{"title":"Environmental scan of equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in collection development","authors":"Sidonie Devarenne, Madeline Kelly, Emily Spracklin","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102962","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many academic libraries are exploring how to rectify the historical and ongoing exclusion of works by and about marginalized communities in library collections. Although some libraries have committed to changing their practices to reflect their values, few libraries publicly share Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) policies specific to collection development. Moreover, existing policies fail to articulate goals and values specific to institutional context and collections. In spring 2023, Western Washington University Libraries formed a working group to conduct an environmental scan and explore how other libraries are operationalizing equity, diversity, and inclusion in their collection development practices<strong><em>.</em></strong> This paper summarizes the findings of that environmental scan and provides recommendations for libraries beginning this work. To successfully operationalize their values and initiate meaningful change, libraries should articulate institution-specific collection development objectives, embed them in existing collections procedures, and regularly assess progress.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 6","pages":"Article 102962"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009913332400123X","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Many academic libraries are exploring how to rectify the historical and ongoing exclusion of works by and about marginalized communities in library collections. Although some libraries have committed to changing their practices to reflect their values, few libraries publicly share Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) policies specific to collection development. Moreover, existing policies fail to articulate goals and values specific to institutional context and collections. In spring 2023, Western Washington University Libraries formed a working group to conduct an environmental scan and explore how other libraries are operationalizing equity, diversity, and inclusion in their collection development practices. This paper summarizes the findings of that environmental scan and provides recommendations for libraries beginning this work. To successfully operationalize their values and initiate meaningful change, libraries should articulate institution-specific collection development objectives, embed them in existing collections procedures, and regularly assess progress.
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The Journal of Academic Librarianship, an international and refereed journal, publishes articles that focus on problems and issues germane to college and university libraries. JAL provides a forum for authors to present research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance; analyze policies, practices, issues, and trends; speculate about the future of academic librarianship; present analytical bibliographic essays and philosophical treatises. JAL also brings to the attention of its readers information about hundreds of new and recently published books in library and information science, management, scholarly communication, and higher education. JAL, in addition, covers management and discipline-based software and information policy developments.