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Undocumented Students: Resources & Research

Change the Subject: A Documentary about Labels, Libraries and Activism

Change the Subject (2019) is a 54-minute documentary film about a group of Dartmouth students who challenged anti-immigrant language in the Library of Congress subject headings. 

Watch the Film  Watch the Trailer

Interview with Change the Subject Documentary Makers

In July 2020, the Harvard Widener Library and the Harvard Film Archive virtually presented the film CHANGE THE SUBJECT(2019). The screenings were followed by a virtual Q&A with the filmmakers and staff from the Harvard Libraries. Watch the recorded Q&A (closed captioning available through Vimeo; Q&A transcription attached): https://vimeo.com/454873954/44220eaff1

Subject Headings as a “Systems of Bias”: Role of College Libraries in Driving Change

The Bias Hiding in your Library, Amanda Ros, The Conversation, 2019.

Three Decades Since Prejudices and Antipathies: A Study of Changes in the Library of Congress Subject Headings, Steven A. Knowlton, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2005.