In Fall 2020, President Callahan announced several Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) projects that the university would commence, including a DEI Audit of the Library’s collections. We decided to involve students in the process by hiring six as interns in Spring 2021. The students will meet weekly with the planning group to discuss the project, audit specific portions of the collection, and provide recommendations for collection diversification.

Student learning outcomes include:

• How library resources are acquired and cataloged.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in libraries, the context of specific disciplines, and in the publishing world.
• Developing critical thinking and information literacy skills by assessing materials in the library collection.

This presentation will cover the initial results of hiring students, finalizing methodology for the audits in concert with the students, and student feedback on the project and their learning outcomes for the semester-long project.

Slides also available online on Google Drive