First Nation Libraries &
Librarianship
(Updated: 31-Oct-09)
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United States
Library Catalogues
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)
Native American
Studies Library (University of California, Berkeley)
Oksale Virtual Library
(Northwest Indian College)
Sequoyah Research Center
(American Native Press Archives)
Institute of American
Indian Arts Library IAIA
Digital Collections
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)
Vanished World's,
Enduring People: Cornell University Library's Native American
Collection (Cornell University) Digital exhibition on Aboriginal peoples
in the western hemisphere.
International
Alexander Turnbull Library and
Oral History Centre (National Library of New Zealand)
Indigenous
Library Services (State Library of Queensland, Australia)
Mura Gadi (National Library of Australia)
Maori Library
Resources and Services (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
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
TRAILS Training
& Assistance for Indian Library Services and Appendices (University of Oklahoma, School of Library and Information
Studies) Tribal Library Procedures
Manual by Dr. Lotsee Patterson [pdf]
Web
Junction Best practices for libraries supporting Indigenous
communities
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 Subject
Headings
Australian Indigenous Knowledge
and Libraries E-book edited by Martin Nakata and Marcia Langton (2005) [pdf]
Australian Pictorial Thesaurus intended to become a national standard for describing pictorial materials
Project Naming (Library and Archives Canada)
An ongoing project to identify Inuit portrayed in some of the photographic collections of LAC in Ottawa.
National Aborginal Health
Organization Glossary of terms describing or relating to Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Aboriginal
Thesaurus (National Library of Australia)
Words First: An
Evolving Terminology Relating to Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (INAC)
Thesaurus Project
(National Indian Law Library) Includes a bibliography of materials consulted during
the process of creating the thesaurus
Brian Deer
Classification Scheme (University of British Columbia)
Modified version from the Xwi7xwa Library
British Columbia First
Nations Names Authority List (University of
British Columbia) A working document from the Xwi7x Library
[pdf]
Report to
LIANZA, Phase One (Te Ropu Whakahau) Mäori Subject Headings Working Party - Final
Report (March 2000) [pdf]
Report to
LIANZA, Phase Two (Te Ropu Whakahau) Mäori Subject Headings Working Party - Final
Report (August 2001) [pdf]
Mäori
Subject Headings Draft Guidelines (Te Ropu Whakahau)
Mäori Subject Headings Draft Guidelines (August 2001)
[pdf]
Te
Ara Tika Guiding Words, Phase Three (Te Ropu Whakahau)
Mäori Subject Headings Projects Research Report (February 2005) [pdf]
NEW RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Proposed Tribal College Cataloging Systems: From Isolation to Association
by George Gregory Chester. Ph.D. University of Minnesota. 2006.
Available through Dissertation Abstracts.
"Don't Class Me in Antiquities! Giving Voice to Native American Materials" by Kelly
Webster & Ann Doyle In Radical Cataloging:Essays at the Front. K.R. Roberto, ed.
London: McFarland & Co. 2008
Exner Little Bear, Frank. Creating Identity: North American Indian Names and Naming.
Germany: VDM Verlag. 2007
The Digital Divide
First Nations Technology Council An organization
working with BC First Nations to support connectivity, training, and using technology for culture
revitilization.
The Digital Divide,
Aboriginal women and IT opportunity (Aboriginal Youth Network)
April 2003 article by Miranda Moore
National Indian
Telecommunications Institute (NITI) An advocacy agency providing
tools and training to bridge the digital divide
Digital
A Nation Online, But Where are the Native Americans?
(Digital Divide Network) March 2002 article by Kade Twist
The Underrepresented Native American Student: Diversity in Library Science Monique Loyd,
Library Student Journal, February 2007
Library
Services for Aboriginal People
First Peoples' Libraries (FPL) Wiki
A forum for sharing and collaborating on the development and implementation of library services for
First Peoples.
Library Services to
Aboriginal Peoples (Edmonton Public Library) Edmonton Public Library Task Force
Report, 2005 [large pdf]
World Libraries
Spring 2002 issue devoted to libraries and Indigenous Peoples
First Nations Library Service
(Ontario Library Service North)
Albert
Branch Community Library (Saskatchewan Libraries) Report to the
BCLA Conference 2000
Minister's
Advisory Committee on Library Services for Aboriginal People (Saskatchewan Libraries) Final Report, 2001
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)
Preserving the
Past for the Future (International Federation of Library Association and
Institutions) IFLA Conference Proceedings, 2000. National
Libraries of Mexico and Chile report
The Right of the Child
to Information and its Practical Impact on Children's Libraries (International Federation of Library Association and
Institutions) IFLA Conference, 1998. Marian Koren, Netherlands Public Library
Association,The Hague.
IFLA/Unesco Public
Library Manifesto (International Federation of Library Association and
Institutions)
Planning
BC Public
Library Strategic Plan - Response
(British Columbia Library Association, First Nations Interest Group)
November 2003 [pdf]
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]
Library & Archives Associations
Canada
First
Nations Interest Group (British Columbia Library Association)
Library and Information Needs of Native Peoples
(Canadian Library Association)
Aboriginal Archives (Association of Canadian Archivists)
United
States
First Archivists Circle
Forum for information sharing and networking
Lorine Roy's campaign page
Platform and background information supporting Roy's bid for 2007-2008
ALA Presidency
ALA Committee on Rural, Native and Tribal
Libraries of All Kinds Includes publications, best practices and advocacy links
American Indian
Library Association
Native
American Archives Coalition
International
LIANZA Library and Information
Society of New Zealand Aotearoa
Te
Röpü Whakahau Maori Library and Information Workers Association
International Federation of Library
Associations IFLA
Education and Student Scholarships
Canada
First
Nations Curriculum Concentration (MAS & MLIS) (University of
British Columbia) School of Library, Archival and Information
Science
United States
& International
American Indian Library Association Scholarship
Body of Knowledge Appendix Library & Information Association New Zealand
Aotearoa (LIANZA) [pdf]
Conference Scholarships Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research
Libraries (ACRL) is offering scholarships for the preconference session at its 48th Annual Preconfernece.
Several scholarships are designated for applicants of underrepresented ethnic and racial groups, both
professional librarians and qualified students.
Knowledge River
(University of Arizona, School of Information Resources and Library
Science) Library & information issues from the perspectives of Native
Americans and Hispanics
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) Aboriginal/First Nations, Native
American, Hispanic &African American graduate students in Library Information Studies
programs (includes Canadian students), $5000 USD per year.
[Deadline-March]
School of Information Management
(Victoria, University of Wellington)
Community
EducationPrograms
Back
to the Future: A Forum on the Education and Training Requirements of
First Nations Records Keepers (University of BC) Report from the British
Columbia Library Association, First Nations Interest Group and the First Nations House of Learning,
University of British Columbia [pdf]
Community Archives Education Program
(Archives Association of BC) Provides fundamental 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 or
Indian Band libraries
Professional
Development
Tribal College
Librarians Professional Development Institute
Library Funding Sources
Canada's Aboriginal
Digital Opportunities (Government of Canada)
Web Resources for Tribal
Libraries (University of Arizona)
First Nations/Indigenous Publishers &
Booksellers
NichiNook Catalogue of books for sale
related to social issues
Salina Bookshelf Independent
publisher of textbooks, children's picture books, reference books, and
electronic media in Navajo and English
IAD Press
Australia’s national Indigenous publishing house and owner of the trade
imprint Jukurrpa Books
Books Hawaii Books, videos
and related products celebrating Hawaiian language, culture, and
sensibilities
Gabriel
Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research Dedicated to
promoting Métis culture
Good Minds Native owned
and operated providing educational resources that are searchable by
topic and/or grade level
The
Native Book Centre Books, videos, audios and CD ROMs, search by
category
Theytus Books
Aboriginal publisher producing literature from an Aboriginal
perspective
Kegedonce Press
Committed to the development, promotion and publication of the work
of Indigenous writers nationally and internationally
Pemmican Publishers Inc. A Metis
cultural and educational publishing house for the creative and
vocational outlet of the Metis people of Manitoba
Oyate A Native
organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed
honestly
Literacy
See: Xwi7xwa
Literacy Page

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