SIG review report 2012-2013
The IFLA SIG on Indigenous Matters is a special interest group for those interested in library services for and with indigenous peoples. The group includes indigenous members and those who support these issues.
The Group is one vehicle for discussion for members of the IFLA SIG on Indigenous Matters, formally established in December 2008. The SIG evolved out of IFLA Past President Kay Raseroka’s interests and Alex Bryne's Presidential Task Force on Indigenous Matters, a focus on library services for the traditional owners of the land.
The IFLA SIG has organized annual business meetings at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) and has been welcomed as an active participant under its sponsoring IFLA unit, the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section (Section 32). Issues addressed by the SIG continue to be of interest to IFLA members.
Evidence of this interest is seen in the active participation of the Convener and other SIG members in the planning and delivery of the successful April 2012 IFLA President’s program, Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts," held on the camps of the University of British Columbia. Another example of the interest is the recent revision of the 2000 Guidelines for Professional Library/Information Educational Programs to include indigenous matters.
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Last update: 27 June 2013