The Austin History Center (AHC) embraces ongoing conversations about inclusive language, concerns about materials in our collections, things we might have gotten wrong, or information we are missing. We welcome your feedback and suggestions.
The AHC Reparative Archival Description working group will consider feedback regarding harmful, outdated, inaccurate or inadequate description related to our collection guides available on ArchivesSpace, content description (metadata) on our Digital Collections Portal physical space, and/or original content on our website. Areas that are out of scope for our work include books, e-resources, and proposing changes to Library of Congress subject headings and other controlled vocabularies. We do not revise original book titles.
For more information about our efforts to remediate harmful language created by the Austin History Center, and provide context and warnings for historical materials that may include viewpoints, positions, norms, and values by the original creators that may be harmful to researchers, please go to our website.
