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Rooting stories and branching out: Research support services study for the field of Indigenous Studies
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The University of Alberta Libraries (UAL), along with eleven other institutions across Turtle Island / North America and Hawai’i, participated in a research project to explore the research practices and needs of scholars in Indigenous Studies with a view to improving library services. The UAL research team conducted semi-structured interviews with thirteen faculty members and graduate students in the Faculty of Native Studies and other faculties, providing for diversity in areas of research and career stages. Indigenous and mainstream research methodologies were used in the study. Relationships were recognized, conversation and storytelling encouraged, and multiple opportunities for consent and approval were given. Recommendations for library services included enhanced access to digitized primary sources, oral histories and Métis sources; more respectful and responsive subject headings and metadata; support for research data management; support for discovery and research; hiring and retention of Indigenous staff; and library staff learning about Indigenous perspectives.
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- 2019-03-31
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- Report