Academic Resources for Decolonization

These resources will provide a scholarly look at Decolonization in libraries, including collections, programming, and cataloging.

Journal Articles

Arist, S. (2007). Success in Diversity: How Three Illinois Libraries Embrace Multiculturalism. ILA Reporter, 25(5), 4–7.

Edwards, A. (2019). Unsettling the Future by Uncovering the Past: Decolonizing Academic Libraries and Librarianship. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library & Information Practice & Research, 14(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v14i1.5161

Haeffner, C., & Harvey, J. (2019). Mosaic: One District’s Approach to Maximizing Use of Multicultural Collections. Teacher Librarian, 47(1), 18–21.

Henninger, E. (2020). Multilingualism, Neoliberalism, and Language Ideologies in Libraries. In the Library with the Lead Pipe, N.PAG-N.PAG.

Masterson, M., & Hay Aalia, A. (2020). Reflecting Who We Are. InCite, 41(11/12), 14–14.

Morehu, A. (2018). Utilising Te Tiriti o Waitangi to decolonise practices at New Zealand Tertiary Institutions. Transform Libraries, Transform Societies, 8. http://library.ifla.org/2328/1/096-morehu-en.pdf

Rigby, C. (2015). Nunavut Libraries Online Establish Inuit Language Bibliographic Cataloging Standards: Promoting Indigenous Language Using a Commercial ILS. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 53(5–6), 615–639. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2015.1008165

Vaughan, C. (2018). The Language of Cataloguing: Deconstructing and Decolonizing Systems of Organization in Libraries. Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 14(Spring 2018).

White, H. C. (2018). Decolonizing the Way Libraries Organize. Transform Libraries, Transform Societies, 13. http://library.ifla.org/2221/1/207-white-en.pdf