural Memory: The Library of Congress’s Ancestral Voices Initiative a Decade Later. (3/4 at 10 am) Registration link

• LACUNY Cataloging Roundtable: Panel discussions on “Metadata and Inclusion” (2/7/25)

  • Recording

  • Passcode: X*432fu?

See Something, Say Something:

WRLC Reparative Cataloging Subgroup is committed to repairing any problematic headings in our shared catalog by evaluating and suggesting replacement or alternative headings.

If you see headings or descriptions that you feel should be updated or changed, please submit the Reparative description heading reporting form created by the subgroup or join us at our next meeting in May!

April 22, 2025

Do you currently provide library instruction or have an interest in library instruction? Consider joining the WRLC Instruction Interest Group. If you are like us, you’ve probably had a fair share of successes and challenges teaching students and interacting with faculty members. We’d love to discuss them.

The goal of the Instruction Interest Group is to share teaching techniques and strategies between WRLC librarians. The group meets every 2-3 months with an overall topic determined before each meeting. A reading related to the meeting's topic is provided beforehand. Our next meeting will be April 22nd at 10am via Zoom. The meeting's topic is instruction assessment.

If you are interested, please fill out the interest form below or contact either Charles Gallagher (Gallaghercha@cua.edu) or Ben Cushing (cushingb@cua.edu).  

• Collections Strategist – The George Washington University

• Research Services Librarian for Business and Data – The George Washington University

• Data Services Librarian – The George Washington University

• Library Systems Supervisor – WRLC

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