Presentation at the Nakem Conferences in December 2012, located at San Fernando, La Union, Philippines. The presentation focuses on ways libraries can expand its collection on Ilokano and Amianan materials. [per conference guidelines, presentation was limited to 10 slides]

1. Communities as
Authority: Strengthening
Ilokano and Amianan
Studies Materials in
Library Collections
by Nicolita Marie Garces
Graduate Student
Library and Information Science Program
University of Hawai'i-Manoa
7th Nakem International Conference
December 5-7, 2012

2. A Bit About...

3. Overview
Libraries and librarians can play a role in
Nakem's movement for cultural pluralism
and linguistic democracy
•Professional Ethics & Standards
•Community Generated Materials
•Relationships, Collaboration & Projects
•Collaborative Collection Management System
•Suggested Grants

4. Professional Ethics, Marginalized
Groups & Diversity
• Librarians serve the info needs of ever
growing diverse & multicultural
communities
• Professional ethics & standards guide
librarians in their responsibilities
o American Library Association's (ALA) Bill of Rights
o Philippine Association of Academic & Research
Librarians (PAARL): "Standards for Academic
Libraries for 2010"

5. Professional Ethics, Marginalized
Groups & Diversity... con't
International Federation of Library Association's
(IFLA) Multicultural Library Manifesto
• "Libraries of all types should reflect, support and
promote cultural and linguistic diversity at the
international, national, and local levels, and thus
work for cross-cultural dialogue and active
citizenship..."
• Librarians "serve all members of the community
without discrimination based on cultural and
linguistic heritage..."

6. Communities as Authority
• Creation of printed or electronic materials that
are community generated
o Asserts that communities- comprised of their beliefs,
values, cultures and lived experiences- are authority
on the subject matter
• Terms: local knowledge, community knowledge
• Benefits the local community, useful for the
local and global consumption (Chowdhury,
Poulter and McMenemy 2006)
• ILFA support: Multicultural Communities:
Guidelines for Library Services (2009)

7. It's All About Cultivating
Relationships
Librarian-Librarian
o acquisitions
o resource sharing
o digitally archive
Nakem
Conferences'
history
Librarian-Professor-Students-Student Organizations
o diversify collection
o information literacy
o pathfinders & bibliographies
Philippines LibGuide, University of Hawai'i Libraries

8. Creating Electronic
Resources
• Web 2.0 (blogs, wikis, social media)
• Institutional Repositories/Digital Libraries
o University of
Hawai'i-Manoa
o Benguet State
University
o Collaboration
among institutions

9. Collaborative Collection
Management System
• Have policies and procedures in place
o projects are mission driven
o include goals, objectives, project sustainability
efforts, budget, timeline
• For local and indigenous knowledge, involve
community members throughout the process
• Suggestion for culturally sensitive
indigenous materials: Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries,
Archives and Information Services (
http://aiatsis.gov.au/atsilirn/protocols.php)

10. Suggested Grants
• Institute for Museums and Library Services
(IMLS) http://www.imls.gov/
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
www.gatesfoundation.org/libraries/Pages/default.aspx)
• Open Society Foundations
www.opensocietyfoundations.org/
• Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project
www.hrelp.org/grants/
• The Endangered Language Fund
www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/