Collections as Culture Scarlet Galvan | ACRL Presents | May 27, 2021

I’m Scarlet Galvan Area Lead for Assessment and Planning Collection Strategist Librarian Grand Valley State University Libraries @panoptigoth Hello! 2

The collections are the culture Budget, space, and policies, too. 1 3

Budget decisions are values decisions Just like the collection, and the space, and the policies... 2 4

Initial projects ◉ What are our values? ◉ Rewriting the Collection Development Policy ◉ How to evaluate resources? ◉ Deal breakers and vendor expectations ◉ Licensing terms 5

Guiding Principles Sustainable Collective Responsive 6

“ We recognize that none of the metrics, benchmarks, or tools used to evaluate, arrange, and describe the collection are free from bias. Library faculty and staff work on individual and systemic levels to address those biases. (GVSU Collection Development Policy, 2021) 7

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9 A note on DDA/PDA The amazing thing about DDA/PDA programs is they’ve automated part of our acquisitions process. The terrible thing about DDA/PDA programs is they’ve automated part of our acquisitions process.

10 Evaluating automated acquisitions ◉ Borrowing tools from critical pedagogy to study tools and systems, see Morris and Stommel, 2017. ○ Who owns the tool? ○ What does it claim to do? ○ What does it actually do?

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$375,000 What would you buy? 13

“ We are advocating for an understanding that one cannot be considered to have subject-matter expertise if one cannot position their field within a sociopolitical context. (Sensoy & DiAngelo, 2017) 14

Next steps ◉ In-depth curricular mapping ◉ Microgrants for teaching faculty ◉ Movement through shared governance ◉ Strategic work in AP&T guidelines ◉ Evaluation and assessment ◉ Deeper engagement with students 15