To help the JWU community build greater cross-cultural awareness, JWU Library is placing new emphasis on obtaining books and videos that present a culturally diverse perspective. Beginning in July 2019, JWU librarians were tasked with selecting a larger percentage of materials that present the perspectives and interests of underrepresented groups, and/or were created by people belonging to underrepresented groups.

This ongoing initiative is guided by Diverse Collections: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights, published by the Association for College & Research Libraries.

To see what’s been added to the JWU Culturally Diverse Perspectives collection so far, type JWUCDP (not case sensitive) into the search box.

Other plans inxlude:

1. Conducting a collection audit to identify topics with insufficiently diverse cultural representation]
2. Holding open discussions on the cultural bias in information organization and retrieval systems

For more information, please contact the dean of libraries at (401) 598-1145.