Reflecting the Lives of Aboriginal Women in Canadian Public Library Collection Development
This paper suggests some, but not all, the core titles needed for developing a public library collection that would reflect the diversity and complexity of the lives of Aboriginal women in Canada. The titles include major authors, essential titles, journals, magazines, indexes, databases, reference...
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ftunivguelphojs:oai:ojs.guelph:article/1245 2023-05-15T16:55:12+02:00 Reflecting the Lives of Aboriginal Women in Canadian Public Library Collection Development Kelly, Barbara 2011-01-14 text/html application/pdf https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1245 eng eng The Partnership https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1245/1869 https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1245/1870 https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1245 Copyright (c) 2016 Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2010) Partnership : Revue canadienne de la pratique et de la recherche en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l'information; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2010) 1911-9593 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Article évalué par les pairs 2011 ftunivguelphojs 2021-11-14T07:21:30Z This paper suggests some, but not all, the core titles needed for developing a public library collection that would reflect the diversity and complexity of the lives of Aboriginal women in Canada. The titles include major authors, essential titles, journals, magazines, indexes, databases, reference books, websites, film, music, and spoken word as well as some recommended collection sources. The works reveal an emerging literature and cultural production for, by, and about Aboriginal women that steers away from pathologizing their lives as discussed in the l998 Status of Women in Canada report Aboriginal Women in Canada: Strategic Research Directions for Policy Development. Library customers who are seeking a better understanding of the lives of Aboriginal women in Canada, or Aboriginal women who are seeking materials that reflect the strengths, challenges, reality, and dreams of their lives, should be able to expect a core collection in the public libraries of the communities in which they live. This paper will outline some of the arguments for developing a core collection of work for, and about, Aboriginal women in Canada, and will suggest some criteria and selection sources critical for this collection. For this paper, Aboriginal women in Canada include women who identify themselves as First Nation, Inuit and Metis. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Metis University of Guelph hosted OJS journals Canada Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 5 2 |
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This paper suggests some, but not all, the core titles needed for developing a public library collection that would reflect the diversity and complexity of the lives of Aboriginal women in Canada. The titles include major authors, essential titles, journals, magazines, indexes, databases, reference books, websites, film, music, and spoken word as well as some recommended collection sources. The works reveal an emerging literature and cultural production for, by, and about Aboriginal women that steers away from pathologizing their lives as discussed in the l998 Status of Women in Canada report Aboriginal Women in Canada: Strategic Research Directions for Policy Development. Library customers who are seeking a better understanding of the lives of Aboriginal women in Canada, or Aboriginal women who are seeking materials that reflect the strengths, challenges, reality, and dreams of their lives, should be able to expect a core collection in the public libraries of the communities in which they live. This paper will outline some of the arguments for developing a core collection of work for, and about, Aboriginal women in Canada, and will suggest some criteria and selection sources critical for this collection. For this paper, Aboriginal women in Canada include women who identify themselves as First Nation, Inuit and Metis. |
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