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Information Literacy

Bryn Mawr College

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2023

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Student-Led Collection Development For Diversifying Collections And Making Connections, Kate Blinn, Jennifer Coval, Camilla Mackay Jan 2023

Student-Led Collection Development For Diversifying Collections And Making Connections, Kate Blinn, Jennifer Coval, Camilla Mackay

Library Staff Presentations and Conference Papers

Poster presented at the Association of College & Research Libraries conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 16 March, 2023.

Librarians at Bryn Mawr College established an annual paid spring break internship for undergraduate students focused on collection development. The goal was to promote diversity in library collections by providing the students with the knowledge and budget to purchase popular reading material from Philadelphia independent bookstores who collections reflect diverse voices.