Positive Action Library Graduate Traineeships to address underrepresentation of Black, Asian, and Global Majority library staff (in-Person)
- Event type
- Seminar
- Address
- IALS Council Chamber, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
- Event dates
- Contact
- ials.events@sas.ac.uk _
This event is a collaboration with Goldsmiths and Lancaster universities to share knowledge and experience using Positive Action to recruit Library Graduate Trainees to address the underrepresentation of Black, Asian, and Global Majority staff in libraries, and to work towards implementing such traineeships across many more libraries.
A CILIP ARA workforce survey conducted in 2015, found:
“Low ethnic diversity: - 96.7% of the LARKIM workforce identify as ‘white’ compared to 87.5% identifying as ‘white’ in UK Labour Force Survey statistics.”
a_study_of_the_information_w.pdf (ymaws.com) .
Areas that will be covered on the day include:
• Case studies of Positive Action initiatives across a variety of academic libraries.
• Legal expertise on the Equality Act 2010’s Positive Action provisions – Section 158 and 159.
• Advice from the HR perspective.
• The voice of the Graduate trainee experience.
• Privilege and racism as a lived experience and performative anti-racism in the library sector.
• Positive Action traineeships resource sharing.”
Chairs and moderators:
Marilyn Clarke, IALS Librarian, Head of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library
Nuala McLaren, Head of Reader Services and Academic Support, Goldsmiths, University of London
Elaine Sykes, Head of Open Research, Lancaster University
Tom Morley, Open Research Officer, Lancaster University
Image courtesy of Goldsmiths, University of London
All welcome
This event is free to attend, but advance booking is required.
