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Annotated Bibliography: Organizing a Tribal Library Emporia State University

Introduction The following sources will help with basic organization of a North American tribal library. There are three types of tribal libraries: community or tribal libraries/museums, school libraries/media centers, and postsecondary and research libraries (including museum libraries). The term tribal is sometimes used synonymously for indigenous. This bibliography is primarily focused upon the tribes of North America, but may include references to international indigenous cultures as in library associations. The following resources focus upon organization in: original and copy cataloging; representing within and among associations; promoting small rural libraries, digitizing cultural collections, issues in selecting culturally relevant resources, recommending links for tribal library websites, communicating among agencies, procuring funding resources, initiating childrens programs, and successful examples of the above. It is intended to help by providing a rounded foundation of journal articles, books, federal studies, websites, blogs, web links, of successful positive practices to help in the organization of a tribal library. Abdoo, Ann. A world beyond the reservation. American Libraries, 35(3), pp.36-8. Tribal libraries are at all levels of stages of development. This journal article begins with a retired librarians knowledge of organizing resources to turn a room of books into a functioning library on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Ann Abdoo, retired librarian since 2001, was coordinator of Adult Public Services at the Southfield Public Library in Michigan. While volunteering on the Pine Ridge Reservations SuAnne Big Crow Boys and Girls Club, she was inspired by the young leadership of SuAnne Big Crow (www.suannebigcrow.org) and her influence on a community. She utilized her knowledge of fund raising and library organization to develop a functioning library. She developed a data base using Microsoft Access to catalog and process books. She solicited vendors for an automation program upon outgrowing Microsoft Access. The Emporia States Pat Toner, president of the Student Library Association at Emporia State University found the library on the Boys and Girls Club website and offered to help. Emporia library students held bake sales and helped pay for part of the integrated library system. When a library closed, shelves were donated and moved to Pine Ridge. The library was then turned over to club staff. Karen McCreary then scheduled regular story times, a Power Hour for homework, and a summer reading program. This is a perfect example of using the already extablished organization of networking and resources to take a library at a beginning stage of development and move it to a higher functioning level.

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American Indian Library Association Website. Retrieved March 23, 2011. http://www.ailanet.org/ The American Indian Library Association (AILA) utilizes their website as their main form of communication. The AILA, founded in 1979, is an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA) addressing the library-related needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives. The AILA cosponsors an annual conference and holds a yearly business meeting with the ALA annual meeting. The AILA publishes the American Indian Libraries Newsletter twice a year. The website coordinates the AILA Book Ring linking organizations with extra resources to share with those in need. AILA American Indian Youth Literature Awards identify and honor the best books about Native Americans. Honoring Our Elders provides a Distinguished Service Award for active and retired AILA members. The International Indigenous Librarians Forum allows indigenous people to unite as a singular voice. Scholarships information is also included for American Indian/Alaskan Native Students. The website also includes a list of over 60 current websites of useful Native American relevant resources. Being a member of this association allows for networking with knowledgeable experts and a plethora of resources to help while organizing a tribal library. Cedar Face, Jane and Hollens, Deborah (2004). A digital library to serve a region: the bioregion and First Nations Collections of the Southern Oregon digital Archives. 44(2). This article provides a tribal library an example of the resources and steps experienced on a three-year project to digitize a regions tribal documents to create the Southern Oregon digital Archives (SODA). The SODA project was coordinated by Jane Cedar Face, the Collection Development Librarian and professor, and by Deborah Hollens, the Government Publications Librarian and Professor, at Hannon Library of Southern Oregon University. Although this article is not a step-by-step how-to process, it is a great benefit by example. Digitizing a regions eight tribal cultures created technical, communication, research, copyright, and cataloging challenges. Electronic versions of information resources were created in optical character recognition (OCR) process so full-text keyword searching was possible. Many included resources were one extant copy when borrowed, they were returned with a CD-ROM copy for further web-based sharing. Collaboration was extreme between tribal government and cultural acquiring permission for tribal stories. Some permissions had to have additional notes while cataloging the metadata such as only utilizing material during particular seasons. By creating digital libraries, tribal libraries not only make resources available for local patrons, but for people of all cultures to develop a better understanding of a tribe. Fritz, Deborah A. (1998). Cataloging with AACR2R and USMARC for books, computer files, serials, sound recordings, videorecordings. American Library Association, Chicago and London. Cataloging material consistently to national standards is a necessity so that metadata is interoperable within digital resources. Deborah Fritz founder of The MARC of Quality, provides training, consulting, and specialized software for the quality control of MARC database. She worked with cataloging and MARC cataloging since 1985. This 500 page manual began as a handout for cataloging workshops. It provides the standards when cataloging individual records on the five formats listed in the title. Fritz

Running Head: ORGANIZING A TRIBAL LIBRARY combines cataloging rules and interpretations from Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed., Library of Congress Rule Interpretations. Also included are USMARC coding and OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards. She used the Library of Congress Subject Headings, Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings, Free-floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index. Library of Congress Classification Schedules, Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition, 21 and Dewey Decimal Classification : A Practical Guide. This manual is important when consistently cataloging information resources within tribal libraries. It provides hints for identifying correct MARC records, access points, and cheat sheets for original cataloging of the five formats. Due to the abundance of original cultural materials in tribal libraries, original cataloging guidelines are needed so these rare resources may be preserved and shared. Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library, Southeastern Oklahoma University. Native American Resources on the Internet. Retrieved March 30, 2011. http://www.se.edu/lib/subnativeamerican.htm. Libraries must have websites. The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library of Southeastern Oklahoma University has a website linked on the AILA website. It is maintained by Brandon Burnette, Government Documents/Reference Librarian. The site is extensive and orderly. Hundreds of sites divided into general topics and subdivided even into historical time periods. When organizing a tribal library website, this is a very list of extensive web links to include. Oneida Tribal Library Website. Retrieved March 27, 2011. http://www.oneidanation.org/library/ . This website exemplifies programs for the Oneida people. The Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin began their library in the early 1980s. Started by Judy Cornelius, the services of the tribal library are continually expanding. The library now has two branches. Although the website design is not fancy, it includes childrens art and Oneida language and translations. Basic library services are available such as personal accounts and OPAC. The teen page needs kudos for being written in the voice for teens. They offer e-books for teens who know they should be reading, but dont want to tear themselves away from the computer! They offer e-books on loan from over 50 libraries. The library will even offer free CDs so teens may burn their own copy so they wont ever get overdue fines again. They offer suggestions for Internet safety and a national native youth emergency hotline. The tribal library uses yahoo calendar to organize events for their patrons. They offer toddler morning and evening times, FAN (Fitness and Nutrition) Club by Oneida Community Library Youth Development, story time, Teen Time, Free Fax Friday, CRAFT: Creative Reading and Fun Time!, Monday Movie Mash/Monday movie Madness, and Oneida Language Family Sharing Time. Organizing a tribal library must include great activities for the community it serves. This website offers fun activities in the voice of the people. Reese, Debbie. Native Americans in Childrens Literature. Retrieved March 28, 2011, from http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/. What is a tribal library or librarian without knowledge of Native American literature? Debbie Reese, professor at University of Illinois Urbana, Native parent and former schoolteacher began her blog in 2007 providing half a million hits on Native Americans in Literature. The blog is noted in the top 5 of Native American blogs, featured on School Library Journals Blog of the Day. It is linked by dozens of social justice organizations and teaching and library organizations websites. She believes it is not

Running Head: ORGANIZING A TRIBAL LIBRARY enough to provide children with better information, but teachers and parents must actively work towards helping children develop an ability to identify racist, biased, and outdated information about American Indians. This site is detrimental for all librarians to utilize as a resource when designing lesson plans or family programming of a tribal library or any library. Roy, Loreine (2007). Services to underrepresented populations. Tennessee Library Association. 57(1). Roys article defines underrepresented indigenous library populations and identifies efforts to serve these populations on three levels: international, national, and state levels. Loreine Roy, former ALA president and professor of University of Texas at Austins School of Information. She is an enrolled member of the White Earth Reservation. Roy begins with properly identifying patrons. Generally, using tribally specific names is most appropriate, but most importantly, ask. Demographics are provided identifying characteristics and differences with the U.S. population. She identifies the library associations on the international, national, and state levels in which indigenous and tribal libraries are organized and resources are appropriated. Internationally, the Indigenous Librarians Forum serving individuals from New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, Canada, Greenland, and the United States meet every two years. Nationally, the American Library Association (ALA) American Indian Library Association (AILA) is the national organization dedicated to library services for Native peoples, meeting bi-annually. She identifies the other units of ALA which support American Indian library issues. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provides funding through the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program, the Laura Bush 21st Century Library Program, and National Leadership Grants. Tribal library concerns are also addressed on state library associations or chapters of the ALA. New Mexico and Arizona lead in supporting tribal library development. This article provides introductory information to define, organize, and provide funding resources in the international, national, and state levels of organizing tribal libraries. The small but powerful online toolkit for winning support for your rural library CITE! http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/olos/supporttoolkit/toolkithome.cfm The small but powerful to winning big support for your rural library: Tips and tools you can use from the ALA Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds Committee in collaboration with the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services and the Campaign for Americas Libraries. 3/26/2010. ALA recognized the unique need to organize and promote rural and tribal libraries in this .pdf printable toolkit via their Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds Committee. This eight page toolkits provides great tips to not only organize a tribal librarys support within the community. Basic tools needed are annual reports, business cards, communication plan, fact sheet, news releases, public service announcements and website/blog. Steps to success help with identifying and clarifying your goal. The steps begin with advocacy, team building, and having an action plan. Promote and communicate a clear, memorable message of your library to the people where they are. This toolkit is perfect for rejuvenating an unsupported tribal library or promoting a new tribal library.

Running Head: ORGANIZING A TRIBAL LIBRARY U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (1992). Pathways to Excellence: A report on improving library and information services for Native American peoples.

Webster, Kelly ed. (2005). Library services to indigenous populations: viewpoints & resources. American Library Association, Chicago. This publication comprises many facets of value. The preface recognizes the commendable efforts of several successful tribal and Native American libraries by former ALA president, Loreine Roy and A. Arro Smith. Five chapters include history, indigenous people and their use of libraries, current issues of tribal libraries, college tribal libraries, indigenous information and intellectual property rights, and lastly, international issues. Each chapter is followed by an annotated bibliography written by Webster, a former AILA present and member of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. Fascinating topics are sprinkled with tips for organizing the tribal library. Contributor Dr. Naomi Caldwell, a professor at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and member of the Rampaough Lenape Nation discusses the moral and ethical dilemma and the essence of indigenous wisdom and its ownership. Websters bibliographies could certainly provide insight when cataloging and digitizing cultural resources in a tribal library.