Archiving the International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum

In 1999, Indigenous information professionals from Aotearoa, Canada, Sweden, Australia, and America created the International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum. Ever since, the forum has met bi-annually and created opportunities for Indigenous information professionals to gather, share, and discuss projects related to protecting, preserving, and accessing indigenous resources, cultural materials, and other forms of ancestral knowledge. This project involved digitizing, organizing, and creating a LibGuide dedicated to over 20 years of indigenous conversation, and information practices. This resource is intended for forum attendees to build on the forum’s themes of indigenous sovereignty and self-determination over how information is collected, managed, and shared.