Research shows that holds on registration and transcripts disproportionately harm students of color, older students, first-generation students, and students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. In response, the EDI&SJ Team developed recommendations about if, when, and how CSCU libraries apply these holds.

The team developed this statement for consortium member libraries to consider including in their collection development policies.

The team worked to develop a form and procedure for consortium member libraries to be prepared in case the holdings of their collections ever receive challenges.

The team developed this statement for consortium member libraries to consider adding to the homepages of their Primo instances:

The libraries of the CSCU Library Consortium are committed to collaboration in support of equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice. This commitment is sometimes in tension with the terminology that’s used to catalog collections and that you may see displayed in resource records. This terminology reflects national and international cataloging standards, but sometimes it’s biased, outdated, offensive, or harmful. The libraries are actively involved in efforts resulting in the display of terminology that’s more accurate and inclusive.