出版社：Institut für Bibliothekswissenschaft Berlin, BibSpider
摘要：The Arctic inspires awe. This unique region of the world has been studied in manyways by many different disciplines. The discipline of librarianship can also add to itsstudy. In this article, the authors, a practicing Canadian librarian at Brock Universityin Ontario and an Inuktitut student enrolled at the same university, offer a suggestedrole for libraries to play in the ongoing study of the Arctic. They explore and describethe role of libraries in supporting native Arctic language education. Supportfor learning and preserving native Arctic languages can be found in library collections,spaces and services. This article looks at support of native speakers and otherinterested language learners, support of language research, support of language preservation,and support of new publishing opportunities that can be provided by orthrough libraries. These language support examples come from a document analysisthat perused web sites, conference proceedings, published scholarship in the formof books and articles, newspaper sources, and personal background knowledge ofthe authors. Documents were collected, categorized, and described. The languagesupport categories that emerged illustrate the many different ways that libraries canengage in native Arctic language education support. In offering this role, the authorshope to provide a means for librarians to learn more about the Arctic as well as away for libraries to contribute to knowledge of the Arctic.
