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The bias hiding in your library

  • Written by Amanda Ros, Coordinator of Monograph Copy Cataloging, Texas A&M University
Library subjects and call numbers can be the subject of controversy.jakkaje808/shutterstock.com

For many years, the Library of Congress categorized many of its books under a controversial subject heading: “Illegal aliens.”

But then, on March 22, 2016, the library made a momentous decision, announcing that it was canceling the subject...

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