Who Are We Missing? Conducting a Diversity Audit in a Liberal Arts College Library. Emerson, M. E. & Lehman, L. G. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 48(3):102517, May, 2022.
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In the spring of 2021, Thomas Tredway Library at Augustana College undertook an audit of the library's print book collection to determine 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 College librarians now have a better understanding of which voices and perspectives are missing and/or underrepresented in the print collection. This article documents the audit methodology; shares the results; and provides suggestions and a toolkit for other libraries to use in audits of their own.
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	title = {Who {Are} {We} {Missing}? {Conducting} a {Diversity} {Audit} in a {Liberal} {Arts} {College} {Library}},
	volume = {48},
	issn = {0099-1333},
	shorttitle = {Who {Are} {We} {Missing}?},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133322000337},
	doi = {10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102517},
	abstract = {In the spring of 2021, Thomas Tredway Library at Augustana College undertook an audit of the library's print book collection to determine 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 College librarians now have a better understanding of which voices and perspectives are missing and/or underrepresented in the print collection. This article documents the audit methodology; shares the results; and provides suggestions and a toolkit for other libraries to use in audits of their own.},
	language = {en},
	number = {3},
	urldate = {2022-05-30},
	journal = {The Journal of Academic Librarianship},
	author = {Emerson, María Evelia and Lehman, Lauryn Grace},
	month = may,
	year = {2022},
	keywords = {Academic libraries, Diversity audit, Library collections, Representation, Sense of belonging},
	pages = {102517},
}

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