Anne Heidemann & Melissa Isaac, from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, talk about Maawn Doobiigeng (https://myumi.ch/bE8RV), a new classification system for the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries. Join in person or via Zoom.

The three primary systems of classification that were in place — the Dewey Decimal System (DDC), the Library of Congress Classification System (LCC), and the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) —are inherently damaging to Indigenous people and are insufficient for accurately describing and providing access to Native topics. In 2019, The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries were awarded the IMLS National Leadership Grant to facilitate the creation of a new classification system by members of the community. As of April 2024, this new system, titled Maawn Doobiigeng (Gather Together), has been created and is being implemented in the libraries.

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