Indigenous
This group promotes best practice for the collection and preservation of materials relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and supports employment of Indigenous library staff.
The group aims to develop common policy and best practice for digitisation of Indigenous archives, the display of materials from Indigenous collections, procedures for obtaining copyright permission and community consent for the reproduction of materials.
Achievements
Working group members
- Sarah McQuade, State Library of Western Australia (project manager)
- Fiona Blackburn, Libraries ACT
- Ronald Briggs, State Library of New South Wales
- Margy Burn, National Library of Australia
- Joy Cardona, Northern Territory Library
- Melissa Jackson, State Library of New South Wales
- Jenny Jerome, State Library of Tasmania
- Tony Leschen, State Library of South Australia
- Sue Lewis, State Library of South Australia
- Nicola Mackay-Sim, National Library of Australia
- Tom Mosby, State Library of Queensland
- Jo Ritale, State Library of Victoria
- Chris Szekely, National Library of New Zealand
Image: Generation One, State Library of South Australia
Publications
Indigenous working group terms of reference
The terms of reference set out the role, functions and objectives of the indigenous working group.
National policy framework for Indigenous library services
This policy framework is to guide progressive action across National, State and Territory library institutions in their plans and approaches to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library services and collections. (2007)