Indigenous Knowledge Centre
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There are two library services operating in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 that have adopted the appellation 'Knowledge Centres' in relation to the delivery of library services for Indigenous clients. The Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

 Library first developed the Indigenous Knowledge Centre model of service and later changed this to 'Library and Knowledge Centre'. The State Library of Queensland
State Library of Queensland
The State Library of Queensland is a large public library provided to the people of the State of Queensland, Australia, by the state government. Its legislative basis is provided by the Queensland Libraries Act 1988...

 continues to use the Indigenous Knowledge Centre title.

State Library of Queensland

The State Library of Queensland
State Library of Queensland
The State Library of Queensland is a large public library provided to the people of the State of Queensland, Australia, by the state government. Its legislative basis is provided by the Queensland Libraries Act 1988...

 assists local government to establish Indigenous Knowledge Centres (IKCs). These serve as information hubs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Queensland. The State Library of Queensland's IKCs provide the services of a local library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...

, act as a meeting place and provide a safe place to keep important artefacts, artworks and other information within the community. Many IKCs provide public Internet access to their communities.

IKCs are established in:
  • Aurukun
  • Badu Island
  • Boigu Island
  • Cherbourg, Queensland
    Cherbourg, Queensland
    Cherbourg is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It is located off the Bunya Highway approximately north-west of Brisbane and from the town of Murgon. It is situated very close to the dam wall of Bjelke-Petersen Dam. Attractions in Cherbourg include the 'Bert Button...

  • Poruma
    Coconut Island
    Coconut Island, or Moku o Loe, is a 28-acre island in Kāne'ohe Bay off the island of O'ahu in the state of Hawai'i, USA. It is a marine research facility of the Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Hawai`i....

     (Coconut Island)
  • Erub (Darnley Island)
  • Dauan Island
  • [Hammond Island]
  • Hope Vale
  • Injinoo
    Injinoo
    Injinoo refers to Australian Aborigine people in Cape York Peninsula.There are five communities which lie on the traditional country of the Injinoo peoples in the NPA of Cape York Peninsula: Bamaga, Seisia, Injinoo, Umagico and New Mapoon....

  • Kubin
  • Lockhart River
    Lockhart River, Queensland
    Lockhart River is a coastal Aboriginal community situated on the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The population consists mostly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, whose ancestors were forcibly moved to the area beginning in 1924...

  • Mabuiag Island
    Mabuiag Island
    Mabuiag is an island in the Bellevue Islands, 100 km north of Thursday Island Queensland, Australia in the Napoleon Passage and Arnolds Passage of Torres Strait...

  • New Mapoon
    New Mapoon
    New Mapoon is an area South of Seisia and West of Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula, adjoining the Lockerbie Scrub. At the 2006 census, New Mapoon had a population of 346....

  • Pormpurraaw
    Pormpuraaw, Queensland
    Pormpuraaw is an Aboriginal community situated on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula approximately half way between Karumba and Weipa on the Edward River. It is by road from Cairns. Pormpuraaw currently has a 2-man police station...

  • Seisia
  • Wujal Wujal
    Wujal Wujal
    Wujal Wujal is in northern Queensland, Australia. Wujal Wujal is the name of a relatively small Aboriginal community on the north and south sides of the Bloomfield River. It has an area of 19.94 square kilometres of land. At the 2006 census, Wujal Wujal had a population of 326.It is located...

  • Yam Island

Northern Territory Library

The Northern Territory Library http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/ runs a similar service to its communities under the title of Libraries and Knowledge Centres http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/about_us/knowledgecentres. (Formerly known as 'Indigenous Knowledge Centres') This program was awarded the Bill and Melinda Gates Access to Learning Award http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ATLA/Pages/access-to-learning-award-overview.aspx for its innovative use of digital technology in the remote Australian Indigenous community context. The Northern Territory Library's Knowledge Centres are located in the following places:

The Northern Territory Library is contributing significant funds to the development of the next generation of Indigenous collection management software. http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/our_story_version_2_project
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