**Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project**
**About:**
The Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project was in response to a series of calls to action by the Medical Library Association's Latinx Caucus in the summer of 2020. This endeavor included two project teams that reviewed Hispanic/Latinx terminology specific to the United States as a way to help capture and recognize the diversity of this population. Each team had two project leads, subject matter experts/mentors in residence and project members that were members of MLA and/or library/academic partners. Recognizing the labor that was undertaken by BIPOC information professionals on this project, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
**Theoretical Framework**
["Cultural Humility as a Framework for Anti-Oppressive Archival Description" (Jessica Tai, October 2020)][1]
**Search Hedge Project Team**
- Corn, Mayra - Contributor
- Hanneke, Rosie - Contributor
- Lackey, Mellanye - Subject Matter Expert/Mentor in Residence
- Lokker, Cynthia - Subject Matter Expert/Mentor in Residence (Search Validation Expert)
- Navarro, Tamara - Subject Matter Expert/Mentor in Residence (Search Validation Expert)
- Orozco, Rebecca - Project Co-Lead
- Ramirez, Mirian - Contributor
- Roth, Stephanie - Project Co-Lead
- Scheinfeld, Laurel - Contributor
**MeSH Project Team**
- Abad, Erika, Ph.D - Subject Matter Expert/Mentor in Residence
(Latinx Studies Expert)
- Fell, Stephanie - Contributor
- Hoskins, Katie - Contributor
- Nugent, Ruby - Project Co-Lead
- Shields, Tracy - Subject Matter Expert/Mentor in Residence (Mesh Expert)
- Vidales, Jesse - Contributor
- Weeks, Aidy - Project Co-Lead, Projects Lead
**Deliverables**
- Search Hedges: http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6931
- Mesh Recommendations: https://osf.io/9mgwq/files/
**List of Presentations**
- Weeks A, Fell, S. "MLA Latinx Caucus: Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project". **NIH Interest Group, Monthly Meeting for Adding Ethnic Minorities to MeSH**, October 6, 2021
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- Fell S, Hoskins K, Nugent R, Roth S, Weeks, A, Orozco R. "Changing the Narrative: An interdisciplinary approach to recommending changes to the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary and development of search hedges to improve access to information for Hispanic/Latinx population groups". **REFORMA VII National Conference & 50th Anniversary**, November 4-7, 2021
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- Weeks, A, Nugent, R, Orozco R, Roth S."Changing the Narrative: An interdisciplinary approach to MeSH recommendations and the development of Hispanic/Latinx-specific search hedges". **Social Justice & Health Disparities Caucus of the Medical
Library Association**, Action Club Session #3, January 24, 2022 ([Recording & Transcript][2])
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- Orozco R, Roth S."Search Hedge for Hispanic/Latinx U.S. Populations". **NCNMLG Scholarly Snippets**, February 9, 2022 ([Recording Forthcoming][3])
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- Weeks A, Shields T. "Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project: Recommendations to Improve and Expand Medical Subject Headings". Conference Poster Presentation. **Medical Library Association Annual Conference**, May 3-6, 2022 ([Recording][4])
[1]: https://journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jclis/article/view/120
[2]: https://journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jclis/article/view/120
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrYKYE0cRmMq9HF6iYgW1w
[4]: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/libfacpresentation/215/
