Would you like to get involved with the Indigenous Matters Section (IM)? Here’s how: Explore our projects page – contact the project organiser or Section ChairProvide a translation for one of our resources – contact our Information Coordinator Learn how to become a Standing Committee Member –… Read More
UNESCO will mark the launch of the International Decade of Indigenous languages on 13 December 2022 with a hybrid in-person and virtual High-level Celebration. Read More
Deadline for submissions is June 27th, 2022 Final manuscripts deadline is Sept. 30th, 2022 This special themed issue entitled: Indigenous Knowledge and Data in Ethical Information Management of The Serials Librarian is edited by members of the Indigenous Matters Section of the International Federation of Library Associations. The Editors… Read More
Action Plan 2021-2022 Activity: Guidelines for Services with Indigenous Peoples Scope This multi-year project will develop a set of guidelines for developing and sustaining library services with Indigenous peoples in an international context. Description A set of guidelines for library services with Indigenous peoples is needed to ensure Indigenous peoples… Read More
The Library History Special Interest Group is about to embark on a series of projects on oral histories of the world’s librarians, hence the theme for its session at this conference – a theme in keeping with that of the WLIC 2020 conference in Dublin, and our Call for… Read More
Climate change forces all of us to face the reality that we will see major shifts in our economic models, our physical landscapes, our energy systems, and resource management more generally. Libraries, archives, and other members of the cultural heritage space are facing and are predicted to face tremendous impacts on our collections, collecting, facilities, services, funding, users, communities, and professional lives. Read More
As part of our series of examples of how libraries protect, preserve and promote indigenous languages in the context of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, this contribution from Alejandra Velez, University of Chocó, talks about her library’s work in this area. Read More
In a further contribution to our collection of examples of how libraries protect, preserve and promote indigenous lanaguges and the communities that speak them, the below example comes from Trøndelag county library in Norway. We are grategul to Morten Olsen Haugen for the below contribution. Read More
9 August is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. It provides a great opportunity to highlight the work that libraries are doing to support and promote languages, and the communities that speak them. To celebrate, we share three stories - from Norway, the United States and Colombia. Read More
In the context of the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019, IFLA is highlighting examples of the different ways in which libraries protect, preserve and promote languages, cultures and communities. We're glad to share an article by Rosa Maldonaldo of the Library of Congress about the Indigenous Law Portal and how this is helping to promote autonomy in Bolivia. Read More