Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Public Library Book Collections

Penelope Grapsas



Works Cited 

“2022 Book Ban Data.” American Library Association, March 20, 2023, https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/book-ban-data. 

“Banned in the USA: Rising School Book Bans Threaten Free Expression and Students’ First Amendment Rights (April 2022).” PEN America, 20 Dec. 2022, https://pen.org/banned-in-the-usa/.   

“Books by and/or about Black, Indigenous and People of Color 2018.” Cooperative Children’s Book Center, https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/literature-resources/ccbc-diversity-statistics/books-by-and-or-about-poc-2018/. 

Ingram, Erin, and Cahill, Maria. “Depictions of Diversity in Books Recommended for Storytime: A Cautionary Tale.” Libri: International Journal of Libraries & Information Services, vol. 72, no. 4, Dec. 2022, pp. 405–16. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2021-0126. 

“Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality, More than Two Decades Later.” News from Columbia Law School, June 08, 2017, https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality-more-two-decades-later.   

 “Library Collection Diversity Audit.” City of Sherwood Oregon, https://www.sherwoodoregon.gov/library/audit.   

Mancinelli, Danielle. “We Need Diverse Books.” Springboard Collaborative, 13 July 2020, https://www.springboardcollaborative.org/we-need-diverse-books/?gclid=CjwKCAjwuqiiBhBtEiwATgvixNBCNvuTsBSy_kQIGLeJZ2bClHt8mi27R2g9k2XpoL0EN2CeOfs4WhoCz9AQAvD_BwE.