Hiring Indigenous Labour in Libraries: A Potential Framework?

Jennifer Soutter, Leddy Library, University of Windsor

Abstract

ALA-accredited librarians are accredited to work with and in Western Knowledge Systems specific to Canada and/or the United States. So: •who is entitled to work with/in Traditional Knowledge Systems, •how do we identify them, and •how do they get incorporated respectfully, into libraries?

This poster posits a structure to start some discussion and conversations around these issues and solicit feedback to hopefully allow us to start working towards an informed framework for incorporating Indigenous labour into various libraries.