Contact Information

Ann Doyle, Librarian
Xwi7xwa Library
First Nations House of Learning
1985 West Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z2
doyle@interchange.ubc.ca
http://www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/
Phone:   (604) 822-2385
Fax:   (604) 822-8944

Subjects

First Nations in British Columbia: Education, Self-government, History and Culture, Economic Development, Literature, Native Law and Criminal Justice, Aboriginal Rights and Title, Natural Resources and Management, Languages and Linguistics, Health and Social Services

Description

The collection provides curriculum and research support for UBC First Nations programs: the Native Indian Teacher Education Program, First Nations Law Program, Ts"kel Graduate Program, the Health Care Professions and future programs. First Nations UBC students and other students studying First Nations are the library's primary clientele .

The Brian Deer system of classification developed by Kahnawake Librarian for the National Indian Brotherhood is used by Xwi7xwa. Due to the increase in the scope of this collection and the conversion to the UBC catalogue, the library may convert to the Library of Congress classification system in the future.

Languages

English

Holdings

Published Monographs	4,000
Unpublished Monographs	1,000
Serials	100
Photographs	number n/a
Videorecordings	200
Maps	number n/a

Access

Catalogued by the Brian Deer classification system
On-line catalogue: http://www.library.ubc.ca
Reference service available
Open to the public
Mon. - Fri. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Interlibrary loans are not available
Photocopying available