MOUG 2025 - Guidance: Gender-Sensitive Cataloging from PCC Task Group on Gender - Dantchenko ; Levy
This presentation highlights recent advances in gender representation in the Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF), emphasizing impacts on music cataloging practices. As understandings of gender identity and personal privacy evolve, music catalogers face new challenges in creating catalog records that are both accurate and inclusive.
We will focus on guidelines established by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Task Force on Gender in LC Name Authority Records, with an emphasis on recommendations for NACO music catalogers. Through specific examples, the session will illuminate how these updates form a framework for addressing complex issues around gendered terms and representation in authority records.
Key topics include guidelines regarding gendered occupational terms and best practices for gender-neutral terms for recording associations with corporate bodies. Additional considerations include recording former names in ways that balance historical accuracy and personal privacy and incorporation of individuals’ personal preferences in the process of creating authority records in accordance with new LC PCC recommendations.
By engaging with these updates, music catalogers will gain practical insights into implementing gender-sensitive practices that honor inclusivity and respect and adhere to LC PCC’s latest guidance.