Abstract The terms Diversifying, Decentring and Decolonising characterise the ways that
academic libraries are engaging with social justice issues, through multiple theoretical …

Despite the claim to neutrality, a woeful lack of diversity has had, and continues to have,
latent consequences within librarianship and the services we provide. Historically, libraries …

Library work now has a role to play when it comes to decolonisation. This article outlines
what Goldsmiths Library, University of London is doing, through the Liberate our Library …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine libraries' responsibility to engage with and
support communities of color as they challenge systemic racism, engage in the political …

It has been a challenging time to be concerned about teaching information literacy in the
USA. For a while, it felt like librarianship was shifting towards becoming a more …

This chapter considers the contribution of library and information science (LIS) education to
the 'decolonising'of our university curricula, and how students on LIS degree programmes …

This exploratory study addresses both the lack of collection diversity and inclusion in a large,
state university, and the need for more awareness of whiteness within library collections …

This editorial calls for social justice actions in libraries and discusses possible ways the
library and information science (LIS) professions (including practitioners, educators …

Along with their institutions, academic libraries are not immune to systemic issues of racism
and bias. Historically, academic libraries have primarily collected Eurocentric scholarship …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to introduce the concept of racial capitalism in the
context of academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on Leong's …