Library Unlimited: Diversity in reading lists

There are lots of toolkits and blogs looking at the process of diversifying reading lists which have already been collated by academics at other institutions.

Here is a selection of some of the best which are publicly available. If you come across a great resource, please let us know at libraryunlimited@staffs.ac.uk so that we can add it to this list.

Useful resources from other institutions

• University of the Arts London has produced a guide  to help lecturers decolonise their reading lists
• The University of Sussex has also developed a Global Social Theory website which includes a list of global thinkers
• The University of East Anglia has developed a collective bibliography of research materials on decolonising the curriculum using Zotero
• University of Huddersfield Broaden my bookshelf project
• University of Plymouth A selection of quick guides containing tips on six themes of inclusivity.
• University of Hertfordshire A curriculum design toolkit (created in Prezi) designed to help staff take a considered look at their inclusivity of their current curriculum
• SOAS  Decolonising SOAS toolkit designed for programme and module convenors on what ‘decolonising’ learning and teaching must entail
• Goldsmiths, University of London Liberate our Library project

As you consider adding new material to diversify your reading lists, you will probably need to move beyond established academic publishers’ offerings. Here are a few resources you may want to use to look for academic materials by world wide authors:

• The University of Kent has curated an excellent padlet of BAME publishers and booksellers
• The Afropean website, which is edited by 2020 Jhalak prizewinner Johny Pitts, was set up in 2013 to "shed light on art, music, literature, news and events from the Afro-European diaspora."
• Project Myopia is a website set up by two postgraduate students which describes itself as being "devoted to diversifying university curricula"

• NUS - A briefing on liberation, equality and diversity in the curriculum.
  The briefing outlines basic facts about inclusivity in the higher education curriculum and highlights resources and best practice in the sector.
   
• HEA Inclusive Curriculum Design Guide
  The Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE) commissioned a guide to support the sector to think creatively about inclusive curriculum design from a generic, as well as a subject specific perspective. The guide contains advice from 26 subject areas:
   
• Race Ethnicity and education
  Peer-reviewed journal on racism and race inequality in education. The journal publishes research that explores the dynamics of race, racism, and ethnicity in education policy, theory and practice.
   
• Exact Editions:  Black Lives Matter
  A freely available Black Lives Matter learning resource, featuring a rich collection of handpicked articles from the digital archives of over 50 different publications.
   
• The Jisc list LIS-DECOLONISE@jiscmail.ac.uk may also be useful to join