AFRICANA
                        LIBRARIES
                        NEWSLETTER
                        No. 81, January 1995                                                                                                ISSN 0148-7868
                                                                       Africana Libraries N ewsletter (ALN) is published quarterly by the Michigan State
                                                                      University Libraries and the MSU African Studies Center. Those copying contents are
             TABLE OF CONTENTS                                        asked to cite ALN as their source. ALN is produced to support the work of the Africana
                                                                      Librarians Council (ALC) of the African Studies Association. It carries the meeting
                                                                      minutes of ALC, CAMP (Cooperative Africana Microform Project) and other relevant
Editor’s Comments                                                     groups. It also reports other items of interest to Africana librarians and those concerned
Acronyms                                                              about information resources about or in Africa.
                                                                      Editor: Joseph J. Lauer, Africana Library, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048.
ALC/CAMP NEW S...................... ...........................2              Tel.: 517-355-1118; E-mail: 20676jjl@msu.edu; Fax:517-432-1445.
Calendar                                                              Deadline for no. 82: March 20, 1995; for no. 83: July 1, 1995.
Schedule for Northwestern (May)
ALC in Toronto (November 1994)
   Business Meeting Minutes                                                                       EDITO R’S COMMENTS
   Executive Board Minutes
   Cataloging Committee Minutes                                       The major event of the past quarter was the ASA meeting in Toronto. Some of
   Bibliography Committee Minutes                                     the minutes appear in the first section; others will be published in April.
   Executive Board Minutes                                            Contributions came from many sources, including Moore Crossey, David
   ALC Executive Board                                                Easterbrook, Karen Fung, A1 Kagan, Reuben Musiker, Razia Nanji, Elizabeth
   Conover-Porter Award                                               Plantz, Nancy Schmidt, Hans Zell, Joanne Zellers. Layout and graphics were
Member News: Finnegan & Walsh                                         provided by Theresa Moore.
                                                                         Personal impressions from the ASA meeting in Toronto (in addition to issues
OTHER NEW S........................................................ 8 raised in minutes): easy rail links to a downtown that encouraged walking
News from other Associations                                          regardless of the weather; fine ASA panels and honors for the work of historians;
   Calendar                                                           a fascinating panel on electronic sources, including a demonstration of how an
   ACRL Meeting (Pittsburgh)                                          enthusiastic amateur can become a major player in the dissemination of news
   ALA/USLA Fellows Program                                           and information; confirmation of a major commitment by Title-6 librarians and
Free MaterialsRequested                                               CAMP to explore the filming of archives in Africa; a single slate of candidates
Resources: Aequatoria & Yale                                          for the CAMP Executive Committee who were declared elected without the
                                                                      expense of a mail ballot.
RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES............................... 9                   The issue of ALN editorials came up in Toronto. The discussion is nicely
Theses                                                                summarized in the official minutes. As I acknowledged in Toronto, the heading
Journals & Articles                                                   over the table on page 9 of the October issue does give the false impression of
African Library Associations                                                                                                             - continued on p.13
REFERENCE SOURCES...................................... 10
Notes: NISC & JALA                                                                                       ACRONYMS
New Reference Titles
In Progress
NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS...... 11
                                                                           :ALC ^iAfirtcana; Librarians Council                        Arciu
Vendor Announcements
Awards: Commonwealth & Herskovits
                                                                           | 1;Libraries' Committee) of ASA::
Events: ZIBF95
                                                                            ASA rAftfcan Studies
                                                                            CAMP * Cooperative Africana Microform lV<gect (CIU^
Literature on the Book Trade
                                                                            CRL Ipenter for; Research Libraries (C h h ^
Online Files
                                                                            IFLA - international Federation of Library
Serial Changes
New Serials
                                                                            LC - Library of Congress
                                                                            MELA r Middle East Librarians
CD-ROM Products
Selected New Books                                                         ;;MSU:|:;i^c^gatr':State:::liriiversitifS
                                                                           .SCQLMA *'Standing C oot on Library Materials on Africa
Trip report: John Howell
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                            AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL / CAMP NEWS
          CALENDAR OF FUTURE M EETINGS                               40th Anniversary Program
                                                                     Schmidt reported that the Planning Committee decided that the
May 4-6, 1995, Evanston, IL - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting.               original plans need to be revised and scaled down. Instead of a multi­
November 3-6,1995, Orlando - ASA Annual Meeting.                     day April conference at LC, the Committee proposed a one-day
Spring 1996, Boston - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting.                       conference at the Fall 1997 ASA meeting in Columbus, Ohio, to be
Fall 1996, San Francisco - ASA Annual Meeting.                       held in place of our regular Bibliography and Cataloging committee
Fall 1997, Columbus - ASA Annual Meeting.                            meetings. The Columbus location is close to OCLC and numerous
Fall 1998, Chicago - ASA Annual Meeting.                             institutions which might already have African librarians who could
                                                                     attend. The general program outline includes a keynote speaker and
                                                                     three different panels on cooperation, collection development, and
PRELIM INARY SCHEDULE FOR NORTHW ESTERN                              bibliographic instruction/reference. A dinner is also to be planned,
                                                                     where ALC past and future will be discussed.
Thursday, May 4,1995:                                                   Schmidt still seeks information on possible institutional support
   Afternoon........... Tour of CRL.                                 for foreign visitors, participants and panel members for the program.
   Evening.............. Meetings possible                           It is hoped that we will be able to formalize plans at the spring
Friday, May 5:                                                       meeting.
   8:00am-4:00pm... Meetings at Norris Unversity Center
   4:00-5:00pm....... Tours                                          Outreach to Black Studies Librarians
   Evening...............Receptions                                  Kagan reviewed what has been done. A notice about ALC and its
Saturday, May 6:                                                     meetings was placed on the ACRL African American listserve.
   8:00am-Noon           CAMP meeting at Program of African Studies  Weissinger will put an article about the ALC in their newsletter as
   Afternoon........... Visit to Field Museum.                       well. Copies of ALN were distributed at several ALA programs in
                                                                     Miami, including the meeting of the ALA’s Black Caucus Executive
For more information, contact Liz Plantz, at eplantz@nwu.edu or      Committee. Kagan has been in touch with a number of the new Title
(tel.) 708-491-7585.                                                 VI centers recently opened at historically Black colleges and Univer­
                                                                     sities, including Tuskegee and Lincoln University. An article about
                                                                     our activities has also appeared in the September REFORMA
                                                                     Newsletter. Bischof suggested that we incorporate outreach to Black
       AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL
                                                                     studies librarians into the strategic plan as a long term goal. It was
          BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES                                   also suggested that someone write an article on the 40th anniversary
                 Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada                   as part of our ongoing efforts to publicize the ALC.
            Thursday, November 3,1994, 9:00-11:00am
                                                                     Statement on Access to Government Documents
The meeting was called to order by A1 Kagan, Chair.                  Kagan noted that the ALC’s statement on access to government
                                                                     documents, endorsed at the spring meeting, has appeared in Docu­
Present were: Helene Baumann (Duke U.), Phyllis Bischof (U. of       ments to the People, published by the Government Documents
California, Berkeley), Christopher Boyd (African Imprint), Mary      Round Table (GODORT) of ALA. Copies of the statement were
Brady (Northwestern U.), Dan Britz (Northwestern U.), Joseph         distributed at a GODORT panel on the subject in Miami and have
Caruso (Columbia U.), Jill Coelho (Harvard U.), Moore Crossey        been sent to the chairs of other area studies librarians groups for
(Yale U.), David Easterbrook (Northwestern U.), Onuma Ezera          discussion. ALC members were encouraged to approach other area
(Michigan State U.), Gregory Finnegan (Dartmouth College), Elisa     studies librarians to encourage further discussion.
Forgey (U. of Pennsylvania), Karen Fung (Stanford), Miki Goral (U.
of California at Los Angeles), David Hogarth (Hogarth Representa­    Spring Meeting 1995
tion), John Bruce Howell (U. of Iowa), A1 Kagan (U. of Illinois),    Easterbrook handed out a sheet on the May 5-6 meeting at North­
Joseph Lauer (Michigan State U.), ADH Leishman (Leishman &           western University (Evanston, IL). For more information, contact
Taussig), Robert W. Lesh (Northwestern U.), Margaret Ling (Zim­      Liz Plantz, who has been designated as the main contact, at
babwe International Book Fair), Kenneth Lohrentz (U. of Kansas),     eplantz@nwu.edu or (tel.) 708-491-7585.
Peter Malanchuk (U. of Florida), Wonki Nam (Central State U.,
Wilberforce, Ohio), Razia Nanji (U. of Florida), Dorothy Niekamp     Annual Meeting 1995, Orlando
(Indiana U.), Hans Panofsky (Retired, Northwestern), Elizabeth       Finnegan noted the March 1st deadline. A topic will be worked out
Plantz (Northwestern U.), Nancy Pressman (Princeton U.), Margaret    via email by the new Chair-Elect, the Executive Committee and
Richards (U. of Cape Town), Nancy Schmidt (Indiana U.), Mette        other interested members. Finnegan suggested a roundtable for
Shayne (Northwestern U.), Elisabeth Sinnott (New York U.),           authors and scholars on the question of “What happens to your work
Françoise Sorieul (Centre Sahel), Janet Stanley (Smithsonian), Ruth  after it is published” to explain how works are acquired, handled and
Thomas (LC, Nairobi Office), Dane Ward (Wayne State U.), David       accessed in libraries. Another possibility might be to co-sponsor a
Westley (Boston U.), Dawn Williams (Northwestern U.), and Joanne     panel with the Electronic Technology Group, depending on the topic.
Zellers (LC).                                                           Fung noted that this year the Electronic Technology Group is
                                                                     cosponsoring an Internet booth in the exhibits area in conjunction
Following general introductions, the minutes of the previous meet­   with a number of libraries. While a separate or special room could
ing (at Duke) were approved.                                         have been set aside, the sponsors felt that being with the exhibits
                                                                     provided for the greatest exposure.


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Spring Meeting 1996                                                     tions of the ALC such as the minutes of all meetings. The issue of
Westley presented possible dates for the meeting at Boston Univer­     what is the “official” nature of ALN will be taken up by the Long
sity. All concurred that a late April or early May date was preferable  Range Strategic Planning Committee.
in hope of better weather. More specific information will be
presented at the spring meeting.                                       ASA Publications Committee
                                                                        Bischof, ALC liaison to the ASA Publications Committee, reported
ALC Elections                                                           on the wide ranging activities of the Committee. In particular, she
Helene Baumann was elected Chair Elect, Ruby Bell-Gam was               noted that Walsh has written a draft document on ASA publication
elected Secretary, and Robert Lesh was elected Member-at-large.         policies and procedures.
National Security Education Program (Boren Bill)                        American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Kagan presented a new Association of Concerned Africa Scholars          Liz Levy gave an overview of AAAS activities in Africa. She noted
pamphlet on issues concerning the National Security Education           that in a very short time there have been many improvements in
Program, formerly known as the Boren Bill. Michigan State               access to information due to technological advances and the Internet.
University has a legal opinion that they do not need to accept this     AAAS is currently working on a CD-ROM pilot project, providing
funding from the Defense Dept, and intelligence agencies. The           access to 6 databases in 7 African universities along with document
acceptance of funds provided through the program has recently been      delivery assistance through the African Studies Library at Boston
an issue at the University of Illinois.                                 University. They have established management committees with
                                                                        end user involvement that have proved to be very effective in the
Long Range Strategic Planning Committee                                 running of this project. They plan on sponsoring the evaluation of the
Finnegan reported that the Committee had not addressed many long        use of CD-ROM databases for work in the social sciences and the
range issues. The majority of the time spent has involved the           humanities in Africa.
question of the editorship of ALN, as the Committee hopes to               AAAS is also looking into the situation in South Africa to evaluate
construct a realistic document on what the job entails. Other items     how useful online information is for their needs. An online workshop
of concern for future action include an organization manual, elec­      in Ethiopia is planned, where they hope to provide guidelines for
tronic access to ALC publications, including ALN\ a forum for           researchers on how to incorporate the use of email and other
reference and instructional issues within the current ALC structure,    electronic technologies into their grant proposals. Commercial
and the various options for cooperation.                                science and technology databases are being reviewed in order to see
                                                                        how much African sponsored information is available. Plans are also
ALC Listserve and Directory                                             in the works for an update of their users guide to electronic networks
Finnegan reported that he has eliminated the long header that           in Africa that should include, among other things, new information
formerly displayed with E-mail messages forwarded to the group.         on the Internet and South Africa. They are hoping to find an African
However, the listserve that was discussed at the spring meeting has     organization that will take over the maintenance and publication of
not yet been developed. Several members pointed out that they           this guide.
believed that it would be useful to have a true listserve.
   Finnegan also handed out the Oct. 29th edition of his ALC            Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF)
Directory. It is now restricted to people connected with the ALC,       Margaret Ling, Managing Director of the ZIBF-UK, briefly covered
i.e., current ALC members, retirees, book dealers who participate in    some of the activities of the Fair. The London Office now has an
meetings and other individuals who tend to show up at meetings or       email address which will be posted later on the list. She noted that
take an interest in what we are doing. He noted that an institutional   an exhibit of African periodicals from the Fair was currently on
affiliation index was possible. The membership expressed their          display at the library at the University of Toronto. A video of the
great thanks to Greg.                                                   1994 book fair is available.
Africana Libraries Newsletter (ALN)                                     Library of Congress Reports
Lauer announced that he would continue as editor for a 5th year         African/Middle Eastern Acquisitions Section:
(1995/96), with further annual renewals probable if needed while        For the third year, LC was able to use the special $100,000
the search for a new editor continues.                                  appropriation from Congress to support West African acquisitions.
   He noted that, given the expense of mailing ALN overseas, he         In FY 1994, $44,485 was used to purchase 28 films and videotapes
would prefer that foreign visitors interested in receiving ALN write    by West African filmmakers. With the money they were also able to
to him directly.                                                        send Laveme Page, African Section, to Gabon, Cameroon and the
   Discussion arose over the appropriateness of some of the surveys     Central African Republic and Ruth Thomas, Overseas Operations
and statistics that have appeared in ALN. Some concern was              Division, to Angola in order to identify new bibliographic service
expressed that they provided misleading information about various       representatives. In addition, the Library recommended microfilming
collections. Lauer noted that these were editorials written with the    of 15 newspaper titles from Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and
express purpose of generating discussion and that it was not possible   Senegal. A complete list will be available once filming is completed.
to have others check over everything he writes before publication.         The Library has purchased SOLON 1, the first computer database
Some members stated that they really enjoy the editorials and the       on diskette produced in Ghana, containing statutes of the Provisional
issues raised.                                                          National Defense Council (PNDC) government from 1982-1993.
   The question then arose as to the exact nature of ALN. While not        In Nigeria, the Library has developed a wide network of biblio­
a refereed journal, it is viewed by many as an official publication of  graphic representatives to complement approval plan vendors in
the ALC and that people might read more into the editorials than was    London and Lagos. The vendor from Lagos evaluated publishing
intended. It was noted that it is the vehicle for official communica­   activity in Benue State, but was unable to conduct a wider survey of


AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER                                            4                                                JANUARY 1995
the western states he covers. Agents in Enugu and Zaria have been        will be approved. It will be a very small one person office, solely for
successful in increasing acquisitions from the eastern and northern       acquisitions. Cataloging of materials will be done through the
parts of the country.                                                     Nairobi office. It is not known at this time to what extent materials
   Marieta Harper, Senior Acquisitions Specialist for the Section,       will be available for program participants.
has been selected to participate in the Library of Congress Leader­
ship Development Program beginning Jan, 1995.                             Other Reports and Announcements
                                                                             Panofsky reported that the International African Institute may
African Section (AFS) of the African and Middle Eastern Division          partially move to Harare.
(AMED):                                                                      David Hogarth announced that the latest proceedings of the
Since February 6, 1994, when Beverly Gray was appointed Chief,            African Studies Association of the United Kingdom have been
AMED, the post of Head, AFS has been vacant except for a 90-day           published in 2 volumes.
period when Zellers served as acting section head. In August, the
Section began using volunteers such as Jan Wepsiec, a retired             Meeting was adjourned.
member of ALC, to assist with sample serials and African language
materials.                                                                                                    —Elizabeth J. Plantz, Secretary
   Laveme Page’s July 29-August 24 trip to Libreville, Yaounde,
Douala, Bangui and Paris located nine potential representatives and
brought in over 1,000 pieces from new and existing exchange
partners.                                                                                   PRE-BUSINESS M EETING
   The Section is expanding the briefings and bibliographic instruc­              EXECUTIVE BOARD M EETING M INUTES
tion sessions offered to university classes, local non-government                     Wednesday, November 2,1994, 9:00-10:00am
bodies and government agencies, including the Voice of America
Africa Division.                                                          The meeting was called to order by A1 Kagan, Chair.
   Bibliographic production has increased. The next volume of US.
Imprints on sub-Saharan Africa will be a combined vol. 9/10 (1993-        Present were: Caruso, Finnegan, Lesh, Baumann, Lauer, Kagan,
1994), including materials cataloged through Sept., 30, 1994, with        Nanji, Zellers, Schmidt, and Plantz.
an expected publication date of late 1995. Two brief readings lists
on Mandela and on Rwanda are in preparation for the LC Informa­           The business meeting agenda was reviewed and amended.
tion Bulletin.
   On December 1,1994, AMED will sponsor the first in its series          Schmidt reported that the 40th Anniversary Planning Committee
of special programs, “African and Middle Eastern Perspectives.”           have decided to scale down their original plans as presented at the
The first lecture will be by Gay McDougall, executive director of the     previous meetings at Duke.
International Human Rights Law Group.
                                                                          The proposed slate of candidates for the ALC election was re­
Other Sections:                                                           viewed. The difficulties in finding members willing to run for
The Near East Section reports the issuance of The Holy Koran in the       certain offices were noted. Nanji was chosen to help Easterbrook
Library of Congress: a Bibliography, compiled by Fawzi Mikhail            conduct the election as one of the original members of the Nominat­
Tadros. For the Islamic Studies collection evaluation study, an           ing Committee, Helene Baumann, was induced to run for office.
outside consultant began evaluating the classical literature in Octo­
ber, and a second consultant will begin a review of the modem period      Kagan discussed the issue of funding from the Defence Dept, and
shortly. The anticipated completion date of this case study is Fall       intelligence agencies, which is opposed by ASA and other groups.
1995.
   The Federal Research Division reports the following country            The activities of the Long Range Strategic Planning Committee
studies in preparation: Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Indian Ocean            were discussed. It was noted that Joe Lauer will continue as editor
Isles, Rwanda/Burundi, and South Africa. Zaire is at the printer.         oiALN until someone else offers to take over. The Committee is
   The Library reviewed its collection of foreign newspapers this         still in the process of developing a policy or procedure for finding
year, as called for in its Collection Policy State (CPS) on foreign       or recruiting new editors. Lauer has provided information on what
newspapers. Part of this review is to examine and encourage more          is needed in terms of time and money to put out ALN. The
active participation with other libraries, more cooperative programs      Committee had been given a number of charges, but the overall
for acquiring and filming of foreign newspapers. The Library’s set        charge of developing a strategic plan for the group has not really
of CPSs are now mounted on the Internet and will be published in          been addressed yet. Following the business meeting they will
loose-leaf form by the Collections Policy Committee. Zellers also         schedule another meeting for all those interested to discuss strate­
announced that Dorothy Porter Wesley has been awarded a Charles           gic planning.
Frankel Prize in the Humanities for her work as principal compiler
of the Black Studies collection at Howard University.                     It was requested that ALN be added to the agenda [as a matter of
                                                                          routine and] in order to discuss the controversial nature of some
Nairobi Office:                                                           editorials. One member was particularly concerned that various
Ruth Thomas reported that overhead and direct costs for the partici­      survey results and statistics reported in ALN would be misleading
pant program will be reviewed for the past year. She noted that the       to readers.
Nairobi office has sent 3000 Somali titles for microfilming. Finally
she reported that the Library plans to request permission from            Meeting was adjourned.
Congress to open a small West Africa office. They plan to reallocate
existing funds in order to open this office and believe that the request                                      —Elizabeth J. Plantz, Secretary


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    CATALOGING COMMITTEE MINUTES                                        and updated continuously; it is copyrighted and may be for sale in
           Wednesday, November 2, 1994, 9:00-10:30am                    the future.
Present: Brady, Caruso, Crossey, Henrietta Dax (Clarke's Bookshop,      7. "Indigenous peoples” as a subject heading: Lauer explained
Cape Town), Ezera, Fung, Goral, Kagan, Lauer, Lesh, Lohrentz,           that he has a sense this is being used for older books in place of
Malanchuk, Nam, Nanji, Niekamp, Panofsky, Plantz, Richards,             “native peoples” and questioned its appropriateness. He suggested
Schmidt, Shayne, Sorieul, Thomas, Ward, Williams, Zellers.              that the scope note in the LCSH record be amended to include “do
                                                                        not use with Africa” or “Do not use where the ‘aboriginal peoples’
The meeting was called to order by Robert Lesh, Committee chair.        are the majority population in the colonial area or modem state.”
                                                                        He also felt there are other similar headings that have racist
1. The minutes of the April 15,1994 Duke meeting were accepted          connotations. Schmidt suggested Lauer make a list of these other
as submitted.                                                           headings and the Committee could consider them.
2. DT classification schedule expansion: Caruso reported that he        8. Future business: Cataloging African language materials:
is just beginning work on the Indian Ocean islands. As a historian,     Schmidt asked if there is any interest in discussing name authority
it has come to his attention how antiquated this part of the schedule   problems and historical changes in African language names which
is, and how much it is in need of revision. Much history and cultural   were discovered in compiling African Language and Literature
information is not reflected and needs to be fleshed out. It was        Collection, a catalog of Indiana University’s African language
initially thought there was a large space in the schedule right before  holdings in all formats, cataloged and uncataloged. The Committee
this, which could be used for expansion, but now it seems it is not     indicated this interest does indeed exist. Schmidt will once again
as large as originally thought. Caruso stated he is ready to create     broach the subject at a future meeting.
a schedule for these islands as long as he can verify the space
available. Plantz suggested that he bring what he has completed to      9. Announcements:
the spring meeting as an example for other areas that need to be            Lesh gave a progress report on Northwestern’s Africana Con­
redone. This would establish some consistency and enable others         ference Paper Indexing Project. This was set up in 1991 but
who expand different areas of the schedule to save time.                officially funded through a Title IIC grant only as of October 3. The
                                                                        grant covers the indexing of the published and unpublished papers
3. ALA/CC:AAM report: Ruby Bell-Gam was absent, but her                 received between 1983 and 1990 for 2,086 conferences. [The
report appeared in ALN, Oct. 1994, p. 5-6.                              average number of papers per conference was estimated at 17.4.]
    Lesh mentioned that a letter was sent to Karl Kahler, chair of      During the first month of the project, papers from 212 conferences
CC:AAM, supporting the suggestion to eliminate the use of the           were indexed. Prior to October 3, Northwestern had already
subject heading “Africa, Sub-Saharan” and its corresponding geo­        indexed the papers for 773 conferences received since 1991; this
graphic area code. Discontinued use of the subject heading and          will continue to be part of the project. Northwestern is considering
GAC was not supported by CCiAAM, and there was an overall               incorporating scanning procedures, which Gary Strawn is develop­
feeling they should be retained. After some discussion, the issue       ing as part of his toolbox. The database is at present only available
was shelved.                                                            in staff mode, but they plan to make it available to the public with
                                                                        keyword searching and dial up access.
4. Cooperative cataloging at the Library of Congress: Copies of
a report on cooperative cataloging at LC were distributed, as well          Seven new African languages codes are being developed,
as a letter by Ann Dellaporta containing comments about this            according to a memo from Milicent Wewerka of LC’s Cataloging
process. [As of Oct. 28, approx. 8 proposals to LCSH had been           Policy and Support Office. They are: bnt for Bantu (Other); gba,
received.] LC had suggested the Committee name a coordinator to         Gbaya; kmb, Kimbundu; lua, Luba-Lulua; snk, Soninke; tmh,
serve as a contact between this group and LC; the question arose as     Tamashek; and znd for Zande.
to what exactly this person would do. It was agreed that the
Committee chair should be the coordinator. The suggestion was           The meeting was adjourned at 11:30.
made that it is necessary for LC to provide libraries who participate
in cooperative cataloging projects with more guidance, direction,                                               —Dawn Williams, Secretary
and specific information than it has in the past, so they all know
what is expected of them. Feedback should also be given to the
Committee as well, so that its members are aware of what coopera­         BIBLIOGRAPHY COMMITTEE MINUTES
tive cataloging activities are taking place at other institutions.               Wednesday, November 2,1994 ll:30am-l:00pm
5. LC report on the reorganization of cataloging: None.                 Meeting was called to order by the Chair, Helene Baumann.
6. Northwestern University Library electronic enhancements              Present (in addition to those at the business meeting): Christine
for cataloging and indexing: Mary Brady presented information           Ayorinde (Oxford), Henrietta Dax (Clarke’s Bookshop), M. A.
about what Northwestern refers to as “Gary’s toolbar.” Gary             Hakim (SUNY-Binghamton), and Gretchen Walsh (Boston U).
Strawn, Northwestern’s Authorities Librarian, has refined a com­
puter software program originally devised at McGill University to        1. Conover-Porter Award: Schmidt announced that the selection
create a brand new program used to greatly enhance the speed and        committee had voted to give awards to two excellent works. [See
accuracy with which authority work and indexing is performed.           announcement with details at end of ALC section.] Hans Zell was
Brady explained some of the different features and how they are         invited to talk briefly about ABIP and answer questions.
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2 Institutional Reports:                                               Other: Zell reported on new and forthcoming titles. Panofsky
Library of Congress: Zellers reported that on bibliographic activi­    reported on the publication of the third (South Africa) volume of
ties [see Business minutes]. Work continues sporadically on the       Dictionary of African Biography.
Africana Database, which consists of a master base tape of about
100,000 records culled from the MARC Books file. Materials from        3. Africana Conference Papers Indexing Project: Lesh reported
other regions with at least 10% of the text focusing on sub-Saharan    on work done under Northwestern’s Title IIC grant to index papers
Africa and multilingual monographs are also included.                  from 2,086 conferences. [See item 9 in Cataloging Committee
                                                                       minutes.] Concerns and questions were raised about the quality of
Northwestern Univ. has received the third and final year of            the database and several suggestions were made. Lesh took note of
funding for the Foreign Periodicals Project. A list of the 190 titles  these suggestions and asked for more feedback on the project.
from 28 countries that have been ordered between Dec. 1,1992 and
Oct. 31, 1994, is available for distribution. [Weekly and daily        4. Update on Ongoing or Completed Projects:
newspapers and magazines dominate the list, which is arranged by          Schmidt reported that she did not anticipate any project resulting
country.] A total of 647 titles have been cataloged, including 547     from her Survey on Diaspora materials as the results were too
from the backlog.                                                      general.
   Easterbrook also reported that JALA online at the University of        Dawn Williams, Andrea Stamm and Robert Lesh have sent to the
Michigan is proceeding slowly but the University hopes to have the     Clio Press editor their annotated bibliography of over 800 entries
file available by the end of the current quarter.                      on Zaire. It is due to be published in January 1995.
Univ. of Iowa has received a renewal of its Title VI Periodical grant  5. New Bibliographic Projects:
for the third and final year. A 38-page list of about 300 titles          Kagan reported that he has been asked to be the section editor for
(including non-periodical serials), covering expenditures of Nov. 1,   the new edition of Westfall’s Guide to Official Publications of
1992 through Sept. 30, 1994, is available.                            Foreign Countries. Kagan asked for volunteers for various African
                                                                       countries in the section.
Indiana Univ. has also received a renewal of its Title VI Periodi­        Schmidt suggested that ALC look at Contemporary African
cals grant for a third and final year and will purchase monographs     Politics and Development: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1981-
and videos in addition to serials.                                     1990. This publication has a number of gaps, and ALC could
   Indiana University also received a Title IIC grant for processing,  recommend additional serials to be indexed in the updates planned
cataloging and preserving Somali materials from the Andrzejewski       for every other year.
gift. A proposal will be made to CAMP to microfilm newspapers
from the Andrzejewski gift.                                            6. New Co-operative Projects:
   African Studies staff are creating a file of Indiana University’s   Walsh expressed her concern regarding cooperative projects being
uncataloged African maps in the Geography/Map Library using            developed by Title VI Directors and other groups with insufficient
Paradox. This project should be completed during the summer of         input from librarians most directly involved, and that these projects
1995. The file will probably be placed on the Library’s Gopher.        were the result of the belief that money was available for coopera­
                                                                       tive projects rather than perceived needs or problems that could be
Univ. of California-Berkeley has received a renewal of its Title VI    solved by cooperation. Walsh thanked those who had responded to
Periodicals grant for the third and final year. Work with Kagan on     her email message and recommended that the group should develop
editing the African section of the Guide to Reference Books, 11th      a range of options and specific projects so that we can collectively
ed., will be complete in early 1995. The Library has received          or individually respond to requests from Title VI Directors.
augmented funding for acquisitions to support a new Ph.D. program         Bischof suggested setting up a committee to examine these
in African-American Studies. Bischof has been appointed local          projects which could include financing ALN editorship. Britz
arrangements chair for the 1996 ASA annual conference in San           voiced concern over duplication of efforts in an indexing project.
Francisco.                                                             Kagan commented on stresses created with cooperative endeavors
                                                                       and urged more communication with colleagues before going to
Univ. of Florida has completed its three-year NEH Grant for            directors with suggestions. Schmidt suggested a general discussion
microfilming rare materials in the Fortune Collection. Malanchuk       on this issue during the spring meeting. A motion was passed to
drew attention to African Index Medicus. Nanji and Malanchuk           have this done.
have completed the Africa Section tor Magazines for Libraries.
                                                                       7. Trip Reports: Short trip reports were presented by Malanchuk,
Yale Univ.: Crossey reported on African Ephemera Collection,           Howell, Caruso, and Crossey.
which includes large amounts of South African material. Items in
this collection will be available over the internet. Copies of the     8. Minutes from the spring meeting at Duke (see ALN July 1994)
Exhibition catalog of African Missionary Postcards are also avail­     were approved, after being circulated during the meeting.
able from Yale.
                                                                       The meeting was adjourned.
Univ. of Illinois: Kagan reported on the African Studies Gopher
and the new Mosaic Home page.                                                                                     —Razia Nanji, Secretary


AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER                                         7                                               JANUARY 1995
                 POST-BUSINESS M EETING                                            CONOVER-PORTER AWARD
              EXECUTIVE BOARD M EETING
                  November 3, 1994, 12:00-l:00pm                       Sexuality and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibli­
                                                                       ography, by Thomas George Barton (Nairobi: AMREF, 1991), and
The meeting was called to order by A1 Kagan, Chair. Present were:     African Books in Print = Livres Africaines disponibles (4th edi­
Baumann, Lauer, Kagan, Zellers, Nanji, Caruso, Lesh, Howell,           tion), edited by Hans Zell (Hans Zell Publishers, 1993), are the co-
Ward, Plantz.                                                          winners of the eighth Conover-Porter. ASA established this
                                                                       prestigious award in 1980 to honor outstanding achievement and
The results of the business meeting were reviewed.                     excellence in Africana bibliography and reference works. The
                                                                       Association awarded the $300 prize at its annual meeting in
It was resolved that now that the 40th anniversary program was         Toronto on November 3,1994.
going to be held in the fall, the Library of Congress was free to         Two other reference works were noted for honorable mention:
dedde if it wanted to host a regular spring meeting or leave the      Nigerian Artists: A Who’s Who and Bibliography, by Bernice M.
space open to other interested institutions.                           Kelly (Hans Zell Publishers, 1993), and Africa: A Guide to
                                                                       Reference Material, by John Mcllwaine (Hans Zell, 1993).
In a further discussion of outreach to Black studies librarians, Dane     The Award is a project of ALC and is presented biennially. The
Ward expressed interest in working to contact librarians who are       award is named for two pioneers in the field of Africana bibliogra­
responsible for multicultural studies collections. A need was          phy: Helen F. Conover and Dorothy B. Porter, who compiled
expressed for ALC members to work with librarians in their own         numerous bibliographies on African topics while employed at the
institutions who are responsible for such collections and may have     Library of Congress and Howard University, respectively.
overlapping interests. In this age of increasingly diverse and “non-
traditional” clientele we need to become more aware of people who      Thomas George Barton. Sexuality and Health in Sub-Saharan
need our help as well as make others aware of what expertise we can   Africa: An Annotated Bibliography. Nairobi: AMREF, 1991. x,
provide. Zellers noted that she is increasingly seeing new people      637 p.
who are developing “Afro-centric” or multicultural textbooks and          Thomas George Barton, a medical doctor and anthropologist,
curriculum.                                                            who is currently working in Uganda, has used his unique expertise
                                                                       to compile and annotate this bibliography of 2065 works in medi­
The Executive confirmed the appointments of Elizabeth Plantz as        cine and social sciences related to AIDS. This bibliography facili­
Chair of the Cataloging Committee and Mette Shayne as Chair of         tates the use of bodies of literature which are usually listed
the Bibliography Committee. These are 2 year terms beginning at        separately. The annotatations, which are informed by the author’s
the end of the Toronto meeting.                                        background, are sufficiently detailed so that they can be used as a
                                                                       source of data by persons lacking access to the literature cited. The
Finnegan noted again the March 1st deadline for a panel topic(s) for   introduction provides a concise overview and clearly explains what
the fall meeting in Orlando. Chair-Elect Baumann will work via         is included or excluded. Each entry is assigned descriptors for
email on developing a specific topic and address the issue of          social and medical terms which are included in the subject index.
possibly co-sponsoring something with the Electronic Technology        There are also a geographic index and a glossary for specialized
Group. The Committee will vote via email on this issue.                vocabulary. This bibibliography, which was designed to be of
                                                                       practical use for applied programs, will also be of scholarly interest
Meeting was adjourned.                                                 worldwide.
                                    —-Elizabeth J. Plantz, Secretary   Hans M. Zell, ed. African Books in Print = Livres Africaines
                                                                       disponibles, 4th ed. London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993. 2 vols
                                                                       (lviii, 1448 p.)
        ALC EXECUTIVE BOARD, 1994-95                                      Hans M. Zell has been actively involved with African publishing
                                                                       for more than two decades and is a pioneer in making the work of
                    Chairperson: Greg Finnegan                         African publishers better known within Africa and elsewhere in the
           Deputy Chair/Chair Elect: Helene Baumann                    world. African Books in Print and African Book Publishing
                        Past Chair: A l Kagan                          Record, also edited by Hans Zell, have provided the only relatively
                Secretary (1994-96): Ruby Bell-Gam                     comprehensive bibliographic control over African publishing at the
                                                                       continental level since 1975. The 4th edition of African Books in
                         Members-at-large:                             Print includes more than 23,000 titles in European and more than
                       Robert Lesh (1994-96)                            120 African languages, from 745 publishers in 45 countries,
                      Joseph Caruso (1993-95)                          including commercial trade books and publications of libraries,
                       Razia Nanji (1993-95)                           university departments, research institutes and scholarly societies.
                                                                       The introduction defines the scope and arrangment and makes
                       Ex-Officio Members:                             comparions with earlier editions. The directory of publishers
      Chair Bibliography Committee (1993-94): Mette Shayne             includes notes on distributors outside of Africa. Each entry has
     Chair Cataloging Committee (1991-94): Elizabeth Plantz            compete bibliographic information and price, along with codes for
                   Editor of ALN: Joseph J. Lauer                       language and country of publication. Author, title and subject
ASA Publications Committee Liaison (1993-95): Phyllis Bischof          indexes are included. This valuable compendium could not have
                 LC Representative: Joanne Zellers                     been compiled without the editor’s extensive knowledge of African
                  CAMP Chair: John Bruce Howell                         publishing.


AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER                                    8                                                  JANUARY 1995
RECENT M EM BER ACTIVITIES & PUBLICATIONS                         Gretchen Walsh. “Information Dynamics for African Studies:
                                                                  Resources in Libraries and Beyond.” In African Studies and the
Gregory Finnegan left Dartmouth College to be Associate Direc­    Undergraduate Curriculum, edited by Patricia Alden, David Lloyd,
tor for Public Services and Head of Reference, Tozzer Library,    Ahmed I. Samatar (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1994), pp. 213-228.
Harvard University. Address: 21 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
02138-2089. Tel.: 617-495-2253; fax 496-2741; email
Gregory_Finnegan@harvard.edu
                                                            OTHER NEWS
         NEW S FROM OTHER ASSOCIATIONS                              Positions available in Africa:
                                                                  Dakar: Govt, of Senegal, Economic and Social Council. French
CALENDAR                                                          required. January-May 1996. Develop a planning document and
                                                                  introduce examples of information technology appropriate to the
ALA:                                                              mission of the information center.
Feb. 3-9, 1995, Philadelphia - Midwinter Meeting                  H arare: Ministry of Education and Culture, National Library
Mar. 29-Apr. 1, 1995, Pittsburgh - ACRL National Conf.            and Documentation Service. Jan.-Dec. 1996. Introduce con­
June 22-29, 1995, Chicago - ALA Annual Conf.                      cepts of multimedia centers to secondary schools and conduct
Jan. 19-25, 1996, San Antonio - Midwinter Meeting                 related workshops for educators.
July 4-10, 1996, New York - ALA Annual Conf.                      Durban: University of Durban-Westville. Feb.-July 1996.
Feb. 14-20, 1997, Washington - Midwinter Meeting                  Organize and conduct workshops for library staff on how to
June 26-July 2, 1997, San Francisco - ALA Annual Conf.            develop reference and outreach services for students and aca­
1998, New Orleans - Midwinter Meeting                             demics.
1998, Washington - ALA Annual Conf.                                  To apply, send resume with a cover letter briefly stating
1999, Philadelphia - Midwinter Meeting                            desired position, foreign-language skills, subject expertise and
1999, New Orleans - ALA Annual Conf.                              maximum placement service length (there is no application
2000, San Antonio - Midwinter Meeting                             form) to: Robert P. Doyle, Director, Library Fellows Program,
2000, Chicago - ALA Annual Conf.                                  ALA, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Tel.: 800-545-
                                                                  2433, ext. 3200. See also the January 1995 issue of American
IFLA Annual Conferences:                                          Libraries.
Aug. 22-26, 1995, Istanbul                                           Other positions are in Warsaw, Minsk, Leipzig, Geneva,
Aug. 25-30, 1996, Beijing                                         Paris, Panama City, Bucaramanga (Columbia), Ciudad Obregon
1997, Copenhagen                                                  (Mexico), Port of Spain, Rangoon, Jakarta, Perth, Bandar Seri
1998, Amsterdam                                                   Begawan (Brunei), and Jerusalem.
1999, Bangkok
Association of College and Research Libraries                                 FREE M ATERIALS REQUESTED
Panels scheduled for the 7th National Conference (Pittsburgh,                Notes on requests for books are listed as received,
March 29-April 1) include:                                                  without any endorsement by the editor, MSU orALC.
• Digitizing African American Resources for
   Electronic Access.                                             The Chomuchena School-based Community Library Manage­
• The Internet as a Bridge to Global Librarianship.               ment Committee solicits assistance in cash or books or fund­
                                                                  raising expertise for its rural library. Address: Chomuchena
ALA/USIA LIBRARY FELLOWS PROGRAM                                  Secondary School, PO Box 32, Mubaira, Zimbabwe.
Applications are being accepted through March 15 for the 1995-
96 Library Fellows Program. This joint program of ALA and the
United States Information Agency (USIA) has funding for about                             RESOURCES A T
10 positions, to be selected among 16 possible posts.                     LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS
   Stipends for fellows are $34,000 per year. Travel expenses
(fellow and one dependent) to and from host country will be       A equatoria (Bamanya, Zaire) has prepared a “Complément aux
reimbursed. Health insurance and a small housing subsidy are      microfilms et microfiches des archives Aequatoria”, which lists
provided. Requirements: U.S. citizenship; language skills of the  some 218 fiches in preparation. Major sections include: Docu­
host country (desired and sometimes required); and education      ments officiels de la Conference Nationale Souveraine du Zaire
and experience in library or information science or other fields  (1992); Papiers Possoz; Dossier de la béautification de Isidore
directly related to the interests and needs of specific projects  Bakanja. Entire collection will be available for $218 from:
with demonstrated competency as required. If selected, certifi­   Aequatoria, Te Boelaerlei 11, B-2140 BORGERHOUT, Bel­
cation from a physician attesting physical and emotional sound­   gium. [See ALN, Jan. 1994, for original collection.]
ness to conduct the fellowship will be required. Persons who
have lived abroad for a 10-year period (1986-1995) immediately    The state of the southern African collections at Yale University
preceding application are not eligible.                           are described by Moore Crossey in “The Library,” Newsletter
                                                                  (Southern African Research Program, Yale University), no. 19
                                                                  (Oct. 1994), pp. 26-33.


AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER                                        9                                                    JANUARY 1995
                  RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
       The following items have come to the attention of the editor. Joum al o f Information Science, v. 20 (1994):
                                                                      • Akhtar, S. (IDRC, Ottawa) & M. Melesse. “Africa, Informa­
                              THESES                                  tion and Development: IDRCs Experience.” pp. 314-322;
                                                                      • Boon, J.A. (Univ. Pretoria), and J.J. Britz. “The Information
Dougherty, James Vachel. “A History of Federal Policy con­            Economy in South Africa: Definition and Measurement.” pp.
cerning College or University-based Foreign Language and Area         334-347.
Studies Centers, 1941-1980.” Ph.D. thesis, University of Mary­
land College Park, 1993. 162pp. UMI Order no: 9425022.               MELA Notes: the Newsletter of the Middle East Librarians
   Abstract: ...As each crisis was overcome or receded, the           Association, no. 61 (Fall 1994), included a survey of Middle
impetus to reform also declined. Yet, at the end of each crisis,      Eastern material in Yale’s old classification, an editorial note on
at least some of the accomplishments achieved during that cycle       the unwillingness of MELA members to write down their ideas,
survived to provide a base for the next reform to begin.—DAI          and:
55A:883.                                                              • Atiyeh, George. “Selection in the Cairo Office.” pp. 8-12.
                                                                      Includes criteria relating to Belles-lettres, Islamica, Other ma­
Perrault, Anna Hemer. “The Changing Print Resource Base of            terials, Government publications, Ephemeral Materials, and
Academic Libraries in the United States: A Comparison of              Serials.
Collection Patterns in seventy-two ARL Academic Libraries of
Non-serial Imprints for the years 1985 and 1989.” Ph.D. thesis,       Alemna, A.A. (Legon). “AV in African Libraries,” Audiovisual
Florida State Univ., 1994. 334pp. UMI order no: 9424776.             Librarian, 20 (Feb. 1994): 51-55.
   Abstract: ...The study establishes that there was a steep
 decline in foreign language acquisitions [with Russian and CJK       Anyanwu, V. (National Library of Nigeria). “Toward a National
 languages declining more than French, German or Spanish], a          Classification Scheme for Nigerian Official Publications.” Jour­
decrease in the percentage of unique titles in many subject areas,    nal o f Government Information, v. 21 (1994): 129-138.
and an increased concentration on core materials... —DAI
55A:783.                                                              Korsh, J.E. (Univ. Cape Coast). “University Libraries in Ghana:
                                                                      Some Observations.” ASLIB Proceedings, 46(1994): 235-242.
                  JOURNALS & ARTICLES                                 Raseroka, H.K. (Univ. of Botswana & Swaziland). “Changes in
                                                                      Public Libraries during the last 20 Years: An African Perspec­
African Research & Documentation, no. 64 (1994):                      tive.” Libri, v. 44 (June 1994): 153-
 • Barringer, Terry A. “The rise, fall and rise again of the Royal
Commonwealth Library,” pp. 1-10.
 • Akussah, H. “A guide to the post independence ministerial                                PUBLICATIONS OF
records in the National Archives of Ghana, 1920-1988,” pp. 11-                  AFRICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS
21  .
• Mcllwaine, J.H. “Writings on African archives, part 3 [cov­                    Compiled by Nancy J. Schmidt, Indiana University.
ering Southern Africa], pp. 22-55.                                             See ALN, July 1994, for earlier list with more addresses.
• “Africa in general references sources, pp. 66-67.
                                                                      Namibia. Ministry of Education and Culture. LAS News,
Innovation: Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in        Newsletter o f the Library and Archives Services, Vol. 1, No. 3,
Southern Africa (Pietermaritzburg), no. 8 (June 1994) includes:       April/May 1994.
• Krynawu, Paula. “Problems and Implications of Western Domi­            Short reports on public library administration and services,
nance in the Production and Distribution of Books in Africa.” Pp. 4-  book selection guidelines, library statistics, etc.
10;
• Moshoeshoe-Chadzingwa, M.M. “Promotion, Diversification             Namibian Information Workers Association. NIWA-INFO, Vol.
and Accessibility of Information in Lesotho with Reference to         4, No. 6, March 1994.
Gender Research.” pp. 24-29;                                             Reports on libraries in Swaziland, Swaziland National Ar­
• Brammage, Carol. “South Africa in Transition: A Bibliographic       chives and First International Conference on Grey Literature,
Introduction to New Grey Literature.” pp. 37-38;                      Amsterdam 13-15 December 1993.
• Merrett, Christopher. “Reclaiming our Past: Biographical Writ­
ing in South Africa.” pp. 38-41;
• Bischof, Phyllis B. “A South African Trip, May 1993.” pp. 41-43.
International Information & Library Review, v. 26 (Sept. 1994):
• Bouri, E.N. “Public Libraries Development Reconsidered:
The Case of Egypt.” pp. 151-
• Gupta, S. “The Development of Education, Printing and
Publishing in Ethiopia.” pp. 169-


AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER                                        10                                             JANUARY 1995
                                                             REFERENCE SOURCES
                                  NOTES                               South African Books in Print, 1994. Cape Town (P.O. Box 15129,
                                                                      Vlaeberg 8018) : Books in Print Information Services. Available in
NISC (National Information Services Corporation) is seeking           print (annual) for R450; in microfiche (Semi-annual), R450.
bibliographical and other data in electronic format for inclusion is  Toerien, B.J. Afrikaans Literature in Translation: A Bibliography.
a potential African Studies CD-ROM. They have already issued a        Cape Town: Carrefour Press, 1993. 71p.
2-volume set on Latin America and have experience with other
development-related projects. Further details available from Fred     The Women's Directory, 1994-1995. A special directory produced
Der in Baltimore (410-243-0797).                                      by FEMINA (South Africa), in association with Old Mutual. Price:
                                                                      R11.95.
JALA [Joint Acquisitions List of Africana] tapes are now a menu
item in the University of Michigan Library online catalog. Telnet
to HERMES.MERIT.EDU, enter MIRLYN at Which host?, enter                                        IN PROGRESS
INDEXES at first menu and AFRI at next menu.
   Northwestern University Library produced this database, which      Carol Lems-Dworkin (2305 Brown Ave., Evanston, IL 60201) is
includes records (sometimes updated) that appeared in the bi­         preparing an international annotated bibliography of videos of
monthly JALA, beginning with the July 1977 issue. Since editorial     African and African related performing arts and performance
policy (not always followed) was to limit records added to books      practices.
published during current and 5 preceding years, the coverage at
present is best for Africana books published during the years 1977-   Nancy Schmidt. “Bibliography and Sources for African Studies,”
1990. Some titles for earlier years are included and updates should   in Africa, edited by Martin & O ’Meara, 3d ed. Available Fall 1995
improve the coverage of recent years.                                 from Indiana University Press.
   Keyword searches, qualified by “.yr.”, suggest 6300-7300 titles
for most years, with no claim to being comprehensive. Estimated       Reuben Musiker maintains and administers the registration of new
total is roughly 100,000 records.                                     bibliographies on behalf of the State Library (South Africa). The
                                                                      relevant forms are available from him at: PO Box 84088, Greenside,
                                                                      Johannesburg, South Africa 2034. Fax (Oil) 486-1527. Bibliog­
                 NEW REFERENCE TITLES                                 raphies scheduled to appear in 1994 or 1995 include:
                                                                      • Comparative American and South African Studies, compiled
                 The following items or issues are noted                 by M.L. Suttie & S.G.H. Napaai, UNIS A Library.
        For more titles, see the annual “Africana Reference Books”    • Angola, 1980-1993, by B. Strachan.
              in The African Book Publishing Record, no. 2.           • Food Security in Southern Africa, by Z. Geldenhuys.
                                                                      • Mozambique, 1980-1993, by B. Strachan.
Brockman, Norbert. An African Biographical Dictionary. Santa          • Southern Africa Bibliography, by Reuben & Naomi Musiker
Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, ?1994. ca. 450p. ISBN 0874367284.                 (Scarecrow Press Regional Bibliographies).
                                                                      • South African Bibliography, 3d ed., by R. Musiker (Mansell).
Coulon, Virginie. Bibliographie francophone de littérature            • South African Bibliography to the Year 1925: Subject Index,
africaine. Vanves: EDICEF, 1994. 143pp. (A ctualités                     by F. Rossouw (SA Library).
bibliographiques francophones) 80FF
Guide to the Archives and Papers, 7th ed. Johannesburg: Univer­
sity of the Witwatersrand Library, 1993. Description of 2392
collections.
Mbacke, K. & T. Ka. “Nouveaux catalogue des manuscrits de
riFAN Cheikh A. Diop.” Islam et sociétés au sud du Sahara, no.
8 (1994).
Nanni, Stefania. “Fonti missionarie per la storia dell’Africa
occidentale,” pp. 217-256 in Terra d'Africa, ed. by Angelo Turco
(Milano: Unicopli, 1992).
Olowo-Freers, Bernadette P.A., and Thomas George Barton. In
Pursuit o f Fulfillment: Studies of Cultural Diversity and Sexual
Behaviour in Uganda. Kampala: UNICEF, 1992 [i.e., 1993]. 238p.
An overview essay and annotated bibliography, with indexes.
Available from Bernadette Olowo-Freers, Programme Officer SYFA
at: PO Box 5747, New York, NY 10163; or PO Box 7047, Kampala.


AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER                                        11                                               JANUARY 1995
                                   NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS
               VENDOR ANNOUNCEM ENTS                                  • Cry a Whisper, by Lucy Safo (London: Bogle-L-Ouverture), was
                                                                      selected “Best First Book.”
Africa Book Centre (38 King St., London WC2E 8JT) has pro­
duced two lists:                                                      Conover-Porter Award winners listed in first section.
• “Africa Books Expo ’94: Catalogue of New Books from Africa”
was prepared for the October events organized by ABC & ZIBF(UK).      Herskovits Award for outstanding original scholarly work on
£5.                                                                   Africa published in English during 1993 went to Keletso E. Atkins
• “New Books on Africa” (List 15, Sept 1994; £3) includes             for The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money! The Cultural Origins
worldwide titles that appeared in 1993 or 1994 or will appear in      of an African Work Ethic, Natal, South Africa, 1843-1900
early 1995. ABC is also a distributor for Mayibuye Centre.            (Heinemann and Currey).
                                                                         Other finalists:
African and Caribbean Im print Library Services (236 Main             • Sara Barry, No Condition is Permanent: The Social Dynamics of
St., Falmouth, MA 02540; tel: 508-540-5378) has issued lists of       Agrarian Change in Sub-Saharan Africa (Univ. of Wisconsin
“Titles Recently Received” for Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa and       Press)
Zimbabwe, some with an attached list of “Perennial Bestsellers.”      • George E. Brooks, Landlords and Strangers: Ecology, Society
                                                                      and Trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630 (Westview Press)
African Books Collective (The Jam Factory, 27 Park End St.,           • Michael Lambek, Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local
Oxford 0X1 1HU, England) has issued “Women’s Studies &                Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession (Univ. of
Creative Writing by African Women Writers” and a revised version      Toronto Press)
of “Politics, Economics and Development.”                             • Frank Smith, Whose Language? What Power? A Universal
                                                                      Conflict in a South African Setting (New York: Teacher’s College
Clarke’s Bookshop (211 Long St., Cape Town) issued its Cata­          Press)
logue 90,which has about 600 older titles and 300 current publica­
tions.
                                                                                                    EVENTS
Hogarth Representation announces an Internet address of
100265.51@compuserve.com; or 100265,51 on CompuServe. Di­             1995 Zimbabwe International Book Fair dates:
rect fax (44-81-341-0284) is still surest method of contact.          28-30 July (Fri-Sun): Conference & workshop programme starts
                                                                      30-31 July (Sun-Mon): Exhibitor’s setting-up days
James C urrey Publishers (54B Thornhill Square, Islington, Lon­       1-2 August (Tue-Wed): ZIBF95 open: Traders’ days
don N1 1BE; tel.: +44-0171-609-9026; fax: -9605) has issued an        3-5 August (Thu-Sat): ZIBF95 open: Public days
attractive 64-page 1995 catalog with new books and backlist              Further details available from ZIBF, 78 Kaguvi St., Harare; or,
covering 1985-1995.                                                   ZIBF(UK), 25 Endymion Rd, London N4 1EE, UK.
                                                                         ZIBP 1994 is a 64-page listing o f events and exhibitors at the
Juta & Company (PO Box 14373, Kenwyn 7790, South Africa)              1994 meeting.
has a large list of titles, including many older publications that
might not have reached overseas libraries during the sanction years.
                                                                               LITERATURE ON T H E BOOK TRADE
Leishman & Taussig African Book Services (2 B Westgate,
Southwell, Notts, UK NG250JH) issued List 2 / 1994 NC, which          APNET Rights Catalogue (Harare [PO Box 4209]: African Publish­
included many publications picked in Eritrea, Ethiopia and the        ers’ Network, 1994; 20p.) has been issued to promote the buying
Sudan.                                                                and selling of distribution rights within Africa. It lists 39 titles from
                                                                      13 African publishers.
McBlain Books (PO Box 5026; Hamden CT 06518) Catalog 129
lists 1350 antiquarian titles, including a substantial number of      African Publishing Review, v. 3, no. 5 (Sept/Oct 1994), produced
linguistics items and a larger than usual selection on francophone    by the African Publishers’ Network (PO Box 4209, Harare) in­
Africa.                                                               cludes notes on APNET, country reports on francophone Africa,
                                                                      Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia and Nigeria, and the following:
Worldwide Antiquarian (PO Box 391, Cambridge, MA 02141;               • Hans Zell, “The Growth of Publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A
617-876-6220) issued Catalogue 132 (Africa), with 388 titles.         Chronology and Some Landmarks.”
                                                                      • Henry Chakava, “The World Bank and African Publishing.”
                        BOOK AW ARDS                                  Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, no. 12 (Dec. 1994) in­
                                                                      cludes following:
Commonwealth W riters Prize has announced these 1994 re­              • Salahi, Katherine. “Round Table on Marketing and Distribution
gional winners:                                                        [Dar es Salaam, Nov. 28-29, 1994].”
• The Rape of Sita, by Lindsey Collen (Port Louis, Mauritius:         • Bugembe, Mary H. “The Pan-African Children’s Book Fair
Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1993), was awarded “Best Book.” [ABPR          [Nairobi, May 28-31, 1994].”
notes that it was withdrawn from sale due to political pressure.]


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• Altbach, Philip G. “Opinion: GATT and Intellectual                 Sudan Focus, a monthly information and analysis newsletter is
Property.”                                                           available from Focus International, PO Box 3751, London N12
      It is in everyone’s best interest to stimulate worldwide       8TE. Vol. 1, no. 4 = June 1994.
      access even if this means differential pricing in low-
      per-capita income nations.
Available from the Network’s Research and Information Center                                 CD-ROM PRODUCTS
which has changed to: School of Education, Campion Hall, Boston
College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167. Fax: 617-552-8422.                 Apartheid & the History of the Struggle for Freedom in South
                                                                     Africa [computer file] is a series of publications currently being
                                                                     published by Mayibuye CD-ROM Publications (Mayibuye Centre,
                           ONLINE FILES                              University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Beltville 7535,
                                                                     South Africa). Part 1: Mayibuye Books, which is available,
The MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa) Project to provide     includes 50 books, some videos and photographs, and audio. A
net access to the independent press is taking shape. Details         demonstration disk is available. Future productions will cover the
available from Bruce Cohen at wmail@is.co.za.                        Centre’s photographs, videos, oral history recordings, and exhibi­
                                                                     tions and visual arts.
Southern African Review o f Books is available to subscribers in a
free e-mail version which arrives before the print edition. Contact
the editor at robert.turrell@humboldt.uni-ulm.de.                                          SELECTED NEW BOOKS
User's Guide to Networks in Africa (AAAS Sub-Saharan Africa                  This section is generally limited to titles outside the regular
Program, 1994). This 48-page document includes an overview by                   book trade, or titles received by the editor. Many more
Shem Ochuodho (Kenyatta University; shem@arcc.gn.apc.org).                   titles and/or details on publisher addresses can be found in
                                                                                  Joint Acquisitions List of Africana (6 issues per year
Networks described: ARCCNET, ARSO-DISNET, ELCI, ENDA-
                                                                               available for $50 from Northwestern University Library),
Dakar, GHASTINET, HealthNet, MANGO, MUKLA, PADISNET,                         The African Book Publishing Record (Hans Zell Publishers),
RINAF, RIONET, SANGONET/WORKNET, UNINET-ZA,                                     American Book Publishing Record (Bowker), Accessions
UNZANET, UZNET (ZIMBIX).                                                         List: Eastern and Southern Africa (LC Office, Nairobi),
   The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of                            or in one o f the current national bibliographies.
Science) Sub-Saharan Africa Program (africa@aaas.org) has also
produced a number of other publications relating to information      Balme, Jennifer Hobhouse. To Love one's Enemies: The Work and
technology.                                                          Life o f Emily Hobhouse. Cobble Hill, British Columbia (4421
                                                                     Trans Canada Hwy., RR 1, VOR 1L0): Hobhouse Trust, 1994.
Weekly Mail & Guardian articles for July-December 1994 are           704p. ISBN 0969713304. Known for work in Anglo-Boer War.
archives at a test Worknet gopher site that can be searched using
keywords. The gopher site is wn.apc.org; the port is 70.             Chelwa, Chelwa: the Dilemma of Teenage Girls, edited by Zubeida
                                                                     Tumbo-M asabo & Rita LiljestrOm. Uppsala: Nordiska
                                                                     Africainstitutet, 71994. Price: SEK 180 or £15.95.
                         SERIAL CHANGES
                                                                     Communications from the Field: Missionary Postcards from
Yale University’s Southern African Research Program Newsletter       Africa: Text from an Exhibit at the Yale Divinity School Library,
ceased with no. 19 (October 1994).                                   July 1-October 15, 1994, edited by Martha Lund Smalley. New
                                                                     Haven, Conn.: Yale Divinity School Library (Occasional publica­
                                                                     tion no. 5), 1994. 28p.
                            NEW SERIALS
                                                                     Mativo, Kyalo. Amenta. Hanford, CA : Amenta Books, 1994. A
               See also new serials in Research on Libraries &       collection of folktales in Kikamba with English translation on
               Information Science and in References Sources.         facing page. Available for $14 from Amenta Books, 1820 W. Lacey
                                                                     Blvd., #189, Hanford, CA 93230.
Building Capacity. Quarterly newsletter of the African Capacity
Building Foundation. V. 2, no. 1 (Oct. 1994) has 8 pages of news      Sumner, Claude. Classical Ethiopian Philosophy. Available from
about the organization. Address: Building Capacity, c/o Joel          Adey Publishing Co., PO Box 361208, Los Angeles, CA 90036-
Samuels, ACBF, PO Box 1562, Harare.                                   9408; tel: 213-934-9999.
Constitutional Bulletin o f Eritrea (CBE) is a new quarterly being    Tanzania. Report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into
 established by the Constitutional Commission of Eritrea to promote  Land Matters. Dar es Salaam: Ministry of Lands, Housing and
 the free exchange of ideas. Contact: Dr. Yemane Mesghenna,           Urban Development; in cooperation with the Scandinavian Insti­
 editor, CBE, PO Box 1150, Asmara, Eritrea.                           tute of African Studies. Vol 1 (1995; 350pp.) available from
                                                                      Uppsala for SEK 350 or £28.95. ISBN 9171063528. V ol.2w illbe
Southern African Encounter. A Magazine devoted to cultural            restricted, due to sensitive nature of the details of the land disputes.
 affairs in Southern Africa. V. 1, no. 2 = April 1994. Editor and
 publisher: Lawrence Vambe. Address: PO Box 3186, Harare.


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Sahnoun, Mohamed. Somalia: The Missed Opportunities. Wash­                 Pretoria, and Harare. Specific achievements included the follow­
ington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, Sept. 1994.          ing:
89pp. $8.95. ISBN 1878379356. Address: 1550 M S t, NW, Suite               1. Obtained a list of South African health periodicals from the
700, Washington, DC 20005-1708.                                            University of Cape Town Health Library;
                                                                           2. Obtained a list of all health and medical periodicals and
Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe. The Joys o f Exile. Concord, Ontario: House          government publications from the State Library, Pretoria;
of Anasi Press, 1994. 194p ISBN 0887845525 $15.95                          3. Established a working relationship for the preservation of
                                                                           selected documents with South Africa’s Medical Research
                                                                           Council and the manager of its Information Systems Division,
                          TRIP REPORT                                      George Milligan;
                                                                           4. Acquired medical documents from the Library of the Medical
           Report of a Trip to South Africa and Zimbabwe                   Dept, of Zimbabwe and from the Govt. Printer, Harare;
            for Medical and other Sources of Information                   5. Gave instructions to vendors on types of titles sought;
                       (July 15-Aug. 15, 1994)                             6. Was encouraged by the plans, programs and policies being
                                                                           published by the new South African government;
                        by John Bruce Howell                               7. Noted the problem of “access” to workable microfilm
                    (University of Iowa Libraries)                         cameras. Other problems included unsanctioned sales of
                                                                           microfilm originally produced in South Africa, budget cuts, and
The goal was to locate health and medical publications, with partial       mailing materials overseas. Mailing to the US by sea takes
funding from a Title VI grant (from the U.S. Dept, of Education) for       about 3 months.
the acquisition and preservation of African and Chinese medical               The full 42-page report, including list of 118 titles acquired,
covering the period 1974-1994. The trip covered libraries, publish­        available from author at University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City,
ers and vendors in Cape Town and Belleville, Johannesburg,                 52242. E-mail: john-howell@uiowa.edu
Editor's Comments --------------------------- ---------------------------
                                                                                                                           —continued from p .l
a completed survey. This error is part of a larger problem of barely          My March 1991 proposal to the ALC Executive Board was not
adequate proofing before publication. I should also amend my               vague. I offered to “be the editor of ALN, subject to the following
comments to acknowledge that time constraints were not the                 understandings (most of which have not previously been made
primary reason for rejecting any pre-review of numbers on library          explicit):
holdings. Rather, I was not particularly concerned with what               1.ALN is the unofficial newsletter of ALC.
librarians would report on their libraries, because of problems with       2. Mailing list policy to be determined by MSU...
self-reported data. Some would understate holdings, others would           3. Contents of the newsletter to determined by editor, with a
(do too much work and) report fairly accurate results, and a third         commitment to carry minutes of CAMP and ALC meetings....
group would grossly exaggerate on the basis of very little investi­        4. Continue pattern of at least 4 times a year...
gation. I think we should explore alternatives.                            5. Initial commitment to be for 3 years ...”
   The issue of the incompleteness of OPACs was raised. This is            [Notes on priorities, goals and plans followed.]
a real issue, but given the public’s increasing unwillingness to use          These conditions did not go unremarked at the April 1991
manual catalogs and assuming libraries will increasingly serve a           meeting of the Executive Board in Washington. Did I insist on these
non-local community of scholars, we should soon (2 years or less)          conditions because I planned to include editorials hostile to the
be at the point of concluding that hidden resources are of little          prevailing orthodoxy? Not exactly. Having gone to college during
relevance in discussions of comparative holdings and cooperative           the years of dissent and turmoil, it never occurred to me that anyone
project.                                                                   would oppose dissent or sifting and winnowing. My reason for
   Finally, there is the issue of the relationship between ALN and         insisting on editorial freedom was a general dislike of oversight and
ALC. Generally, the members of ALC assume this publication is an           an early reaction to my plan to sharply diminish the space devoted
official newsletter of ALC. I once shared this perception; Gretchen        to new publications. Like most changes, this initially struck one
Walsh (editor, 1977-1982) set me straight. Most editors, with the          individual as outrageous. So I decided to eliminate future problems
notable exception of Nancy Schmidt, view ALN as an independent             by making the unofficial nature of ALN explicit.
publication. The bylaws are vague. Section II.D. lists one of ALC’s
Purposes & Aims as: “Select a member who will edit and publish                Having already said too much, I will close with acknowledgement
a newsletter to provide regular reports on the activities of the           of the support I heard during the past two meetings. It has made me
Council.” Before 1992, it was: “Support a newsletter carrying              almost want to continue as editor.
information on resources for African studies.”


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