Sunday, May 10, 2009

On April 17-19, 2009 the annual national Indian Education Conference was held in Norman, Oklahoma. Janet Scheitle, U.S. Government Printing Office, and I staffed an exhibit booth that featured not only the full range of GPO giveaways, but also books contributed by the Library of Congress's surplus program. Janet, Tilley Dewey, Librarian for the College of Muscogee Nation, Okmulgee, OK, and I also gave a 75-minute presentation about the FDLP and why tribal libraries and tribal college libraries should be interested in joining it.

I had also prepared a webliography that consisted of every Federal agency Indian office and program that I could discover or remember, along with a few general interest websites. Sadie Mattox, a member of our library's webteam, turned my list of A-Z links into a useful website organized by topics that we named for the conference (note: my original A-Z list of links is still available on the website). As of today we have renamed it /Federal Websites for Tribal Libraries and Tribal College Libraries/ and now want to share it with you. Earlier today I shared it with the AILA's (American Indian Library Association) listserve, and got two suggested links that I had missed from the IMLS; I'll add them. I will also add the revised CFDA.gov website now that it's once again available. Please send me any suggested Indian office and program websites that I've missed at sbeleu@oltn.odl.state.ok.us

Here is the website--
http://www.oklibshare.org/ieclinks.htm