Aboriginal students in Canada: a case study of their academic information needs and library use
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2001
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Lee, Deborah
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Haworth Information Press
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This study involved the use of personal interviews of six Aboriginal students at the University of Alberta in the fall of 1999. This article includes a brief literature review of other articles that consider adult Aboriginal people as library patrons and a section on Indigenous knowledge and values. Findings include three main concerns: a lack of Indigenous resources in the library system; a lack of resource or research development concerning Indigenous issues; and a lack of services recognizing the Indigenous values of "being in relationship" and reciprocity.
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Co-published simultaneously in Diversity now: people, collections, and services in academic libraries (ed: Teresa Y. Neely, and Kuang-Hwei (Janet) Lee-Smeltzer). The Haworth Information Press, 2002, pp. 259-292
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Aboriginal, Indigenous, Native, Minorities, College and University Libraries - Services to North American Indians, Multiculturalism, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous epistemology, Personal interviews, Library anxiety, Use studies
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Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 33, No. 3/4, September 2001, pp. 259-292
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Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 33, No. 3/4, September 2001, pp. 259-292
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10.1300/J111v33n03_07