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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1975
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED136768 |
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- Library Services for Native People: A Brief to the Ontario Task Force on the Education of Native Peoples. Marshall, John American Indians Canada Natives Community Information Services Financial Support Information Centers Library Collections Library Material Selection Library Services Public Libraries Information is essential to the native people of Canada if they are to preserve their cultural heritage and determine their own destiny. The business of libraries being information, they need library services; however, they also need special information which only they can create, and they need to participate in the production and dissemination of these tools for their own individual and communal development. This study examines the problem from three perspectives: access to existing library services, development of native-run library services, and effective cooperation between the two. Band councils in rural regions can establish government funded or branch libraries; however, band librarians have little training, and hours and facilities are generally poor. Few urban natives use available libraries due to lack of cultural understanding and the paucity of native materials in collections. Friendship Centres in cities and towns with native populations need to develop information services for natives. Ontario government funding is recommended for: (1) bookmobile services to native areas; (2) native Friendship Centres specializing in community information; (3) special resource centers; (4) native media materials for resource centers; (5) increased native publication and translations; (6) a clearinghouse for information on native materials; (7) recruitment of natives into library training programs; (8) seminars for public library administrators on special problems and needs in training native personnel; and (9) establishment of a native-run college with a library technician program. (KP)