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What is Indigenous Media?

-Indigenous media may be defined as forms of media expression conceptualized,


produced, and circulated by indigenous peoples around the globe as vehicles for
communication, including cultural preservation, cultural and artistic expression, political
self-determination, and cultural sovereignty.
1. What is Indigenous Knowledge?
-Indigenous knowledge refers to the understandings, skills and philosophies
developed by societies with long histories of interaction with their natural surroundings. 
2. What are the 4 classification groups of a library?
 Bliss bibliographic Classification (BC)
 Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
 Library of Congress Classification (LC)
 Colon Classification

3. What is ISBN?
-An International Standard Book Number. ISBNs were 10 digits in length up to the
end of December 2006, but since 1 January 2007 they now always consist of 13 digits.
ISBNs are calculated using a specific mathematical formula and include a check digit to
validate the number.
4. What is ISSN?
-An International Standard Serial Number is an 8-digit code used to identify
newspapers, journals, magazines and periodicals of all kinds and on all media–print and
electronic.

5. Who is Melvil Dewey?


-Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26,
1931) was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system
of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club.

6. What is library of congress classification


-The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library
classification developed by the Library of Congress. It is used by most research and
academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries

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