Indigenous Library and Information Technology (iLIT) program is designed on the principles of portable stackable credentials, linked and experiential learning. The presentation outlines the modules and appreciates the instructors and presenters involved in shaping training opportunities for indigenous communities, Please view the attached presentation, share and post your comments.

1. Introduction to Indigenous Library
and Information Technology
Program (iLIT)
June 2015
by Manisha Khetarpal
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2. Outline
• Background
• Development of the prerequiste course iLIT 101
• Next course delivery: June 15-16, two days
• Deliverables and pathways
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3. Background
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4. Background
• Need for indigenous library training program
• Why is Maskwacis Cultural College taking the
lead?
• Traditional values
• Foundation of portable stackable credentials,
competency based and linked learning
• Learning about indigenous worldviews for the
non indigenous people working with
indigenous communities
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5. Need for training indigenous workforce
• Alberta has 140 reserves and 45 First Nations
• Only 1 public library on a First Nation in
Alberta
• 6 tribal colleges in Alberta
• 9 school libraries in Maskwacis without
professionally trained indigenous library staff
• Only a couple of indigenous librarians in
Canada
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6. How is the program geared towards
the needs of indigenous communities?
• Content and context is indigenous
• Language, culture, history & tradition infusion
• Indigenous instructors experienced in providing
training to indigenous populations
• Elders
• Sharing circles as an instruction method
• Continuous intake, Stackable credentials
• Hands on apprentice
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7. How is Maskwacis Cultural College a
leader for training indigenous librarians?
• By Indigenous people and people working with indigenous
communities
• Indigenous worldview context as mindset
• Indigenous content as learning material
• Indigenous writers
• Sharing Circles
• Culture Camps
• Field trips
• Role models
• Oral story telling tradition
• Mentor network
• Offered First Nations Library Service Without Borders, 2014
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8. Indigenous Library and
Information Technology
certificate program
(iLIT)
Main poles and
core courses
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9. Foundation
• Portable stackable credentials or credits allow a student to quickly achieve industry
certification at a community college that leads direct to employment. Typically,
these programs are geared toward adult learners with schedules more open to
individuals with jobs and families.
Source: http://www.jff.org/publications/portable-stackable-credentials-new-education-model-industry-specific-career-pathways
• Competency-based education is an "educational process or program that
measures students' knowledge, skills, and experience through assessments instead
of, or in addition to, measuring their credit or clock hours." The "competencies,"
or skills and knowledge that students must demonstrate, will depend largely on
the program of study, but may include concepts such as problem solving, conflict
management, and presentation skills. Source: Keeping Up With... is an online current awareness publication from the Association of
College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Hands on apprentice and mentors provides workplace experience and support.
• Linked relevant learning means related to needs of the individual, families and the
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• 13 hours of learning time = 1 college credit = $190 tuition
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10. Development of the
Prerequiste course
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11. Development of prerequisite course
• iLIT 101 course: Introduction to Libraries and
Indigenous Knowledge
• Entry level requirements: Grade 10
• Pilot delivery: April 28, 2015, 9 am to 4 pm
• Class time: Focus on values, types of libraries and their
services and statement of inclusiveness
• Mode of delivery: Face to face, eLearning lab time,
experiential learning via field trip & assignments
• Project work: Field trip to a library, Interview a
librarian, Indigenous writers profile, and How will iLIT
benefit me, my family and my community?
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12. Development of Prerequisite course
• Course design: Six modules
• Guest presenters and instructors
• Mentoring and Field trips
• Next course delivery: June 15-16, two days
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13. Six Modules
1. Introduction to libraries, collections and indigenous
knowledge architecture
2. Introduction to services, organization and access
points
3. Connecting with vendors and relationship
development
4. Indigenous perspectives and success
5. Introduction to provincial, regional, local libraries and
information resources
6. Introduction to school, college, university libraries,
special libraries and information resources
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14. MODULE 1: Introduction to libraries,
collections and indigenous knowledge
architecture
1.1 Types of Libraries: Past, Present and Future
1.2 Library organization and terminology guide
1.3 Library collections
1.4 Role of library technicians, librarians and role
models
• Instructors: Amir Feridooni and Manisha Khetarpal
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15. Introduction to libraries
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16. MODULE 2: Introduction to services,
organization and access points
2.1 Information Services
2.2 Online databases, periodical indexes and
journals such as Windspeaker
2.3 Classification Systems example Brian Deer
Classification
2.4 Library catalogues and records
2.5 Introduction to ebooks and library technology
• Instructors: Nancy Goebel and Amir Feridooni
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17. Ebooks,technology and Makerspace
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18. MODULE 3: Connecting with vendors
and relationship development
• Vendor curriculum: Thinkmap, Inc. the makers
of The Visual Thesaurus and Vocabulary.com.
• Mode of Delivery: Webinar
• Learning about cultivating, nurturing
relationships and negotiations
• Instructor: Peter Griffin
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19. Webinar
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20. MODULE 4: Indigenous Perspectives
and Success
• “Making Them Into Nice White Kids”: Residential
institutions, Education, and Indigenous
Resistance in the Inuvik Region, Northwest
Territories, 1950s to 1996 by Crystal Fraser, PhD
Candidate
• Student Success: Marilyn Roan, Social work
degree program student sharing a variety of
methods she used for her research – Primary and
Secondary sources
• Role Models: Indigenous librarians
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21. University of Alberta, PhD Candidate
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22. Student Marilyn Roan sharing her information
journey using primary and secondary sources
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23. Role Model, Academic Library
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24. MODULE 5: Introduction to provincial,
regional, local libraries and information
resources
• Examining provincial, regional, local libraries
systems , information resources and training
• Panel presentation: Ken Feser from Public
Library Services Branch-Government of
Alberta, Ron Sheppard from Parkland Regional
Library System and a local library.
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25. Public Library Services Branch
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26. Regional Library System
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27. MODULE 6: Introduction to school,
college, university libraries, special
libraries and information resources
Panel Presentation: Sandra Lee from Southern
Alberta Institute of Technology, Jessie Loyer
from Mount Royal University, Nancy Goebel
from Augustana Campus, Wendy Whitehouse
from Samson School Division and a law
librarian
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28. Academic library services
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29. Academic library services
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30. Most Relevant Module!
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31. Lunch n learn
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32. Conversation and networking
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33. UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous People
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34. Librarians networking
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35. Instructors and
Presenters
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36. Instructor and Presenter
Ken Feser is a Library Consultant with the
Public Library Services Branch of Alberta
Municipal Affairs. He has fifteen years
experience in the public library environment.
Ken lives in Sherwood Park, Alberta with his
wife Michele, who is also a public librarian.
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37. Instructor and Presenter
Ron Sheppard has been the Director of Parkland
Regional Library system (PRL) since 2005. He holds a
Master's degrees in library science, and a Master's
degree and undergraduate degree in history. At the
provincial level, Ron is currently the Vice-Chair of
The Alberta Library (TAL) and has served on the
Standing Committee of the Alberta Public Library
Electronic Network (APLEN) where he also served as
that committee's chair. Ron has been involved in many
projects dealing with resource sharing, interlibrary co-
operation, and inter-institutional support conducted
through both TAL and PRL.
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38. Instructor and Presenter
Peter Griffin received his BA. in History from Vassar
College and his MS.Ed. from Bank Street College of
Education in the Museum Education program. Since
1996 he has worked in the classroom as program
administrator and curriculum developer in educational
and social service settings having worked for LaGuardia
Community College, Harvard University's Project Zero,
The New-York Historical Society, New York University,
The Indie Programs, and Amplify Insight. He is
currently Director of Professional Development for
Thinkmap, Inc. the makers of The Visual Thesaurus
and Vocabulary.com.
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39. Instructor and Presenter
Nancy Goebel is Head Librarian of the Augustana Campus
Library of the University of Alberta (Camrose, AB, Canada).
Nancy's strong interest in Information Literacy has led her
to spearhead: fourteen annual "Information Literacy in
Academic Libraries" workshops featuring high-profile
international speakers; the creation of Information Literacy
awards for students and faculty; the production of the DVD
It Changed the Way I Do Research Period: Augustana Talks
Information Literacy; credit-bearing discipline-specific
Information Literacy courses, the open source Information
Literacy assessment software WASSAIL, a Personal Librarian
for Aboriginal Students Program and the offering of the
Augustana human library each academic term.
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40. Instructor and Presenter
Sandra Lee is the Academic Chair for Library Information
Technology at SAIT Polytechnic. After completing an MLIS at UBC,
she worked as a Youth Services Librarian and Multimedia Centre
Manager at Richmond Public Library. After a brief time at North
Vancouver City Library, she moved to Hong Kong and taught Library
Studies courses for Technicians, BEd and MSc students. Relocating
back to Canada was difficult but when she landed in Victoria, BC,
she found very rewarding work at a Health Research network and in
an academic library in a small private, for-profit University.
Coordinating online conferences for yourschoollibrary.org brought
Sandra together again with International colleagues in school
libraries. Between 2007 and 2010 several virtual conferences were
held to discuss the future of libraries, the school inside the library,
information literacy and reading. Now at SAIT, she is back where her
heart is: post-secondary library education. Her research interests
include information literacy, reading research and adult learners.
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41. Instructor and Presenter
Amir Feridooni joined the Regina Public Library in
January 2014 as E-Services Manager from Halifax. He
holds a Master of Library and Information Studies
(MLIS), Master of Health Informatics and a Bachelor of
Computer Science from Dalhousie University. Amir has
held Faculty Liaison and Instructional Designer
positions at Faculty of Medicine, and taught
Information Management and Computer Applications
as a part time lecturer at Dalhousie University. His
areas of expertise are: eLearning, Distance Education,
Information Literacy, Information Management,
Technology, and Communications.
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42. Indigenous librarian role model
Jessie Loyer is Cree-Métis and a member of
Michel First Nation. She is a librarian at Mount
Royal University, where her liaison areas are
Math, Physics, and Indigenous Studies.
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43. Field trips
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44. Library field trips
• Prior: Edmonton Public Library, Red Deer College
Library and Calgary Public Library. Mentor match for
students based on interests of student and mentor
survey
• During: Focus on the departments of the libraries
based on the interest of students or knowledge
exchange with Montana State University, Tribal College
Librarians Institute
• After: Interest of student and mentor survey
• Shape field trips after the mentor surveys
• Include all types of libraries: school, public, academic,
archives, and special
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45. Field trips sites in Maskwacis
• Strathacona County Book Mobile visits
Maskwacis College on May 20th
• Ermineskin, Samson, Louis Bull and Montana
school Libraries
• Maskwacis Cultural College Library
• Samson Archives
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46. Deliverables and
Pathways
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47. Deliverables and Pathways
• eLearning institute, March 13
• Prerequisite course iLIT 101 pilot with ten
students, April 28
• Programs & Project Management, iLIT 104,
Experiential learning
– Human Library, April 27
– Loonie BBQ, May 20
– Programming for Indigenous Communities, June 15
• Librarians serving indigenous populations
conference, April 15, 2016
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48. iLIT class of 2015 is the future library
leaders
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