Abstract:The knowledge organization system prepared by the Library of Congress (LC) and widely used in academic libraries has some disadvantages for researchers in the fields of African American studies and LGBTQIA studies. The interdisciplinary nature of those fields means that browsing in stacks or shelflists organized by LC Classification requires looking in numerous locations. As well, persistent bias in the language used for subject headings, as well as the hierarchy of classification for books in these fields, continues to “other” the peoples and topics that populate these titles. This paper offers tools to help researchers have a holistic view of applicable titles across library shelves and hopes to become part of a larger conversation regarding social responsibility and diversity in the library community.

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浏览偏见：国会图书馆的分类和非裔美国人研究和LGBTQIA研究的主题标题

摘要：美国国会图书馆（LC）编写并广泛用于学术图书馆的知识组织系统对非裔美国人研究和LGBTQIA研究领域的研究人员来说存在一些弊端。这些字段的跨学科性质意味着，按LC分类组织的堆栈或货架列表中的浏览需要查找多个位置。同样，在主题词使用的语言以及这些领域中书籍的分类层次上，持续存在的偏见继续使构成这些标题的人们和主题“与众不同”。本文提供的工具可帮助研究人员全面了解图书馆书架上的适用标题，并希望成为图书馆界有关社会责任和多样性的广泛讨论的一部分。