Communities as Authority:

Strengthening Ilokano and Amianan Studies Materials in Library

Collectionsby Nicolita Marie Garces

Graduate StudentLibrary and Information Science Program

University of Hawai'i-Manoa7th Nakem International Conference

December 5-7, 2012

A Bit About...

Overview

Libraries and librarians can play a role in Nakem's movement for cultural pluralism and linguistic democracy

•Professional Ethics & Standards

•Community Generated Materials

•Relationships, Collaboration & Projects

•Collaborative Collection Management System

•Suggested Grants

Professional Ethics, Marginalized Groups & Diversity

•Librarians serve the info needs of ever growing diverse & multicultural communities

•Professional ethics & standards guide librarians in their responsibilitieso American Library Association's (ALA) Bill of

Rightso Philippine Association of Academic &

Research Librarians (PAARL): "Standards for Academic Libraries for 2010"

Professional Ethics, Marginalized Groups & Diversity... con'tInternational Federation of Library

Association's (IFLA) Multicultural Library Manifesto

•"Libraries of all types should reflect, support and promote cultural and linguistic diversity at the international, national, and local levels, and thus work for cross-cultural dialogue and active citizenship..."

•Librarians "serve all members of the community without discrimination based on cultural and linguistic heritage..."

Communities as Authority•Creation of printed or electronic

materials that are community generatedo Asserts that communities- comprised of their

beliefs, values, cultures and lived experiences- are authority on the subject matter

•Terms: local knowledge, community knowledge

•Benefits the local community, useful for the local and global consumption (Chowdhury, Poulter and McMenemy 2006)

• ILFA support: Multicultural Communities: Guidelines for Library Services (2009)

It's All About Cultivating Relationships

Librarian-Librariano acquisitionso resource

sharingo digitally archive

Nakem Conferences' history

Librarian-Professor-Students-Student Organizationso diversify collectiono information literacyo pathfinders & bibliographies

Philippines LibGuide, University of Hawai'i Libraries

Creating Electronic Resources•Web 2.0 (blogs, wikis, social media)

•Institutional Repositories/Digital Libraries

o University of Hawai'i-Manoa

o Benguet State University

o Collaboration among institutions

Collaborative Collection Management System•Have policies and procedures in place

o projects are mission driveno include goals, objectives, project

sustainability efforts, budget, timeline

•For local and indigenous knowledge, involve community members throughout the process

•Suggestion for culturally sensitive indigenous materials: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services (http://aiatsis.gov.au/atsilirn/protocols.php)

Suggested Grants

•Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS) http://www.imls.gov/

•Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation.org/libraries/Pages/default.aspx

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•Open Society Foundationswww.opensocietyfoundations.org/

•Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project www.hrelp.org/grants/

•The Endangered Language Fund www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/