Inclusive Libraries conference Sheffield

Inclusive Libraries Sheffield is now fully booked. If you'd like to add your name to the waitlist, please use the form below, and we will contact you if space becomes available.

FULLY BOOKED About the conference

We are thrilled to be bringing the Inclusive Libraries conference to Sheffield this year. The event features an inspiring line up of speakers and facilitators who will share approaches to conversations around ethnicity, race and intersectionality through children’s literature, as well as lots of opportunities for discussion, practice-sharing, connection and community.

Through consultation, teachers and librarians have told us about a need to develop a deeper understanding of aspects of inclusive provision in libraries such as: Anti-racism, decolonisation, and celebrating and amplifying stories and writers of the Global Majority.*

Taking place in Sheffield and London

The conference will first take place in Sheffield on Thursday 24 September, and then be repeated in London on Wednesday 30 September.

Explore our fantastic line up of speakers and facilitators (updated as confirmed).

Who should attend the conference?

This conference is designed for colleagues in any role in the public library sector, and teachers and librarians working in primary and secondary school libraries.

Spaces are fully funded and free of charge thanks to Arts Council England, but we request that you inform us in plenty of time if you are unable to attend, as your booking may be taking a place that somebody else wants.

Accessibility

We are keen to make our conference as welcoming as possible. If there is anything you require to make this event more accessible for you (e.g. a quiet place for rest or prayer, mobility assistance, removal of items that cause a severe allergic reaction, support with BSL interpretation), please let us know in the form below.

Notes on The Edge venue:

• The venue is on the first floor, accessible via a lift. Once you are on the first floor the spaces are step-free.
• On-site parking is available, including three blue badge bays (£5 per day). There is also free street parking outside the venue.
• There isn’t a dedicated space for prayer, but we will be closing off one of the workshop spaces during lunch (from 12:50pm) for this purpose.
• There are areas that are quieter that you can use to take space and time away. Please let us know if you would like to use these spaces and we can direct you on the day.

If there is anything else we can do to support your access to this event please let us know.

* The term ‘Global Majority’ was coined by educator and activist Rosemary Campbell-Stephens: “Global Majority is a collective term. It refers to people who identify as Black, African, Asian, Brown, Arab, mixed-heritage, are indigenous to the global south, and or, have been routinely racialised as ‘ethnic-minorities’.”