Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches

”Books are for use. Every reader his or her book. Every book its reader. Save the time of the reader. The library is a growing organism” (Ranganathan, 1931). Every library student learns these laws in their first semester of library school. Furthermore, every student who becomes a cataloger learns the importance of words, word choice, and cataloger’s judgment, which brings us to Inclusive Cataloging