Thread by @OpenGLAM

1/ Happy Wednesday afternoon @OpenGLAM community! Today we're hoping to talk a little more about the L and the A in #GLAM: #Archives and #Libraries and some of their experiences with #OpenAccess re. Indigenous materials and belongings :)

2/ #Openness & #access are inseparable & access is a core value of librarianship & the archival profession. In both the American Library Association @ALALibrary Core Values & Int'l Federation of Library Associations & Institutions @IFLA Code of Ethics access is @ the forefront.

3/ The ALA’s Core Values of Librarianship state that "all information...should be readily, equally, & equitably accessible to all library users." Likewise IFLA pinpoints Access to Information as the core mission of librarians & other information workers.

ala.org/advocacy/intfr…

4/ In addition, IFLA upholds the responsibility of librarians & info workers to “promote the principles of open access, open source, and open licenses.”

ifla.org/publications/i…

5/ Access & Use heads the list of the Society of American Archivists @archivists_org Core Values Statement, encouraging archivists to "promote & provide the widest possible accessibility of materials" w/in the limits of mandatory access restrictions.

www2.archivists.org/statements/saa…

6/ The Association of Canadian Archivists @archivistsdotca Code of Ethics names #access as one of the principal activities of an archivist, but also importantly includes the recognition of Indigenous #sovereignty as another archival value.

archivists.ca/resources/Docu…

7/ The ACA Code of Ethics is a good jumping off point for us to consider how libraries/archives do (or don't) address the cultural complexities of balancing the interests & protocols of Indigenous communities w/ their own professional values, which emphasize #access & #openness.

8/ Under #Sovereignty the ACA code includes some guidance on info governance re. Indigenous communities, incl. some resources we've already tweeted about, like the @fnigc OCAP principles and the ATSILIRN Protocols for Libraries, Archives, & Info Services…

9/ as well as the Considerations & Templates for Ethical Research Practices put out by @FNCatNAHO (fnim.sehc.com/getmedia/209c3…) & the final report and calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) (trc.ca/assets/pdf/Hon…).

10/ For those who aren't familiar, the TRC was a commission created by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement to hear the stories of Residential School Survivors & present recommendations to redress the legacy of damage of these "schools."

indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residentia…

11/ Among these 94 Calls to Action, nos. 67 through 70 are specifically addressed to #museums and #archives, which incl. calls to adopt & implement UNDRIP w/ regard to records & materials from, about, and by Indigenous ppls.

trc.ca/assets/pdf/Cal…

12/ These Calls to Action indicate the importance & urgency of all #GLAM institutions to think critically about the cultural implications of their values & how they intersect with Indigenous issues. For example, see the work of @CFLAFCAB:

cfla-fcab.ca/en/indigenous/…

13/ Indigenous info pros who work in the cultural interface b/w Western professional ethics & their community values have led the way in seeking ways to decolonize & Indigenize their institutions. See @kirstythorpe on her experience as a Worimi archivist:

inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/transform…

14/ One way that Indigenous & non-Indigenous info workers have collaborated on mediating #access to balance #openness & cultural #protocols is with the digital repatriation of Passamaquoddy wax cylinders:

newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

15/ A team of Passamaquoddy tribal members & interdisciplinary #GLAM workers (incl. @realguha1, @mukurtu & @nyuniversity's Jane Anderson) collaborated to decide which materials @librarycongress should make public.

16/ The community is sharing and enriching select recordings on their @mukurtu site, which you can view here:

passamaquoddypeople.com

17/ Part of how site visitors are educated about #access is thru Traditional Knowledge labels, part of the Local Contexts project, which supports Indigenous management of intellectual property & cultural heritage specifically w/in the digital environment.

localcontexts.org/tk-labels/

18/ Importantly, TK labels recast IP as culturally determinant & consent-dependent: "Inspired by CC, we began trying to address the gap for Indigenous communities & copyright law by thinking abt licenses as an option to support Indigenous communities."

creativecommons.org/2019/01/30/jan…

19/ For those wanting to learn more about TK labels, you can take the "Understanding Rights, Ownership, and Stewardship" study path by at @Des4Div's Design for Diversity Learning Toolkit:

des4div.library.northeastern.edu/understanding-…

20/ This type of collaboration is becoming more common - and rightfully so! #GLAM professionals should be excited about the possibilities to expand our concepts of #openness to include more worldviews and knowledge systems!

21/ Some good questions #GLAM workers can ask themselves in these collaborations, c/o Local Context's Jane Anderson, are: “1) What would it look like to imagine a commons that isn't totally #open, but one that has an informed & engaged approach to openness…

22/...one that foregrounds the histories and exclusions embedded within calls for #openness and #OpenAccess. 2) What would it mean to ask questions about the privilege that openness calls for and embeds?”

creativecommons.org/2019/01/30/jan…

23/ What this asks of #GLAM professionals is that we approach our work in a way that recognizes that our professions & institutions are not, & never have been neutral, so as we go forward, who are we empowering? Who does our work liberate? (See @jmddrake)

ndsa.org/2017/02/15/arc…

24/ #GLAM professionals should take this as a call to action to remind ourselves our professional codes also call for diversity & social responsibility. These values need to co-exist w/ #access. Critically engaging w/ #openness is 1 way we can do this!

americanarchivist.org/doi/pdf/10.177…

25/ We hope you've enjoyed this foray into the #libraries and #archives areas of #GLAM and how librarians/archivists/info workers have addressed the interface b/w #openness & Indigenous cultural protocols. See you tomorrow for more on #open Indigenous content & consent!