Care and Integrity in Cataloguing - Recordings from the 2025 ILAB Symposium

We are pleased to make the recordings of the individual sessions available here, starting with Session 1: Why It Matters: Care and Integrity in Cataloguing.

After a warm welcome by ILAB Vice President Mats Petersson and Dawn Albinger, President of the Australian and New Zealand Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ANZAAB), the first session of the day explored ways to build more ethical, transparent, and inclusive practices around the handling of rare materials, with a focus on reparative practices. The session highlighted initiatives by the book trade as well as institutional efforts to address historical biases in collection records.

How do we as guardians of our printed heritage ensure that records are accurate, respectful, and free from bias? What responsibility do booksellers and librarians have when describing sensitive or contested materials?

Our speakers shared how cataloguing can become a more inclusive and responsible practice in both commercial and institutional contexts.

Speakers:

• Professor Lynette Russell AM – Monash University, Melbourne (Australia)

• Nina Whittaker – Museums Victoria, Melbourne (Australia)

• Alexander Akin – Bolerium Books, San Francisco (USA)

• Moderator: Dawn Albinger – ANZAAB President; Archives Fine Books, Brisbane (Australia)

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