Respecting Indigenous Knowledge
CAUL will lead a culture of respect, responsibility and reciprocity by developing a cohesive strategic approach to indigenous knowledge. The aim will be to embed a culture of respect and recognition for information and knowledge management practices, and develop strategic partnerships and relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Expected outcomes would be a greater understanding of indigenous knowledge as well as acknowledgement and promotion of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language, knowledge, artefacts, documents and records in library collections.
Through a focus on respecting Indigenous knowledge, CAUL is demonstrating the role university libraries can play through partnerships and relationships for the preservation, management and discovery of indigenous knowledge for research, learning and teaching.
Current initiatives
Indigenous Knowledge Advisory Group
The purpose of the Indigenous Knowledge Advisory Group is to advise the Program Director, Respecting Indigenous Knowledge on matters of relevance to the work of the program, including the development of a work plan for the program.
Expressions of interest from CAUL Member institution staff will open on Tuesday 2 November 2021 and close on Wednesday 24 November 2021. Expressions of interest can be submitted online.
Indigenous Knowledges Symposium 2022
Building on the success of the first Indigenous Knowledges Symposium in 2021, a second event will be held online 2022.
Expressions of interest from CAUL Member institution staff will open on Tuesday 2 November 2021 and close on Wednesday 24 November 2021. Expressions of interest can be submitted online.
Past initiatives
Indigenous Knowledges Symposium 2021
The online Indigenous Knowledges Symposium was held over two days, on 24 June and 1 July 2021.
The Symposium brought together practitioners from Australia and New Zealand to share good practice, discuss challenges, and prompt reflection on how academic libraries can work to embed a culture of respect for and recognition of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pasifika knowledge.
The program was designed to initiate dialogue about how academic libraries are responding and how we can work together as a community to embrace CAUL's strategic theme of Respecting Indigenous Knowledge.
Documents
indigenous_knowledge_advisory_group_terms_of_reference.pdf (pdf, 161.99 KB, last modified 01/11/2021)