Protocols : meeting the challenges of Indigenous information needs

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Summary: In 1995, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services (hereafter the Protocols) were published to guide professional practice in relation to Indigenous Australian people and materials. The library and information context is a diverse and changing one, constantly accommodating technological and information expansion, as well as changing user needs, including changing and diverse Indigenous needs. The Protocols have been available for use for a decade. This paper restates importance of Indigenous protocols for Australian library and information sector. It provides background to the development of the Protocols. From author’s perspective as an Indigenous librarian who co-authored the Protocols and who has more recently been a member of the reference committee of a research project to gauge its usefulness to the profession, discusses some ongoing challenges. Author’s focus on work that still needs to be done in the area of governance, professional development on Indigenous issues, employment, education and training of Indigenous professionals, as well as the role of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource and Information Network (ATSILIRN). -- Taken from introduction

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Summary: In 1995, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services (hereafter the Protocols) were published to guide professional practice in relation to Indigenous Australian people and materials. The library and information context is a diverse and changing one, constantly accommodating technological and information expansion, as well as changing user needs, including changing and diverse Indigenous needs. The Protocols have been available for use for a decade. This paper restates importance of Indigenous protocols for Australian library and information sector. It provides background to the development of the Protocols. From author’s perspective as an Indigenous librarian who co-authored the Protocols and who has more recently been a member of the reference committee of a research project to gauge its usefulness to the profession, discusses some ongoing challenges. Author’s focus on work that still needs to be done in the area of governance, professional development on Indigenous issues, employment, education and training of Indigenous professionals, as well as the role of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource and Information Network (ATSILIRN). -- Taken from introduction