In 2008, Red Cliff became the very first tribal nation to partner with what would become the TLAM Program at UW-Madison. The library, at that time, was in danger of closing, and a community survey was developed by MA-LIS Students from the iSchool. Red Cliff has been a partner ever since. Ginanda Gikendaasomin, the current library, had its grand opening in 2015 in the Admin Building and moved to its current building in 2021.
Over the years, TLAM students have helped with packing, unpacking, moving, shelving, cataloging, research on policy, programming, and more!
Bad River Library
After seven years of closed doors and moving to a new location, the Bad River Library reopened in June 2023. TLAM has worked with the Education Department over the years with weeding and other collection projects.
Even though the Oneida Community Library has been open since the 1970s, TLAM partnered with them for the first time in 2024! We began with inventorying the "closet of mysteries" and we look forward to more projects in the library for years to come!
College of Menominee Nation Library
The College of Menominee Nation's library is an archive, special collection, academic and public library.
CMN Library is also one of the vital pillars of the Menominee Archive Project (MAP), an initiative still in the early planning stages to develop community-driven central archiving systems when TLAM was invited into the conversation in 2024.
For years, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University's library has hosted TLAM summer practicum students to help with their outstanding summer reading program.
Ho-Chunk Library
TLAM was honored to be invited and help at the Soft Opening of Ho-Chunk Nation's Tribal Library in Black River Falls in February 2024. This was followed by a 2024 summer practicum that continued our involvement at the library. We look forward to the bright future of this library and the potential of more collaboration!
Ho-Chunk Nation has hosted dozens of projects for TLAM students over the years. When the Museum experienced a fire in February 2024, TLAM was there to help in any way we could. Past projects with the museum include learning about and assisting with exhibit changes and developing reading lists.
Bad River Museum
After sharing a building with the library, the Bad River Museum moved to a new building in 2023. TLAM projects have involved assisting with research on grant purchases and exhibit hall set up. The museum launched its first exhibit in Summer 2024!
After being in this building for decades, the collection of the Stockbridge-Munsee Library, Museum, and Archive is massive. TLAM projects have involved catalog cleanup, Mukurtu uploads and metadata, and collection shifting.
The Oneida Nation Museum has partnered with TLAM students for a variety of interesting projects including film digitization and repair as well as general collection assistance with exhibits.
Ho-Chunk Language Division
TLAM students have been working with the Ho-Chunk Language division in many capacities over the years. Some projects have included processing books for the library at the old Ho-Chunk Learning Center to many years of inventory and digitization work.
Let us know! We would love to include any other smaller, temporary, or other projects TLAM has been part of over the years.
Send us an email at tlam@ischool.wisc.edu