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Facet Publishing Narrative Expansions Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries by Jess Crilly, Regina Everitt
The demand todecolonise the curriculum has moved from a protest movement at the margins tothe centre of many institutions, as reflected by its inclusion in policies andstrategies and numerous initiatives in libraries and archives that have responded tothe call, and are critically examining their own historic legacies andpractices to support institutional and societal change.Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in AcademicLibraries explores the ways in which academic libraries are working toaddress the historic legacies of colonialism, in the context of decolonisingthe curriculum and the university. It acknowledges and explores the tensionsand complexities around the use of the term decolonisation, how it relates toother social justice aims and approaches, including critical librarianship, andwhat makes this work specific to decolonisation.The book isinternational in scope, and considers the contextual nature of decolonisation,with discussion of the impacts of settler colonialism, and post-colonialcontexts with authors from Canada, the United States and Kenya, as well as universities in the UK.Split intotwo sections, the book first addresses experiential contexts, discussing theenvironment in which the academic library is enmeshed: legacy knowledgesystems, the neo-liberal university, the pervasive Whiteness of the highereducation sector, the global publishing industry - how these structures areconstitutive of coloniality and how they can be challenged. It then brings together theory and practice featuring case studiesinterpreting what it means to 'decolonise' in information literacy, collectionmanagement, inclusive spaces, LIS education, research methods and knowledgeproduction through the lens of critical pedagogy, critical information literacyand Critical Race Theory (CRT). The book also addresses the impact andimplications of the Whiteness of university library staffing. Bringingtogether the theory and practice of an area of critical concern to the academy,this book is an important reference for academic librarians, educators andresearchers in LIS, education and sociology. Table of Contents : Introduction: Decolonise or 'Decolonise'?Jess Crilly and Regina EverittPart 1 Contexts and Experiences1 Decolonising the Library: From Personal Experience to Collective ActionA conversation with Hillary Gyebi-Ababio2 Intelligent Leaders, Intelligent SpacesRegina Everitt3 Decolonising Research Methodologies Sara Ewing4 Do Black Employees' Rights Matter? The Lived Experience of BAME Staff in UK Academic LibrariesMohammed Ishaq and Asifa Maaria Hussain5 Decolonising the Academic Library: Reservations, Fines and RenewalsLurraine Jones and Marcia Wilson6 Critical Information Literacy and Structural Oppression: Reflecting on Challenges and Looking ForwardAngela PashiaPart 2 In Practice7 The Contribution of Library and Information Science Education to DecolonisingBriony Birdi8 Indigenising Canadian Academic Libraries: Two Librarians' ExperiencesRachel Chong and Ashley Edwards9 Liberate the Library: What It Means to Decolonise and Why It Is NecessaryMarilyn Clarke10 Opening Spaces for Creative and Critical Enquiry Alexandra Duncan, Vivienne Eades-Miller and Adam Ramejkis11 Towards Decolonising the British Library: A Staff-Led PerspectivePardaad Chamsaz on behalf of and in collaboration with the British Library BAME Staff Network Decolonisation Working Group12 Cataloguing, Classification and Critical Librarianship at Cambridge UniversityCambridge University Decolonising Through Critical Librarianship Group13 Re-membering Kenya: Building Library Infrastructures as Decolonial PracticeSyokau Mutonga and Angela Okune14 Challenging Its Imperial Origins: Towards Decolonising SOAS LibraryLudi Price15 Decolonising Library Collections: Contemporary Issues, Practical Steps and Examples from London School ofEconomicsKevin WilsonAfterword: Challenging the Narrative of the StorytellerRegina Everitt