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Main Author: Bethel, Kathleen E.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ489717
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  • Culture Keepers: Cataloging the Afrocentric Way. Bethel, Kathleen E. Afrocentrism Black Studies Cataloging Change Classification Indexing Information Dissemination Library Automation Library Collections Library Technical Processes Problems Subject Index Terms Explores how theories of Afrocentricity can affect the arrangement of knowledge and the dissemination of information in libraries. Various aspects of cataloging are discussed, including controlled vocabularies, computer applications, and classification schemes; historical collections are reviewed; and examples of problems with Library of Congress Subject Headings are given. (Contains 29 references.) (LRW)