New resource: Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge TAGS: Diversity | ebooks | law library | library services | research | resources | revision In January the School of Law was fortunate to host the book launch event for Professor Folúkẹ́ Adébísí’s Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility.  From the publisher: …Continue reading →

Critical Approaches to Libraries (CALC) 2023 TAGS: antiracism | conference | critical information skills | Diversity | information literacy | Library | online resources I attended the CALC Conference on 24th and 25th May and can thoroughly recommend this annual event to other professionals interested in critical librarianship. The gathering was welcoming and introduced …Continue reading →

Recordings of Lunchtime Seminars: Decolonising and Diversifying the Library TAGS: antiracism | decolonialising | Diversity | e-resources | information literacy | online resources | reading lists | resources | students | subject guides | unconscious bias Our recent post on Decolonising and Diversifying the Library introduced the short seminar series the ASL team ran during lunchtimes in July. We’re delighted to be able to follow up …Continue reading →

Lunchtime seminars: Decolonising and Diversifying the Library TAGS: antiracism | critical information skills | decolonialising | decolonising and diversifying | digital skills | Diversity | equity | information literacy | lunchtime seminars | reading lists | resources | students | unconscious bias We held our first of three Decolonising and Diversifying the Library lunchtime seminars last week, on the topic of Diversity in First Year Scots Law Reading Lists. The recording (39 …Continue reading →

Ridicule and research support: Library Twitter strikes back! TAGS: dissertation | Diversity | information skills | informationskills | keywords | Legal databases | news | online resources | power structures | research | resources Library and research branches of Twitter were outraged recently when two American Law students published a paper in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy relating to abortion rights. …Continue reading →

LILAC 2022: Power structures in library and information services TAGS: antiracism | class | critical information skills | databases | decolonialising | Diversity | e-resources | information literacy | Library | online resources | open access | power structures | resources | subject guides | subject headings | unconscious bias Last month, three of our Academic Support Librarians team attended the LILAC conference. LILAC is a conference for librarians and information professionals who teach information literacy skills, are interested in …Continue reading →

Disability Studies: A New Subject Guide TAGS: Accessibility | databases | disability | Diversity | e-resources | inclusion | online resources | students | subject guides The Subject Guides are a useful tool in getting started with your research. Whether you’re an Engineer or a Classicist, they contain a wealth of information for navigating library resources, …Continue reading →

The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery: primary sources TAGS: databases | decolonialising | Diversity | e-resources | Library | online resources | slavery | transatlantic slave trade For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were victims of the transatlantic slave trade. And on 25th March every year, the International Day of Remembrance …Continue reading →

Critical Approaches to Libraries 2021(CALC) Day 2 TAGS: antiracism | conference | critical information skills | decolonialising | Diversity | pandemic | race | reading lists | subject guides | unconscious bias | video It is once again Conference Season, where academic librarians would usually be collecting a variety of colourful lanyards, discussing who had the best snacks with mid-morning coffee and which exhibitors …Continue reading →

Critical Approaches to Libraries 2021(CALC) Day 1 TAGS: class | decolonialising | digital poverty | Diversity | equity | Leganto | pandemic | race | unconscious bias On Monday 5 May I attended the Critical Approaches to Libraries 2021 conference, a really interesting and dynamic gathering exploring all aspects of critical practice in libraries. My first session …Continue reading →