Loriene Roy the past president of the ALA and reowned Native American librarian, author, and professor came to visit and present to the SLIS community. Her presentation in the SLIS commons was an explanation of her past experiences in the ALA, IFLA, and many other oraganizations. She shared with us her understanding, knowledge and sense of humor concerning working with Native Americans as well as with indigenous communities all over the world.
In our personal class discussion with Loriene she conveyed to us more stories concerning indigenous librarianship around the world, but especially in New Zealand. This discussion was a fantastic opportunity for the class to benefit from the knowledge and expertise of Loriene’s wealth of insight and experience.
To find out about all that Loriene is working on, please visit her website:
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~loriene/
