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.