Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums Project at UW-Madison SLIS
With fewer agenda items, our second trip up to Red Cliff was more focused on the task of cataloging new items, specifically finishing up the Metz Collection. When we arrived during the afternoon of April 15th we fell right into
When offered the chance to join a group of talented and service-minded individuals throughout the state, we leapt at the opportunity to become part of the longstanding partnership between SLIS and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. What
Little did we know going into our first trip to Red Cliff in February that the next time we were all gathered there, it would be for Ginanda Gikendaasomin’s grand opening, an event seven years in the making. With that
With the Red Cliff Band’s Interim Library Grand Opening fast-approaching, two TLAM students were able to travel up north to help Nancy work on adding books’ call numbers into the catalog and talk in more detail about the LibraryThing catalog,
It was a whirlwind trip to Red Cliff this month, in which we met with some awesome new folks and made great headway in the library. For some of us, this was our first trip to Red Cliff, so we
TLAM students –– and a few alum, too –– traveled to Red Cliff on October 9-12 to help with their new interim library, scheduled to open soon. Here are a few photos of the trip!
Check out some photos from our Red Cliff trip Saturday, July 12 to Wednesday, July 16! Our purpose was to help decide what books from these boxes, originally packed in 2009 from the old library, should be put in the
This summer, Louise Robbins and I are helping to design and set-up the interim library at Red Cliff. After some initial space changes, we were able to create a blueprint that includes computer stations, tutoring space, a children’s section, and
We’re heading into week nine here in TLAM, and I wanted to take some time to talk about how this class has been affecting me personally. TLAM is one of those classes that really grabs you and makes you care
Great news! The Shokapee Mdewakanton Dakota community (headquartered in Prior Lake, MN) has awarded a $300,000 grant to kick-start the Ginanda Gikendaamin Community Center capital campaign. The seed money is intended to pay for a site appraisal, a development budget,