ARLIS/NA 54th Annual Conference

Art libraries within academic institutions and museums globally continue to play a vital role in advancing the work of decolonization and Indigenization across library spaces, collections, and information cataloguing practices. This session highlights initiatives that contribute meaningfully to the ongoing journey toward reconciliation, with case studies spanning Canada and Norway. Presentations will examine the Indigenous art purchasing program at the University of Manitoba, including the work of an artist whose pieces are now prominently featured within the library; the Salish Weave Teaching Collection integrated into the Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre at Simon Fraser University Library in Burnaby; and the decolonizing strategies undertaken by librarians at the Nasjonalmuseet (National Museum) in Oslo. Together, these projects reflect a growing commitment to inclusive, culturally responsive library practices and the reimagining of institutional relationships with Indigenous knowledge systems.Art as Literacy: bringing Indigenous art into academic libraries
Speaker: Ashley Edwards

Indigenizing the University of Manitoba Libraries' Art Collection
Speaker: Janet Rothney

Indigenous art in Norwegian libraries: DDC and Humord after the launch of the report Truth and Reconciliation – basis for a settlement with Norwegianization Policy and Injustice against Sami, Kven/Norwegian Finns and Forest Finns
Speakers: Hildegunn Gullåsen, Birgit Jordan, Per Gisle Galåen