Tribal Libraries Program Overview
The New Mexico State Library's Tribal Libraries Program (TLP) mission is to promote and support information access in tribal communities with emphasis on current technology and tribal library development.
TLP is unique in the nation with specialized library development services to tribal communities on a statewide basis. The main administrative office is located in Santa Fe with staff in Crownpoint serving the Northwestern New Mexico Navajo area.
The Development Bureau of the New Mexico State Library provides consulting services for tribal librarians on a wide range of topics including technology, policies and planning, and library best practices as well as training for tribal library staff and community members. Workshop topics are based on local need.
The following list include the Full Public Tribal Libraries and Developing Public Tribal Libraries in the State of New Mexico:
- Acoma Learning Center at the Pueblo of Acoma
- Pueblo de Cochiti Library at the Cochiti Pueblo
- Pueblo of Isleta Library
- Jemez Pueblo Community Library
- Jicarilla Public Library in Dulce, NM
- Laguna Public Library at Laguna Pueblo
- Mescalero Community Library in Mescalaro, NM
- P'oe Tsawa Community Library at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
- Pueblo of Pojoaque Public Library
- Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library at the San Felipe Pueblo
- Pueblo de San Ildefonso Library at the San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Sandia Pueblo Learning Resource Center at Sandia Pueblo
- Santa Ana Pueblo Community Library at the Pueblo of Santa Ana Pueblo
- Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library at the Santa Clara Pueblo
- Santo Domingo Pueblo Library
- Shiprock Branch Library of the Farmington Public Library
- Taytsugeh Oweengeh Library at the Tesuque Pueblo
- Zia Enrichment Library at the Zia Pueblo
- Zuni Public Library at the Zuni Pueblo
Alana McGrattan, Tribal Libraries Program Coordinator
Jeannie Whitehorse, Library Technican, CrownPoint Outreach Center