Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to share how informal cross-disciplinary outreach methods can increase the development, awareness, investment and circulation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) collection in an academic library. The authors believe the methods shown here may be used to develop any collection, as well as increase awareness and use of a collection.

Design/methodology/approach

Through five different low-stakes outreach strategies, the authors connected directly with campus faculty and students across disciplines to ask for suggested items to develop an endowed LGBTQIA+ collection. Outreach was performed via email to faculty and student clubs, and by attending campus facilities, events and committees. Assessment reviewed the collection’s item count and circulation reports before and after outreach.

Findings

Purchasing items to develop a collection does not always need to be the result of one librarian’s research. Engaging the campus community in the expansion of the endowed LGBTQIA+ collection resulted in substantial growth of items in the collection, as well as substantial growth in the collection’s circulation. Involving faculty and students from multiple disciplines in the suggestion process is one way to build and ensure a collection is relevant to a variety of interests, with an added result of increased circulation.

Originality/value

This approach is a unique example of how to use low-stakes engagement to discover items to purchase for a large endowment while increasing interest and circulation of the collection. The case study also explores how to embark on collection development in ways that effectively and sustainably reach beyond one academic discipline. Yet, the authors believe this study’s examples could also be used successfully within a single discipline.

中文翻译：

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听到和被听到：LGBTQIA+ 跨学科馆藏开发

目的

本文的目的是分享非正式的跨学科外展方法如何促进学术图书馆中女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人、酷儿、双性人、无性恋 (LGBTQIA+) 馆藏的发展、意识、投资和流通。作者认为，此处显示的方法可用于开发任何馆藏，以及提高对馆藏的认识和使用。

设计/方法/方法

通过五种不同的低风险外展策略，作者直接与跨学科的校园教职员工和学生联系，征求建议项目以开发捐赠的 LGBTQIA+ 收藏。通过电子邮件向教职员工和学生俱乐部以及参加校园设施、活动和委员会进行外展。评估在外展前后审查了馆藏的项目计数和流通报告。

发现

购买项目以开发馆藏并不总是需要一个图书馆员的研究结果。让校园社区参与扩大捐赠的 LGBTQIA+ 收藏，导致收藏中的物品大幅增长，以及收藏流通量的大幅增长。让来自多个学科的教职员工和学生参与建议过程是建立和确保收藏与各种兴趣相关的一种方式，并增加了流通量。

原创性/价值

这种方法是一个独特的例子，说明了如何使用低风险参与来发现要购买的大额捐赠物品，同时增加收藏品的兴趣和流通。该案例研究还探讨了如何以有效且可持续地超越一门学科的方式开展馆藏开发。然而，作者相信这项研究的例子也可以在单一学科中成功使用。