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Beginning in May-June 2011, the Xwi7xwa Library wesbite will migrate to a new platform. The resource links currently available on this page will be edited, updated, and transferred to the Research Guides section of the UBC Library Website.

Indigenous Librarianship
(Encylopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd ed. 2010)

Catalogues & Collections | Building First Nation Libraries | Subject Representation
Associations | Education & Scholarships | Funding Sources
Publishers & Booksellers

Aboriginal Library Catalogues

Canada
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society Resource Centre
BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society Health Resource Centre
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Applied Research Metis collections. Saskatchewan.
First Nations University of Canada (University of Regina catalogue)
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
Ojibway & Cree Cultural Centre Timmins, Ontario
Union of BC Indian Chiefs Resource Centre new online catalogue (Oct2009)
Woodland Cultural Centre Brantford, Ontario

Canadian Government and Other Related Libraries
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) Virtual library catalogue. Guest logon.
National Library and Archives of Canada Aboriginal Resources and Services
Museum of Anthropology Library (University of British Columbia)

United States
American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) (Huntington Park Library, Los Angeles) The largest U.S. public library collection focusing on American Indians
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center Library & Archives
National Indian Law Library (Native American Rights Fund)
Institute of American Indian Arts Library IAIA

International
Alexander Turnbull Library and Oral History Centre (National Library of New Zealand)
Mura Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Online Catalogue

Digital Collections

Canada
iPortal: Indigenous Studies Portal (University of Saskatchewan)
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Library Winnipeg, Manitoba
Our Legacy (University of Saskatchewan) Aboriginal materials found in Saskatchewan cultural and heritage collections.

United States
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Virtual Library
American Indian Manuscript Index to 1982 (American Philosophical Society) manuscript holdings of American Indian languages and cultures
Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians California Indian Library Collections Project (University of California, Berkeley)
GlobalGateway: World Cultures & Resources (Library of Congress)
Native American Studies Collection (University of California, Berkeley)
Oksale Virtual Library (Northwest Indian College)
Sequoyah Research Center (American Native Press Archives)
Vanished World's, Enduring People: Cornell University Library's Native American Collection (Cornell University) Digital exhibition on Aboriginal peoples in the western hemisphere.

International
Maori Library Resources and Services (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Mura Gadi (National Library of Australia)
WWW Virtual Library - Indigenous Studies (Center for World Indigenous Studies and George Manual Library)

Building First Nations Libraries

What You Can Do to Support Tribal Libraries (American Indian Library Association) Scroll down to find link to tip sheet and brochure
Tribal Library Procedures Manual by Dr. Lotsee Patterson and Appendices - TRAILS Training & Assistance for Indian Library Services (University of Oklahoma, School of Library and Information Studies), 1992 [pdf]
American Indians and Law Libraries:Acknowleding the Third Sovereign (National Indian Law Library) Nancy Carol Carter, 2002 [pdf]
Library Network and Tribal Libraries Census and Needs Assessment Study (Library of California)
Pathways to Excellence: A Report on Improving Library and Information Services for Native American Peoples United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1992
The Role of Libraries in Native American Communities in Louisiana (Louisiana State University) 2002 Master's Thesis by Becky Hebert [pdf]

Subject Representation: Classification and Vocabularies

Thesauri and Classification Schemes
AIATSIS Pathways: Gateway to the AIATSIS Thesaurus (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
Australian Pictorial Thesaurus intended as a standard for describing pictorial materials
First Nations House of Learning Classification Scheme (University of British Columbia) Modified version from the Xwi7xwa Library
First Nations House of Learning British Columbia Names of First Nations (University of British Columbia) A working document from the Xwi7x Library [pdf]
Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names Includes Aborginal artists
Mäori Subject Headings Draft Guidelines (Te Ropu Whakahau) Mäori Subject Headings Draft Guidelines (August 2001) [pdf]
National Aborginal Health Organization Glossary of terms relating to Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Project Naming (Library and Archives Canada) An ongoing project to identify Inuit people portrayed in some of the photographic collections of LAC.
Words First: An Evolving Terminology Relating to Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (INAC)

About
Aboriginal Thesaurus (National Library of Australia)
Australian Indigenous Knowledge and Libraries Martin Nakata & Marcia Langton, editors(2005) [pdf]
Mäori Subject Headings Working Party (Te Ropu Whakahau)

National Indian Law Library Thesaurus Project Includes a bibliography of materials consulted during the process of creating the thesaurus

Policy

Protocols for Native American Archival Materials (First Archivists' Circle)
Culturally Responsive Guidelines for Alaska Public Libraries (Alaska Library Association)
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services (Charles Darwin University)

Aboriginal Public Library Services

BC Public Library Strategic Plan - Response (British Columbia Library Association, First Nations Interest Group) November 2003 [pdf]
First Peoples' Libraries (FPL) Wiki Focuses on the development and implementation of library services for First Peoples.
First Nations Library Service (Ontario Library Service North)
Ontario Library Service - North Strategic Plan (Ontario Library Service North) 2005-2008 & 2009-2012
Our Way Forward: A Strategic Plan for First Nation Public Libraries (Ontario Library Services North) April 2004 [pdf]
Web Junction Best practices for libraries supporting Indigenous communities

Library & Archives Associations See First Nations/Aboriginal Organizations

Education and Student Scholarships

Graduate Programs
First Nations Curriculum Concentration (MAS & MLIS) (University of British Columbia) School of Library, Archival and Information Science Knowledge River (University of Arizona, School of Information Resources and Library Science) Library & information issues from the perspectives of Native American and Hispanic people
School of Information Management (Victoria, University of Wellington)

Scholarships and Recruitment
Gene Joseph Aboriginal Scholarship SLAIS $1700
American Indian Library Association Scholarship
LAMP Scholars Program (LIS Access Midwest Program)
Native American Honors Internships (Ft. Lewis College, Colorado) Archives, library, museum, and historic preservation program
Spectrum Scholarship (American Library Association) Indigenous, Hispanic &African American graduate students in Library Information Studies programs (includes Canadian students), $5000 USD per year. [Deadline-March]

Community Education
Community Archives Education Program (Archives Association of BC) Basic level workshops for people working with archival materials
Community Library Training Program (CLP) (British Columbia Public Services Library Branch) Distance learning program for staff in BC public and First Nations libraries

Professional Development
Tribal College Librarians Professional Development Institute

Library Funding Sources

Web Resources for Tribal Libraries (University of Arizona)

Publishers & Booksellers

Canada
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research Métis culture
Good Minds Six Nations owned and operated, resources are searchable by topic and grade level
Kegedonce Press Committed to the development, promotion and publication of the work of Indigenous writers nationally and internationally
The Native Book Centre Books, videos, audios and CD ROMs, search by category
NechiNook (Nechi Institute, Alberta)
Pemmican Publishers Inc. A Métis publishing house (Manitoba)
Theytus Books Aboriginal publisher (Okanagan BC)

United States
Books Hawaii Celebrating Hawaiian language, culture, and sensibilities
Oyate A Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed honestly
Salina Bookshelf publishes print and media in Navajo and English

International
Aboriginal Studies Press The publishing arm of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) IAD Press Australia’s national Indigenous publishing house and owner of the trade imprint Jukurrpa Books


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