Curating Community Collections

This essential guide for library professionals tackles the crucial next steps after conducting diversity audits, offering concrete strategies for implementing meaningful and sustainable DEI practices across collections, policies, and daily operations. Schreiber moves beyond the initial data-gathering phase to address the core challenge librarians face: how to continuously evaluate and evolve a collection's diversity. The book provides actionable tools and a clear framework for interpreting audit results and translating them into long-term, impactful change, making it an indispensable resource for moving from assessment to action.

What sets this work apart is its practical, community-centered approach that empowers librarians to build collections that truly reflect and serve their entire patron base. It is particularly valuable for academic, school, and public librarians, as well as library directors and board members, who are committed to embedding equity not as a one-time project but as a foundational principle. By focusing on sustainable integration, Schreiber provides the methodology needed to foster a more inclusive library environment for the long haul.