A cultural shift within the library profession is taking place where there is a stronger emphasis on kaupapa Māori and mātauranga Māori due to Treaty obligations and the significance of Māori as tangata whenua, the indigenous people of Aotearoa. Mātauranga Māori is a term the Māori people use to describe their traditional knowledge. Mātauranga Māori is a broad cultural knowledge system that goes well beyond a simple translation of Māori knowledge and there are many different interpretations and definitions of the term. Royal states that mātauranga Māori is used merely to label a body of knowledge and framing of that knowledge in certain ways. (Royal, 2012, p.33). Mead supports this by saying mātauranga Māori is a cultural system of knowledge that reinforces positively our identity as Māori. (Mead, 2012, p.13). LIANZA defines mātauranga Māori as “the knowledge, comprehension or understanding of everything visible or invisible that exists across the universe.” (http://www.lianza.org.nz/what-m%C4%81tauranga-m%C4%81ori). LIAC, the Library Information Advisory Committee acknowledges that Māori knowledge comes in many forms, based on an oral tradition where different types of knowledge was entrusted to selective people within iwi, hapu and whānau for the collective survival and well-being of Māori society. Discussions on mātauranga Māori and its impact upon libraries, must take these contexts into consideration when addressing mātauranga Māori. (https://www.dia.govt.nz/Matauranga-Maori-). Kaupapa Māori is embedded in traditional Māori culture and is described as the traditional way of doing things, encapsulated in a Māori worldview. As quoted by Pihama et al. (2002), the term kaupapa Māori captures Māori desires to affirm Māori cultural philosophies and practices. In short kaupapa Māori is about being “fully” Māori. (p.30). Research using a kaupapa Māori framework is emerging in library and information research projects, legitimising mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori and tikanga Māori, within the library and information profession. (Ritchie, 2013; Tuhou, 2011; Bryant, 2015). A key principle of using a kaupapa Māori framework is a focus on transformation – creating change and supporting positive outcomes for Māori. Mātauranga Māori and kaupapa Māori are acknowledged as having their own unique requirements that differ somewhat from Western approaches to knowledge. Until such a time, where Māori research and information habits of researchers based on a Māori worldview are recognized as valid and accepted, librarians will continue to inadequately fulfil information requests of a Māori nature. Librarians and information professionals have choices available to enable them to learn how to be culturally competent through cultural awareness training or informal involvement with Māori and their cultural practices. I encourage all who are having difficulty engaging in mātauranga Māori to start by using this annotated bibliography as a tool to assist you on your mātauranga Māori journey in a meaningful way.