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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crilly, Jess, editor.

Everitt, Regina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries--Administration.

Academic libraries.

Decolonization.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Interpreting decolonization in academic libraries

Place of Publication:

London : Facet Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Contexts and Experiences

1. Decolonising the Library: From Personal Experience to Collective Action / 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 / Asifa Maaria Hussain

5. Decolonising the Academic Library: Reservations, Fines and Renewals / Marcia Wilson

6. Critical Information Literacy and Structural Oppression: Reflecting on Challenges and Looking Forward / Angela Pashia

pt. 2 In Practice

7. The Contribution of Library and Information Science Education to Decolonising / Briony Birdi

8. Indigenising Canadian Academic Libraries: Two Librarians' Experiencesv / Ashley Edwards

9. Liberating the Library: What it Means to Decolonise and Why it is Necessary / Marilyn Clarke

10. Opening Spaces for Creative and Critical Enquiry / Adam Ramejkis

11. Towards Decolonising the British Library: A Staff-Led Perspective / Pardaad Chamsaz

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 / 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781783304981

1783304987

9781783304974

1783304979

OCLC:

1232227386

Publisher Number:

99989607987