Library and Information Services

 

With a unique collection specific to Métis history and culture, the GDI Library provides service to GDI students as well as the wider Métis and non-Métis community.

What you can find in the library:

• Reference collection (encyclopedias, dictionaries, bibliographies, atlases)
• Reserve collection (materials for use by students in a particular course)
• Dewey collection (fiction, literature, and non-fiction)
• Juvenile collection (books suitable for elementary and middle school readers)
• Easy collection (picture books suitable for use by young children)
• Curriculum collection (textbooks, teacher’s guides, and other teaching materials)
• Government documents collection (documents published by federal, provincial, and First Nations and Métis governments and organizations; available in Regina and Prince Albert)
• Audio-visual collection (kits, DVDs, records, CDs, picture sets, puppets)
• Periodical collection (journals and magazines of interest to historians and educators)
• Vertical file collection (articles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings; available in Regina)
• Picture file collection (archival photos and illustrations, poster-size illustrations and photos for use in schools)
• Rare book collection (out-of-print and rare books of historical significance; available in Regina and Saskatoon)
• Not recommended collection (items written for children with stereotypes, factual errors, misrepresentations, or errors of omission; not recommended for casual use without understanding the criticisms about their content)

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