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María Evelia Emerson – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
Diversity audits are frequently used as an assessment method to measure the diversity of a library collection. Yet, there is not frequent research on the aftermath of diversity audits, especially in the context of comparing data from several audits to assess the difference in the makeup of a library collection. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Services, Evaluation Methods, Diversity
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Kaitlin Springmier; Catherine Fonseca; Laura Krier; Rita Premo; Hilary Smith; Mary Wegmann – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
For more than 30 years, Peter Senge's theory of learning organizations has influenced the study of leadership and organizations. Researchers have studied various components of his framework: team cognition and mental models, team learning, shared vision, systems thinking, and personal mastery. But few articles have explored what it looks like in…
Descriptors: Organizational Learning, Audits (Verification), Library Materials, Diversity
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Alex Mada; Heather Sloan; Giselle M. Aviles; Seonaid Valiant; Michelle Guittar, Editor and Compiler – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
At the 2023 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, the International Relations Committee, Americas Subcommittee invited panelists from academic, research, and public libraries to discuss various ways of sharing Indigenous-made materials from the United States and Latin America in the panel, "Sharing Knowledge: Projects and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Users (Information), Academic Libraries, Indigenous Knowledge
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Lisa Romero – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
Diversity is an important issue in higher education communication and media programs. This study shows how librarians can use audit data to assess and strive for diversity in their library's print monographic collections. This article explores aspects of diversity within two fields of study, communication and media, and discusses the results of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Diversity, Library Materials, Library Services
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Brian Vetruba; David Faust – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
This study examines cooperative collection development (CCD) for area studies and foreign language collections at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries, based on a 2020 survey. Respondents provided details about cooperative collection initiatives (CCIs) at their libraries and their attitudes toward CCD. Most respondents had a favorable…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Area Studies, Research Libraries
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Chad E. Buckley; Rachel E. Scott; Anne Shelley; Cassie Thayer-Styes; Julie A. Murphy – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
This study reports faculty experiences regarding the discovery of scholarly content, highlighting similarities and differences across a range of academic disciplines. The authors interviewed twenty-five faculty members at a public, high-research university in the Midwest to explore the intersections of discovery, browsing, and format from diverse…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Scholarship, Writing (Composition), Periodicals