机构:
Ontario Coll Art & Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
Blue Ribbon Panel Future Med Educ, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mnjikaning First Nation, Rama, ON, CanadaOntario Coll Art & Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
Bartleman, James
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机构:
[1] Ontario Coll Art & Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Blue Ribbon Panel Future Med Educ, Ottawa, ON, Canada
social deprivation;
racism;
First Nations People;
libraries;
reading;
children;
Canada;
D O I:
10.1177/0340035208099267
中图分类号:
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业];
G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号:
1205 ;
120501 ;
摘要:
Plenary address presented at the World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference And Council, 10-14 August 2008, Quebec City, Canada. Describes the author's childhood as a member of the First Nations People of Canada and his discovery of the value of books and libraries. Describes the social conditions of young people living in poor First Nation communities in Canada and his efforts to establish libraries, summer reading camps, reading clubs and creative writing literary awards for children and youth in these communities.