Everything tagged: Indigenous Peoples

The Ex Libris Association (ELA) announces the launch of its Indigenous Student Bursary to encourage more Indigenous voices among staff in all types of libraries.

“The intention of this pan-Canadian list is to provide a venue to bring individuals together to address and discuss topics relating to Indigenous collections acquisitions, policy making, and best practices.”

Library and GLAM sector organizations call for federal support for access to e-content, municipal funding, accessible reading material, funding for Library and Archives Canada, Open Educational Resources (OER), and Canadian publishers and booksellers.

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) today issued a statement calling for the release of all outstanding residential school records held by the Catholic Church and various levels of government.

The discussion paper from the First Nations Information Governance Centre explores the conflicts between the current Canadian information management regime and First Nations data sovereignty and offers suggestions for further exploration that may offer short‑term and long‑term improvements of the system.

Highlights of interest to the Canadian library and information management community

The Library of Parliament has recently released a number of research publications on topics of interest to the library and information management community.

This framework provides a road map of sorts, setting out a vision, foundational principles, and a transformative path forward for the archives profession in Canada.

Highlights from ministerial mandate letters on issues of interest to the librarianship community.

Special Issue: Indigenous Librarianship