'Change the Subject' Film

Due to popular demand we are opening the form back up for the remaining sessions! Thanks for your enthusiasm and participation - you give this movement life.

@fivefootsmall Please do attend if you are able to! These conversations are open to anyone with an interest in the topic; we would love to hear your perspective and ideas.

@ChangeTheSubjct Do you have to be a cataloger, or can a curious librarian attend?

It changed. Now what? We want to hear your reactions to the #lcsh change and strategize about the implications for #critcat and beyond. Please sign up for 30-minute, small group conversations via Zoom here: forms.gle/pAWJ3K1trrMHbh…

Great that LC finally followed through with this change. Not impressed with the decision to use 'Illegal immigration' instead of 'Unauthorized immigration', which was the revision LC originally announced over 5 years ago. #CritCat

@librarycongress is finally changing the subject, 5+ years later! Not the terminology that we would choose for revised headings, but a welcome step. #CritCat #CritLib #DropTheIWord ala.org/news/member-ne…

Amazing to be part of this segment on one of our favorite podcasts. Great interview @edrabinski and thank you @mollyfication for including our film! @aboutness @oscarubenejares @violetbfox #critcat

@violetbfox @jillebaron @ChangeTheSubjct Arguing that this backlash must be avoided at all costs, that changing the heading continues to be too risky, further implicates the library profession in racism. Risk aversion and chronic avoidance of controversy are components of white supremacy.

Another #RUSCI alumna does great work! Read this Q&A with @dartmouth librarian @jillebaron MLIS’12 about her career & @ChangeTheSubjct, a doc that takes on anti-immigrant language in @librarycongress subject headings: ow.ly/JLV950FaXKl. #RUSCIproud

We have finished the changeover to 'undocumented immigrants' at my consortium. So happy! #critcat @ChangeTheSubjct @violetbfox @aboutness

Looking forward to being on this @ChangeTheSubjct panel (the week after next) with @jcdesantis and @timathom! #critcat #LCSH #NoHumanBeingIsIllegal #ChangeTheSubject events.iu.edu/libraries/even…

Great to hear! This looks like a good framework for further subject heading updates in your local catalog as well. Nice work! #critlib #critcat #libraries

Wow what an honor! Reminder you can now see the film on YouTube here: youtube.com/watch?v=1Srosc…

@LMULibrary This is really great! Thanks for the shout out to our documentary and link to our site. Happy to announce that we also just posted the full film on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=1Srosc…

We are pleased to announce an important change to the LMU library catalog (linus.lmu.edu): We have replaced all instances of the Library of Congress subject heading “Illegal aliens” with the term “Undocumented immigrants.”