Building BIPOC Library Collections: Tools and Resources for Library Selectors

Additional Reading:

Cooper, D., Ball, T., Boyer-Kelly, M. N., Carr-Wiggin, A., Cornelius, C., Cox, J. W., Dupont, S., . . .Wong, D. (2019, April 11). When Research is Relational: Supporting the Research Practices of Indigenous Studies Scholars. https://doi.org/10.18665/sr.311240

Garcı́a, S. A. V. (2000). Racial and ethnic diversity in academic library collections: Ownership and access of African American and US Latino periodical literature. The journal of academic librarianship, 26(5), 311-322.

Gibney, M., Wells, V., Paris, M., Cooperman, L., & Wurtz, M. (n.d.). Scholarly Commons Scholarly Commons Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -Library Audit Report Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -Library Audit Report. Retrieved June 15, 2021, from https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=research-tuesdays

King, J. Addressing systemic racism through collection development: providing social justice education resources pertaining to BIPOC communities (Doctoral dissertation, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Strauss Health Sciences Library).Retrieved June 15, 2021 from https://mountainscholar.org/bitstream/handle/10968/6167/CUHSLMCM_M723.pdf?sequence=1

Leung, S. Y., & Lopez-McKnight, J. R. (Eds.). (2021). Knowledge justice: Disrupting library and information studies through critical race theory. MIT Press. 

‌Oliva, K. S. I., Muñoz-Diaz, J. A., Berry, C. M., & Vance, E. A. (2020). Forgotten Hispano-American Literature: Representation of Hispano-American Presses in Academic Libraries. College & Research Libraries, 81(6), 928.

Wells, V., Gibney, M., Cooperman, L., Wurtz, M., Carrillo, B., & Paris, M. (2021). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-Library Audit Report.

Wood, C. (2021). Counting the Collection: Diversity audits assess representation in library materials, but most examples focus on children’s books. One librarian shares her methods and challenges in tackling adult biographies. Library Journal (1976), 146(5), 26–.

Library Guides:

• UNMC
  https://unmc.libguides.com/diversity/everyday

• Princeton BIPOC + LGBTQ Library and Archives Organizations
  ‌https://libguides.princeton.edu/c.php?g=1058794&p=7876770

• UC Riverside
  https://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives/scua-research-guides

• Anti-Racism Resources Delaware Library Association
  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uzfvi9fyBqc-h88wOofWocC9yRWpQmUoQRBvPmz7Dx8/edit

Workshop Presentations:

Diversity & Inclusivity in Collection Building Workshop Presentations | Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries. (2019). Coalliance.org. https://www.coalliance.org/diversity-inclusivity-collection-building-workshop-presentations