ICIL info card with photos of Gurtek Singh and Jamie Robinson

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections | 🗓️ 18 May

Gurtek Singh & @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social will share collaborative project between Manchester’s Sikh community & @uomlibrary.bsky.social & discuss challenges of addressing colonial collections within the library

🎟 at bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Screenshot of Zoom discussion with Justine Reill yand Maria Carnegie on screen

Thanks to @justinereilly.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL about how @neurodiversemuseum.bsky.social is working to overcome barriers & create more equitable spaces in museums & cultural orgs for neurodivergent people. Chaired by @mariacarnegie.bsky.social

📺 Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND

Attending the @rluk.ac.uk session #RLUKICIL

Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries is an RLUK programme of events that aims to foster conversation around decolonisation and inclusive practice in collecting, describing, presenting, and engag...

Sharing this: Online talk on the 10th March "The Neurodiverse Museum – thinking about neurodivergence & the cultural sector differently!"
www.rluk.ac.uk/icil/

Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries #RLUKICIL

#GLAM
#Neurodivergent
#Neurodiversity
#History
#Heritage
#HiddenDisability

Screenshot of Zoom discussion with Natalie McGuire and Layla Bloom on screen.

Thanks to Dr Natalie McGuire for speaking to #RLUKICIL today about how Barbados Museum BMHS has worked to redistribute interpretive power & reimagine collections as spaces of community-led knowledge sharing. Chaired by @laylabloom.bsky.social

📺 Watch a recording of Natalie's talk at bit.ly/ICILOND

RLUK ICIL event information card with event title, date and headshot photo of Dr Natalie McGuire

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Multivocality in Museum Collections Interpretation | 🗓️ 22 Jan

Join us next Thursday to hear Natalie McGuire explore decolonial museology via Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) & how it reimagines collections as spaces of community-led knowledge sharing

🎟 at bit.ly/RLUKICIL

RLUK ICIL event information card with event title, date and headshot photo of Dr Natalie McGuire

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Multivocality in Museum Collections Interpretation | 🗓️ 22 Jan

Dr. Natalie McGuire explores decolonial museology through Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) & how it reimagine its collections as spaces of community-led knowledge sharing.

🎟 Sign up at bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Screenshot of Zoom discussion with Geraldine Hunwick, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison, Erika Delbecque, and Christopher Cipkin on screen.

Thanks to Geraldine Hunwick, Rosaleen Williams, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison & Erika Delbecque @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL on how collections can help libraries meet #EDI goals

📺 Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND

There's still time to sign up for this #RLUKICIL virtual event taking place on Monday that will discuss how special and heritage collections can support research libraries in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

#RLUKICIL events are free & open to all

🎟 bit.ly/RLUKICIL

ICIL event information card with event details and headshot photo of Sara Huws

🟠 #RLUKICIL | From Overthinking to Action: Making Library Activism Everyday | 27 Nov

This interactive workshop, led by Sara Huws (Cardiff), is an opportunity for library professionals to reflect on their social purpose & explore how 'everyday activism' can make positive changes

🎟 bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Screenshot of Zoom discussion with Sally Kent, Eleanor Parmenter, and event chair Helen Wakely on screen.

Thanks to Sally Kent & Eleanor Parmenter for sharing with #RLUKICIL reflections on @theul.bsky.social project w/ Zambian visual artists exploring new ways to engage with problematic material & collaborating outside library’s trad user base

📺 You can watch a recording of their talk at bit.ly/ICILOND

ICIL information card with event title and date and headshot photos of Sally Kent, Eleanor Parmenter, and Jenni Skinner.

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Re-entangling the visual archive | 23 Sep

Join us next Tues to hear reflections on @theul.bsky.social project with Zambian visual artists exploring new ways to engage with problematic archival material & collaborating outside library’s ‘traditional’ user base

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

ICIL information card with event title and date and headshot photos of Geraldine Hunwick, Ian Johnson, Rosaleen Williams, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison, and Erika Delbecque.

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Towards equity & inclusion through special collections & archives | 20 Oct

This seminar will hear case studies from @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social on how collections & archives help research libraries meet EDI goals

🎟 bit.ly/RLUKICIL

ICIL information card with event title and date and headshot photos of Sally Kent, Eleanor Parmenter, and Jenni Skinner.

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Re-entangling the visual archive | 23 Sep

Join us to hear reflections on @theul.bsky.social project with Zambian visual artists exploring new ways to engage with archival material inc. problematic colonial-era & collaborating outside library’s ‘traditional’ user base

bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Screenshot of Zoom discussion with all RLUK ICIL event speakers and chair on screen.

Thanks to Rebecca Wade (Leeds), Jonathan Bush & Jie Xu (Durham), and Ailie O’Hagan (QUB) for joining #RLUKICIL to discuss the role that collections & archives play in helping their institutions meet EDI goals. Chaired by @wendysotonlib.bsky.social

📺 Watch a recording of this event @ bit.ly/ICILOND

Join us next Tuesday for an #RLUKICIL seminar on the role that special and heritage collections and archives can play in enabling research libraries and their home institutions to meet their EDI goals.

🎟 Sign up at bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Screenshot of a Zoom session with Dora Petherbridge, Patrick Hart, and Christina Kamposiori on screen.

Thanks to Dora Petherbridge & Patrick Hart
@natlibscot.bsky.social for speaking at #RLUKICIL today about the Fitba Research Club project & the challenges & opportunities of ‘community’ for libraries & #GLAM orgs. Chaired by @ckamposiori.bsky.social

📺 You can watch the full talk @ bit.ly/ICILOND

There's still time to sign up for this #RLUKICIL event taking place this Thursday, 5 June at 14:00 (BST).

The #RLUKICIL series aims to foster conversation around decolonisation and inclusive practice for collections. These events are free to attend and open to all.

Event information card with event title and date and headshot photos of speakers Rebecca Wade, Jie Xu, Jonathan Bush, and Ailie O'Hagan

🟠 #RLUKICIL | Towards equity & inclusion thru special collections & archives | 🗓️ 24 June

Join us to hear from @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @dulib.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how #speccolls #archives help research libraries & institutions meet their EDI goals

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Event information card with title and date of event and headshot photos of Dora Petherbridge and Patrick Hart

🟠 #RLUKICIL virtual event | 🗓️ 5 June

Join us on 5 June to hear about the Fitba Research Club community research project & the role of libraries in facilitating and actively constructing new research communities with Dora Petherbridge and Patrick Hart @natlibscot.bsky.social

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Screenshot of Zoom session with Rachel Cargill, Simon Dixon, and Victoria Hoyle talking on screen.

Thanks to Rachel Cowgill (York) and Victoria Hoyle (York)
for joining us last month at #RLUKICIL for a talk on The Internet of Musical Events: Co-designing for Participation, Inclusion & Ephemeral in 3 Community Digital Archiving Projects

📺 Watch a recording of this event at bit.ly/ICILOND

RLUK ICIL speaker information card with title of the talk and date and a photo of speaker Rachel Cowgill from the University of York

🟠 Join us next Wed (2 Apr) for an #RLUKICIL free online talk on The Internet of Musical Events: Co-designing for Participation, Inclusion and the Ephemeral in Three Community Digital Archiving Projects with Rachel Cowgill, Alan Dix, Victoria Hoyle, and David Bainbridge

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Our colleague Katie Fraser will be attending the @rluk.bsky.social conference tomorrow and Friday. Feel free to connect or catch up at the conference #RLUK25 #RLUKICIL #RLUKDSF #RLUKSPACE #librariesXresearch

Our colleague Katie Fraser will be attending the @rluk.bsky.social conference next week. Feel free to connect and catch up at the conference #RLUK25 #RLUKICIL #RLUKDSF #RLUKSPACE #librariesXresearch

Our thanks to Guha Shankar (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) for sharing with #RLUKICIL insights of the Ancestral Voices initiative to preserve & provide access to historic and fragile field recordings captured on wax cylinders.

📺 You can watch his full talk at bit.ly/ICILOND

🟠 #RLUKICIL | 🗓️ 4 Mar

Join us next Tuesday to hear Guha Shankar (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) on the Ancestral Voices initiative - addressing issues re: representation, co-curation, knowledge repatriation & preservation of Native American community

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

🟠 #RLUKICIL | 🗓️ 2 April

The Internet of Musical Events: Co-designing for Participation, Inclusion and the Ephemeral in Three Community Digital Archiving Projects with Rachel Cowgill, Alan Dix, Victoria Hoyle, and David Bainbridge

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

🟠 #RLUKICIL | 🗓️ 4 Mar

Next month, Guha Shankar (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) will share insights from Ancestral Voices initiative - addressing issues re: representation, co-curation, knowledge repatriation & preservation of Native American community

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries - Research Libraries UK Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries #RLUKICIL Over the past few years, cultural heritage institutions, including research libraries from across the UK and beyond, have intensified their effor...

🟠 Upcoming events for #RLUKICIL - Inclusive Collections Inclusive Libraries series that aims to foster conversation around decolonisation & inclusive practices for collections.

These virtual event are free to attend & open to all

🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL 🧵

Thanks to Lucy Havens for speaking to #RLUKICIL today about her research on Machine Learning Approaches to Gender Bias in Archival Curation & her work with colleagues at @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social

📺 You can watch her full talk at bit.ly/ICILOND