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Human Living Library Toolkit

This toolkit has been created by librarians at the Universities of Hull and Huddersfield with support from Academic Libraries North. Its purpose is to provide ideas and resources to help with the planning of Human Library events.

Key Questions

You may want to consider these questions in the preparation/planning of your event: 

  • Did you plan the event with equality, diversity and inclusion in mind? 

  • Does this event benefit anyone? Does this event disadvantage anyone? 

  • Why are you running the event? Who was it designed for and for whom? Did the people who are going to be taking part in the event have any say in the planning or should they? 

  • Are there any helpful tweaks that can be made to make the event more accessible and reduce biases?  

  • Should or could another team in your organisation get involved (e.g., EDI Team, Students Union, Faculties, etc.)? Would this benefit engagement or the overall success of the event? 

These questions can help you understand how the event should be ran and if there are any additional considerations that need to be made. It’s important to allow this event to be a safe, open space for conversation, learning and connecting different people and communities.  

If relevant, write up and present a business case for the event and the benefits/risks, budget, etc. All of this can take approximately 2-4 months depending on your approach and resource.