Participate in and help plan inservice programs on using resources effectively. Continually request good curriculum materials for addition to the school library collection, and advocate for access to interactive resources on Internet. All materials identified for use in the classroom are selected based upon criteria of literary and artistic excellence. Excellence is generally based upon, and judged by, individual and community members who are portrayed in the particular resources. What one community may deem appropriate may be regarded as unsuitable in another.
Differences can also occur at the individual level.
Native Studies teachers are responsible for ensuring that all materials selected for use with students meet the criteria of literary and artistic excellence. The units that individual teachers organize usually require students to apply research skills in a variety of areas. A range of resources to support each of these areas is necessary for effective resource-based learning to occur. An interlibrary loan service may assist in obtaining information from other communities. Free and inexpensive materials may be obtained from daily and Aboriginal newspapers, magazines and periodicals, governmental departments and agencies, embassies and consulates, travel agents and Aboriginal organizations.