Celebrating EDI in the Library
The display and exhibition areas provide a platform to spotlight significant historical, social, or national awareness events, share academic accomplishments, and promote societies or university activities. There have been many impactful displays that align with Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) themes, fostering dialogue and community engagement.
Below are some of our displays celebrating EDI- related themes. Sometimes the displays are accompanied by a Featured Collections resource list where you can find more resources on the topic.
We welcome requests from staff and students to curate displays or exhibitions, please complete the Display and Exhibition Space Booking Form to submit a request.
April 2025: Stress Awareness Month
In April we marked Stress Awareness Month with some tips to manage stress along with a display of books from the Library's Collections.
Stress Awareness Month is an annual event observed every April since 1992, dedicated to increasing public awareness about the causes and cures of stress. You can find more information on Wellbeing and Stress, including links to books and eBook on the Library's Wellbeing Collection pages.
January 2025: Celebrating the work of Benjamin Zephaniah
January 2025, we celebrated the work of the late Benjamin Zephaniah, British Poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry. Zephaniah was awarded Honorary Doctor in Letters by University of Roehampton in 2019. Click here to find a list of his works available in the Library Collections.
October 2023: Black History Month
October is Black History Month, and this year's theme, Saluting our Sisters, paid homage to black women who had contributions ignored, ideas appropriated and voices silenced. The Library's display celebrated the work of black women writers.
January 2023: Lunar New Year
A month of picture books! The Library marked Lunar New Year with a selection of picture books for the Year of the Rabbit.
March 2025: Remarkable Women: Making a Difference in Education
For Women's History Month in March our snapshot features some of the inspirational women from Roehampton who are celebrated in the Remarkable Women exhibition at Southlands. Read the full post here: Snapshot-from-the-Archives-Womens-History-Month-2025.
June 2023: Pride month
June we celebrated Pride Month with a themed display. For more inspiration have a look at our LGBTQ+ Resource Lists which promote resources across a variety of academic disciplines from our print and online collections.
February 2023: LGBT+ History Week 2023
The Library marked LGBT+ History Week 2023 with a display and Resource List to highlight our collections. This year's theme was #BehindTheLens, which celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to cinema and film from behind the lens. Directors, cinematographers, screen writers, producers, animators, costume designers, special effects, make up artists, lighting directors, musicians, choreographers and beyond.
November 2023: UK Disability History Month
On the First Floor (at the top of the stairwell) we marked UK Disability History Month. 2023's theme was Disability, Childhood and Youth. For more titles see our Featured Collection on Disabilities for more inspiration on the theme.
March 2025: UR Mental Health Day
The Library marked University Mental Health Day (13th March) with a display from the our Collections. You can find more books on Mental Health in our Wellbeing Collection on 2nd Floor as well as in sections 362-616 of the Library.
June 2023: Windrush 75
On the First Floor we featured books liked to the contributions and sacrifices of the Caribbean community as part of Windrush 75 (the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush in Britain).
March 2023: Women's History Month
Our main display this month celebrated Women's History Month in March and International Women's Day on 9th March. The theme for 2023 was Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, recognising women, past and present, who have been active in all forms of media and storytelling including print, radio, TV, stage, screen, blogs, podcasts and more.
We curated an online Resource List to accompany the display and highlight our e-book collections, as well as a Snapshot from the Archives highlighting some notable women who feature in our Special Collections.