Indigenous Peoples Worldwide Category
Aloha from the Island of Oahu!
By: Loriene Roy on: May 20,2009 In: Featured, Indigenous Peoples Worldwide, Libraries, TravelOne of my long held dreams has been to spend more than ten days on the islands of Hawaii. Thanks to the kind invitation of Dr. Andrew Wertheimer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s library school, I am here to teach a short summer session class on indigenous librarianship. One of my colleagues, a [...]
The Last Day of the IILF in New Zealand
By: Loriene Roy on: Feb 19,2009 In: Featured, Indigenous Peoples Worldwide, LibrariesFebruary 4, 2009
The agenda on the last day of the Sixth International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum (IILF) included a brief presentation by a delegate, three keynote presentations, and farewells.
Alice Heather, School Library Advisor for the National Library of New Zealand, provided an update on AnyQuestions.co.nz. This co-browsing service provides students with homework advice including an hour [...]
Day Three of IILF at the Wananga-o-Raukawa
By: Loriene Roy on: Feb 19,2009 In: Indigenous Peoples Worldwide, LibrariesFebruary 3, 2009
The morning session of International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum (ILLF) took place in the nearby Rangiatea church. Kim Lawson from Canada gave an update on the thesaurus work at the Xwi7xwa Library and continuing work on indigenous knowledge organization with a larger, international group.
Dr. Te Kani Kingi’s presentation was titled,”Professional & Indigenous: The [...]
Palmerston North City Library: Living Room of the City
By: Loriene Roy on: Feb 10,2009 In: Indigenous Peoples Worldwide, LibrariesLast Saturday, I had the good fortune to receive a guided tour of the Palmerston North City Library on the north island of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The library is divided into six zones: The Basement (Youth), Fiction and Literature, Children’s, Non-Fiction, Sound and Vision, and New Zealand and Pacific Islands. There are small sections called Living [...]
