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Everyone should have the right to search with the words they are the most comfortable with and find the information they seek. This is the theme behind equitable search. So what is equitable search? Why should you care? What can you do to start the journey to more equitable search for your users? Join me in this first module to see how the problem is outlined, and an introduction into a few methods to start your journey.

Everyone should have the right to search with the words they are the most comfortable with and find the information they seek. This is the theme behind equitable search. But how do you gather the natural language, and how do you assess which parts of your controlled vocabulary need the most help? What if you want to use a linked data source? How can you assess if it is equitable or not? Join me in this step by step process HANDS-ON session for gathering users' natural language and assessing whether it aligns with your taxonomy, knowledge graph, and search terminology.