Anne Carr-Wiggin coordinates Indigenous initiatives at the University of Alberta Library, including the library’s Indigenous Internship and the First Nations Information Connection, a collaboration with First Nations colleges in Alberta. She serves on the CFLA-FCAB Indigenous Matters Committee. Anne thanks her Indigenous friends and colleagues who have generously enabled her to learn about their communities.
Words, Worldviews, Decolonizing Description
The CFLA-FCAB Truth & Reconciliation Report advises that libraries address “structural biases” in knowledge organization. This session explores the effects a Western worldview has on our ability to successfully “integrate Indigenous epistemologies” and decolonize our approaches to knowledge organization, the need for respectful consultation with Indigenous communities, and linked data as a way forward. This session is one of several sessions at SC 2020 concentrating on the respectful decolonization of Canadian libraries. If you attended this session, please complete a […]