Addressing Cultural Diversity in Academic and Research Libraries

Chadley, Otis

doi:10.5860/crl_53_03_206

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“…Academic libraries have been developing tools and methods for evaluating collections for cultural diversity for decades. The profession has also been aware that there are no quick fixes for building inclusive and representative multicultural collections (Chadley, 1992).…”

Section: Methodologies For Performing Diversity Audits Of Library Col...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections

Koob¹,

Aguilera²,

Carey³

et al. 2023

Antiracist Library and Information Science: Racial Justice and Community

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In late 2020, a group of librarians at the University of Colorado Boulder came together to pursue the design of a diversity audit for monograph collections. After initial research and reflection, we realized that evaluating our existing collection on its racial or ethnic representation would not only be problematic, but also unnecessary, because it was clear to us that our collections are dominated by white voices and perspectives. How could they be otherwise? They were built for a primarily white audience as part of a system of knowledge production dominated by whiteness.We questioned whether the framework of a "diversity audit" really addressed our goal of a systematic anti-racist approach to collections management. This paper details our process of rejecting the diversity audit framework for a large-scale review of monographs in a large academic library collection in the United States. It reviews the literature regarding diversity audits, as well as background on whiteness studies, as it leads to our rationale for instead developing a workbook for collection selectors. This workbook will position collection management practices within the White Institutional Presence (WIP) conceptual framework developed by scholar Diane Gusa (2010).

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Section: Methodologies For Performing Diversity Audits Of Library Col...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections

Koob¹,

Aguilera²,

Carey³

et al. 2023

Antiracist Library and Information Science: Racial Justice and Community

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“…Results indicate that research libraries are making progress in creating a culturally diverse climate. 5 In a survey of two hundred academic library directors in areas of large ethnic populations, Buttlar found that 92 percent of the directors have appropriated financial resources to facilitate cultural diversity. 6 These studies provide excellent overviews of the response of academic libraries to multiculturalism.…”

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Information-Seeking Behavior of Multicultural Students: A Case Study at San Jose State University

Liu

Redfern

1997

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In 1995 a survey was conducted on the campus of San Jose State University where, for the first time, so-called minorities made up 50.7 percent of the total student population. Asian students compose the largest group among other ethnic groups. The study shows that students who use English as their primary language are usually more successful in using the library than those who use English as a second language. Length of stay in the United States also affects how often students use the library, as well as their behavior in asking reference questions. The survey found that Asian students are hindered by a fear of asking stupid questions, a belief that their English is not good enough, an inability to understand answers well, and a lack of familiarity with the library reference desk.

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“…A recently concluded survey reveals that the Association of Research Libraries, which supports minority internships, noted that their programs "had not had ~ime to ~e successful as yet." 17 Minority mternshtp programs are not intended to be a ready-made answer to the current problems of increasing minority librarians in academic libraries. There is no substitute for individual achievement and, concomitantly, institutional commitment to excellence.…”

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Increasing Minority Representation in Academic Libraries: The Minority Librarian Intern Program at the Ohio State University

Díaz¹,

Starkus²

1994

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espite ever-increasing attention to multicultural diversity, two decades of affirmative action programs have had minimal impact on recruiting minority librarians to academic librarianship. Cliff Glaviano and R. Errol Lam cited several reasons for such a phenomenon: inadequate commitment to affirmative action programs in higher education; sparse library literature on minority recruitment and retention-indicating low priority interest in these topics; decreasing percentages of minority applicants in candidate pools; and "unequal employment and promotion practices and recurrent racism and incidences of racial tension" on college campuses.

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Addressing Cultural Diversity in Academic and Research Libraries

Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections

Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections

Information-Seeking Behavior of Multicultural Students: A Case Study at San Jose State University

Increasing Minority Representation in Academic Libraries: The Minority Librarian Intern Program at the Ohio State University

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