Purpose

Libraries still endeavor to achieve diversity in many areas, including collections. Although many barriers to realizing this goal still exist, there are changes that can be made to improve the current situation. This paper aims to examine those barriers and discusses some ways librarians, administrators and publishers can help build inclusive academic library collections.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper will discuss the issues that the University of North Florida’s Thomas G. Carpenter Library discovered while trying to find ways to build a racially and ethnically diverse academic collection.

Findings

The lack of diversity in academic library collections has many causes, including inadequate institutional collection priorities, librarian bias, heavy workloads and the dearth of diverse voices in the publishing industry.

Originality/value

Diversity, equity and inclusion are key concepts to improving how libraries operate. However, libraries have struggled to realize this vision in many areas. This paper endeavors to identify ways academic librarians and publishers can make collections more diverse.

中文翻译：

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包容性学术图书馆馆藏的障碍

目的

图书馆仍在努力实现包括馆藏在内的许多领域的多样性。尽管实现这一目标的许多障碍仍然存在，但可以做出一些改变来改善现状。本文旨在检查这些障碍，并讨论图书馆员、管理员和出版商可以帮助建立包容性学术图书馆馆藏的一些方法。

设计/方法/方法

本文将讨论北佛罗里达大学的 Thomas G. Carpenter 图书馆在试图找到建立种族和民族多元化学术馆藏的方法时发现的问题。

发现

学术图书馆馆藏缺乏多样性的原因有很多，包括机构馆藏优先级不足、图书馆员偏见、工作量大以及出版业缺乏不同的声音。

原创性/价值

多样性、公平性和包容性是改善图书馆运作方式的关键概念。然而，图书馆在许多领域都在努力实现这一愿景。本文试图确定学术图书馆员和出版商可以使馆藏更加多样化的方式。