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LORIENE ROY, ALA PRESIDENT!
Aila's own Loriene Roy, professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas, Austin, former ALA council member, and past AILA president, has been elected as the incoming president of the American Library Association for the 2007-2008 term. You can read the press release
here. Loriene's web site provides information about her plans for her presidency.
You can also contact the Association through Lisa
Mitten at the
address at the bottom of this page.
AILA MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION AND FAQ
You can become a member of AILA and receive our
Newsletter by sending $15/year for individuals,
$30/year for libraries,
institutions, and agencies, or $10/year for students
to our treasurer.
AILA membership includes a subscription to our
quarterly
Newsletter with information
pertaining to library services to Native Americans
and reviews of books
on Indians. Membership also makes you eligible to
subscribe to
AILA-L, a discussion group for AILA members
hosted by Oklahoma
State University. If you are currently an AILA member
and wish to be
added to AILA-L, please contact John
Berry, the owner of
this
list.
We now have a full-color
PDF version of our new membership brochure. (Note - this is a large file, 89 KB)
Both the AILA NEWSLETTER and AILA-L accept library
job advertisements. Current rates for the Newsletter are $50/half column; $100/one column;
$200/two columns. Job ads of any length can be sent out on AILA-L for a $50 fee, the
same price as a half-column ad in the Newsletter.
Please contact editor Rhonda Taylor to place advertisements in
the Newsletter. Job ads for the listserv can be sent to listserv owner
John Berry. Payment for listserv ads should be made to
AILA treasurer Joan Howland.
AILA Treasurer
Joan Howland
Law Library
University of Minnesota
229 19th Avenue, South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
howla001@umn.edu
Editor, AILA Newsletter
Rhonda Harris Phone: 405-325-3921
SLIS - 401 West Brooks Fax: 405-325-7648
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019
rtaylor@ou.edu
The American Indian Library Association announces the establishment of a Distinguished Service
Award for active and retired AILA members - HONORING OUR ELDERS.
Criteria - Nominees should have demonstrated, over a period of years:
Significant and continuous service to the ongoing operations and growth of the American
Indian Library Association;
Service to Indian communities and exceptional progress in his/her career development that has
resulted in specific and extraordinary service to the American Indian Library Association;
Work for the improvement in library and information services for and to American Indian people.
Eligibility - Open to all active and retired members of AILA
Letters of Nomination should address the criteria, plus any other relevant points
that the nominator wishes to include, and should be sent to:
Victor L. Schill
Fairbanks Branch Library
7122 N. Gessner
Houston, Texas 77040-3104
LIBRARY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
The American Indian Library Association announces the establishment of a scholarship award for
American Indian/Alaskan Native students who are enrolled in, or have been accepted to and will
enroll in a master's degree program in an American Library Association accredited library school.
The scholarship is designed to encourage the entry of qualified American Indians and Alaskan
Natives into the library profession. One scholarship of $500 will be awarded for the 2005-2006
academic year.
Further details and scholarship criteria, as well as application forms and instructions, are
available at the American Indian Library Association web site at
www.nativeculturelinks.com/aila_scholarship.htm
All applications, references, and other supporting documentation much be postmarked no later than
April 1, 2006.
The American Indian Library Association encourages donations to the American Indian Library
Association Scholarship Fund. Contributions may be sent to:
Joan S. Howland, AILA Treasurer
University of Minnesota Law Library
229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH SERVICES LITERATURE AWARD
The American Indian Library Association announces the establishment of its American Indian Youth Services Literature Award. The children's book award was created as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. Potential award winning titles will be nominated and selected by members of the award jury, which is composed of seven members of AILA, elected by the menbership. Each juror may nominate titles in each category that represent the best in American Indian books for children and youth. Books selected to receive the award will present Native Americans in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts. Additional information about the award and criteria used to evaluate books can be found here.
The First American Indian Library Association Native American Youth
Services Literature Award will be presented during the Joint Conference of
Librarians of Color at Dallas Texas, Oct 11 through 15, 2006. Added 2/11/06
AILA Book Ring
- The purpose of this book ring is to connect folks with extra books/videos/etc.
with folks who have homes for them. (Thanks to Zoe Holbrooks for setting this up for us!) -
Added 12/7/03
CONFERENCE
INFORMATION
AILA CONFERENCES
The American Indian Library Association will hold its next meetings during the American
Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, June 22-28, 2006. The various programs and business meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by AILA are listed below.
Saturday
AILA is co-sponsoring with the Intellectual Freedom Roundtable the
program: Acknowledging Native Perspectives on the American Experience,
Saturday June 24, 1:30 to 3:30 MCC Rm. 344
AILA is also hosting a table at the Diversity Fair to show case AILA's
Native American Youth Literature Award, Saturday June 24, 2006, 3:00 to
5:00 MCC Rm. 278-282.
Sunday
AILA Program- I Don't Know Any Indians 6/25/2006 Sunday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm MCC
Rm. 294
AILA Business Meeting/OLOS Subcommittee on Library Services to American
Indians 6/25/2006 Sunday 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm MCC Rm. 238-239
AILA Business Meeting/OLOS Subcommittee on Library Services to American
Indians II 6/25/2006 Sunday 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm MCC Rm. 238-239
OTHER CONFERENCES CO-SPONSORED BY AILA
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS LIBRARIANS FORUM
The Forum is to encourage opportunities to create an on-going interface through which indigenous librarians can continue to share information, contribute to developing solutions to common concerns and affirm the history, knowledge and values of indigenous populations.
FORUM VISION:
"We, as unified indigenous peoples who work with libraries and information, will ensure the appropriate care, development and management of the indigenous knowledge of generations past, present and future."
FORUM OBJECTIVES:
To identify ways to improve library services for Indigenous peoples
To discuss best practices for library services to diverse Indigenous populations
To affirm the history, knowledge and values of Indigenous populations
To establish a province wide committee that has aboriginal participation in planning the 2005 Forum
To have Elders and First Nations and Métis resource peoples demonstrate the cultural and historical value of aboriginal peoples
To promote partnerships to create a global network for sharing information, ideas and practices
To promote Aboriginal culture and heritage as an important foundation for promoting and protecting cultural lifestyles and values
To promote First Nations and Métis oral traditions and the use of all libraries
To incorporate strategies to encourage participation for the Aboriginal community in their libraries
AILA participated in the First International Indigenous Librarians Forum, sponsored by
Te Ropu Whakahau, the Maori Library and Information Workers,
in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, November 1-5, 1999.
The Second International
Indigenous Librarians Forum was held in Jokkmokk, Sweden, September 5-8, 2001, and hosted by
The Sami Council.
The Third International Indigenous Librarians
Forum was hosted by AILA and the National Museum of the American Indian, November 9-12,
2003 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The theme of the Forum was Closer to the Fire: Ensuring
Culturally Responsive Library Practices.
The Joint
Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) is the first-ever national conference to be
held and sponsored by the five caucus associations of color at the same time in the same place.
The five caucus associations are affiliate members of the American Library Association (ALA) and
their liaison to ALA is through its Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS). The 2006
joint national conference is co-sponsored by the American Indian Library Association (AILA);
the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA); the Black Caucus of the American
Library Association (BCALA); the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), and REFORMA,
the National Association to Provide Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish
Speaking. Conference proceeds will be divided equally amongst the five groups for their
scholarship endowments.
From time to time, AILA produces handouts and small
publications in
conjunction with our conference programs. We will
post them here
whenever
possible.
AILA member and outgoing president (2004-2005) Kelly Webster has edited a
volume of essays by other AILA members entitled Library Services to Indigenous Populations: Viewpoints and Resources. Available
from ALA Editions.
Other
Native Library and
Literature Organizations and
Resources
American Indian Law - "...to assist the scholar or student
researching the law of the United States as it pertains to the American Indian." From the
University of California, Berkeley, Law School. Added 7/4/05
American Native Press Archives -
"... collecting and archiving the products of the Native press and materials related
to Native press history, collecting and documenting the works of Native writers,
and constructing bibliographic guides to Native writing and publishing." Added 4/2/04
Christianity and Native Americans - at Marquette University Library,
"over two dozen collections including extensive photographic holdings...".
Added 4/23/05
FCC Tribal Initiatives - "A
resource for tribal governments, organizations and consumers in expanding telecommunications
services in Indian Country." - Added 4/17/04
Huntington Free
Library and Reading Room,transferred to Cornell University from its home in the Bronx in 2004. Extensive collection of Native American materials, and the former library of
the Museum of the American Indian. Added 7/31/00; updated 1/22/06
If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything - to assist the
libraries serving Native American children in increasing reading skills while preserving Native
identity through a family literacy program, from
Laguna Pueblo. Added 10/14/99; updated 4/17/02
Native
American Authors Project - a great resource,
searchable by author,
book title, or tribe, from the Internet Public Library
Project at the
University of Michigan's School of Information.
Added 6/11/97; updated 12/7/03
The Native
Book Centre - a Canadian book vendor with a wide
stock of Native
titles - and it is searchable. Added 2/28/98
A Native
Bridge to Webjunction - "WebJunction is an online community of libraries and other agencies sharing
knowledge and experience to provide the broadest public access to information
technology. The mission of the Native bridge to WebJunction.org is to provide an
interface to WebJunction content tailored for Native users." Added 5/27/04
Native Health Databases -
"bibliographic information and abstracts of over 5000 health-related articles and resource
documents," from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center.
Added 4/1/05
Oyate -
"...a
native organization working to see that our lives and
histories are
portrayed honestly, and so that all people will know
our stories belong
to
us." And an EXCELLENT source to order kids'
books...Added
11/16/98
AILA Native American Youth Services Literature Award
The American Indian Library Association will hold its next meetings during the American
Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, June 22-28, 2006. The various programs and business meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by AILA are listed below.
