Abstract

CIVALLERO, Edgardo. Library services for indigenous societies in Latin America. Brief summary of experiences and lessons. Rev. Fuent. Cong. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.50, pp. 32-37. ISSN 1997-4485.

Abstract Library services for Latin American indigenous societies have been timidly explored and implemented since the late 80s and the early 90s of the past century. Generally speaking, the initial goal of these experiences was to provide basic day-to-day information services to populations traditionally neglected by public libraries. However, early attempts to do so soon made librarians aware of the importance of broadening objectives, especially after witnessing the reality of indigenous peoples in Latin America. Even if most of these experiences are now over, some of them are still in place -and all of them have something to teach to future generations of LIS professionals, both inside and outside the continent. This paper collects, systematizes and presents some of them

Keywords : Indigenous peoples; Latin America; Indigenous knowledge; Oral tradition.