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The library examined: A workshop collaboration between OOMK, Thick/er Black Lines and Senate House Library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

Laurence Byrne ,
Leila Kassir ,
Hudda Khaireh  and
Heiba Lamara
Laurence Byrne
Affiliation:
Research Librarian: Latin American and Commonwealth Studies, Senate House Library, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK Email: laurence.byrne@london.ac.uk
Leila Kassir
Affiliation:
Research Librarian: British, USA & Commonwealth Literature, Senate House Library, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK Email: leila.kassir@london.ac.uk
Hudda Khaireh
Affiliation:
Thick/er Black Lineshttp://thickerblacklines.com/
Heiba Lamara
Affiliation:
Assistant Editor: OOMK (One of My Kind), Rabbits Road Press, 835 Romford Road, London E12 5JY, UK Email: oomkzine@gmail.com
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Abstract

The Library Examined was a workshop held in January 2018 at Senate House Library, University of London. The workshop was designed and facilitated by Heiba Lamara and Rose Nordin from OOMK and Hudda Khaireh from Thick/er Black Lines in discussion with Laurence Byrne and Leila Kassir, Research Librarians at Senate House Library. The Library Examined was aimed at non-library-card-holders with the ambition to help demystify library processes and spaces and to provide a forum for the discussion and critiquing of the organisation of knowledge within the library. This article describes in the first three sections the librarians’ view of the workshop and why it was initiated, before Heiba and Hudda outline their invitation and research, and the workshop itself.

A version of this paper was presented at the annual conference of ARLIS UK & Ireland held at the Architectural Association, London, in July 2018.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 44 , Special Issue 2: Critical Art Librarianship , April 2019 , pp. 78 - 82
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© ARLIS, 2019 

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