DEIJA Projects
Collections Projects
Increase access to resources that are authored by or focus on voices from communities that have traditionally been marginalized or excluded from academic scholarship.
On-Going Project to Purchase DEIJA E-Books
- Funded with $1,700. (2024 07 17)
- Confirmed partner for selecting topic and titles: Virgilio Pinto. (2024 08 21)
- Focus for this year: Neurodivergence and accessibility, particularly when intersecting with LGBTQIA+ or other identities. (2024 09 07)
- Request custom list of e-book titles from ProQuest that fit our subject parameters. (2024 10 16)
- Received a list of potential titles from Accessibility Services staff. (2024 10 16)
- Received a list of potential titles from subject specialist librarian. (2024 10 18)
- Received a potential titles from Virgilio. (2024 10 26)
- Met with David Parker of Lived Places Publishing; discussed a possible deal on a custom e-book collection. (2024 11 13)
- Meet with staff from the LGBTQ Center, Student Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, and Student Accessibility Services, and subject specialist librarians Jenny Richards and Abby Juda for input into our focus this year, and also to consider partnering to do some assessment of last year's projects. (2024 11 18)
- Investigated Bloomsbury's "Autism in Girls and Women" collection but discovered that the free content is minimal and not expected to remain so. (2024 11 21)
- Followed up with David Parker (2025 01 15)
- Obtained approval to spend some CCDA funds on DEIJA projects (2015 01 16)
- Custom collection list (Disability Studies + Queer and LGBTQ+ Studies) received from Lived Places along with offer for their whole collection (2015 01 17)
- Decision made with Virgilio to purchase the entire Lived Places Collection using CCDA funds; decision conveyed to David Parker (2025 02 03) <.li>Purchase details worked out (license, MARC records, IP ranges, etc.)(2025 02 04)
- Lived Places goes live. (2025 02 05)
- Working with Virgilio, selected titles from the PQ list to order; inquired with PQ about a possible bulk order discount. (2025 01 06)
- Solicited input from subject specialists for recommendations to fill out our order. (2025 02 07)
- Completed list for titles to be purchased using DEIJA and CCDA funds plus additional titles to be purchased from Laura Kuo's funds; de-duped and made other adjustments, and submitted order. (2025 02 12)
- Submit orders for titles recommended by Accessibility Services and by Jenny Richards (2025 02 19)
- Next steps: Follow up on orders as needed; chat with someone in the CFE about publicizing our new resources
Created 2025 02 18; updated 2025 02 19
