Represent: building diverse library collections in collaboration with library users

The ‘Read at Leicester’ leisure reading collection was developed to encourage sustained for amongst University of Leicester students. A key challenge in building this not having any funds develop it. It important that the representative diverse user population. In order start putting together, books already held library were on subject lists identified. Throughout process it became evident that, achieve true representation within collection, would need work collaboration with users fund £1,000 secured launch a campaign purchase and build collection. October 2019, Represent launched as through which could recommend titles from under-represented voices purchase. has been live since 2019 and, November 2020, total 199 requests have received.