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Author:   Jess Crilly (Associate Director, Content & Discovery, Library Services, University of the Arts London) ,  Regina Everitt (Director of Libraries, Archives and Learning Spaces, University of East London)
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
ISBN:  

9781783304981

ISBN 10:   1783304987
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   09 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Decolonise or ‘Decolonise’? Jess Crilly and Regina Everitt Part 1 Contexts and Experiences 1 Decolonising the Library: From Personal Experience to Collective Action A conversation with Hillary Gyebi-Ababio 2 Intelligent Leaders, Intelligent Spaces Regina Everitt 3 Decolonising Research Methodologies Sara Ewing 4 Do Black Employees’ Rights Matter? The Lived Experience of BAME Staff in UK Academic Libraries Mohammed Ishaq and Asifa Maaria Hussain 5 Decolonising the Academic Library: Reservations, Fines and Renewals Lurraine Jones and Marcia Wilson 6 Critical Information Literacy and Structural Oppression: Reflecting on Challenges and Looking Forward Angela Pashia Part 2 In Practice 7 The Contribution of Library and Information Science Education to Decolonising Briony Birdi 8 Indigenising Canadian Academic Libraries: Two Librarians’ Experiences Rachel Chong and Ashley Edwards 9 Liberate the Library: What It Means to Decolonise and Why It Is Necessary Marilyn Clarke 10 Opening Spaces for Creative and Critical Enquiry Alexandra Duncan, Vivienne Eades-Miller and Adam Ramejkis 11 Towards Decolonising the British Library: A Staff-Led Perspective Pardaad Chamsaz on behalf of and in collaboration with the British Library BAME Staff Network Decolonisation Working Group 12 Cataloguing, Classification and Critical Librarianship at Cambridge University Cambridge University Decolonising Through Critical Librarianship Group 13 Re-membering Kenya: Building Library Infrastructures as Decolonial Practice Syokau Mutonga and Angela Okune 14 Challenging Its Imperial Origins: Towards Decolonising SOAS Library Ludi Price 15 Decolonising Library Collections: Contemporary Issues, Practical Steps and Examples from London School of Economics Kevin Wilson Afterword: Challenging the Narrative of the Storyteller Regina Everitt

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'A unique and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, college and university Library Science collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists' - Midwest Book Review

'A unique and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, college and university Library Science collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists' - Midwest Book Review * Midwest Book Review * 'This book should be a first port of call for academic librarians and faculty across university departments who seek to support their institution's wider efforts at embedding anti-racism within the curriculum, as well for those working to achieve more diversity and inclusion in the scholarly material provided for their academic community.' - Amy Lewontin, LSE Review of Books * LSE Review of Books *

Author Information

Jess Crilly is an independent author and has worked mainly in academic libraries, most recently as Associate Director for Content and Discovery, Library Services, University of the Arts London, up to September 2020. Jess’s interests include critical librarianship, the meaning of and possibilities for the decolonisation of knowledge, and the multiple contexts and uses of archives. Regina Everitt is Assistant Chief Operating Officer (ACOO) and Director of Library, Archives and Learning Services at the University of East London. She began her professional career as a technical author/trainer working with computer companies that developed software for the manufacturing, pharmaceutical and financial sectors in the US and UK. After managing a small library at a university in West Africa as a volunteer with the United States Peace Corps, she transitioned into the HE sector, developing and managing libraries, social learning spaces and other learning resources. At University of East London, she is institution lead on excellence in customer service delivery.

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