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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Apologies for cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The IFLA <a href="https://www.ifla.org/es/units/rare-books-and-special-collections/">
<span style="color:windowtext">Rare Books and Special Collections Section</span></a> are seeking proposals for papers to be presented at their Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2023 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Theme:</b> <i>"21st-century description for heritage collections: changing perspectives, changing language, changing cultures."</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cataloguers and curators of heritage collections <span style="color:black">
often </span>have to deal with catalogues of their collections that include language now considered unacceptable or inadequate, partial perspectives, or significant gaps in their information. Not only collections themselves but also descriptions created by
the institutions that preserve them can show bias and deficiency in questions of genre, culture or history, and eventually offensive terminology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The RBSC open session will focus on these catalogues and descriptions and how cataloguers and curators are addressing these challenges; we are looking for short presentations in English (10-15 minutes) of projects or lines of work aimed
at problematic language, controversial heritage or a broader and more inclusive change in approach and terminology.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We would like to invite papers on the following themes:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Transforming vocabulary, enriching information: identifying and changing offensive terms; addressing and describing previously invisible or underrepresented aspects, groups or collections<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Describing and presenting problematic heritage<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Decolonizing descriptions of collections<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Proposals must be submitted in an electronic format and must include the following information:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Title of proposed presentation<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Abstract of the proposed paper (no more than 500 words)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Name(s) of presenters and positions and or titles<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Employer or affiliated institution<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Contact information including email address and telephone number<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Short biographical statement of no more than 100 words<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Note a willingness to comply with IFLA’s Authors’ Permission: papers / PPTs will be published in IFLA’s online Repository following the conference<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">Confirmation that you can attend the IFLA congress and present in person if selected<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Please s</span>end proposal abstracts
</b>(500 words or less) by <b>April 30<sup>th</sup> 2023 </b>to<b>:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Isabel Garcia-Monge<span style="color:black">:</span> <a href="mailto:isabel.garcia-monge@cultura.gob.es" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">isabel.garcia-monge@cultura.gob.es</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Iris O’Brien<span style="color:black">:</span> <a href="mailto:Iris.OBrien@bl.uk" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">Iris.OBrien@bl.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Iris O'Brien <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Early Printed Collections Cataloguing and Processing Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The British Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Tel.: +44 (0)20 7412 7731 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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