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Environmental Scan Of Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Library Collections, Sidonie Devarenne, Madeline Kelly, Emily Spracklin

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This document presents the result of an environmental scan of collections practices, projects, and policy language related to accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI). The scope of this scan is ADEI collections projects within the functional areas represented on the Western Libraries’ Scholarly Resources Groups (SRG). It excludes literature with a focus on:

• Cataloging and metadata
• Circulation
• Course reserves
• Publishing
• Hosting
• Discovery

If issues related to these functional areas are deemed to be future priorities, the units and departments responsible for these functional areas will need to be involved in the development of related goals and projects.

This scan focuses …

Sequential Art & Academic Library Instruction: Crafting A Toolbox Of Multiple Literacies For Credit Courses, Rebecca M. Marrall

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Sequential art is a unique storytelling medium that combines visuals and content in a deliberate, specific delivery in order to engage audiences on emotional and cognitive levels. Consequently, graphic novels, comics, and comix are a rich educational medium for undergraduate credit instruction in academic libraries, precisely because this alternative delivery of content can effectively educate many learning styles. This article documents the development and implementation of an undergraduate, upper-division credit-bearing course in an academic library that examined multiple types of literacy through the medium, with commentary on instructional strategies for other academic librarians and professors.