Thoth distribution@thoth.pub Google 20260403T180450

urn:uuid:15330685-3db3-4cc4-bd73-031848532aaf 03 15 9781958291054 00 EB E101 10 01 01 Mississippi River Valley The Course of American Civilization 1 A01 Michael Allen Michael Allen, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Washington, Tacoma, was born and raised in Ellensburg, Washington, and graduated from Ellensburg High School in 1968. After service as a U.S. Marine Corps artilleryman in Vietnam (1969–70), he worked as a Mississippi River deckhand, oil tankerman, and cook. He earned his BA, MA, and PhD in history from, respectively, Central Washington State College, University of Montana, and University of Washington, Seattle. He has published eight books and taught at Tennessee Technological University, Deep Springs College, Eastern Montana College, and University of Washington, Tacoma. Michael Allen has three adult children—Jim, Davy, and Caroline—and lives in Ellensburg. In 1997, he helped found the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association, and he currently helps create museum displays at the Western Culture and Arts Center in Ellensburg. 01 eng 10 HIS036000 01 06 03 00 The Mississippi River Valley has played a huge role in the evolution of American history and culture, from the time of the Mississippian mound builders, through European colonialism, the early American republic and Civil War, to the modern-day civil rights movement. In this wide-ranging work, historian Michael Allen examines America's great river valley through the lenses of history, economics, folklore, literature, movies and television, and music—country, blues, gospel, jazz, and rock and roll. Iowa State University Digital Press 01 Iowa State University Digital Press 04 01 20230614 02 WORLD 06 15 9781958291009 06 15 9781958291054 WORLD 09 Iowa State University Digital Press 20 01 urn:uuid:c05a6f4f-2953-47ec-8d5b-03ff816ae652 03 15 9781958291092 00 EB E107 10 01 01 The DEI Metadata Handbook A Guide to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Description 1 A01 H. E. Wintermute Harriet E. Wintermute is Chair of Acquisitions, Cataloging, Metadata, and E-Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Before her current role, Harriet led the Metadata Services department at Iowa State University. She has worked as cataloging and metadata librarian at UNL and Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University. She has a BA in Computer Science from Wellesley College. Harriet obtained her MLIS and a graduate certificate in special collections at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she began her career in library metadata as a graduate student employee. 2 A01 Heather M. Campbell Heather M. Campbell is Head of Metadata Services at Iowa State University. Prior roles include Discovery and Metadata Librarian at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Humanities and Instruction Librarian at Grinnell College, and Senior Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She received a BA in French from Drake University, an MA in French from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MLIS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She enjoys teaching Fundamentals of Metadata, an ALA Core continuing education course. 3 A01 Christopher S. Dieckman Christopher S. Dieckman is a Metadata and Cataloging Librarian at the Iowa State University Library. He previously worked for OCLC as a catalog specialist. He received a BA in music from Northern Illinois University and an MLIS from Kent State University, where he concentrated on metadata and cataloging. Areas of interest include subject cataloging, user discovery, rare materials, and the role of library metadata in the broader information landscape. 4 A01 Nausicaa L. Rose Nausicaa L. Rose is a Metadata Librarian at Iowa State University. She previously worked at Wartburg College as the Technical Services supervisor. She received a BA in English and History from Monmouth College. She received her MLIS from the University of Iowa. 5 A01 Hema Thulsidhos Hema Thulsidhos is a Metadata Projects Librarian at Iowa State University. She earned her MLIS degree from the University of Pittsburgh and holds a BA in Corporate Secretaryship from MOP Vaishnav College for Women (India). Before joining Iowa State University, she served as a Volunteer Librarian at the Grand View Library and a Library Intern at Drake University. These roles helped her gain valuable experience in digitization, metadata creation, and cataloging. 01 eng 00 84 03 10 LAN025030 10 LAN025060 01 06 03 00 Written primarily for professionals in library and information science but with applicability to archives and other information management industries, this handbook provides an overview of metadata work that focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). DEI metadata work has several goals: enhancing diverse representation in descriptive metadata; improving discovery of diverse resources; and mitigating negative effects of inaccurate, outdated, or offensive terminology. Readers will gain a broad awareness of DEI-related issues in metadata creation and management; learn techniques for retroactively reviewing and updating existing metadata to address these issues; and develop strategies to create metadata that better meets DEI needs. 04 00 • Acknowledgements • Introduction • Inclusive Description • Name Authority Considerations • Persons and Groups • Classification • Subject Headings • Accessibility • Afterword • About the Authors Iowa State University Digital Press 01 Iowa State University Digital Press 04 01 20240726 02 WORLD 06 15 9781958291108 06 15 9781958291092 WORLD 09 Iowa State University Digital Press 20 01