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doi:10.1080/01639374.2016.1178023

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“…Specifically, the students advocated for Dartmouth College Libraries to drop the term "Illegal aliens" from their catalog, and use the term "'undocumented' instead of 'illegal' in reference to immigrants." 12 The students worked with Dartmouth College librarian John DeSantis to submit five proposals in June 2014 through LC's Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO). Table 1 includes the five subject heading changes that were originally proposed.…”

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“…ALA Council passed the resolution nearly unanimously, and SAC formed a working group, led by Gross, to review the LCSH "Illegal aliens" and report to SAC with recommendations. 16 LC's Summary of Decisions, dated March 21, 2016, announced that the "heading Illegal aliens [would] be canceled and replaced by two headings, 'Noncitizens' and 'Unauthorized immigration,' which may be assigned together to describe resources about people who illegally reside in a country." 17 The full decision was outlined in a statement titled "Library of Congress to Cancel the Subject Heading 'Illegal Aliens.'"…”

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A Path for Moving Forward with Local Changes to the Library of Congress Subject Heading “Illegal Aliens”

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Kellett

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In 2014, the Library of Congress (LC) rejected a proposal to change headings in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) that refer to undocumented immigrants as “Illegal aliens.” Two years later, a Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) working group submitted recommendations regarding how and why LC should change the LCSH “Illegal aliens.” That same year, LC decided to cancel the “Illegal aliens” subject heading, which Congress subsequently sought to block. Congress eventually required LC “to make publicly available its process for changing or adding subject headings . . . [and use] a process to change or add subject headings that are clearly defined, transparent, and allows input from stakeholders including those in the congressional community.” In response, LC paused their plan to change “Illegal aliens.” In June 2019, a new SAC Working Group on Alternatives to LCSH “Illegal aliens” was convened to survey local institutions implementing changes to the subject heading and to chart a path for librarians to address the subject heading at the organizational level. At the 2020 ALA Annual Conference, the working group presented their report. This paper builds upon that report and details next steps both for the working group and library professionals who plan to implement changes at their own organizations.

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confidence: 99%