Inclusive education: co-creating a reading list diversity toolkit with student input

Abstract

This article introduces the initiative by library staff and students at the University of Leicester, co-ordinated between 2020 and 2022, that focused on creating a reading list toolkit to support academic staff in diversifying their module reading lists. Developed through collaboration with student volunteers and academic staff, the toolkit provides prompts for academic staff to critically assess and diversify the resources on their reading lists, addressing biases and ensuring representation across dimensions such as race, gender and socio-economic background.

Keywords

• reading lists
• diversity
• student collaboration
• collection diversity
• inclusive education
• reading list toolkit