LIBR 1595: Indigenous Knowledges and Libraries
| Course Format | Lecture 3.0 h + Seminar 0.0 h + Lab. 0.0 h |
| Credits | 3.0 |
Course Description
Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse+ (MMIWG2S+) Calls to Justice, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA)'s Indigenous Matters report, increasingly libraries are including reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization in their strategic plans. In this course, students are introduced to topics that are broadly referred to as Indigenous initiatives. Starting with a foundation based on Indigenous terminology and the above-mentioned documents, students engage with collection development, cataloguing and classification, public service, programming, and archives and museums through Indigenous lenses. Students examine these aspects of library work from the perspective of Indigenous and non- Indigenous library patrons. Learners are supported with resources, both textual and audio-visual, in which Indigenous voices and experiences are centred.
Registration in this course is restricted to students admitted to the Diploma in Library and Information Technology and the Diploma in Library and Information Technology (Flexible Participation Option).
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