Dr. Lotsee Patterson papers
Scope and Contents
The Dr. Lotsee Patterson papers contain twenty-seven folders, nine 3.5" floppy disks, and one CD-Rom related to the creation of the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials. The 27 folders are housed in box 1 of the collection; the physical media is housed separately in box 2.
The Patterson papers consist of correspondence and documents related to the creation, endorsement, and outreach regarding the Protocols. Additional materials include ephemera related to the Protocols for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections, which were of foundational importance to the creation of the North American Protocols.
Dates
- 2005-2007
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Biographical / Historical
Dr. Lotsee Patterson is a Professor Emeritus in Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma. A member of the Comanche Nation Dr. Patterson served as an officer on their Comanche Nation College Council.
Dr. Patterson’s research interests focus on library and information services to indigenous populations. In this context she has been an invited presenter at symposia and conferences throughout the United States and in Sweden, New Zealand, Ukraine and Canada. In Fall 2000 she was a Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia and a was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Maryland in 1997. She has served as a consultant to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Studies, as well as many universities, publishers and organizations. Most recently she was a Senior Advisor to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
In the 1970s, Dr. Patterson helped found the Office of Library Outreach Services Subcommittee on the American Indian (now the American Indian Library Association), and was involved in the development of hte International Indigenous Librarians' Forum.
Among her awards are the most prestigious ones given by the 70,000 member American Library Association, the Oklahoma Library Association, and the American Indian Library Association. She was one of 25 people in the United States to be awarded the Silver Award for noteworthy and sustained contributions to libraries and information services by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science on the occasion of their 25th Anniversary.
An author of numerous articles, books and reports appearing in professional literature Dr. Patterson is best known for her work in the area of developing libraries on American Indian reservations. She has testified before U.S. Congressional committees five times as an expert witness on the subject of library and information services for American Indians. She continues to work with tribes throughout the United States and with indigenous librarians around the globe.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet
Language
English
Overview
Materials related to the advocacy, creation, and implementation of the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials. The Protocols are best practices, standards and goals for North American archives that steward materials related to Native Americans to commit to and implement culturally responsive care and use of Native American resources held by non-tribal organizations.
Arrangement
The Patterson papers were arranged by Doctor Patterson upon her donation of the materials to CSUSM. This arrangement has been kept in honoring the papers' original order. The papers consist of six series:
The first five series were arranged by Dr. Patterson, and original order has been kept. The last series, born-digital records, was added to the collection's arrangement to account for a group of floppy discs and a CD Rom with a variety of documents on them that were donated alongside the original physical documents.
Each series consists of one or more folders with documents related to the series. Documents were clipped together by Dr. Patterson and have been left in order and grouped together as indicated by Patterson.
Physical Location
KEL 1006 2.a.2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were compiled and donated to CSUSM by Dr. Lotsee Patterson in December of 2022.
Processing Information
Processed as accession by Sean Visintainer, 2023 December.
Source
- Patterson, Lotsee, Dr. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Dr. Lotsee Patterson papers
- Author
- Sean Visintainer
- Date
- 12/11/2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the CSUSM Special Collections Repository
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