Curating Community Collections

Schreiber (collection development specialist, Cuyahoga County PL; Partnering with Parents) and Bartlett (collection development and acquisitions manager, Cuyahoga County PL; Floating Collections) offer a comprehensive guide to fostering inclusive collections that promote cultural competency and are tailored to individual communities’ interests, values, and needs. This hands-on toolkit provides robust information on best practices for conducting diversity audits, establishing and executing selection guidelines, and implementing equity-based deselection processes. At the heart of this book is a discussion of community collections and satellite community collections—intentional, nuanced collections that feature high-interest, engaging, and pertinent materials. The authors discuss how to create and monitor these collections, including tried-and-true approaches for curating world-languages collections. Each chapter includes a “Perspectives from the Field” section, which features advice, lessons learned, and viewpoints from information professionals working in a variety of libraries. The chapters are rounded out with a “CCC Toolbox” that contains suggestions for further reading and next steps.