This project aims to uncover gender bias in the way that Special Collections’ archives have historically been catalogued.
Dr Lucy Havens is working with Dr Stacy Gillis, who leads the Gender Research Group at the University of Edinburgh, and Ian Johnson, Head of Newcastle Special Collections, on a project that aims to uncover gender bias in the way that Special Collections’ archives have historically been catalogued. Using machine-learning models developed by Dr Havens, Special Collections will evaluate its catalogues for gender bias in terms of how its holdings are named and described.
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