AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER No. 83, July 1995 ISSN 0148-7868 TABLE OF CONTENTS AfricanaLibrariesNewsletter (ALN) is published quarterly by the Michigan State University Libraries and the MSU African Studies Center. Those copying contents are asked to citeAZW as their source. ALN is produced to support the work of the Africana Librarians Council (ALC) Editor’s Comments of the African Studies Association. It carries the meeting minutes of ALC, CAMP (Cooperative Acronyms Africana Microform Project) and other relevant groups. It also reports other items of interest to Africana librarians and those concerned about information resources about or in Africa. ALC/CAMP N EW S................................................. 2 Calendar of Future Meetings Editor: Joseph J. Lauer, Africana Library, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048. Agenda for Orlando (Nov. 1995) Tel.: 517-355-1118; E-mail: 20676jjl@msu.edu; F ax:517-432-1445. Minutes from meetings in Evanston (May 1995): Deadline for no. 84: October 1,1995; for no. 85, December 15,1995. Catalog Committee Bibliography Committee LC Report to Business Meeting EDITO R’S COMMENTS CAMP Business Meeting Recent Member Activities: Kagen & Howell My apologies for the delay in the production of this issue. Since working on a paper for a March conference, everything seems to be running behind. OTHER N EW S........................................................ 7 Reports from meetings in Evanston, Chicago, Harare and Bloomington News from other Associations (Indiana) are the main feature of this issue. A special thanks to those who Calendar contributed material in a timely manner, including Helene Baumann, Sanford ALA Meeting (Chicago, June 1995) Berman, Moore Crossey, David Easterbrook, John Howell, A1 Kagan, Razia IFLA Seminar (Harare, Dec. 1994) Nanji, Elizabeth Plantz, Nancy Schmidt, Mette Shayne, Dawn Williams, and Future of Area Studies Librarianship Conf. Hans Zell. African Studies Librarianship Program ALC’s Spring meeting in Evanston was a great success, especially the social Free Materials Offered & Requested events, according to those able to attend. (I stayed home to attend a graduation Resources at Libraries and Research Centers: at which Bill Clinton was the commencement speaker.) Because the full Kinsey Institute & Holsoe Collection at IU minutes for both CAMP and ALC are not yet (8/23) available, it is harder to Grants: ASA Book Donation Program; NEH; assess the work accomplished beyond the always important personal contacts. SSRC Archival and Library Awards Other items that deserve more coverage (and can be followed elsewhere) are Personnel Changes & Positions the events of Zimbabwe International Book Fair 1995 and Sanford Berman’s ideas about cataloging. RESEARCH ON I can report that African Studies is no longer among “pilot” projects in the CIC LIBRARIES & INFO. SCIENCE........................... 10 ([Big Ten plus] Committee on Institutional Cooperation) Systematic Coordi­ Books and Documents nated Collection Development Plan. As reported in the March 1994 issue of Book Review by Moore Crossey — continued on p.6 Journals & Articles REFERENCE SOURCES...................................... 11 ACRONYM S Notes: Media Program; Ethnographic Index New Reference Titles ACRE - Association of College & Research L ib rary (ALA) Book Review (Crossey) ALA - American Library Association {Chicago) 1996 Conover-Porter Award: Call for Nominations ALC * Africana lib rarian s Council {formerly Archives Libraries Committee) of ASA NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS....... 12 ASA - Africa» Studies Association (UJS.) Vendor Announcements CAMP - Cooperative Africana Microform Project {CRL^ Events CRL * Center fair Research Libraries {Chicago) Literature on the Book Trade IFLA * International Federatioii;|| library: Associations Online Files LC - Library of Congress Serial Changes MELA - Middle East Librarians Association New Serials MSIT* Michigan State University Selected New Books SCQLMA•* Standing bn Library"Mi^enal^on Special Issues of Journals IL - University UCLA - University of CaUfbmla,Lo^ Angeled AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 2 JULY 1995 AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL / CAMP NEWS CALENDAR OF FUTURE M EETINGS revised schedule after the Southern Africa section. (Elsasser also described her experience working with scholars and ALC during November 3-6, 1995, Orlando - ASA Annual Meeting. the revision of Southern Africa.) When complete, Caruso will send Nov. 2-3, 1995 - ALC/CAMP meetings in Orlando his draft to Plantz, who will solicit comments. If approved in Spring 1996, Boston - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting. Orlando, it will then go to ALA’s CC:AAM. Fall 1996, San Francisco - ASA Annual Meeting. Fall 1997, Columbus - ASA Annual & ALC 40th Anniversary 3. Report on cooperative cataloging at LC: Gentner reported Fall 1998, Chicago - ASA Annual Meeting. activities at LC’s overseas offices were about as reported in Toronto, with much time devoted to serials and minimal-level records for Amharic and Tigrinya materials now being submitted. SCHEDULE FOR He also referred to the memo by Ann Della Porta (see below). ALC/CAM P MEETINGS IN ORLANDO 4. Follow-up to subject authorities workshop: Plantz noted that Thurs., 2 Nov.: there have been very few submissions (and none since Toronto) by ALC Executive 8:30-9:30 the participants in the April 1994 subject authorities workshop at Cataloging Committee, 9:30-11:00 Duke. The Cooperative Cataloging Division at LC, which co­ Bibliography Committee, 11:00-1:00 sponsored the event, had hoped for greater activity. ALC Business Mtg., 2:00-4:30 Ann Della Porta’s “Subject Heading Funnel Project” memo was ALC Executive, 4:30-5:30 distributed. Its goal is to increase the number of submissions in the field of Africana, though contributions need not be limited to this Friday, 3 Nov.: area. This project would involve the selection of a coordinator who CAMP Business Mtg., 9:00-11:00 would act as liaison with LC, “funneling” all contributions to LC CAMP Executive, 11:00-12:00 and sharing the feedback that LC provides with funnel project members. During the discussion, Sack noted that Hebrew funnel ALC Roundtable, 3:15-5:15 project works effectively but very slowly; Elsasser suggested focusing on a narrow area such as coups d’etat and submit headings for each coup that needs to be established. AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL Committee decided that its chair, Plantz, will act as the project’s coordinator for communications with LC and that the funnel project would be limited for now to Africana catalogers. CATALOGING COM MITTEE M INUTES Friday, May 5, 1995, 9:30-11:00 a.m. - Evanston, IL 5. Project for enhancement of African languages subject head­ ings: In response to LC’s interest in projects, the Committee Present: Julianne Beall (LC), Ruby Bell-Gam (UCLA), Barbara decided to revive this project. In 1993, the Committee had Bianco (Social Science Research Council), Phyllis Bischof (U.C. forwarded proposed changes (mostly Sources found or 670s) to the Berkeley), John Blosser (Northwestern), Joe Caruso (Columbia), subject authority records for dozens of African languages, but work Jill Young Coelho (Harvard), Allison Dillard (Northwestern), Kay had stalled due to the lack of feedback. With assurances of prompt Elsässer (LC), Onuma Ezera (Michigan State), Greg Finnegan answers to questions, the Committee chair seeks volunteers. Bell- (Harvard), Elisa Forgey (Pennsylvania), Theodore Foster (Ohio Gam, Walsh and Elsasser indicated interest. Details will go out on U.), Karen Fung (Stanford), James Gentner (LC), Miki Goral the list. (UCLA), John Howell (U. Iowa), Al Kagan (U. Illinois), Bob Lesh (Northwestern), Ken Lohrentz (U. Kansas), Peter Malanchuk (U. 6. 680 for indigenous peoples: Plantz presented details from a Florida), Alfred Martey (U. Ghana), Bob Miller (Chicago Public memo by Lauer for changes in the scope note. After some Library), Wonki Nam (Central State U., Wilberforce, Ohio), Razia discussion, the Committee decided that his first option (to add “not Nanji (U. Florida), Dorothy Niekamp (Indiana U.), Patricia to be used for Africa except collectively for nomadic or other Ogedengbe (Northwestern), Elizabeth Plantz (Northwestern), Nancy marginalized peoples”) was not feasible because changes to scope Sack (Northwestern), Nancy Schmidt (Indiana U.), Mette Shayne notes need to be more universal. It deferred discussion of the other (Northwestern), Elizabeth Sinnott (New York U.), Andrea Stamm options and requested specific examples of inappropriate use. (Northwestern), Gretchen Walsh (Boston U.), Dane Ward (Wayne State), Dawn Williams (Northwestern), Conrad Winke (North­ 7. Necessity of language codes: Postponed. See the editor’s western), and Joanne Zellers (LC). comments in ALN, April 1995, p. 12. The meeting was called to order by Elizabeth Plantz, Committee 8. ALA/CC:AAM report: The request for assistance with names chair. in IFLA’s Names of Persons was deferred until Bell-Gam obtains more specific information. 1. The minutes of the Toronto meeting were accepted as submitted. 9. LC cataloging report: Elsasser reported an emphasis on 2. DT classification schedule expansion: Caruso has almost cooperation and making materials available. New tools available completed a draft revision of the schedule for the Indian Ocean now or in near future: a new shelflisting manual, a new copy islands, which are now Cuttered under DT469. Elsässer suggested cataloging manual, the new edition of the Subject Cataloging contacting Barbara Tillet at LC concerning the proposal to place the Manual, and a manual for training subject catalogers. Nearly AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 3 JULY 1995 complete is an ongoing effort to convert the LC classification NISC CD-ROM: Zellers noted that more information is needed schedules to online form. LC would eventually like to see these before this can be discussed further. This would ideally include the schedules added to the Cataloger’s Desktop. Also underway is a International African Bibliography, JALA, LC and many other major revision of the LC classification schedules, and Lois Chan databases. Institutions mentioned in the proposal were suggestions has been hired as a consultant in conjunction with the attempt to of the producer, not endorsements by these institutions. establish consistency between the various schedules. LC is inves­ tigating possibilities for an automated shelflist, the enhancement of Work in progress by members: bibliographic records through the addition of tables of contents, and Howell and Yvette Scheven are finishing “A Guide to African electronic CIP which would be submitted online via the Internet. Archival Sources.” They hope this is published separately by ASA The Digital Library Project is putting special collections (e.g. sound as it too large for History in Africa. Howell emphasized that this recordings, films, archival materials, images, etc.) into formats that guide focuses on guides of archives as opposed to John Mcllwaine’s will be accessible through LC Marvel. A new mainframe installa­ book which includes the history of archives and other archival tion will take place over the Memorial Day weekend. activities. Kagan is editing the African section of Gloria Westfall’s Guide 10. Other/New Business was postponed due to time constraints. to Official Publications of Foreign Countries and he has finished the Africa section of the Guide to Reference Books. 11. Cataloging activity reports (Northwestern): Tom Bassett and Yvette Scheven have completed Mapping Blosser spoke on cataloging for the foreign periodicals grant Africa: A Cartobibliography of Early Maps o f Africa at the project. First priority is to catalog all new acquisitions; presently University of Illinois Library. there are 162 titles, most of which are newspapers. 1,140 titles Walsh signed a contract with Hans Zell to do a bibliography on were identified as backlog materials. He is also concentrating on “Africa in the Media, the Media in Africa.” She also reported that creating provisional bibliographic records for microfilm mono­ David Westley’s bibliography on Shaka has grown into a massive graphs not yet online. Titles microfilmed as part of the CIC3 grant annotated bibliography on the Mfecane. are being returned to the library and are being cataloged on a Malanchuk and Nanji finished work on the Africa section of the priority basis. 8th edition of Magazine for Libraries. Bob Lesh reported that Gary Strawn’s enhancements have greatly Gentner announced that the LC accessions lists will be mounted improved the speed and accuracy of work on the Africana confer­ on the Internet. It is very possible that they will discontinue the ence papers indexing project. They are scanning table of contents print version, but the East African list will still be published for the and have encountered problems with clarity and diacritics which do time being. not scan. Schmidt’s bibliography on basic books published since 1980 for undergraduate libraries is included in the third edition of Martin The meeting was adjourned at 11:10. and O’Meara’s Africa, to be published in late May. Lauer worked on the Africa section of the new edition of the — Edited from minutes submitted by Dawn Williams (Seer.) American Historical Association’s Guide to Historical Literature. 3. Training of new colleagues in Africana librarianship: Coelho BIBLIOGRAPHY COM M ITTEE M INUTES brought up the subject, emphasizing the problem of gray literature Friday, May 7,1995,11:15-12:45 - Evanston, IL including World Bank reports. Availability, acquisition and acces­ sibility were discussed; suggestions were made; and Britz and Present [full names and institutions of those attending Cataloging Zellers volunteered to work with Coelho. Other ideas on the Committee meeting are not repeated here]: Helene Baumann broader issue were to compile a lonely Africanist librarian’s (Duke), Beall, Bell-Gam, Bianco, Bischof, Dan Britz (Northwest­ manual, sheets with addresses of dealers in different countries, a ern), Caruso, Coelho, Dillard, David Easterbrook (Northwestern), mission statement for the ALC (which the committee on strategic Elsasser, Vicki Evalds (Philadelphia), Ezera, Finnegan, Foster, planning will work on), and the possibility of a mentor to do initial Fung, Ellen Gary (Malcolm X), Gentner, Goral, Howell, Kagan, outreach. Additional suggestions included recommended bibliog­ Lesh, Lohrentz, Malanchuk, Martey, Nam Nanji, Niekamp, raphies to search, the importance of attending ALC meetings, Ogedengbe, Plantz, Schmidt, Shayne, Sinnott, Stamm, Fumilayo adding specialties to entries in the ALC directory so a new person Teyehimba (Malcolm X), Walsh, Ward, Tom Weissinger (Cornell), will know who to contact for what and informing newcomers about Williams, and Zellers. the listserv. Coelho agreed to work further on this and raise it again at the fall meeting. 1. Visitors were welcomed. Toronto meeting minutes were ap­ proved as they appeared in ALN, Jan. 1995. Announcement about 4. Vendor prices: Schmidt brought up the problem of evaluating the 1996 Conover-Porter award and the timeframe for considering vendor prices. Mention was made of excessive and differential works from 1993,1994 and 1995. A press release will be sent out prices. It was decided that this should be brought up again at the in July. Members were urged to send in nominations accompanied fall meeting with concrete examples. And we should emphasize by comments and reviews. good dealers. 2. Updates: 5. Contemporary African Politics and Development bibliogra­ Africana Conference Paper Index: Lesh introduced Allison phy: After much discussion it was decided that the chair of the Dillard, senior indexer for the project which is ahead of schedule committee would prepare (with input from the membership; for the and to date has indexed 27,460 papers representing 1,504 confer­ ALC chair) a letter directed to the editorial board of the bibliogra­ ences. Dial-up and telnet access will be available by fall. phy with constructive criticism. Northwestern will accept donations of single papers or complete unpublished conferences. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 4 JULY 1995 6. Institutional reports (limited to written reports): An Electoral Committee was appointed to nominate candidates for Northwestern reported on 3rd and final year of the Foreign Member-at-large, Secretary and Faculty Representative for the Periodicals Project which ended Nov. 30, 1995. They produced a Summer ballot. list the of 211 titles (from 30 countries) ordered with project funds. [See also Cataloging Committee minutes.] CRL REPORT [The CAMP Financial Statement, CAMP Material LC: [See report submitted to Business meeting.] on Order, CAMP Commitments and CAMP Materials Received are attached at end of minutes.] —Edited from minutes submitted by Razia Nanji (Secretary) & M. Shayne (Chair) Library of Congress report. Membership Drive: Chair reported some success with SOAS BUSINESS M EETING MINUTES (Univ. of London), the South African Library, and the Library of the Friday, May 5,1995, 2:15-4:00 - Evanston, IL Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Unavailable as o f 8/16/95; SSRC’s African Archives and Museum Project: Barbara Bianco following edited report was submitted directly to editor. distributed a list of projects. [See GRANTS section, p. 9, for details.] LC REPORT (Zellers) African Section, African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED): On Dec. 1, 1994, Ms. Gay McDougall (International Human OLD BUSINESS Rights Law Group, Washington, D.C.) delivered the first lecture Filming of the Lagos State Court Archives mentioned. (“South Africa’s Transition to Democracy: The Unfinished Work”) in a new special program series called “African and Middle Eastern Title-VI Joint Acquisitions Trip: Caruso (Columbia) will travel Perspectives.” “Nelson Mandela: A Selective Reading List,” to Senegal and possibly Guinea to acquire materials for CAMP and compiled by Mattye Laverne Page (InformationBulletin (Library of to survey the region for possible microfilming. Congress), v. 54 (Jan. 9, 1995): 15-17), was issued in conjunction with the series. Foreign doctoral dissertations: These are purchased on demand. U.S. Imprints in ... v. 9/10 (1993-1994) should go to GPO in Bischof gave a list of those in Perrot’s Le Passé de l'Afrique par October. The Africana Database Project continues, with 93,351 l'oralité (1993) to Rudeen. records on the “Africana Master” tape, 19,752 on the “Developing Country” tape, and 7293 on the “Multiple Language” tape. Zellers’ trip (May 19-June 15) to Senegal, Mali and Burkina NEW BUSINESS: NEWSPAPERS Faso will combine acquisitions and the interviewing of biblio­ Newspaper Cancellations at LC and CRL: LC’s Fall 1994 graphic representatives. cancellation of some 150 foreign newspapers prompted a January Ms. Lavonda Broadnax, under LC’s new 15-month Leadership 1995 letter of concern from CRL’s Area Studies Council. As chair Development Program, began work on Jan. 3 as AMED’s Automa­ of the Council, John Bruce Howell wrote a letter signed by the tion Operations Coordinator. chairs of CAMP and the other 4 projects. William J. Sittig, of LC’s Collections Policy Office, responded Other Library Units: with a March 29th letter that explained LC’s actions. In late FY’93, Frank Carroll (Newspaper Section) reports that the biennial LC issued a revised collection policy statement regarding foreign Newspapers Currently Received in the Library of Congress will newspapers. At about the same time, Congress reduced LC’s probably not be issued again in a paper format. The U.S. section is acquisitions budget by $75,000 specifically to reduce foreign now available on LC’s WWW Home Page; and the foreign section newspaper subscriptions; and preservation microfilming would and title index will probably be available later this year. No foreign have needed about $400,000 more annually to keep current with the newspaper cancellations beyond those mentioned in Toronto [see microfilming. This forced a review under fairly short deadlines. CAMP minutes in ALN, April 1995, p. 3] are anticipated. However, area specialists were asked to consider holdings at other Federal Research Division anticipates following area hand­ libraries and to explore possible cooperative efforts. [See ALN, books: Cameroon (early 1996); Ghana (Aug. 1995); Indian Ocean Oct. 1994, p. 3, & ALN, April 1995, p. 3, for LC’s notification to region (Sept. 1995); Rwanda/Burundi (Nov. 1995); and South CAMP.] Africa (Nov. 1995). Sittig and Margaret Whitlock (Chair of the Collections Policy Committee) attended the April 4th meeting of CRL’s Area Studies Council. At the conclusion of this meeting at CRL, it was agreed COOPERATIVE AFRICANA that LC would notify members of CRL’s projects before discarding MICROFORM PROJECT (CAMP) foreign newspapers. BUSINESS M EETING MINUTES Proposal for WWW list of African newspapers [Howell submitted Saturday, May 6, 1995, 9:30-11:30, Evanston, IL the following proposal to both CAMP and ALC’s Thursday evening meeting on Issues of Cooperation.]: Summary minutes by editor. I recommend that ARL/CIC/CAMP/CRL create a union list of Complete minutes will be distributed to members by CRL. African newspapers, to be placed on the World-wide web as a file arranged by country, city, then title. This would include all titles, Meeting was convened by Chair John Howell. plus holdings, starting with those on microfilm. The list could be enhanced in the future by searching for holdings at other libraries After the introduction of members present, the CAMP Executive and by adding online inter-library loan forms. This proposal may and guests, the Toronto minutes were approved. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 5 JULY 1995 require an editor at the Home location. Necessary time for the OTHER NEW BUSINESS creation of the tile is estimated at one year. CRL would be asked Yale is arranging publications and manuscripts on Namibia which to consider this project as part of its support of CAMP. Paper copies will be deposited in the National Archives of Namibia, with a of the contents could be made and distributed as the CAMP microfilm copy to Yale. membership sees fit. Offipubs [Office Publications of the Cape Colony—’’Bluebooks”- Sources for beginning construction of the WWW file: available -18547-1910]: 14,938 rand, from South African Library. Musiker’s paper and online lists, e.g., those produced by LC’s Photoduplica­ 1976 Guide to Cape of Good Hope Official Publications would be tion Service and by LC-Nairobi. the guide. An earlier microfilm version is hard to use because of the arrangement of documents. CRL filming of newspapers: Discussed procedures and priorities. Maurice Martin de Ryck Congo Manuscripts (Michigan State): Newspapers collected by LC-Nairobi but not filmed in Washing­ ca. 9000 pages, covering 1870-1962. Mostly newspapers clippings ton: Discussed continuing the experiment of sending to CRL. and research notes; supplements already filmed material at Wis­ consin. Described in History in Africa, v. 21 (1994): pp. 441-46. Filming of Nairobi titles in Cairo: has not yet begun. Original filming est. at $2,000. Action deferred. Filming of Somali and democracy newspapers: Two projects CONTINUING BUSINESS proposed by Schmidt. Michigan State Africana Preservation Project: 94 reels with 8- 10 titles per reel. Cost $1880 ($20/reel). This is a continuing Liberian newspapers (1991-94): Approved filming the estimated commitement, with 20 reels ready by June 1995. Includes brittle 5000-7500 pages/year held by Michigan State and Northwestern. books from the DT section and other LC classes. Est. cost of $2500. CAMP has 46 Liberian newspapers. Foreign Official Gazettes (Paper Copy): Holdings at CRL were Zairian newspapers: Bischof proposed subscriptions to La Société, discussed. La Compatriate, La Nation, Le Libre expression, Demain le Zaire. CAMP FINANCIAL STATEM ENT (MAY 6,1995) FY1994 DECEMBER MARCH NOTES: CLOSING (1) QUARTER QUARTER 1. The FUND BALANCE, REVENUES, FUND BALANCE $25,549.31 $21,996.99 $21,996.99 and EXPENSES shown under each REVENUES completed quarter are taken from the Grant Income $19,550.00 $19,550.00 Center's accounting records. Each Membership fees (2) $22,400.00 19,400.00 19,400.00 column shows cumulative figures for the Income from sales (4) 4,073.80 737.00 862.00 year. TOTAL REVENUES $26,473.80 $39,687.00 $39,812.00 2. The Center's payment of $4000 comes EXPENSES in the fourth quarter. Grant Expenses $.00 $.00 $.00 3. The COMMITMENTS are taken from Cost of sales 3,711.28 26.00 721.00 the records of the Acquisitions Dept. Acquisitions 20,310.18 16,576.00 29,875.00 and the project coordinator and are Business Expenses .00 100.00 100.00 intended to reflect projected costs of Publications .00 .00 .00 past decisions by CAMP and ongoing Travel 1,030.17 591.00 591.00 operations. Personnel: Processing Fees .00 .00 .00 4. Income from sales may reflect pre­ Cataloging 4,974.49 2,674.00 4,690.00 payments. TOTAL EXPENSES $30,026.12 $19,967.00 $35,977.00 5. Projects approved but not actually REVENUES LESS EXPENSES ($3,552.32) $19,720.00 $3,835.00 ordered, funds not encumbered. COMMITMENTS (3) 6. Estimated cataloging ($900). Materials on order $2,226.00 7. AVAILABLE FUNDS equals the Materials approved (5) 1,037.00 FUND BALANCE plus REVENUES Grant Expenses Approved 19,550.00 LESS EXPENSES minus TOTAL Non-material expenses (6) 900.00 COMMITMENTS. TOTAL COMMITMENTS $23,713.00 AVAILABLE FUNDS (7) $2,118.99 AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 6 JULY 1995 TITLE RECEIVED SINCE NOVEMBER 1994 STANDING ORDERS The African Drum [microform]: A Magazine of Africa for Africa. African Studies Association. Annual Meeting Papers, 1993- March 1951-Apr. 1984. 31 reels. $3,230.53 Northwestem University Library Africana [preservation filming]. The African Eagle [microform]. Jan. 6 ,1959-Jan. 25,1962. 6 reels. Tanzanian newspapers: Business Times, Baraza, Express, Heko, $338.72 Mizani, Motomoto, Watu, and Wakati. Berliner Missionberichte [microform]. 1833; 1836-1895. 267 fiches. $265.14 CAMP COMMITMENTS Berliner Missionberichte [microform] / Herausgegeben von der Afrique et le monde (Congolese Newspapers).................. $1,037 Berliner Missionsgesellschaft. 1900-1939. 249 fiches. Courrier d'Afrique Drum [microform] (Nigeria ed.). Jan. 1958-July 1983. 12 reels. $2,365.74 RECENT M EM BER ACTIVITIES Drum [microform] (Ghana ed.). July 1958-July 1972. 7 reels. $1,563.16 Alfred Kagan has prepared a paper on “Sources for African Language Materials from the Countries of Anglophone Africa” for Drum [microform] (International ed./West Africa ed.). Jan. 1954- the 61st IFLA General Conference (Aug. 20-25,1995). It can be June 1958. 3 reels. $1,042.11 located on the Internet at: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/conf/ifla61/ 61-kaga.htm. Drum [microform] (Central and East Africa ed.) Jan. 1962-Mar. 1967. 4 reels. $1,250.53 John Bruce Howell travelled to Harare in June for acquisitions and a meeting of archivists. The African Archivists Workshop was Drum [microform] (Federation ed.). Jan. 1960-Oct. 1961. 2 reels. held under the auspices of Social Science Research Council, and the $468.93 archivists reported on projects funded by SSRC. Among the 37 titles acquired were the census and other publica­ Les Echos. May 26/June 9, 1989-July 26, 1993. 1 reel. $255.53 tions from the Central Statistical Office, Baobab Books publications, the Report of the Zimbabwe Delimitation Commission (Govt. Missionsberichte [microform]. 1896-1899. 28 fiches. Printer, 1995), and Forestry Research Publications to 1990 (For­ estry Commission). Mitteilungen aus den Deutschen Schutzgebieten. v.25 (1912); v.31 (1918). 1 reel. $91.08 Mittheilungen von Forschungreisenden und Gelehrten aus den Editor’s Comments, continued from p .l Deutschen Schutzgebieten : mit Benutzung Amtlicher Quellen. v. 17, no 1-3, (1904); v. 18, no.4 (1905). 1 reel. $69.80 ALN, this plan is being developed in response to a directive from the Provosts of CIC institutions. Three reasons have been advanced for The Morning News [microform]. Dec. 1956-Nov. 24, 1959. 60 the decision to drop African Studies: fiches. $200.37 1) According to oral reports, Africana bibliographers are unwilling to cooperate. Notre Temps [microform]. May 15,1991-July 22,1992. 17 fiches. 2) In their May 4th letter to CIC Library Directors, the CIC $60.12 Collection Development Officers argue that a CIC plan would be an impediment to the existing cooperative work at the national Official publications of South African States [microform]. Supple­ level. ment 1983-87. 3304 fiches. $2,448.16 3) Subsequently, the new coordinator for CIC libraries was quoted as saying that cooperation among Africana librarians was not The Weekly Post [microform]. No. 82, 90, 92-121,123-159 (Jan. necessary because so much was already being done though 29/Feb. 4, 1993-Mar.ll, 1994). 1 reel. $228.94 CAMP. Weekly Review [microform]. Feb. 1975-1991.732fiches. $1,189.08 Since CAMP gets only about 0.5-1.0 percent of the Africana budget at most institutions, it seems obvious that the lack of “cooperation” was the real reason. Among ALC librarians, there was virtually TITLES ON ORDER unanimous opposition to the CDOs procedures, which would invite those collecting below the research level and would maximize the Drum (East Africa ed .).............................................. Enc: $75.00 time and money spent on travel and compiling lists. There is also Judges' Notebooks of Civil and Criminal Cases of the some opposition among ALC bibliographers to working on any Colonial Lagos Supreme Court, 1876-1915 .... Pd: $10,923.00 plan. More significantly, the CDOs emphasis on a few pilots, on The Zululand Observer.............................................. Pd: $480.00 activities rather than results and on the need for more support The Zululand Tim es............................................... Pd: $1,040.00 suggests that they are not (?yet) really interested in a single CIC library that could provide better access with fewer real dollars. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 7 JULY 1995 OTHER NEWS NEWS FROM OTHER ASSOCIATIONS distributed; LCSH 18th ed. expected; 28 of 39 classification schedules are done, with 2-year period of proofing and indexing to CALENDAR come. ALC report (Plantz): summarized Spring meeting. ALA Jan. 19-25, 1996, San Antonio - Midwinter Meeting IRRT (International Relations Round Table) reception for interna­ July 4-10, 1996, New York - ALA Annual Conf. tional visitors included many Eastern European librarians and Feb. 14-20, 1997, Washington - Midwinter Meeting USIA sponsors. Africans present included one from Cote d'Ivoire, Apr. 11-14, 1997, Nashville - ACRL National Conf. two from the Univ. of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and one from June 26-July 2, 1997, San Francisco - ALA Annual Conf. Botswana. Jan. 9-15, 1998, New Orleans - Midwinter Meeting June 25-July 2, 1998, Washington - ALA Annual Conf. 1999, Philadelphia - Midwinter Meeting IFLA SEMINAR (Harare, Dec. 1994) 1999, New Orleans - ALA Annual Conf. 2000, San Antonio - Midwinter Meeting The first Anglophone Africa Seminar on Government Information 2000, Chicago - ALA Annual Conf. and Official Publications was held at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare, December 15-18,1994. It was a joint project of the IFLA IFLA Annual Conferences: Section on Government Information and Official Publications and Aug. 22-26, 1995, Istanbul the IFLA Regional Section on Africa and attended by 33 partici­ Aug. 25-30, 1996, Beijing pants who came from 13 countries. 1997, Copenhagen 1998, Amsterdam Panels included: Regional institutions reports; Public access to 1999, Bangkok documents and archives for national development; Acquisitions, collection development and maintenance issues; Education and SCECSAL (Standing Conf. of Eastern, Central & Southern African training needs; United Nations system information; Development Librarians) conference will be held 9-13 December in Maseru. organizations information (NGOs); African regional organizations Further details available from: SCECSAL Secretariat, Pvt. Bag information; Networking libraries, archives, and museums and the A26, Maseru; email: mukela@lib.nul.Is or mmc@isas.nul.Is. role of library & information organizations. Petrina G. Amonoo, the new Chief Librarian at the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa is editing the papers for publication by the IFLA UAP office. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETING (Chicago, June 1995) The following resolutions were adopted for further action: 1. ... library and information science schools in Africa should CC:AAM (Committee on Cataloging: Asian & African Materials, incorporate official publications librarianship into their of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services' programmes. Cataloging & Classification Section (ALCTS-CCS)), met twice And ... schools and professional associations should initiate and with acting chair David Reynolds (Arizona State; implement continuing education programmes in official publica­ icdpr@asuvm.inre.asu.edu) filling in for Bell-Gam. tions librarianship. John Byrum (Regional & Cooperative Cataloging Div., LC) 2. ... that the IFLA Regional Section on Africa facilitate the reported progress with backlogs. They are current with field revival of an association of library and information sciences offices, i.e., 50 percent processed within 30 days, 95 percent within schools in Africa for the purpose of coordination of education and 90 days. training of information professionals. James Gentner (Overseas Operations, LC) reported Jim Armstrong 3. ... that strong links should be forged between library and is going from Brazil to Pakistan, where the LC office will be moved information science practitioners and educators ... from Karachi to Islamibad. 4. ... urge IGOs to assist in training official publications librar­ Romanization tables for Azerbaijani, Balinese, Javanese, etc. ians at regional centres in Africa on a continuous basis instead of were approved without further input. sending librarians to Europe and North America for short training New members include Kay Elsasser (LC), at large, and Elisabeth at great expense. Sinnott (New York Univ.), representing Africa. 5. ... that all libraries establish regular training programmes AAMES (ACRL's Asian, African & Middle East Section) report for staff of all levels and grades. by Brenda Bickett (chair): noted project to create list of award­ 6 .. .. all libraries, archives and information centres in Africa have winning books, with Africa as first list; seeking input into Sheehy/ at least a minimum small-scale preservation and conservation Choice; David Easterbrook is vice-chair, chair-elect. programme ... RLG noted that they were beginning to include vernacular script 7 .. .. IFLA ALP and PAC core programmes should work out the in authority records, staring with Hebrew. This will start with 670s; modalities, including the funding, of a regional conservation then 4xxs. training centre in Africa ... CC:DA report (Jim Maccaferri): NISO standard issued raised (& 8 .. .. urge the development of clearly written collection develop­ CC:AAM reported no objection); treatment of names of (?US ment policies vis-a-vis the acquisition of official publications ... residents of) francophone African origin was an issue for new IFLA 9 .. .. IFLA sections and knowledgeable bodies draft guidelines handbook, but no one saw a need; form for proposing rule changes for legal deposit laws ... [which] recognize different requirements AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 8 JULY 1995 for official publications vs. commercial publications. • Patricia Oyler (Professor, Simmons College) spoke on education 10. ... that IGOs and NGOs voluntarily deposit copies of their for area librarianship; publications in legal depository libraries in the countries where • Deborah Jakubs (Ibero-American Bibliographer, Duke Univ.) they operate. spoke from the librarian’s perspective. 11. ... urge the Library of Congress to further enrich the availability of information by depositing in the region one copy of Data from the national surveys conducted as background for the each official publication and other publications distributed through conference were presented by members of the planning committee. its Participant Program. James Neal discussed the survey sent to 104 ARL library directors, 12. ... that the OAU Secretary General should be encouraged to with response rate of 86%. Mary Krutulis reported on survey sent ... [improve] the procedures for the production, dissemination, to 50 graduate schools of library and information science, with 35 bibliographic control and access to OAU documents and publica­ replies. Denise Gardiner reported response rate of 22% to 236 tions to depository and non-depository libraries in OAU member surveys to area studies programs. Nancy Schmidt presented the states. results of the surveys sent to 418 area studies librarians, with 13.... that the participants request that IGOs deposit materials in response rate of 44%. The detailed results of these surveys will be the recipient countries in both paper and electronic formats. published. 14. ... that the IFLA Regional Section on Africa initiate and advise African library associations ... for the purpose of enhance­ Most of the conference consisted of working sessions on questions ment of products and services. of concern expressed in the national surveys. Four working sessions were held on the following: education and preparation of For further information, contact A1 Kagan, Chair, IFLA Govern­ area librarians; continuing education and professional develop­ ment Information and Official Publications Section, 328 Library, ment of area librarians; cooperation between area programs and University of Illinois, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, libraries and related funding issues; and library cooperation and USA, fax: 217-333-2214, e-mail kagan@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu; or Kay technology issues. The results of each working session were Raseroka, Chair, IFLA Regional Section on Africa, University of reported in a general session. Following this, there were further Botswana Library, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana, fax: group and plenary discussions related to possible action agendas. 357-291, e-mail: raseroka@noka.ub.bw. The organizing committee will prepare a summary of the sugges­ tions for action, make plans for action to be taken as part of the Indiana University project, and refer other ideas for action to FUTURE OF A REA LIBRARIAN SHIP appropriate library and area studies organizations. The Future of Area Librarianship Conference was held at the —Based on July 18 report from Nancy Schmidt. Indiana University Conference Center in Indianapolis on July 13- 14,1995. The conference was funded by Indiana University’s five U.S. Dept, of Education Title-VI centers (African Studies, East AFRICAN STUDIES LIBRARIANSHIP PROGRAM Asian Studies, Inner Asian & Uralic Studies, Russian & East European Institute, and West European Studies) as part of a 3-year Indiana University’s School of Library and Information Science grant project on the future of area librarianship. Indiana University’s (SLIS) and the African Studies Program have launched a Special­ conference planning committee included James Neal (project leader), ization in African Studies Librarianship. Candidates who complete Denise Gardiner, Hilary Jolly, Mary Krutulis and Nancy Schmidt. 27 graduate credit hours of SLIS courses plus 18 graduate hours from African Studies will receive both the Master of Library The objectives of the conference: Science (MLS) degree and a certificate indicating African Area • to stimulate a national discussion on the area librarianship across Specialization at the master’s level. Contact: SLIS, Indiana Univ., the communities interested in international education and research; Bloomington, IN 47405; 812-855-6825. • to present and discuss the results of four surveys conducted over the past six months on the status of area librarianship; • to identify priority professional preparation and development FREE MATERIALS OFFERED AND REQUESTED needs of area librarians; • to assess the impact of technology and library cooperation on the Notes on requests for books are listed as received, without any future of area librarianship; endorsement by the editor, MSU orALC. • to draft a national action plan that will strengthen and advance area librarianship. Nnamdi Azikiwe University has just created the Institute of African Studies and the Institute of Education. The two institutes solicit The 49 conference attendees included librarians, library adminis­ assistance in cash or library materials or fund-raising expertise for trators, area studies program administrators, library school faculty their librarians. Contact: S.E. Ezennia, Acquisitions Librarian, and foundation representatives. They were among the respondents Nnamdi Azikiwe Univ., P.M.B. 5025, Awka, Anambra State, to a survey of ARL libraries, area studies programs and library Nigeria. schools. Shamberere Secondary School (PO Box 106, Kakamega, Kenya) The conference included three keynote addresses: seeks reading materials for its school and community library. • Patrick O ’Meara (Dean of Inti. Programs, Indiana Univ.) spoke on current and future trends of international education and research University for Development Studies (Tamale, Ghana) opened in at American universities; Sept. 1993. See itsNewsletter, v. 1, no. 1 (1995), for details on book donations and other activities. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 9 JULY 1995 Univ. of Califomia-Berkeley Library has a number of duplicate • National Library and Archives of Namibia for a project directed government documents upon request. The list of duplicates at can by Justin Ellis to microfilm newspapers; be obtained by sending an e-mail note to Christof Galli • National Museum Library Dept. (Jos, Nigeria) for project di­ (Cgalli@library.berkeley.edu) or by phone (510-643-9348, ext. 3). rected by Vicky James to microfilm Arabic manuscripts; The documents will be sent to the first requesting library. • Centre for Trans-African Studies, Univ. of Maiduguri, to micro­ film Arabic manuscripts; director, Abubakar Garba; • Centre de recherches et de documenation du Sénégal to conserve RESOURCES A T LIBRARIES photographie collections; director, Abdoul Hadir Aidara; AND RESEARCH CENTERS • National Archives and Museums, Seychelles, for microfilming archivai documents; director, Alain Lucas; The catalog of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender • Mayibuye Centre, Univ. of the Western Cape, for conservation of and Reproduction at Indiana University is now available as a the Eli Weinberg photographie collection and the cataloging of the separate database (KICAT) on Indiana University’s online library Robben Island papers; director, Andre Odendaal; catalog. Kinsey Institute holdings on Africa include published • Uganda Society, Kampala, to design a program; director, Oliva materials on as sexual behavior, family planning, etc. The Institute Mutibwa; Library is only open to qualified researchers with advance permis­ • Archives du Centre Aequatoria, Zaire, to microfilm their collec­ sion. tion; director, Honoré Vi nek; • Livingstone Museum, Zambia, for exchange visits; director, The Svend E. Holsoe Collection has been donated to the Archives Flexon Mizinga. of Traditional Music, Indiana University. This collection of Cataloging Projects: Liberian research materials includes audio tapes, films, manu­ • Museo do Dundo (Angola) for project directed by Flizardo scripts, photos, and documents collected over the last 40 years. Gourgel to create inventory of 13,000 ethnographic photographs; • Musée royal de Foumban (Cameroon) to produce a catalog of their 800 original documents; director, Aboufakar Njasse Njoye; GRANTS • Kenya National Archives for a project directed by Michael M. Gachie to prepare a guide; ASA BOOK DONATION PROGRAM • Fort Hare Centre for Cultural Studies for a project directed by At the April meeting of the Board, the Development Committee G.T. Sirayi to create a repository for liberation movement records. recommended that the 1995 Book Donation program support appli­ Exhibition Projects: cations from North Carolina Central Univ. (to send books to Edo • Direction des Archives du Sénégal, Dakar, for a project directed State Univ, Nigeria), the Univ. of Illinois (to send books to Egerton by Saliou Mbaye for exhibit at centenary of French West Africa; University, Kenya), Michigan State Univ. (to send books to the • South African Museum, Cape Town, for a project directed by Univ. of Zimbabwe), and the University of Liberia (to assist in Patricia Davison for travelling exhibit of the Krige photographs. sending a container of books and other supplies). NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES PERSONNEL CHANGES & POSITIONS NEH’s Reference Materials Program supports projects to prepare reference works that will improve access to information and Central State University (Wilberforce, Ohio) seeks an Africana resources. Application deadline is Nov. 1, 1995, for projects Bibliographer/Reference Librarian. Contact: George Johnson, beginning after Sept. 1,1996. Contact: Reference Materials, Room Library Director, Hallie Q. Brown Memorial Library, CSU, 318, NEH, Washington, DC 20506; email: jserventi@neh.fed.us. Wilberforce, Ohio 45384; tel: 513-376-6522. Amidou Dembele (Ecole National d’Administration, Mali) will be SSRC ARCHIVAL AND LIBRARY AWARDS an ALA Library Fellow at Duke University, Oct. 1995-March 1996. The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) African Archives Contacts at Duke: Deborah Jakubs or Helene Baumann. and Museums Project has made numerous awards since 1991. Recent awards (in addition to those listed in ALN, Jan. 1993, p. 11) Position sought by librarian with 14 years of professional experi­ include: ence—at the Immanuel College of Theology (Ibadan), the Institute Conservation Projects: of Ethiopian Studies (Addis Ababa), and the Institute of Southern • Botswana National Archives and Records Services, Gaborone, African Studies (Roma, Lesotho). MA (Sociology), MA (Econom­ for training seminar, directed by T.M. Lekaukau; ics), M.L.S. (Ibadan, 1978), and MLIS (Wayne State Univ., 1995). • Arquivo Historico Nacional, Cape Verde, for a project directed Excellent CD-ROM/Online search and software applications skills. by Jose Maria Almeida to transfer and organize the 1000 metal Contact: Sushma Gupta, 33036 Trafalgar Ln #8, Westland, MI cases of documents (1660-1926) of the Secretaria geral do governo; 48185. • Research and Documentation Center, Eritrea, for a project directed by Azeb Tewolde; • Kenya National Archives to microfilm newspapers from the 1980s to the present; director, Nelly W. Mwangi; • Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, to purchase preservation photocopying supplies; • Arquivo do Patrimonio Cultural, Mozambique, for consultancy visits to other African archives; director, Renato Matusse; AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 10 JULY 1995 RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE The following items have come to the attention of the editor. report I could find in the Nexis database since 1990 or so was a report on relations between British doctors and medical researchers BOOKS & DOCUM ENTS by the British Medical Association in 1993. Alemna, A.A. “Libraries and Information Provision in Ghana.” Librarians were affected in various ways. Very few foreign Legon: Dept, of Library and Archival Studies, Univ. of Ghana, librarians went to work in South Africa both for ethical reasons and 1994. $12. Basic text for Ghanaian students. for economic reasons, as South African salaries slipped because of the devaluation of the rand. Trade sanctions and restrictions on Behrens, S.J. Bibliographic Control and Information Sources, 2d investment (and divestment) probably contributed most to the fall ed. Pretoria: Unisa Press (Manualia Didactica, 24), 1994. 320p. of the apartheid state. The boycott by entertainers and sports teams A standard text for South African students. made ordinary South Africans aware of what a pariah their country had become. I recall the widespread circulation of bootleg videos Research and Development: Proceedings of a Conference held at of American and British movies and TV programs in 1988. Bunda College of Agriculture, Lilongwe, Malawi, 6th-10th April 1992 included: I agree with the report’s conclusion that so far as research libraries • Matenje, Flossie Alinawo. “A Large Scale Study of Book were concerned the boycott was mostly a nuisance. UMI and a few Deterioration in the Malawi Collections of the University of other publishers would not trade with South Africa but libraries Malawi Libraries.” pp. 275-7; could order through British or continental European vendors often • Ngwira, Margaret, and Bright Nkhata. “Information Provision with delays and increased costs. The range of journals held in the for Research in Malawi Local and International Sources.” pp. 281- research university libraries is rather less than at comparable 6. American institutions but the traditionally black university librar­ ies have all along been starved of funds made much worse by the decline of purchasing power of the rand. Another factor was BOOK REVIEW censorship of so many foreign publications leading to a consider­ by Moore Crossey (Yale University) able degree of parochialism—evident in much historical and social science writing—especially at the Afrikaner universities—a situa­ Out in the Cold: Academic Boycotts and the Isolation of South tion which began to change rapidly after about 1985. Africa, by Lorraine J. Harricombe and F.W. Lancaster. Arlington,VA: Information Resources Press, 1995. (xii,158p. (ISBN 0878150676/ Publisher’s address: 1110 N.Glebe Rd. Suite JOURNALS & ARTICLES 550, Arlington,VA 22201/ Tel:800-451-7363 Fax:703-558-4979) African Research and Documentation, no. 66 (1994) carried the This short book is to be welcomed as giving a succinct account of following: the academic boycott movement vis-a-vis South Africa. It begins • Alemna, A.A. “National Libraries in Africa.” with a sketch of the effects on Cuba of sanctions and restrictions. • Badisang, B. “Factors Influencing Indigenous Publishing in While there are few problems in exchanging publications between Africa.” Cuban and American libraries, there are many difficulties imposed • Mcllwaine, J. “Writings on African Archives, pt. 4.” on the movement of persons between the two countries. Education for Information, v. 13 (March 1995): There never was much of a problem (except for a small number of • Neill, R. & K. Moahi. “Strategic Change: A Case Study of the individuals) for Americans wishing to visit South Africa. However Department of Library and Information Studies at the University of in the case of South Africans who wished to visit the U.S. for study Botswana.” p. 1-20. or other purposes, many persons were arbitrarily refused passports • Stilwell, Ca. & C. Vietzen. “Improving Education for Library or were given one-way exit visas. In the 1970s and ’80s the and Information Work: The Simulated Fieldwork Practicum at the academic boycott manifested itself in various ways. Foreign University of Natal.” pp. 21-34. academics were often heckled at lectures or meetings on South African campuses, and South African visitors got much the same Focus on International & Comparative Librarianship, v. 25, no. 3 treatment at many American campuses. Some journals refused to (Dec. 1994) included: publish articles by South African scholars or their names were • Sharpies, Carolyn. “Journals for African Universities,” pp. suppressed from joint publications with non-South African schol­ 133-7; ars. • Keates, Sarah. “Workshop on the Universal Availability of Publications in Francophone West Africa.” pp. 137-145. At first these difficulties affected mostly the more research-ori­ ented English-medium white universities (especially Wits, Natal, Frontiers of Information and Library Science (FILS) is a new and Cape Town) but a scattering of black scholars could not accept refereed professional journal, that will appear biannually starting invitations as visiting research fellows to America. In the later in June 1995. Annual subscriptions: Africa outside of Nigeria, $30 1980s South African scholars and scientists were frozen out of and $50 (institutions); UK, £20 and £30; Elsewhere outside Africa, many international meetings; this included some librarians who $40 and $60. For further information, including details on biblio­ wished to attend IFLA and other meetings. The situation rapidly graphic style, contact: Ken M.C. Nweke, Editor-in-Chief, FILS, changed after the release of Nelson Mandela and later the de- University of Nigeria, Dept, of Library Science, PO Box 3169, proscription of the ANC and other banned organizations. The only Nsukka, Nigeria. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 11 JULY 1995 Innovation, no. 9 (Dec. 1994) focused on education and training for Leads, v. 9 (Summer 1995). LIS (library and information services) in southern Africa. Included are articles by Nalini Dickson on South Africa, Peter Havard- Cram, Jennifer. “Colonialism and Libraries in Third World Af­ Williams on Botswana, Andree-Jeanne Totemeyer on Namibia, rica.” Australian Library Journal, Feb. 1993, pp. 13-20. Anne Powell on Zimbabwe, S. Dutton & A.W.C. Msiska on Malawi, and Vitalicy Chifwepa on Zambia. Available from: Durrani, Shiraz. “The Mirage of Democracy in Kenya.” Informa­ University Library, Univ. of Natal. tion for Social Change (Edinburgh), no. 1 (Winter 1994): 19-29. Link-Up, the newsletter of LINK (64 Ennersdale Rd., London SE13 Gaba, T.S.A. “Preservation Practices in the University of Cape 5JD), a network for North-South library development, has notes on Coast Library: An Appraisal.” ASLIB Proceedings, v. 47 (May the following in its March 1995 (v. 7, no. 1) issue: African Centre 1995): 127-130. for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (Banjul), the documen­ tation centre of the Refugee Studies Programme (Oxford), librarians Lancaster, F.W., & Haricombe, Lorraine J. “Anatomy of a Book and censorship in South Africa, and the African Journals Distribu­ Boycott.” American Libraries, July/August 1995, pp. 685-688. tion Programme (International African Institute). Madison, Avril Johnson & Dorothy Porter Wesley. “Dorothy Progressive Librarian, #9 (1995), includes: Burnett Porter Wesley: Enterprising Steward of Black Culture.” • Merrett, Christopher. “What’s Public is Propaganda, What’s Public Historian, v. 17 (Winter 1995): 15-40. Secret is Serious: Official Secrecy and Freedom of Information in South Africa,” pp. 1-15. Nassimbeni, Mary. “Collection Development in Public Libraries • Alemna, Anaba. “Oral Documentation: The Other “Famine” in in South Africa: New Library and Language Policies.” Library African Libraries,” pp. 16-21. Acquisitions, v. 19 (1995): 289-. Discusses impact of official status for 11 languages; includes data on publishing in the various Akintunde, S. & JJ. Selbar. “Intra-Organization Communication: languages. A Comparative Study of 2 Nigerian University Libraries.” Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, v. 27 (1995): 33-46. Nweke, K.M.C. “Information Methods of Human and Veterinary Medical Scientists (HVMS) in Borno State, Nigeria.” Library & Bell, Barbara. “When the Rains came to Namibia.” International Information Science Research, 17 (Winter 1995): 41-48. REFERENCE SOURCES NOTES NEW REFERENCE TITLES The Michigan State University African Studies Center has re­ The following items or issues are noted. initiated its African Media Program (AMP) with new grant For more titles, see the annual uAfricana Reference Books" funding from MSU and the U.S. Dept, of Education through a Title in The African Book Publishing Record, no. 2. VI grant. Building on its Africa on Film and Videotape: A Compendium of Reviews (1982), the AMP will create a reference African Biographical Archive (AfBA). München: K.G. Saur database of African films and videotapes by identifying, indexing, Verlag, 1995?-. Est. 450 fiche, to be delivered in 12 installments. and critically reviewing all extant films and videos on Africa to Contains approx. 113,000 entries from 214 published sources; for 1996. The reviews initially will be released as topical or subject 75,000 African individuals. Price (through Mar. 31,1995): $13,010 guides for research and instruction at all levels. Eventual distribu­ (diazo) or $14,350(silver); from University Publications of America. tion will be compact disk (CD-ROM), print and Internet. The AMP will be lead by David Wiley, Maureen Eke and John Metzler. Mieder, Wolfgang. African Proverb Scholarship: An Annotated Further information is available from MSU’s African Studies Bibliography. Colorado Springs: African Proverbs Project, 1994. Center, email: 21248me@msu.edu. 181p. Extended comments on 279 studies; arranged by author, with index. Ethnographic Index to Art-Producing Peoples of Africa is a group project headed by Linda McRae (Visual Resources Librar­ Shilling, Susan. “Africa Today.” Five Owls (Saint Paul, MN), v. ian, Univ. of South Florida) which received the 1995 H.W. Wilson 9 (1995): 73-79. Review essay and annotated bibliography of Foundation Research Award. Co-applicants from the same univer­ recent children’s books. sity are Susan Kelliher (Visual Resources Library Assistant) and Daniel P. Biebuyck (Stuart Golding Eminent Scholar in the African Basler Afrika Bibliographien (Postfach 2037, CH-4001 Basel, Arts). The project will contain over 2000 ethnonyms with extensive Switz.) produced the following in its Registratur AA series during cross-references, including alternate names, related ethnic units, 1994: geographic locations, AAT and LCSH preferred terms, scope notes • Allgemeine Archivalien der Basler Afrika Bibliographien zu where necessary, and related bibliography or sources where the Namibia, von Thorsten Hinz; name occurs. —ARLIS-L Digest. • Allgemeine Archivalien der Basler Afrika Bibliographien zu Namibias Unabhängigkeit, von Sabine Schmidt & Thorsten Hinz; • Guide to the SWAPO Collection in the Namibia Archives of the Basler Afrika Bibliographien, compiled by Giorgio Miescher. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 12 JULY 1995 CALL FO R NOMINATIONS: The first award in 1980 was presented to Julian Witherell for his THE 1996 CONOVER-PORTER AW ARD FOR The United States and Africa: Guide to C7.5. Official Documents AFRICANA BIBLIOGRAPHY and Government-Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1785-1975 OR REFERENCE W ORK (Washington: LC, 1978). Winners in 1994 were Thomas George Barton’s Sexuality and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Anno­ tated Bibliography (Nairobi: AMREF, 1991) and Hans Zell’s The Africana Librarians Council (formerly called Archives-Librar- African Books in Print, 4th ed. (London/New York: Bowker-Saur, ies Committee) of ASA seeks nominations for the ninth biennial 1993). In 1992 Carol Sicherman’s two works Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Conover-Porter Award for excellence in Africana bibliography or A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources, 1957-1987 reference work. Any Africa-related reference work, bibliography (Zell, 1988) and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the Making of a Rebel: A or bibliographic essay published separately or as a part of a larger Source Book in Kenyan Literature and Resistance (Zell, 1990) work during 1993, 1994 or 1995 can be nominated for the 1996 received the award. The 1990 winner was Yvette Scheven’s award, which includes a prize of $300 that will be presented during Bibliographies for African Studies 1970-1986 (Zell, 1988). the 1996 annual meeting of the African Studies Association in San Please send nominations or requests for further information to: Francisco. Nominations must be received by the end of January Mette Shayne, Francophonic African Bibliography, Africana Li­ 1996. Please include a brief justification and at least one review. brary, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL 62008 (tel.: Helen Conover was senior bibliographer in the African Section of 708-491-2934; email: mshayne@nwu.edu) or ALC chair Gregory LC, serving 32 years before her retirement in 1963. Dorothy Porter Finnegan, Head of Reference, Tozzer Library, Harvard University, Wesley was librarian of the Moorland-Spingam Research Center, 21 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138-2089 (tel.: 617-495- Howard University, retiring in 1973 after 45 years of service. 2253; email: gregory_finnegan@harvard.edu). NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS VENDOR ANNOUNCEM ENTS Clarke’s Bookshop (211 Long St., Cape Town) Catalogue 91 lists about 712 older titles plus 500 current publications; #92 listed 602 AFRIA (The Africa Research & Information Alliance) is a new older and about 350 current. consortium formed by Stock Press and Legi-Link from South Africa and The Rendon Group in the U.S.A. AFRIA offers information G C Motsi (12 Ruddington Rd., Marlborough, Harare; tel: (263)(4) services on any Southern African topic. Stock Press, founded in 300324) is a new company providing grey literature on Southern 1984, provides financial, economic, environmental and socio­ Africa. This includes government reports, policy papers, university political information on South Africa. Legi-Link covers Parliament. research reports, and conference proceedings. Zimbabwe Research For more information or to subscribe to RDP Monitor (Stock Index 1990-1992 is offered for US$45. Press’s overview of the government’s social and economic policy), visit WWW page at HTTP://OS2.IACCESS.ZA/AFRIA/ G erard Rilling (720 Colonial Dr., Rockford, IL 61115; tel. 815- INDEX.HTM or sent email to afria@leglink.co.za or contact Mat­ 654-0389) has a list of less expensive older books on Africa. thew Gentile, The Rendon Group, 2000 S. St., NW, Washington, DC; tel: 202-745-4900. Jacaranda Designs Ltd. (PO Box 7936, Boulder, CO 80306; PO Box 76691, Nairobi) has issued Shangilia Afrika 1995, a listing of African Books Collective (The Jam Factory, 27 Park End St., new and older books for children. Oxford OX11HU, England) distributed its Catalogue no. 10 and its 11th and 12th batches of cards. Publishers for the approximately John Gay (PO Box 0285, Maseru West 105, Lesotho) have 75 titles include: East African Educ. Publ., Baobab Books, published Intelligence in Action: A Study of Agriculture in Rural CODESRIA, Southern African Printing & Publ. House, Fourth Liberia (1995). This 177-page monograph is based largely on 1974 Dimension Publ., Southern African Res. & Doc. Ctr., Univ. of fieldwork in Bong County. Zimbabwe Publ., Academy Science Publ., Multimedia, Woeli Publ. Services, Ghana Univ. Press, Inst, of Southern African Norman Ross Publishing Inc. (330 West 58th St., New York, NY Studies, Fountain Publ, Dar es Salaam Univ. Press. 10019; 800 648-8850; microform distributors) became (on June 1st) the sole worldwide distributor for Kraus Microform. They also African Development Bank (01 BP 1387, Abidjan 01) announces announce that Altair’s microfiche collection of Colin Legum’s 2 publications: Third World Reports has been updated to the end of 1994. • African Development Report, 1995 - $15 for African institutions; $25, other institutions; $5 & $20 for individuals. Ravan Press Catalogue 1995 includes numerous new titles. Avail­ • Economic Integration in Southern Africa - 3 vols. for $75; able via agents such as Clarke’s Bookshop and Ohio University Executive summary for $10. Also available from other offices, Press or direct: PO Box 145, Randburg 2125, South Africa. including: ADB America Representation Office, 2001 Pennsylva­ nia Ave., NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20006. Rwanda Society-Environment Project, Working paper, no. 1-10 (1993-1994) are available from the Dept, of Geography, 315 CEEBA Publications still appear, despite the disruption of postal Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI and other services in Zaire. They can now be ordered from: CEEBA 48824. Tel: 517-355-4649. Publications, c/o Anthropos Institut, D-53754 St. Augustin, Ger­ many. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 13 JULY 1995 SA . [South Africa] Ballots offers “RSA 1994,” which is the Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, no. 13 (April 1995) colored, 17 x 44 cm. ballot used in the South African election. Price included the following: is $10 per ballot; $70 if framed. Contact Lance Dutton at (021)457- • Newton, Diana. “Impact of the Devaluation of the CFA Franc on 620 (9 Jagersfontein Lane, Oranjezicht 8001, South Africa) or African Publishing” — report on UNESCO/WHO meeting in Brian Collins at 231-690 after 7pm South African time. Geneva (21-24 Feb. 1995); notes that the efforts to keep prices of imported books at pre-devaluation levels removed any stimulus for Sagalee Oromo Publishing Co. (PO Box 17662, Atlanta, GA local publishing; 30316) has issued vol. 1 (English-Oromo) of Haamid Muudee’s • Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe. “The Challenges of Academic Publishing Oromo Dictionary. 1995; 908 pages. $64.95 hardcover; $49.95, for African Scholars;” paper. • Rosenberg, Diana. “University Libraries in Africa: Status and Potential” — report on a survey recently begun by the International Sketch-Map Publishing Enterprises, suppliers of Nigerian pub­ African Institute; lications, have a new postal address (B.P. 3967, Lomé, Togo), • Fagerberg-Diallo, Sonja. “Publishing in Pulaar: the Interreactive which should be used in correspondence. They can also be reached Role of an NGO;” via fax no. 234-01-2637080 and at the Head Office in Lagos (14A. • Jaygbay, Jacob. “Commercialize or Wither: the Dilemma of Awoyokun St., Yaba). Noncommercial Scholarly Publishers in Africa.” University Microfilms International (PO Box 1346, Ann Arbor, Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, no. 14 (August 1995) MI 48106-1346) reports that one of its best selling dissertations is carried numerous reports and a tribute to Hans Zell that included “Belgian Education Policy in the Congo, 1945-1960,” by Newton a note by Gregory Finnegan. It also had two special supplements: Leroy Gingrich (Tulane, 1971). • Zell, Hans M. Publishing and Book Development in Sub- Saharan Africa 1994: A Checklist of Recent Literature. — a University of Botswana’s National Institute of Development classified list with abstracts; and Research and Documentation offers subscriptions to Pula (1978-) • Stebbing, Lyle. Report on the Bellagio Publishing Network at $20 per issue. Round Table [Tanzania, Nov. 1994] on Book Marketing and Distribution in Africa. — synthesis of 9 papers. University of Maiduguri is hoping to revive the West African Journal of Modem Languages, after an “interstice of 15 years” and Dekutsey, Woeli. “Bookselling in Ghana: Is the Informal Sector the seeks funding for at least 2 issues. Contact: Conrad Max Benedict Key?” African Book Publishing Record, 21 (1995): 109-112. Brann, Prof, of Applied Linguistics & French, PMB 2001, Univ. of Maiduguri, Nigeria. International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia, edited by Philip G. Altbach and Edith S. Hoshino. Hamden, CT: Garland Publish­ ing, 1995. 750p. $95. Includes: EVENTS • Zell, Hans M. Publishing in Africa; • Newton, Diana. Francophone Africa; First Ghana International Book Fair, 6-12 November 1996. For • Chackava, Henry. Kenya; more information, contact: P.C.T. Quarcoo, Exhibition Director, • Nwankwo, Victor. Nigeria; PO Box 111, Trade Fair Centre, La - Accra, Ghana. • Philip, David & Mike Kantey. South Africa. At the 1995 London International Book Fair, the National Acquisitions Group (NAP), the International Group of the Library ONLINE FILES Association (IGLA) and the Standing Conference on Library Mate­ rials on Africa (SCOLMA) sponsored a seminar (organized by the A program for converting Ethiopic script into phonetic symbology Zimbabwe International Book Fair) on “New Developments in can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/ African Publishing.” NAG, IGLA and SCOLMA are also sponsor­ hyplan/dmulholl/admas/sera21atex/. The choice of phonetic sym­ ing a research project on UK market penetration, aimed at improving bology is adjustable by the user. For more, contact Daniel Yacob communications between African publishers and overseas library at yacob@apollo.aoe.vt.edu. buyers. The research will focus on the weaknesses in the book supply chain and how new development in marketing and distribu­ H-AFRICA is a moderated electronic discussion group and bulle­ tion may help to overcome them. They hope to complete the tin board for scholars (including students), librarians, and teachers research in time for a follow-up seminar at LIBF96. interested in the African past, including a variety of disciplines and approaches to the history of the entire continent. It is part of the H- Net family of LISTSERV discussion lists. It is currently edited by LITERATURE ON THE BOOK TRADE Mel Page (East Tennessee State Univ.; pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn- st.edu) and Harold M arcus (M ichigan State Univ.; African Publishing Review, v. 4, no. 3 (May/June 1995) included 22634mgr@msu.edu). notes on news, rights for sale, book development councils and an 8- To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: LISTSERV@MSU.EDU page supplement (Report on the Bellagio Publishing Network with no subject and only this text: Round Table [Tanzania; Nov. 1994] on Book Marketing and SUB H-AFRICA [yourfirstname yourlastname, yourinstitution] Distribution in Africa, by Lyle Stebbing). When you send in a subscription request, the editors will send a short questionnaire which must be completed and returned to confirm your subscription. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 14 JULY 1995 SERIAL CHANGES Emerging Democracies and Freedom of Information, edited by Barbara Turfan (SOAS), with Kathleen Ladizesky & Inese A. Black Sash has sent out the final issue of Sash. This May 1995 Smith. London: Library Association Publishing, 1995. cl29pp; 1- issue (vol. 27, no. 3) carried 44 pages of news, plus a 12-page 85604-170-0; c£25.95. Papers on Africa, Eastern Europe and the Anniversary Supplement with the title: Black Sash, 1955-1995. Far East; drawn from a recent IGLA conference. Address of publisher: 7 Ridgmount St., London WC1E 7AE. NEW SERIALS Forben, Ako. Globalisation: The African Perspective. Cardiff, England (PO Box 326, CF2 3YE): African Centre for the Humani­ See also new serials in Research on Libraries & Information Science. ties, 1994? £6.99. Que e Quern no Governo. Maputo: Bureau de Informacao Publica, ANC Constitution News, no. 1 (13 March 1995)-. Biweekly 1995? Available from publisher (CP 2558) for $5.-Mozambique available via Peacenet or by mail ($30 for first 13 issues; from: Peace Process Bulletin. Africa Fund, 17 John St., 12th floor, New York, NY 10038. Reader’s Digest. Illustrated History of South Africa: The Real 21st Century Afro Review is a new journal edited by Nikongo Story. Expanded 3rd ed. Cape Town & New York: Reader’s Digest BaNikongo, covering African Americans, Africa and the Carib­ Assoc., 1994. 559p. Popular work. bean. Address: 7676 New Hampshire Ave. - Suite 306, Langley Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. The poems of Phillis Wheatley: A Park, MD 20783. Tel: 301-431-3161. Native African and a Slave. Rev. ed., Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1995. Reprint of a classic first issued in 1838. $9.95. Address: 18 North Rd., Bedford, MA 01730. SELECTED NEW BOOKS This section is generally limited to titles outside the regular book trade, or titles received by the editor. Many more titles and/or details on SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS publisher addresses can be found in Joint Acquisitions List of Africana (6 issues per year available for $50 from Northwestern University “Les politiques de la haine: Rwanda, Burundi, 1994-1995.” Les Library), The African Book Publishing Record (Hans Zell Publishers), Temps modernes (Paris), no. 583. American Book Publishing Record (Bowker), Accessions List: Eastern and Southern Africa (LC Office, Nairobi), or in one o f the current national bibliographies. •uoijnjijsui jiunjjoddo-jvnbo ‘uoijov-OAijvwurffv uv sri \Z ‘ON ini S£0I-t^88fr ubSiipîw ‘Suisueg iseg Ipq ‘8uisueq g jo)uct) it:uonRiur>)U{ ooi a iV c i X}ISJ3AIUfl 3JGJS ü c S iq o ij^ HOVJLSOd S'il H3JJM3D s a i a m s m v d i h j v •gjQ JIJOJJ-UOM