Transgender Studies Thesaurus

I created a taxonomy of gender variant terms that could be helpful to students, educators, and librarians interested in transgender studies, a rapidly emerging discipline. Applying what I learned about the foundations of controlled languages, like normalization, and working with software was great hands-on experience.

Created for LIS 60649 Indexing and Abstracting, Spring 2021

Fulfills MLIS PLOs 1, 4, and 5

Apply the field's foundational theories, principles, values, ethics, and skills to everyday practice.
Evaluate systems and technologies relevant to a particular information context.
Identify needs and connect individuals and communities with information that engages and empowers them.

Transgender Studies Thesaurus

Created for LIS 60649 Indexing and Abstracting, Spring 2021

Fulfills MLIS PLOs 1, 4, and 5

Apply the field's foundational theories, principles, values, ethics, and skills to everyday practice.

Evaluate systems and technologies relevant to a particular information context.

Identify needs and connect individuals and communities with information that engages and empowers them.

Professional Competencies

ANSI/NISO Z39.19-2005 (R2010) Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies.

Transgender Studies Thesaurus

Created for LIS 60649 Indexing and Abstracting, Spring 2021

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Fulfills MLIS PLOs 1, 4, and 5

Apply the field's foundational theories, principles, values, ethics, and skills to everyday practice.

Evaluate systems and technologies relevant to a particular information context.

Identify needs and connect individuals and communities with information that engages and empowers them.

Professional Competencies

ANSI/NISO Z39.19-2005 (R2010) Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies.