>> AB Bejar: [Inaudible]. Hi everyone. My name is AB Bejar, and I am a junior fellow here at the Library of Congress with the Latin American, Caribbean, and European division. It is my pleasure to welcome you to Reading Community, narrative and histories and research guide for an interconnected Indian world. I am so excited to discuss this project with you all today. Our project focuses on Quechuan Indian cultures, knowledge systems, and histories through the following themes. Storytelling, visual art, Indian music, textiles, and the Quechuan language. Not only are we highlighting the incredible resources already in the library's collections, but we are also including external resources in our guide in order to showcase the breadth of Quechuan Indian knowledge. Another major component of the research guide are the community interviews we have conducted for each theme. This allows the project audience to see the library's Quechuan Indian resources in relation to the communities they represent. Interviews also have the opportunity to bring dialogue with the library's archives. Interviews include Quechuan Indian community members, scholars, visual artists, photographers, musicians, and educators. In terms of items we are pulling from the library's collections for this project, all materials highlighted in this resource guide demonstrate an Indian and Quechuan focus. This includes materials that were in Spanish Quechua dictionaries to textiles from the Andes. We hope this project can be a bridge between the library and the Quechuan Indian diaspora especially through the preservation and promotion of diverse community perspectives through the interviews highlighted in our resource guide. Here we have an example of what one of the sections of the research guide looks like. Not only are we discussing the significance of Indian music and music sample, but we are also creating a connection between Indian music and materials from the library's collections. In this case, that includes photographs of Indian instruments. In our resource guide, Indian music among other cultural practices are considered important messages of indigenous knowledge making. Now we will share a few key takeaways from the project thus far. Firstly, I am truly humbled by the opportunity to contribute to this work especially as a Quechuan Peruvian person whose research focuses on Quechua language, culture, and identity. I am also in awe of the vastness of Quechuan Indian communities and the important work everyone is doing to preserve our histories and highlight our culture and knowledge systems. Finally, [inaudible]. Thank you for listening and sharing space with me today. I suggest going to the library's website to explore our resource guide and many others. I'm also including a link to the Caribbean Iberian and Latin American studies help desk should you have any specific questions or would like more information about this project. Thanks again and take care.