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Abstract

• As inclusion becomes a growing standard for universities in the United States, data extracted from OCLC suggest that university libraries in the United States build their Spanish-language collections with books purchased primarily in Spain and Mexico. This overlooks presses from 19 other Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas. This research is concerned with the representation of books published in these Hispano-American countries, and examines the holdings of 88 university libraries. The article discusses the drawbacks in neglecting purchase of literature published in Hispano-American countries, and the benefits of changing collection practices into a more inclusive design, including recommendations for best practices.

Creator

• Vance, Eric A.
• Ibacache, Kathia Salome
• Berry, Caitlin M.
• Munoz-Diaz, Javier

Date Issued

• 2020-09-01

Academic Affiliation

• University Libraries
• Applied Mathematics

Journal Title

• College & Research Libraries

Subject

• Latin American presses
• University library Spanish collections advocacy
• inclusive collections

Last Modified

• 2022-04-26

Resource Type

• Article

Rights Statement

• In Copyright

Peer Reviewed

• Yes

Language

• English [eng]

License

• Creative Commons BY-ND Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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