Narrative expansions : interpreting decolonisation in academic libraries / edited by Jess Crilly and Regina Everitt.

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2022
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Interpreting decolonization in academic libraries

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"The demand to decolonise the curriculum has moved from a protest movement at the margins to the centre of many institutions, as reflected by its inclusion in policies and strategies and numerous initiatives in libraries and archives that have responded to the call, and are critically examining their own historic legacies and practices to support institutional and societal change. Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries explores the ways in which academic libraries are working to address the historic legacies of colonialism, in the context of decolonising the curriculum and the university. It acknowledges and explores the tensions and complexities around the use of the term decolonisation, how it relates to other social justice aims and approaches, including critical librarianship, and what makes this work specific to decolonisation. The book is international in scope, and considers the contextual nature of decolonisation, with discussion of the impacts of settler colonialism, and post-colonial contexts with authors from Canada, the United States and Kenya, as well as universities and the British Library in the UK."--Publisher description.

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London : Facet Publishing, 2022.

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xxxi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Introduction: Decolonise or 'decolonise'? / Jess Crilly and Regina Everitt -- Decolonising the library : from personal experience to collective action / A conversation with Hillary Gyebi-Ababio -- Intelligent leaders, intelligent spaces / Regina Everitt -- Decolonising research methodologies / Sara Ewing -- Do Black employees' rights matter? The lived experience of BAME staff in UK academic libraries / Mohammed Ishaq and Asifa Maaria Hussain -- Decolonising the academic library : reservations, fines and renewals / Lurraine Jones and Marcia Wilson -- Critical information literacy and structural oppression : reflecting on challenges and looking forward / Angela Pashia -- The contribution of library and information science education to decolonising / Briony Birdi -- Indigenising Canadian academic libraries : two librarians' experiences / Rachel Chong and Ashley Edwards -- Liberate the library : what it means to decolonise and why it is necessary / Marilyn Clarke -- Opening spaces for creative and critical enquiry / Alexandra Duncan, Vivienne Eades-Miller and Adam Ramejkis -- 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 -- Cataloguing, classification and critical librarianship at Cambridge University / Cambridge University Decolonising Through Critical Librarianship Group -- Re-membering Kenya : building library infrastructures as decolonial practice / Syokau Mutonga and Angela Okune -- Challenging its imperial origins : towards decolonising SOAS Library / Ludi Price -- 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • 9781783304974
  • 1783304979