New Issue of IFLA Journal Available

November 14, 2021

Vol 47, No 3 (2021)

Special Issue: Indigenous Librarianship

The IFLA Journal special issue on Indigenous Librarianship strives to position libraries and librarianship through an indigenous worldview and ways of knowing. Each article takes is own perspective on the topic, exploring issues such as colonization, reconciliation, representation and imagery, digital access, and resource management. The issue is the result of collaboration with IFLA Journal and the Indigenous Matters Section of IFLA.

Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial
Stephen Stratton and Camille Callison

Articles

Indigenous librarianship: Theory, practices, and means of social action
Ulia Gosart

Transformation of library and information management: Decolonization or Indigenization?
Spencer Lilley

Are we there yet? Visualizing Indigenous culture in today’s library
Millicent Fullmer

Library services and indigenous peoples in Latin America: Reviewing concepts, gathering experiences
Edgardo Civallero

Indigenous resource management systems as models for librarianship: I waiwai ka ‘āina
Kawena Komeiji, Keahiahi Long, Shavonn Matsuda and Annemarie Paikai

The dangers of libraries and archives for Indigenous Australian workers: Investigating the question of Indigenous cultural safety
Kirsten Thorpe

Reconciliation in Australia: The academic library empowering the Indigenous community
Jayshree Mamtora, Claire Ovaska and Bronwyn Mathiesen

Indigenous knowledge in Sudan: Perceptions among Sudanese librarians
Omer Abbas El Sharief, Mohamed Salah Eldin Mudawi and Radia Adam Mohamed

A framework for the integration of indigenous knowledge into libraries in South Africa
Maned Mhlongo

Sharing stories: The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling project
Tara Million

Searching for tūpuna
Nicola Andrews

Enabling cultural heritage spaces in Nigerian public libraries: A case study of the Anambra
State Library Board
Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu and Nkechi Sabina Udeze

(Via IFLA Journal)

IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally.