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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
native@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"
(http://www.ipl.org/ref/native/) 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.
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