Are we there yet? Visualizing Indigenous culture in today's library. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fullmer, Millicent
• Other Names: Stratton Stephen guest-editor.; Callison Camille guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: IFLA journal. Volume 47:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 313
• Page End: 320
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: Comparative librarianship -- Periodicals; International librarianship -- Periodicals; Library cooperation -- Periodicals; Library science -- Periodicals; 020.9
• DOI: 10.1177/0340035220987577
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0340-0352

Abstract

While there has been notable progress in indigenous-led initiatives related to visual representation, issues of access and misrepresentation still exist and require ongoing advocacy work. In the virtual space, libraries, archives, and museums have an opportunity to increase decolonization efforts through wider dissemination of these images, improved dynamic presentation tools, and better organization of their collections. Nonetheless, online spaces come with their own challenges related to intellectual property ethics, the digital divide, and funding. This article examines issues of representation, organization, and access to digital images, and the role of visual literacy in libraries.