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Focus on Native Americans No. 00-03 Date: Fall 2000 Subject: Recommendations from the Breakfast Colloquy and NLS Responses During the National Conference of Librarians Serving Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals in Manhattan Beach, California, a "Focus on Native Americans" breakfast colloquy was held on May 4, 2000. This meeting had twenty librarians in attendance. We discussed projects being done by libraries or by other organizations in various states. Several people expressed concerns regarding service to Native Americans and expansion of their collections of American Indian titles. Four recommendations from the group and NLS responses follow. 1. Expand time frame for this meeting at the next national conference from forty-five minutes to one hour or one and a half (1-1/2) hours. __NLS response__ We will schedule a time slot for the "Focus on Native Americans" breakfast colloquy to run from 7:30-9:00 a.m. in its own room for the 2002 national conference. 2. Move the production of solar panels to higher priority and increase numbers being produced. __NLS response__ NLS is working on this and plans to have an additional four hundred (400) solar panels available for distribution to the network later this year. If you know how many patrons in your area could use a solar panel, please let the Materials Development Division (MDD) know. If you can give us exact numbers needed per library, it would be of help in determining future funding needs. 3. Develop a listserv for network librarians on Native American issues, separate from any other listservs and from __Focus on Native Americans.__ __NLS response__ NLS is looking into this and at this time welcomes network staff as volunteers to serve as organizers/developers, similar to the LBPH list that Oregon sponsors and the reader advisor list that North Dakota sponsors. This listserv would be limited to NLS network librarians and related staff only. 4. Produce all titles in the Native American series published by the University of Oklahoma Press. __NLS response__ NLS selects titles for its collection in conformity with the NLS Collection Building Policy. The collection development librarians peruse the lists of Native American titles published by the University of Oklahoma Press and will continue to select those titles that meet the criteria of the Collection Building Policy. Titles on the lists that do not fall within the scope of the Collection Building Policy are not selected. The following are titles from the University of Oklahoma Press that are already in the NLS collection. Titles in the Civilization of the American Indian series: Caso, Alfonso. The Aztecs: People of the Sun. RC 29843. Debo, Angie. Geronimo the Man, his Time, his Place. RC 11145. Ruby, Robert. Indians of the Pacific Northwest: A History. RC 17883. Sweeny, Edwin. Cochise: Chircahua Apache Chief. RC 34429. Other titles: Bird, Isabella. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. RC 48842. Coldsmith, Don. Medicine Hat: A Novel. RC 47425. Custer, George Armstrong. My Life on the Plains; or, Personal Experiences with Indians. RC 32109. Deloria Jr., Vine. Custer Died for your Sins: An IndianManifesto. RC 41766. Ripley, Glenda. The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley. RC 42941. Yagoda, Ben. Will Rogers: A Biography. RC 38104.