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Who Are We Missing? Conducting A Diversity Audit In A Liberal Arts College Library (Preprint), María Evelia Emerson, Lauryn Grace Lehman

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This is a pre-print version of the original article:

Emerson, Maria Evelia and Lauryn Grace Lehman. (2022). “Who Are We Missing? Conducting a Diversity Audit in a Liberal Arts College Library.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 48(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102517

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In the spring of 2021, Thomas Tredway Library at Augustana College undertook an audit of the library's print book collection to determine if there were gaps in representation of the voices of authors of differing races/ethnicities; genders; or sexual orientations. With the results of this audit, Augustana College librarians now have a …