From Canadian School Libraries, guidance for Equity Informed Weeding. MUSTIE is an acronym for: Misleading, Ugly, Superseded, Trivial, Irrelevant, and Elsewhere.
ABSTRACT: University of the Pacific’s objective in a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
audit of library collections was to examine the voices and subjects represented and reveal
diversity gaps. During Spring 2021, in collaboration with library employees, eight student
interns determined the methodology, assessed print and eBook collections, and provided
recommendations on closing identified collection gaps. Initial results from auditing ~4,000
representative titles indicated University of the Pacific's library book collections lack the
diversity to adequately reflect racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of students and their
expectations for assignments and research. This paper documents the audit process and its
impact on collection development decisions and policy.