WHELF and Jisc are pleased to announce that our Excluded Voices conference is now open for booking:

WHELF Excluded Voices Conference

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Outline Programme 24th May

10.00 – 10.05 – welcome and introduction from Alison Harding as WHELF Chair

10.05 – 11.05: Keynote Session 1:

· Many Hands Make Light Work: A Collaborative Approach to Diversifying Collections (Royal College of Nursing Library and Archive Service- Diane McCourt)

· Walking the Tightrope: Sharing Histories of Slavery and Colonialism at Sites with Person-led Interpretation (National Trust – Eleanor Harding)

11.05 – 11.20: Break

11.20 – 12.00: Breakout Discussion 1: Sharing experiences of amplifying excluded voices

12.00 – 13.00: Lunch break and optional informal chat.

13.00 – 14.15: Lightning Talks:

· To What Extent Can Qualitative Research About the Digital Practices of Doctoral Students Inform Research Library Services? (City, University of London– Diane Bell)

· See Yourself on the Shelf: Raising the Visibility of Excluded Voices in Our Collections (University of Kent – Emma Mires-Richards and Sarah Field )

· Sex Work and the State: The Personal and Political in a Government Archive (National Archives/Wellcome Collection – Vicky Iglikowski-Broad)

· Evaluating Diversity in a Student Reading List (University of Leicester – Keith Nockels and Heena Karavadra)

14.15 – 14.30: Break

14.30 – 15.00: Breakout Discussion 2: Towards a Cross-Sectoral ‘manifesto’ for change – how can we work better together to move the agenda forward

15.00 – 16.00: Keynote Session 2:

· Now You’re Out, You’re In (National Library of Ireland – Elizabeth Kirwan)

· WHELF Equality and Diversity – the next steps (WHELF – Tracey Stanley)