Diversity audit
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Diversity audits used in the context of libraries and Library and information science professions, are a method of surveying for diverse representation in Collection development. Library materials are assessed for representation in racial and ethnic diversity but can be expanded to other areas of diverse representation such as LGBTQIA+, religious diversity, disability, and neurodiversity, as further examples.
Context[edit]
Similar work appears in other professions and circumstances such as the business sector..[1][2] Diversity audits were introduced to library collections in 2018 by Karen Jensen[3] writing for School Library Journal. Montessori education resources served as the inspiration for this work[4].
The intent of this work is to then use the data gained to inform future collection development choices and compare a library's holdings against its community's Census data. A blog post on the Association for Library Service to Children website, a subgroup of American Library Association, suggests assessing only a portion of a library collection instead of the entire collection to gain approximate information[5]. This method saves time by not requiring library staff to assess an entire collection while still providing statistically significant data.
The reverse can also be done and instead of determining the sought after criteria for diverse representation, determine what should be excluded[6].
This is a trend in public and school libraries[7] but started to gain popularity in academic libraries in 2022[8][9]
Automating[edit]
Diverse Book Finder[10] housed at Bates College has created software to automate this work for picture books. This compares Picture book ISBN from a library to the database created with Diverse Book Finder. This resource collects racial and ethnic data. The Cooperative Children's Book Center[11] at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Lee & Low Books also collect information on the state of representation in children's literature[12].
American book distributor Baker & Taylor also has an analysis tool for purchase[13] as does Ingram[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "How to use diversity audits to build trust with employees". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ "Culture Transformation | Gallup". Gallup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ Jensen, Karen. "Diversity Auditing 101: How to Evaluate Your Collection". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "A Diversity Audit on our Toys, Books and Materials". how we montessori. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ Roos, Chelsey (2020-09-18). "How to Conduct a Diversity Audit". ALSC Blog. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "Auditing Diversity in Library Collections". ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ↑ "How to Audit Your Classroom Library for Diversity". Edutopia. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ Elsevier. "The Diversity Audit: A thought-provoking tool for academic librarians". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ Grunwald, Clarissa. "Research Guides: Developing Diverse Juvenile Collections: The Diversity Audit". libraryguides.etown.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ "Diverse BookFinder | Identify & Explore Multicultural Picture Books". Diverse BookFinder. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ "Home Page". Cooperative Children's Book Center. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ "The Diversity Baseline Survey | Lee & Low Books". www.leeandlow.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ "Introducing Baker & Taylor's Diversity Analysis Tool". Baker and Taylor. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ "Collection Development". www.ingramcontent.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
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