[Eril-l] Core Webinar: Retroactive Addition of Homosaurus: An Evaluation

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Core Webinar: Retroactive Addition of Homosaurus: An Evaluation

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description:

Beginning in Fall 2021, Emory Libraries began collaboration with Backstage
Library Works to test an automated process of converting Library of
Congress Subject headings to Homosaurus terms. The project aimed to
evaluate the results of the Backstage conversion process, to discuss how
useful retroactive addition of Homosaurus terms will be for Emory users by
enhancing the discoverability of LGBTQ resources, and to offer
recommendations for a sustainable, ongoing process of adding Homosaurus
terms to bibliographic records. Assessment of the conversion was conducted
by a diverse team of volunteer librarians and PhD students whose experience
contributed perspectives from technical services, user services, subject
matter practitioners, and collection development. After implementation it
became clear that additional changes to the automated process and ongoing
maintenance of the crosswalk were required to ensure meaningful automated
application of Homosaurus terms.

This webinar will introduce details of the conversion evaluation process,
describe the testing and assessment methods of the conversion results,
outline the proposed recommendations for the process implementation and
other possible strategies of retroactive addition of Homosaurus terms to
bibliographic records. It will also cover post implementation review and
ongoing maintenance required for this type of project. Though this project
is limited to Homosaurus, the same strategies could be applied to
implementing other alternative subject vocabularies.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:

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   Design a workflow to assess quality of retrospective automated
   conversion of Library of Congress subject terms to other vocabulary.
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   Develop strategies for retroactive subject enhancement of bibliographic
   records in specific subject areas or for specific populations.
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   Develop and lead a multidisciplinary team in evaluating the results of a
   conversion and metadata suitability, in general


Who should attend?

Catalogers, metadata professionals, technical services managers

Presenters:

Brinna Michael (they/them) is the Visual Resources Metadata Librarian at
Cornell University Library. Their professional interests include reparative
description, metadata consultation and education, metadata in the digital
humanities, and digital access to visual materials. Michael has an MS in
Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Classical Civilizations from the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst.

Sofia Slutskaya is the Head of Resource Description at Emory
University Woodruff Library. Over the years, Sofia has held a variety of
positions in both public and technical services. Her research interests
include staff training, cataloging print and electronic materials,
e-resource management, and e-book acquisitions.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10;
Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1555

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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