Overview

Interest Group (SIG) on Indigenous Matters was formed in December 2008 and located under the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section. During the SIG’s first business meeting at the 2009 IFLA Library and Information Congress in Milan, Italy, IFLA members requested that the SIG attend to five tasks: examining the role of libraries in supporting Native languages; establishing and maintaining connections with indigenous librarians globally; reviewing IFLA documents for content about indigenous knowledge; paying attention to key questions and issues; and identifying protocol documents. Since this first meeting, the IFLA SIG has held annual business meetings, published bi-annual columns on topics such as the seventh International Indigenous Librarians Forum in the Section’s newsletter, and created a successful program on “Empowering Library Services for Indigenous People ” at the 2012 World Library and Information Congress. The IFLA SIG has encouraged an international dialogue among librarians abou