Who Are We Missing? Diversity Audits to Assess Academic Library Collections
Session One: The Diversity Audit: Planning & Processes
Is your institution preparing for a DEI audit of your library collections? Looking for insights into how to begin approaching such a large project? This two-part webinar series covers the before and after of a successful DEI collection audit, featuring two college librarians who have just completed one.
María Evelia Emerson and Lauryn Lehman discuss the use of audits as a tool for assessing diversity and inclusion within library collections. Having recently completed an audit at Augustana College in Illinois, María and Lauryn will present on their planning, processes, and assessment of their audit experience.
In this first session, we will strive to provide an overview of diversity audit processes, including:
- How and why libraries choose to undertake collection diversity audits;
- How libraries can adapt diversity audits to fit their unique collections;
- How to avoid potential challenges and pitfalls while conducting an audit;
- and much more!
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Lauryn Lehman is a Research and Instruction Librarian at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. She holds a MS in Library and Information Science and a MA in African Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Lauryn is passionate in her belief that academic libraries need to shake things up every once in a while, and is willing to try anything once to teach information literacy, engage with students, and build exciting collections. Connect with Lauryn on Twitter @lalalehman.