Subject Area: Women's Studies
The Women’s Studies collection support the Clark Atlanta University Department of African American Studies, Africana Women’s Studies and History, and the Spelman College Department of Comparative Women's Studies.
The Clark Atlanta University Department of African American Studies Degree in Africana Women’s Studies. The Spelman College Department of Comparative Women's Studies offers a Comparative Women's Studies major and minor.
Languages
Collecting is done predominantly in English.
Chronological Coverage
There are no chronological limitations. Collection support time periods of significant interest among faculty and students.
Geographical Coverage
There are no geographical limitations. Special effort is made to include material about the United States and the African Diaspora.
Scope
The goal of the collection is to provide an intersectional view of Women’s Studies and feminism. The collection aims to provide resources to support the comparative study of the conditions of women globally, especially women of the Diaspora. The collection is also inclusive to experiences from across the sexual orientation and gender spectrum, including lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and non-binary community.
Formats collected include monographs, serials, electronic resources, and audiovisual material. Monographs include anthologies and surveys of Women’s Studies issues, as well as autobiographies, biographies, and memoirs of individuals.
There is a strong representation of African and African-American voices, particularly contemporary ones. Continued efforts should be made to be inclusive of voices from across the sexual orientation and gender spectrum.
As previously stated, the goal of the collection is to provide an intersectional view of Women’s Studies and feminism. Materials that aids the library in that goal are prioritized. Materials that only concerns themselves with majority (whether racial, gender, economic, etc.) experiences are not.