iSchool Capstone

Surviving Violence and Discrimination: A Collection Development Project with the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library

Project tags:

equity & inclusion

Project poster

Working with the collection development librarians at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle, I doubled the number of titles in their nonfiction collection relating to bullying, discrimination and abuse. My challenge was to build an inclusive collection written by and for the LGBTQ community, people of color, religious minorities and other disadvantaged groups. The 39 books purchased for this project will be produced in audiobook and braille versions and added to the InterLibrary Loan collection of The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.

Project participants:

Jacquelyn Howell

MLIS