Discover Native American Authors at
the Internet Public Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Lorri Mon
Internet Public Library
University of Michigan
4029 SEB
610 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1092
(313) 764-3417
ipl@ipl.org
April 18, 1997
ANN ARBOR, MI., April 18, 1997--The Internet Public Library (IPL), a
project based at the University of Michigan School of Information, is
pleased to announce Native American Authors an exciting new addition to
the Internet Public Library. This project honors the achievements of
approximately 400 Native American authors. The Native American Authors
resource was envisioned as way to help people around the world learn about
and celebrate the achievements, lives and works of these important
authors.
Authors profiled are affiliated with North America, and native by
bloodline rather than federal tribal recognition. The web site primarily
profiles contemporary native american authors. The creators of this site
contacted nearly 100 Native American authors and other members of the
Native American community for input and guidance in creating this Native
Authors web resource.
Those in search of current information on Native American authors can
browse the database of writers by author name, book title or tribal
affiliation. Each author entry is comprehensive, including a biography, a
listing of books written with accomanying bibliographic information, and
the writers tribal affiliation. Many entries also include photographs of
authors, as well as links to biographies, reviews, interviews, and books
or poems on-line.
This website was created by five graduate students at the School of
Information and Library studies at the University of Michigan. Within a
three month period, Nicole Campbell, Karen Jania, Lorri Mon, Michelle
Sampson and Yolisa Soul researched approximately 400 authors, 700 books,
200 URLs to create this valuable Web-based research tool.
The Internet Public Library is a project based at the University of
Michigan School of Information, partially supported by a grant from the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The library began as a graduate student
project in 1995, and is now staffed by professional librarians with
assistance from students and volunteer librarians from around the world.
The library maintains a collection of network-based ready reference works;
responds to reference queries, creates resources for children and young
adults; evaluates and categorizes resources on the Internet, and provides
a space for exhibitions. The library strives to be a source of innovation
in the networked environment, seeking partnerships with organizations with
compatible goals.