Decolonising Academic Libraries by https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6 Use this Padlet to share: Reflection on the day, Take home point, Action: something you will do/share/explore/alter your practice en-us 2020-06-13 10:25:04 UTC 2025-10-31 06:36:27 UTC hello@padlet.com No one size fits all approach as the culture of libraries and HEIS differ considerably. It takes a village to deconstruct the beth_delwiche https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628997963
This is a long term strategy...]]> 2020-06-16 14:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628997963 The approach to decolonisation needs to be reflective and measured. mjhart https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628998358 2020-06-16 14:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628998358 Universities are all at different stages on this journey - it was great to hear more about the different approaches - certainly given me lots of inspiration for moving forward in my own institution https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628998814 2020-06-16 14:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628998814 Read more widely on the topic https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628998941 2020-06-16 14:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628998941 Collaboration is key to a successful initiative https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628999510 2020-06-16 14:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628999510 https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628999992 2020-06-16 14:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/628999992 Good to see what's possible by seeing what others have been able to achieve. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000177 2020-06-16 14:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000177 Lots of steps need to be taken and it is ongoing, not one piece of work or one project that will magically bring change. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000244 2020-06-16 14:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000244 Follow up on decolonised reading lists with lecturers to make sure the texts are actually being actively used in modules - not just token reading lists. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000331 2020-06-16 14:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000331 Continual reflection and change are necessary - there is no 'end destination' to this work - we are unlearning and learning. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000370 2020-06-16 14:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000370 This is complex subject, collaboration is obviously key. It could be a hard sell to institutions in these difficult times, when the goal is a long term one. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000501 2020-06-16 14:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000501 The importance of having reflexive, collaborative, supportive and interdisciplinary discussions and idea sharing - like that which has been enabled in todays event. In order to progress the decolonising journey and enable fundamental change. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000944 2020-06-16 14:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000944 Research on decolonising and what has been done so far at the university https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000973 2020-06-16 14:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629000973 Decolonising the curriculum is an ongoing process. mjhart https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001226 2020-06-16 14:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001226 Decolonising work starts with deconstructing your mind first. heenakaravadra https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001371 2020-06-16 14:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001371 Look at ways to work more effectively with students to build collections and to engage in wider work that represents various intersectional identities. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001759 2020-06-16 14:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001759 We are not the 1st to think of this. Find others in the institution to work with and stand down of necessary https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001771 2020-06-16 14:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001771 Raise the issues that have been discussed at a team meeting. mjhart https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001956 2020-06-16 14:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001956 Does the library have a role in joining up all the work that is going on across campus? https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001973 2020-06-16 14:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629001973 Next steps will be to engage more with the students on this https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002023 2020-06-16 14:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002023 Collaboration is key linda_garratt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002114 2020-06-16 14:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002114 Have to keep building step by step https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002673 2020-06-16 14:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002673 Start building a network with others already doing the work heenakaravadra https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002846 2020-06-16 14:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629002846 Discuss with managers to find out if this is in their current planning. If not, what can we do? https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003014 2020-06-16 14:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003014 Find a way to build on this in the online space with communities of our students https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003211 2020-06-16 14:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003211 It is more than decolonising reading lists linda_garratt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003390 2020-06-16 14:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003390 It's not just for the library, but that doesn't give us an excuse for inaction https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003433 2020-06-16 14:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003433 Needs to be embedded in practice - with strategic support. The structural element is vital - and needs to e built in - e.g. the QA process. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003465 2020-06-16 14:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003465 decolonising essential for belonging and engagement kbt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003815 2020-06-16 14:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629003815 there is lots we can do kbt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629004450 2020-06-16 14:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629004450 Build networks to share and discuss ideas. Needs the whole Uni to be involved. linda_garratt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629004541 2020-06-16 14:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629004541 Start small https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005031 2020-06-16 14:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005031 Little steps - chipping away https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005083 2020-06-16 14:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005083 Inclusivity - using students, staff, partnerships and network building https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005347 2020-06-16 14:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005347 Start conversations, not just with librarians but with academic staff and directly with students as well https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005426 2020-06-16 14:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629005426 Needs to be grass roots and strategic https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629006034

]]> 2020-06-16 14:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629006034 Need to educate people - can't assume that everyone in our University understands the benefits of decolonising - and that it is good for everyone https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629006035 2020-06-16 14:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629006035 I need to go and enthuse some colleagues, I can't do this on my own. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629006974 2020-06-16 14:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629006974 Need to get conversations going - and give people the space and time to think/act https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629007142 2020-06-16 14:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629007142 Not a checklist https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629007837 2020-06-16 14:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629007837 liked the matrix offered by Kelly. I like the idea of getting people to think of key researchers in their area and then mapping and seeing the bias and ommission develop. Have had a similar discussion in a workshop about our experience of children's literature. Most revealing. longwinded way of saying I shall use the matrix! kbt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629007991 2020-06-16 14:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629007991 Role of library is crucial to support, educate, and aid development of curriculum https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629008087 2020-06-16 14:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629008087 Todays speakers have offered a lot of brilliant ideas to explore and take forward. I will seek to further develop my own teaching practice to enable supportive environments for students to engage in important, but often difficult discussions, about marginalisation, representation and what they understand decolonising to mean. Hopefully helping assumptions to be challenged and distorted narratives to be questioned and reconsidered in a more representative way. https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629008424 2020-06-16 14:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629008424 Role of everyone https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629008686 2020-06-16 14:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629008686 Explore how academics see their reading lists in my own Department - and also check for their understanding of decolonising their reading lists https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629009111 2020-06-16 14:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629009111 Use the reading lists that others have shared today to read around the subject and deconstruct my mind https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629009491 2020-06-16 14:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629009491 The matrix is a great eye opener, wonderful tool https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629010016 2020-06-16 14:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629010016 Put the matrix and Pelumi and Catherine's checklist to work https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629010903 2020-06-16 14:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629010903 kbt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629011369 2020-06-16 14:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629011369 kbt https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629011700 No quick wins, it needs to be a considered and visible process]]> 2020-06-16 14:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629011700 How to Handle Resistance beth_delwiche https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629013179 I've encountered this people feel threatened. We need safe spaces to talk, start a conversation. ]]> 2020-06-16 14:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629013179 gradual steps to achieve change https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629015867 2020-06-16 14:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629015867 Discuss with managers how to be part of the conversation https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629016999 2020-06-16 14:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629016999 You don't need to lead https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629018214 2020-06-16 14:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629018214 https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629019276 Addressing the problems for HE and libraries involves long hard work as it will take a long time to break down the inequalities that have built up over so many years. But the fight to break it down has to begin somewhere, with even just small steps. It's important that everyone recognises they have a role to play in this- it's not the job of one individual in a team/department.

]]> 2020-06-16 14:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629019276 Having conversation with colleagues and students https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629019795 2020-06-16 14:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629019795 Any conversation needs to extend to students https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629021979 2020-06-16 14:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629021979 It's a waiting game... https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629042482 BAME students wait...til we find the budget...til we get everyone on board...til we get the teaching staff on board...til we revise the reading lists...while the librarian's mind is decolonised.........until yet another generation of BAME students graduate without ever being seen or represented. ]]> 2020-06-16 14:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/heenakaravadra/lm41lcj965j1pqy6/wish/629042482