About the Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group
Scope
Original charge: This Special Interest Group will consider the broad range of issues relating to indigenous peoples, indigenous knowledge and libraries and information services. These include awareness of indigenous peoples and issues, content and perspectives, description and classification of materials, accessibility and use, handling of secret or sacred and offensive material, copying and repatriation of records, digitization and the Internet, intellectual property, governance and management, employment, and education and training for professional practice.
Facebook group:
A group for those interested in library services for and with indigenous peoples. All are invited to join; you need not be an institutional or personal member of IFLA. The group includes indigenous members and those who support these issues. »Read more
Convenor:
Loriene Roy
Professor School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
Affiliated Professor, Center for Women's and Gender Studies,
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-0390
United States
Phone: (512) 471-3959
Fax: (512) 471-3971
Email: loriene@ischool.utexas.edu
Last update: 4 December 2012