加拿大Xwi7xwa圖書館之知識組織在地化

Indigenization of Knowledge Organization at the Xwi7xwa Library

本文透過概念分析與描述性個案研究，檢視加拿大英屬哥倫比亞大學之原住民族學術圖書館－－Xwi7xwa圖書館之知識組織在地化狀況。我們首先定位Xwi7xwa圖書館之場域與時間，並在加拿大原住民族教育之脈絡下回溯其歷史發展，接著描述此圖書館獨特的原住民族分類設計與相關原住民族主題詞表之發展。研究中以地域為基礎之分析，清楚地闡釋「在地化」，並產出一個指引Xwi7xwa圖書館之現行知識組織設計與行動式知識組織之概念框架。本框架建立於兩項基本假設上：首先，館藏發展是圖書館知識組織的起步；其次，Xwi7xwa圖書館的知識組織系統在地化，對於原住民族資訊與資源服務、程式設計及研究，具有關鍵性的效用。本文最後一節則提出未來知識組織在地化發展的可能方向，包括利用新科技，匯聚各方資源，及與原住民族學者、原住民族社群合作。

This paper examines the Indigenization of knowledge organization within library and information studies through conceptual analysis and a descriptive case study of an Aboriginal academic library, the Xwi7xwa Library at the University of British Columbia, Canada. We begin by locating the library in place and time, review its historical development in the context of Indigenous education in Canada and describe the evolution of its unique Indigenous classification scheme and related Indigenous subject headings. This place-based analysis leads to a particular articulation of Indigenization and a conceptual framework for Indigenization of knowledge organization at the Xwi7xwa Library, which guide the practice of knowledge organization design and modes of mobilization at this particular Aboriginal library. The conceptual framework rests on two basic assumptions: firstly, that collection development is curatorial in nature and is the seminal step in library knowledge organization, and, secondly, that the Indigenized knowledge organization system is critical to effective Indigenous information and instructional services, programming and research at the Library. The final section presents future possibilities for the Indigenization of knowledge organization through convergences and collaborations with emerging networks of Indigenous scholars and Indigenous communities of knowledge within the context of new technologies.