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The Cataloguing Code of Ethics 2021: conception, community and continuation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2023

Jane Daniels  and
Diane Rasmussen Pennington
Jane Daniels
Affiliation:
Formerly Bibliographic Librarian, Cardiff Metropolitan University Email: catmetcymru@gmail.com
Diane Rasmussen Pennington
Affiliation:
Professor of Social Informatics, Edinburgh Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT UK Email: d.pennington@napier.ac.uk
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Abstract

Cataloguing has existed for millennia but until January 2021 there was no formal code of ethics for this branch of the information profession. But what is the Code? Who created it and why? How was it produced? Is the Code immutable and what relevance does it have in day-to-day cataloguing work now? Can institutional experiences of encountering and resolving ethical dilemmas in creating, sharing, enriching and maintaining metadata be shared for mutual benefit? This article, based on a presentation delivered by the authors as part of the ARLIS UK Cataloguing and Classification Ethics series delivered online between April and June 2022,1 provides examples of how the ten ethical statements of principles can be used to inform cataloguing in art libraries.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 48 , Special Issue 2: Cataloguing Ethics , April 2023 , pp. 33 - 37
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of ARLIS

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