Representation in the Collection: Assessing Coverage of LGBTQ Content in an Academic Library Collection

Proctor, Julia

doi:10.1080/01462679.2019.1708835

Cited by 17 publications

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“…New methods include checking grassroots-developed title lists such as #OwnVoices and GoodReads, reviewing book awards lists, developing minimum targets by using U.S. Census data, and incorporating reflective questions that weed out bias (Cruz, 2019;Kristick, 2020;Wood, 2021). Others have focused on collections supporting LGBTQIA+ and gender-noncomforming populations (Adler, BEYOND THE DIVERSITY AUDIT 6 2017;Bosman, 2016;Drabinski, 2013;Graziano, 2016;Moss, 2008;Proctor, 2020;Scoggins, 2018;Wagner & Crowley, 2020).…”

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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“…For example, there have been articles about how library workers have assessed the diversity of authors in architecture trade publications and play script collections (Mathews, 2022;Stone, 2020). Other audits focus on diversity of content, such as Asian American law collections or LGBTQIA+ collections (Cheney et al, 2022;Pavenick & Martinez, 2021;Proctor, 2020). Another approach used by librarians to diversify the content of their collections is to seek out books that have won diversity-related awards (Kristick, 2020;Monroe-Gulick & Morris, 2023;Proctor, 2020).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other audits focus on diversity of content, such as Asian American law collections or LGBTQIA+ collections (Cheney et al, 2022;Pavenick & Martinez, 2021;Proctor, 2020). Another approach used by librarians to diversify the content of their collections is to seek out books that have won diversity-related awards (Kristick, 2020;Monroe-Gulick & Morris, 2023;Proctor, 2020).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversifying STEM Collections: Where We are Now and Future Considerations

Giles,

Young

2024

ISTL

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In academic libraries there has been growing interest in developing better ways to diversify collections, but STEM collections are sometimes overlooked. To better understand current practices and challenges, a survey was distributed to librarians with STEM collection responsibilities in the summer of 2021. Results from the survey indicated that STEM librarians care about improving the diversity of their collections but struggle with a lack of time, knowledge, and other resources needed to do so effectively.

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“…In their review, only a handful of publications covered the practical issues of collections diversity, such as descriptive metadata and collection assessment, while the majority of publications focused on workforce diversity. 6 As of July 2020, there were few additions to this body of literature, with the majority of publications focusing on particular topics of diversity, such as race and ethnicity, 7 LGBTQ representation, 8 Indigenous knowledge and tribal libraries, 9 or the role of special collections in addressing diversity. 10 Although a systematic approach to conceptualizing and measuring diversity is necessary for managing library collections, there are few examples beyond a handful of studies in the 1980s and 1990s that applied statistical measures of diversity to materials selection and collection assessment.…”

Section: Understanding and Measuring Collections Diversitymentioning

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Ideology, Policy, and Practice: Structural Barriers to Collections Diversity in Research and College Libraries

Jahnke

Tanaka

Palazzolo

2022

CRL

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Beginning with a discussion of how collections diversity has been conceptualized and assessed within the literature, we then analyze four areas in which professional practices and modes of thinking create barriers to collecting materials from historically marginalized voices. Specifically, we discuss how metadata practices can obscure these materials from acquisitions workflows and user discovery, how relying on use statistics can reinforce existing inequalities. Finally, we discuss how understaffing in key areas and budgetary constraints impede libraries from recognizing and addressing the full scope of the problem.

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Representation in the Collection: Assessing Coverage of LGBTQ Content in an Academic Library Collection

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections

Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections

Diversifying STEM Collections: Where We are Now and Future Considerations

Ideology, Policy, and Practice: Structural Barriers to Collections Diversity in Research and College Libraries

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