Filling in the Gaps: A Diversity Audit Toolkit from Tredway Library

Maria Evelia Emerson; Lauryn Grace Lehman

Filling in the Gaps: A Diversity Audit Toolkit from Tredway Library

Maria Evelia Emerson, Lauryn Grace Lehman

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Abstract

In the spring of 2021, the Tredway Library at Augustana College (Rock Island, IL) implemented an audit of the library's print book collection to see if there were gaps in representation of the voices of authors of differing races/ ethnicities; genders; or sexual orientations. With the results of this audit, Augustana librarians now have a better understanding of which voices and perspectives are missing and/or underrepresented in the print collection. This toolkit is intended to assist other libraries / information organizations in undertaking similar diversity audits of their own.

The authors now have an article on this topic, available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133322000337.

Original language	English (US)
State	Published - 2021

Keywords

academic library
diversity equity and inclusion
collection development
DEI audit
diversity audit

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Who Are We Missing? Conducting a Diversity Audit in a Liberal Arts College Library
Emerson, M. E. & Lehman, L. G., May 2022, In: Journal of Academic Librarianship. 48, 3, 102517.
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Filling in the Gaps: A Diversity Audit Toolkit from Tredway Library

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Who Are We Missing? Conducting a Diversity Audit in a Liberal Arts College Library

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