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Championing diversity and inclusion: an introduction to BIALL's D&I working group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2023

Narinder Toor  and
Julia Bhojoo
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Abstract

BIALL is laying the foundations for a thoughtful, genuine and sustained commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I), embedded throughout BIALL activities and events. Here D&I Working Group members Narinder Toor and Julia Bhojoo set out the background to this new initiative, including the creation of the working group, and the key goals, progress made and future priorities. To tie in with International Stress Awareness Week and World Kindness Day, the working group arranged the inaugural BIALL wellbeing event focused on mental health. This article highlights many of the speaker's tips and the helpful techniques that can assist with stress and anxiety. It also provides BIALL members with details on how to contribute to the D&I dialogue as well as access useful mental health resources and other wellbeing support.

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BIALLmental healthwellbeing
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Legal Information Management , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 2023 , pp. 60 - 67
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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Footnotes

1 Mersky, Roy, ‘AALL and the Road to Diversity’ Law Library Journal 85 (1993) 859–66Google Scholar.

2 ARA/CILIP, ‘Study of the UK Information Workforce. Mapping the Library, Archives, Records, Information Management and Knowledge Management and related professions in the United Kingdom 2015’ <www.cilip.org.uk/>.

3 CILIP, ‘Diversity within the Profession – speech to CILIP West Midlands Members Day.’ 8 February 2019.

4 Ibid.

5 Mersky (see n 1).

6 <https://biall.org.uk/working-groups/biall-diversity-and-inclusion-working-group/>.

7 <https://biall.org.uk/about/diversity-inclusivity/>.

8 Health and Safety Executive Statistics, ‘Working days lost in Great Britain’ <www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/dayslost.htm>.

9 Health and Safety Executive, ‘What are the Management Standards?’ <www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/>.

10 Delphis, ‘The Mental Health Continuum is a Better Model for Mental Health’ <https://delphis.org.uk/mental-health/continuum-mental-health/>.

11 AT Welford, ‘Stress and Performance’ Ergonomics 2007 567–580.

12 New Economics Foundation blogpost, ‘Five ways to wellbeing at a time of social distancing’ (30 March 2020) <https://neweconomics.org/2020/03/five-ways-to-wellbeing-at-a-time-of-social-distancing>.

13 STOPP method, as described on a NHS Trust website <www.hey.nhs.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/OHC_STOPP.pdf>

14 Action for Happiness Monthly Calendar <https://actionforhappiness.org/calendar>.

15 BIALL membership resources webpage <https://biall.org.uk/membership-resources/>.

16 UK Government Press Release, ‘New scheme for cheaper hormone replacement therapy launches’ (1 April 2023) <www.gov.uk/government/news/new-scheme-for-cheaper-hormone-replacement-therapy-launches>.

17 Mersky (see n 1).