Indigenous cultural heritage preservation: A review essay with ideas for the future

IFLA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 192-203

  Roy, Loriene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

collection development; cultural heritage management; indigenous knowledge systems; Libraries and society culture; preservation and conservation; principles of library and information science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942905384     PISSN: 03400352     EISSN: 17452651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0340035215597236     Document Type: Article

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