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Unit: Resource Description Department, Adopted by the Duke University Collections Services Division in October 2020
Date last reviewed: March 6, 2023
Date of next review: July 1, 2023
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Duke University Libraries Collections Services acknowledges that the creation and management of metadata are not neutral activities. We further acknowledge that the framework of national and international standards in which we work has served to uphold white supremacy, marginalization of sexual orientations and gender identities, and colonialism, among other forms of oppression. While we will continue to work within the parameters of national and international standards and organizations, we pledge as creators and managers to make metadata more inclusive by:
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