https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz A (growing) collection of readings relevant to the topic of being BAME staff member in the library (main focus is UK, but there is a lot more US material available on this subject). List is open for everyone to add to. Items added should be free to access. Posts are moderated. The padlet is checked infrequently, and there doesn't seem to be a way to get notification. Please drop an email to bamelibuk@gmail.com if you would like to see a post approved quickly. Shortlink: bit.ly/bamelib en-us 2018-05-29 14:25:33 UTC 2025-10-07 08:07:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264269015 https://hbr.org/2016/08/why-your-diversity-program-may-be-helping-women-but-not-minorities-or-vice-versa

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Zine fest by and for people of colour | 13th October 2018 | Stall application deadline: 31st July 2018

https://twitter.com/OHzinefest]]> 2018-05-29 14:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264269386 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264270210 https://twitter.com/daniellerapue/status/885963318883516416]]> 2018-05-29 14:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264270210 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264270648 https://theinkonthepageblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/study-invitation-low-morale-in-minority-academic-librarians/]]> 2018-05-29 14:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264270648 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264271002 https://theinkonthepageblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/the-diversity-discount/

]]> 2018-05-29 14:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264271002 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264271698 We are a friendly and active group made up of BME/POC/non-white library and information professionals.]]> 2018-05-29 14:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264271698 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264272370 http://renieddolodge.co.uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race/

(original blog post)]]> 2018-05-29 14:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264272370 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264273221 2018-05-29 14:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/264273221 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269378624 http://www.gal-dem.com/mary-beard-white-feminism/]]> 2018-07-04 12:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269378624 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269378829 Saturday reading group on topics such as: Muslim Identities: Fashion and Dress ]]> 2018-07-04 13:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269378829 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269378971 https://asianlibrariansandadvisersgroup.com/

The blog isn't very up to date, but I have heard the group is active. Would welcome more information.

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One of the posts on the Libdiverse blog, includes lots of readings to follow up on.]]> 2018-07-04 13:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269379161 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269379642 https://brilliantmaps.com/colonialism-history/]]> 2018-07-04 13:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269379642 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269460289 http://www.emilydrabinski.com/critical-art-librarianship-conference/

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Dissertation on the 2014-2015 Workforce Mapping Survey by Sarah Arkle (unfortunately the database is now only available to Sheffield University staff and students) If you wish to read the dissertation please contact Sarah at the email: sarah.arkle@gmail.com]]> 2018-07-05 10:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269461145 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269461317 https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/executive_summary_nov_2015-5_a4web_0.pdf

Executive summary of the Workforce Mapping survey]]> 2018-07-05 10:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/269461317 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270397136 https://sistersofresistance.wordpress.com/2018/07/12/is-decolonizing-the-new-black/]]> 2018-07-17 08:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270397136 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270713403 2018-07-20 16:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270713403 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270890831 https://www.chronicle.com/article/Archiving-While-Black/243981]]> 2018-07-23 19:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270890831 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270894283 http://ciber-research.eu/download/20090701-bme.pdf

Not unproblematic in the write up IMO but worth reading for context]]> 2018-07-23 20:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270894283 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270930037 https://infoprotasha.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/how-to-be-a-brown-librarian-in-a-white-librarian-world/#more-710]]> 2018-07-24 02:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270930037 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270996147 Open Access, Open Peer Reviewed journal
http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/tag/diversity/]]> 2018-07-24 16:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/270996147 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/271199172 Students discussing the whiteness of their curriculum. Produced by UCL Student Union]]> 2018-07-26 13:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/271199172 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/272329754 https://journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/journal/article/view/5]]> 2018-08-08 12:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/272329754 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/273022069 https://alexwlchan.net/2018/08/inclusive-conferences/

list of considerations when running an event.

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Some good starting points for decolonisation from a South African University perspective

"For whom do you design your curriculum? Who is your ideal, imagined student and what assumptions do you make about their backgrounds, culture, languages and schooling?"]]> 2018-11-27 11:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/308203754 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/308204653 http://tararobertson.ca/2018/blah-blah-blah/

Former librarian, now Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Partner for Mozilla. Examples of what actions can be taken to promote diversity and inclusion]]> 2018-11-27 11:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/308204653 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/311794898 https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/article/view/LLC-V11-I2-1]]> 2018-12-06 13:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/311794898 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/312905746 https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/24973/]]> 2018-12-10 13:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/312905746 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/326622215 https://www.zotero.org/groups/2148478/decolonisation]]> 2019-02-01 10:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/326622215 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/326622907 https://bmepsychology.com/teaching-resources/curriculum-resources/]]> 2019-02-01 10:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/326622907 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/326626171 Issue #02 Tips an Tools]]> 2019-02-01 10:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/326626171 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/327322715 https://twitter.com/LibrarianAngie/status/1090766370277675009

]]> 2019-02-04 14:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/327322715 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/327325442 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1snErsqTXuq6q-YSXC6hyWMv4suzAPkcszHY9iUmAuU0/edit#gid=1864516943]]> 2019-02-04 14:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/327325442 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/338864162 2019-03-07 14:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/338864162 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/340048827 Gloria S. Boutte & Tambra O. Jackson ]]> 2019-03-11 16:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/340048827 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/352507743 https://barcworkshop.org/recommended-reading/

Includes classic works, contemporary works and blogs

]]> 2019-04-18 08:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/352507743 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/352509916 WOC + LIB works to provide a digital platform for women of color (WOC) within librarianship.

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Article with information about a project to help increase exposure of African-based scholars

Podcasts here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/africa/citing-africa/podcasts

Blog posts
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2019/04/17/bolstering-rwandan-voices-writing-rwanda/]]> 2019-04-25 15:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/354163514 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/365603208 Blog post on what intersectionality is and how to intergrate it into ones views and actions]]> 2019-06-04 14:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/365603208 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/369421120 https://www.cilip.org.uk/general/custom.asp?page=BAMENetwork

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2019 SCONUL report]]> 2019-07-05 10:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/370301649 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/370523682 https://www.library.wisc.edu/gwslibrarian/bibliographies/disrupting-whiteness-in-libraries/]]> 2019-07-08 14:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/370523682 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/370966268 https://padlet.com/sf434/5x4ojj7zcnze]]> 2019-07-12 12:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/370966268 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/371161534 A free resource for those interested in social theory and wishing to understand it in global perspective. ]]> 2019-07-15 08:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/371161534 bev_acreman https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/383669002 Elizabeth Charles, Birkbeck
The term ‘decolonizing the curriculum’ is of high currency in higher education in the UK and in local students’ unions at these institutions. This article seeks to give a very brief history and context for why this is fundamental for academic institutions and what role libraries and the scholarly communication sector can play in this movement. ]]> 2019-09-13 08:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/383669002 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/386538967 A selection of essays from leading voices in HE anti-racism, very relevant to LIS workers in HE and beyond.]]> 2019-09-19 12:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/386538967 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/398947614 How the Library is engaging with the Learning, Teaching, Assessment Strategy (LTAS) to support Goldsmiths 'Liberate our degrees'.
https://www.gold.ac.uk/library/about/liberate-our-library/]]> 2019-10-17 11:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/398947614 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/417987033 This zine is an Arts Student Union and UAL Teaching & Learning Exchange co-production, and is part of the ongoing work to address disparities in experience and attainment for International students and students of colour. It is aimed at both students and staff, as a tool for raising awareness and opening up conversations.
https://decolonisingtheartscurriculum.myblog.arts.ac.uk/]]> 2019-11-30 16:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/417987033 aateam https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/420129031 18 minute video - explains intersectionality.]]> 2019-12-05 10:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/420129031 aateam https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/433600942 Collection of PPT and Posters from conference]]> 2020-01-20 10:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/433600942 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/433601908 Issue #01]]> 2020-01-20 10:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/433601908 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/433604550 2020-01-20 10:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/433604550 kmp23 https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/445503864 Archives For Black Lives in Philadelphia (A4BLiP) is a loose association of archivists, librarians, and allied professionals in the area responding to the issues raised by the Black Lives Matter movement. ]]> 2020-02-14 10:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/445503864 LATS https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/446331669 https://rl.talis.com/3/sussex/lists/086E3E5A-AF61-317D-0687-6E3D6960C01D.html?lang=en-US]]> 2020-02-17 11:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kmp23/dhd1bj1x9ldz/wish/446331669