SCELC & EAST: Community Strategies to Expand Diversity and Inclusivity in the Collective Collection of Shared Print
SCELC, in collaboration with the Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST), received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant for our project titled, Community Strategies to Expand Diversity and Inclusivity in the Collective Collection of Shared Print. The joint project is a Planning Grant in the amount of $149,986 for a 2-year project to identify ways to enhance the diversity of institutional participants and collections in their respective shared print programs, which collectively serve 118 institutions and include over 12 million retention commitments. Outcomes include development of national best practices for shared print programs related to expanding inclusion of minority serving institutions and a research framework to evaluate the diversity of collective and prospective collections of retained materials including metadata analysis of diversity metrics such as broader representation of minority researchers and topics of interest to minority communities.
Both SCELC and EAST completed assessments of their shared print programs in the years preceding the IMLS Grant. A report summarizing the results of both assessments is available for review here: SCELC and EAST: Results of Shared Print Program Assessments.
Program Schedule of Completion
Project Staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Teri Oaks Gallaway, Ph.D. | Principal Investigator and Project Lead |
| Susan Stearns, MLS | Community Coordinator and EAST Project Lead |
| Donna LaFollette, MLS | Grant Administrator |
| Jason Price, Ph.D. | Senior Data and Collection Analyst |
| Linda F Wobbe, MLIS | Shared Print Implementation Coordinator for SCELC |
| Sara Amato, MS and MLS | Shared Print Implementation Coordinator and EAST Data Analyst |
| Glenn Johnson-Grau, MLIS | SCELC Shared Print Consultant |
| Robert H. (Bob) Kieft, Ph.D. | SCELC Shared Print Senior Consultant |
| Amy Pham, MLIS | SCELC Collection Analysis Associate |
Community Council Members
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mario Ascencio | College Librarian & Managing Director, Library, ArtCenter College of Design |
| Vicki Coleman | Dean of Library Services, North Carolina A&T State University |
| Loretta Parham | CEO and Director of ther Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library |
| Dr. Blanche Sanders | Dean of Alcorn State University |
| Dr. Richard Bradberry | Director of Library Services at Morgan State University |
| Tracy Gilmore | Collection Development Librarian and California State University, Long Beach |
| Dr. Romelia Salinas | President of REFORMA and Dean of the Library and Learning Resources, Mt. San Antonio College |
| Nancy Hampton | Interim Library Director, Xavier University of Louisiana Library |
Community Updates
SCELC maintains a listserv open to the community. For the latest news and updates about the SCELC EAST IMLS Shared Print Project, send an email to: IMLS-SP+subscribe@scelc.org
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 SCELC and EAST Results of Shared Print Program Assessments (Revised 2023-07-14).pdf | 5.68 MB |