An institute was designed to train 14 American Indians in basic library and audiovisual skills so that they could function as paraprofessional librarians in the pueblos and reservations of western New Mexico. The institute, funded under the 1965 Higher Education Act Title II-B, was based at the University of New Mexico, although most of the instruction was held at ten sites on the pueblos and reservations. The curriculum included materials selection, cataloging and classification, audiovisual materials use and production, reference, administration, children's literature, audiovisual methods and technology, and two practicums. Several evaluations indicated the basic success of the institute, and ten local libraries (of which only two have professional librarians) received trained aides. Curriculum outlines, evaluation documents, maps, budget, and a paraprofessional training model (flow chart) are included. (LS)