AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER ISSN 0148-7868 TABLE OF CONTENTS Africana Libraries Newsletter (ALN) is published quarterly by the Michigan State University Libraries and African Studies Center. Those copying contents are asked to cite ALNzs their source. ALN is produced to support the work o f the Archives-Libraries Committee (ALC) ALC/CAMP NEWS .................................................2 of the African Studies Association. It carries the meeting minutes of ALC, CAMP Calendar of Future Meetings (Cooperative Africana Microform Project) and other relevant groups. It also reports other Schedule for ALC Meetings in St. Louis items of interest to Africana librarians and those concerned about information resources Panel on Saturday Morning about or in Africa. Preliminary Agenda for Business Meeting Proposed Amendments to ALC By-Laws Editor: Joseph J. Lauer, Africana Library, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048. Tel.: 517-355-2366; E-mail: 20676afr@msu.bitnet; Fax: 517-336-1445. CAMP Deadline for no. 69: January 1, 1992; for no. 70: March 15 ,1 9 9 2 . Recent Member Publications Serial Cancellations: BU, IU, MSU, UF OTHER NEWS......................................................... 4 News from other Associations E D IT O R ’S COM M ENTS Calendar ARLIS Session The first issue of ALN from Michigan State University was slightly behind Association of Research Libraries schedule. In the rush to finish, I forgot to thank those involved in proof reading Cataloging Discussion Group and the selection of graphics: Theresa Moore, Kalala Ngalamulume, Almaz Middle East Librarians Association Zwede and Katherine Matsika. Research Libraries Group With this issue, there is a return to the regular schedule: January, April, July Free Materials Offered & Requested: AAAS, BU and October. Thanks to Moore Crossey, Onuma Ezera, Guy Marco, Anthony Intra-African Book Support Scheme (ABC/Ranfurly) Olden, Nancy Schmidt, Yvette Scheven, Gretchen Walsh and others for contrib­ Resources at Libraries and Research Centers uting material. And thanks to LawrenceRupley (Akron, PA) for his contribution Personnel Changes: UCSB, IEN towards mailing costs. A revised schedule for the meeting in St. Louis appears on page 2. Other RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES & INFO. SCI..........6 features include serials cancellations, a trip report, a review essay about Review Essay: Evaluating Africana Libraries collection evaluation, and notes on new books and serials. Theses Books and Documents Journals and Articles NOTES ON REFERENCE SOURCES ....................9 ACRONYM S LETTERS & OPINIONS ......................................... 9 Library of Congress Field Offices in Africa ABC - African Books Collective; or Africa Book Centre Letter from Hans Zell ALA - American Library Association (Chicago) Kenyan Imprints in American Libraries ALC - Archives-Libraries Committee (of ASA) ASA - African Studies Association (U.S.) NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS ....... 10 CAMP - Cooperative Africana Microform Project Vendor Announcements CRL - Center for Research Libraries (Chicago) ABC/IFAA’s AiP IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations LC’s Coop. Acquisitions Program for East Africa LC - Library of Congress Trip report: Collecting in Kenya, by Nanji MELA - Middle East Librarians Association Literature on the Book Trade MSU - Michigan State University Serial Changes SCOLMA - Standing Conference on New Serials Library Materials on Africa Videos U. - University Selected New Books UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles Special Issues of Journals LATE NOTICE: Arid Lands Information Center 14 ARCHIVES-LIBRARIES COMMITTEE / CAMP NEWS CALENDAR OF FUTURE M EETINGS 1. Name Section I: current wording: The name of the committee shall be the November 23-26,1991, St. Louis - ASA Annual Meeting. Archives-Libraries Committee of the African Studies Association. April 23-25,1992, Iowa City - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting. Reason: According to Delaware law, where ASA is incorporated, Fall 1992, Seattle - ASA Annual Meeting. the name “ committee” can only designate groups whose voting Fall 1993, Boston - ASA Annual Meeting. members are elected by the ASA Executive Board. Since any ASA member interested in librarianship can participate in our group, we need to change our name. A preference was expressed to preserve SCHEDULE FO R A LC M EETINGS IN ST. LOUIS the acronym ALC and to emphasize people (librarians) rather than things (libraries). ROOM Problem: new name leaves out archivists. — “ Caucus” would Nov. 23, 1991 (Sat.) parallel “ Women’s Caucus” . 7:30 - 8:45 am Cataloging Subcommittee................ PB-A Proposed new name: 1. Africana Librarians’ Council; or 9:00 -11:00 am Panel (see below )............................. PB-A 2. Africana Librarians’ Caucus Nov. 24,1991 (Sun.) 2. Newsletter 7:30- 8:45 am ALC Executive Committee............ DR41 Section II D: current wording: Support a newsletter carrying 9:00 -11:00 am Bibliography Subcommittee.......... DR24 information on resources for African studies. 11:15 -12:45 ALC Business meeting.................... PB-D Reason: ALC does not support the newsletter; the institution where the editor works supports it. Nov. 25, 1991 (Mon.) Proposed wording: - Select a member who will edit and publish a 7:30- 8:45 am CAMP Business meeting.............. DR29 newsletter to provide regular reports on the activities of the [Council or Caucus or ...] Room Notes: PB = Promenade Ballroom (A or D); DR = Directors Row 3. Chair’s length of term Section IV C: current wording: The Chairperson will be elected at the annual meeting of the A.S.A. and shall serve for one year. PANEL ON SATURDAY MORNING Reason: One year too short: lack of continuity, inability to pursue Title: Africana Journals, an Endangered Species? Coping with long-term projects. One year long enough: both chair-elect and past Periodical Costs, Cancellations, Resource Sharing, and New Forms chair have distinctive duties, which result in commitments for a of Publication. total of three years. Peter Malanchuk (U. of Florida), convener. Proposed options: 1. ...shall serve for two years. Gretchen Walsh (Boston U.), Cutting Serials Titles: Experiences 2. (leave as is) from the Chopping Block. Charles Hamaker (Assistant Dean of Libraries, Louisiana State 4. Seat on the Executive Board for the ASA Publications U.), Journal Costs Then and Now, with Alternatives and Committee Liaison Possible Solutions for Academic Research of the Future. Section IV G: current wording: Ex-officio members shall be se­ Gary Brown (Faxon Company), The Role of Information Sup­ lected to represent the Library of Congress, the Africana Libraries plier: Access, Analysis and, Service, in the Electronic Infor­ Newsletter, the Cooperative Africana Microfilm Project and others mation Age. as needed. Reason: Stating what has been past practice. Proposed wording: -Ex-officio members ... Africana Microform PRELIMINARY AGENDAFOR BUSINESS MEETING includes: Project, the A.S.A. Publications Committee Liaison and others as LC West Africa Office: status report (Armstrong) needed. By-laws Review: Discussion and Vote (Baumann) Nomination/Election of ALC officers 5. Announcements of meetings Book Famine Task Force Report (Walsh) Section VI C: current wording: Announcements of meetings, Serials Task Force Report (Mwalilino) agenda, and minutes shall be printed in the African Studies Institutional Budget Survey (Baumann) Newsletter and the Africana Libraries Newsletter. Africana Bibliographer/Oral Tradition Archives (Gray) Reason: African Studies Newsletter is now called ASANews. Also, Institutional Reports announcements of meeting schedules and agendas for ALC are usually not published in ASA News, only in ALN. ASA News PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALC BY-LAWS publishes a condensed version of minutes only. Options prepared by Helene Baumann of Ad-Hoc Bylaws Commit­ Proposed wording: Announcements of meetings, schedules, draft tee for discussion in St. Louis. See note at end o f this section and agenda and minutes shall be printed in the Africana Libraries ALN August 1991, p. 3-4, for discussion in Washington. Newsletter, and should be submitted to ASA News if appropriate. 6. Priorities at business meetings CAMP Section V ID: new John Howell, the chair, recommends that all members read the CRL Reason: Time management at meetings is often difficult because memorandum of June 10,1991, entitled: Strategic Plan for Collec­ chair does not know what will be brought up. tion Development and Management, 1991-1995. See especially Proposed addition of VID.: Priority will be given to agenda items pages 6-10. The Chair has been approached by some interested in which have been submitted in writing in advance of the meeting, and the cooperative purchase of CD-ROMS, videos, films, and taped re­ for which documentation has been distributed, where relevant. cordings. The chair will entertain additional opinions by members Documentation must be provided if the issue in question calls for a at this time. vote. 7. Subcommittees REC EN T M EM BER PUBLICATIONS Section VII: current wording (last two sentences): The Chairperson See also Reference Books below. shall select persons to head these subcommittees and they in turn shall recruit members of their subcommittee. All subcommittees Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: Preservers of Black history, shall be reviewed every two years. edited by Elinor des Verney Sinnette, W. Paul Coates & Thomas C. Reason: This whole section needs revision. If ALC becomes a Battle (Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1990) in­ “ Council” or “ Caucus” , the standing subcommittees become cludes the following: “ Black antiquarians and bibliophiles revis­ “ committees” . The last sentence does not reflect actual practice. ited, with a glance at today’s lovers of books and memorabilia,” by Also, length of service for committee chairs and secretaries is not Dorothy Porter Wesley (pp. 3-20); “ The Schomburg Center for mentioned. If secretaries are appointed it will assist them in Research in Black Culture,” by Jean Blackwell Hutson (pp. 69-80); obtaining travel funding from their respective institutions. “ The arrangement and care of small book collections, ’’ by Valerie Proposed wording: —The ALC chair shall select persons to head Sandoval Mwalilino (pp. 181-191). these committees. They in turn shall recruit secretaries. There should be two-year terms for committee chairs and secretaries, with Henige, David. In Search of Columbus: The Sources for the First re-appointment possible. Voyage. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1991. 359p. All committees shall be reviewed every four years, or sooner if the need arises. Scheven, Yvette, and Anthony Olden. “ Sub-Saharan African Collections,” Advances inLibrarianship v. 15 (1991): 252-8. 8. Voting Section IX A and B: current wording: A. Items requiring a vote Walsh, Gretchen. ‘‘Publishing in Africa: A Neglected Component should be included in the agenda distributed in advance of the of Development.” Boston: Boston University African Studies meeting. Approval shall be by majority vote of those members Center (Working paper series), ?1991. present. The advance notice requirement may be waived by a 3/4 vote of those members present. —B. Votes that represent policy Westley, David. “ Choice of Language and African Literature.” decisions in the opinion of the Chairperson require approval of 2/3 Boston: Boston University African Studies Center (Working paper of those members present at a meeting of the full committee. Voting series, 145), 71991. on policy decisions shall be by secret ballot. Reason: Complicated: Simple majority of those present for Westley, David. “ An Annotated Bibliography of Hausa Oral “ items” , 3/4 majority for policy decisions. Also, the question of a Traditions.” Boston: Boston University African Studies Center quorum is not addressed. Requiring a quorum would prevent (Working paper series), 71991. representatives from a few institutions making decisions that affect all of us. Problem: do we have an official list of member institutions Westley, David. “ Bibliographic update, 1974-present.” In Black in order to determine a quorum? Writers in French, edited by Lilyan Kesteloot (Washington, D.C.: Proposed simplification: —A. (1) Numbers necessary for council or Howard University Press, 1991). committee action should be a 2/3 majority of members present. (2)...a 2/3 majority of a quorum (at least one representative from a majority of member institutions). SERIAL CANCELLATIONS —B. Voting on policy decisions shall be by secret ballot. Goal of sharing information before action is obviously defeated 9. Amendment 3: on Bylaws Review by long delays before this information reaches the intended audi­ Section XI (new) or add to Section VIII: Amendments. ence. It there a better system? Is this type of “ clearinghouse” Reason: While new amendments to the bylaws can be proposed by practice acceptable? anyone, a regular review of bylaws is not mentioned. Proposed wording: —A review of these Bylaws shall take place Indiana University canceled the following: every five years, or earlier if needed. Colin Le gum ’s Third World Reports France Afrique Note: Alternatives always include leaving the bylaw as it is. We Fraternité matin will vote on each bylaw separately after discussion in St. Louis has Revue du géographie du Maroc resulted in either acceptance of above proposed or appropriately Southern Africa: Annual Review changed wording. We also proposed to replace “ chairperson” with (duplicates Facts and Reports) “ chair” and “ by-laws” with “ bylaws” throughout the document. Washington Report on Africa Boston University announces the following cancellations: Michigan State University plans to cancel: ACASA Newsletter AFER (Gaba pub.) AED Bulletin de l'Afrique noire SFP Sahara F rance Afrique Africa Insider Internationales Afrika Forum African Concord Nigrizia African Defence Journal Signes du present African Urban Quarterly Today in Africa (African Inland Church, Kenya) Afrique agriculture Asian and African Studies Background Notes The University of Florida canceled the following serials, cutting Bulletin (Brit. Soc. ME St.) 11.4% of its Africana serials budget: Cahiers des religions africaines Africa News Cahiers d'outre-mer African Concord Change African Tax Systems Colin Legum’s Third World Reports AfricAsia Community Development Journal Afrique nouvelle Daily Times Annals ofBorno Development and Change Country Profile [selected] Ehuzu Country Report [selected] Financial Mail Mois en Afrique Food First News Newswatch (Ikeja) Hommes et migrations Revue camerounaise de management Journal of African Languages and Linguistics Revue du monde musulman SOAS Bulletin Second Order Maghreb Review Signes du present Marches tropicaux Washington Report on Africa National Concord New Nigerian Nigerian Field Nigerian Management Review Raw Materials Report Revue d'histoire maghrebine Revue du monde musulman Revue juridique du Rwanda Spear Weekly Spectator OTHER NEWS NEW S FR O M O TH ER ASSOCIATIONS Americaa (ARLIS/NA) will be held in Chicago, February 6-13, 1992. A session entitled “ African Art - What do we Need to be CALENDAR Thinking?” is scheduled for the Hilton Hotel, February 11,1991,2- ALA: 4 pm. Panelists include Hans Panofsky (Emeritus Curator, North­ Jan. 25-30,1992, San Antonio - ALA Midwinter meeting. western U.), Julie Hausman (Curator of Slides, U. of Iowa), Ray­ April 12-14,1992, Salt Lake City - ACRL National Conf. mond Silverman (Art History, MSU), and Christraud Geary (Cura­ June 25-July 2, 1992, San Francisco - ALA Annual Conf. tor of Eliot Elisofon Collection, National Museum of African Art). Sept. 2-6, 1991, Columbus - Black Caucus National Conf For further details, contact Jan Simpson, Curator, Visual Resources Jan. 23-28,1993, Denver - ALA Midwinter meeting. Library, MSU (517)-355-7640). June 24-July 1,1993, New Orleans - ALA Annual Conf. Association of Research Libraries announced in July that their IFLA Annual Conference: proposal for a study of the foreign acquisitions (“ Scholarship, Aug. 18-24,1991, Moscow. Research Libraries, and Foreign Publishing in the 1990s’’) attracted Aug. 30-Sept. 5,1992, New Delhi. a $195,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project will include collaborative studies by scholars and librarians MELA annual meeting: and pilot tests on several geographic areas; establish a working Nov. 23,1991, Washington, D.C. group on foreign materials in concert with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences-Midwest Center; and operate strategy sessions ARLIS Session on African Art involving library, academic, and government leaders, all in an effort The 20th Annual Conference of the Art Libraries Society of North to determine the breath of the foreign acquisitions dilemma. The proposal identifies four areas requiring information: 1) rates of the purchase of some 400 titles published between 1987 and 1989/ foreign acquisitions in American research libraries; 2) outlook for 90 by the 20 member publishers of ABC, and Ranfurly Library foreign publishing; 3) scholars’ needs; and 4) impact of emerging Service will distribute these to twelve major academic libraries in technologies for improving access to materials. Africa. (See list of participants below.) DANIDA (Denmark) donated DKr.200,000 (ca. £17,000) to supply the same libraries Cataloging Discussion Group: Janet Swan Hill distributed the with a copy of each new title distributed by ABC. Each library will following information on Sept. 17,1991 concerning the problem of receive approximately 120 titles over the next twelve month. retrieving words with clicks regardless of how the user inputs them: This is probably the first time a significant component of African ! is used to represent a post aveolar click in the newly revised IPA imprints have been included in a book donation project. The scheme chart. It may occur internally or in the middle of a compound word. provides practical support on three fronts: It helps overcome the In Nama, ! occurs primarily at the beginning of words, and ever at book starvation caused by foreign exchange constraints. It pro­ the end. In Bantu languages, plural pronouns such as e!a and i!a motes an intra-African flow of books. And it provides hard currency occur. There are as many as five or more different clicks (e.g., sales for African publishers. voiced, nasalized, aspirated, etc.). Clicks may be represented by !, Ranfurly Library Service is Britain’s largest book aid charity. It /, =/(overstrike), //, ///, and apparently O (overstrike). Most clicks is an independent voluntary organization, working in over 70 have been assigned an alpha equivalent in orthography (such as c, countries to provide relevant books. African Books Collective q, qh, qg, etc.) but LC does not “ replace” them with the ortho­ began operation in May 1990 as a self-help initiative by a group of graphic equivalent. And ! and / do not display on LCSH on CD- African publishers to promote and distribute their books in the main ROM. To participate in this discussion, contact Janet Swan Hill, English-language speaking markets overseas. ABC is donor-or­ Associate Director for Technical Services, University of Colorado ganization supported and non-profit making on its own behalf and (Boulder) at HILL_J@CUBLDR.COLORADO.EDU. only aims to recover its operational costs. For more information, contact: Hans M. Zell or Mary Jay, ABC, Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) will hold its annual The Jam Factory, 27 Park End St., Oxford OX1 1HU; or Sara meeting on November 23, 1991, at the Library of Congress. The Harrity, Director, Ranfurly Library Service, 2 Coldharbour Place, morning business meeting chaired by Fawzi Khoury (U. of Wash­ 39/41 Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, London SE5 9NR. ington) will be followed by a Round Table discussion of RLIN’s Arabic, and a MEMP meeting. On November 24th, MELA and Recipient Libraries MESA (Middle East Studies Association) will sponsor a panel entitled Middle East Studies Research Resources in Washington, Addis Ababa University Libraries D.C. Balme Library (U. of Ghana) University of Nairobi Libraries Research Libraries Group, Inc. announces the addition of Arabic- University of Malawi Libraries script capability to RLIN. With an IBM PC/AT or compatible Arquivo historico de Mocambique computer and RLIN terminal-emulation software, RLIN users can Academy Library & Information Service (Namibia) now enter, search, display, and retrieve records written in Arabic Ibadan University Library script. No special keyboard is required. Contact RLIN Information Fourah Bay College Library (U. of Sierra Leone) Center, RLG, 1200 Villa St., Mountain View, CA 94041-1100. University of Dar es Salaam Library Makerere University Library University of Zambia Library FREE M ATERIALS OFFERED AND REQUESTED University of Zimbabwe Library AAAS Sub-Saharan Africa Journal Distribution Program con­ ABC Member Publishers (as of 8/9) tinues to provide subscriptions to more than 200 scientific, engi­ neering, and other scholarly journals to some 175 university and Centre for Social Research (U. of Malawi) research libraries in 35 countries. The journals provided this CODESRIA (Dakar) program are primarily published by AAAS affiliated societies and Dar es Salaam University Press are made available to AAAS at little or no cost. For further Fourth Dimension Publishing Co. (Enugu) information, contact Lisbeth A. Levey, Manager, AAAS Program, Ghana Publishing Corp. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H St., Ghana Universities Press NW, Washington, DC 20005. Heinemann Kenya Ltd. Ibadan University Press Boston University’s African Studies Library has following sample Malthouse Press Ltd. (Lagos) issues: Multimedia Zambia Igbo: Journal of SPILC, no. 1 (March 1982) New Horn Press Ltd. (Ibadan) African Musicology (Nairobi), 1:1 (Sept. 1983) Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Makerere Adult Education Journal, no. 3 (April 1987 Obafemi Awolowo University Press (Ile-Ife) Are these still “ live” ? Do other libraries have more issues? Skotaville Publishers (Johannesburg) Gretchen Walsh is willing to give away issues that fill in gaps. Tanzania Publishing HouseUniversity of Lagos Press University of Port Harcourt Press Intra-African Book Support Scheme is a new book donation pro­ University of Nigeria Press gram announced in a 15 August press release from the African Update Communications Ltd. (Lagos) Books Collective Ltd. (ABC). Comic Relief donated £50,000 for Woeli Publishing Services (Accra) RESOURCES A T LIBRARIES AND budget and policy for the University Library. He also held the RESEARCH CENTERS position of Bibliographer for Professional Studies at UIC from 1983 through 1990. Prior to coming to UIC, he was African Studies Area Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement (IAAM) moved on 1 September Specialist at Indiana University Libraries (1980-83) and Africana to POB 38, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland. A year’s subscrip­ Bibliographer at Syracuse University Libraries (1975-79). David tion to their newsletter and annual report costs £8. has taken a leadership role within these libraries in matters as diverse as collections policy, library automation, faculty affairs and United Nations Environment Programme (POB 30552, Nairobi) personnel collection development activities within Illinois. He has announces that its DESIS (Desertification Control Information also served as Chair of the Asian and African section of ACRL System) is available free of charge to any user. Included in the (1986-87), Chair ofALC (1978-79), and Chair of CAMP (1981-83). system are databases for organizations, library holdings, projects David holds a B.A. degree in history from Kalamazoo College, and and a thesaurus relating to desertification. an M.L.S. from the State University of New York at Albany, and did advanced study in African history at Syracuse University. He is the author of numerous publications in Africana and international PER SO N N EL CHANGES librarianship and bibliography. In 1989 he received a Fulbright award for study at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Northwestern University Library announced on August 28th the University of London. appointment of David L. Easterbrook as Curator of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, effective December 9,1991. Michael Hopper is now Islamic Studies Library at the University Since 1986, David has been Principal Bibliographer at the Univer­ of California, Santa Barbara. sity of Illinois at Chicago, with direct responsibility for collections RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE The following items have come to the attention of the editor. Produced Produced REVIEW ESSAY: in Africa elsewhere Overall EVALUATING AFRICANA LIBRARIES Material Types: Olden, Anthony, and Marsh, Spencer S. “ An Evaluation of the Books 52% 68% 64% Extent to Which the Holdings of Four United States Research Serials 42 29 32 Libraries Would Have Supported the Writing of Award-Winning Other 6 3 4 Books on Africa.” International Journal of Information and Library Research, v. 2, no.3 (1990): 177-193. Items owned by library: Olden and Marsh have produced an important survey of resources Northwestern 73 94 89 used and the extent to which they can be found in American libraries. Books 63 98 92 They used the bibliographies of twenty-two Herskovits Award Serials 90 93 91 winners from 1965 to 1985. Of the total of4821 items, 22.44% were published, delivered or written (if unpublished) in Africa. They Yale 59 90 83 then established random samples of 285 items of those produced in Books 53 91 84 Africa and 351 for the 77.56% produced elsewhere. These 636 Serials 74 96 89 citations were checked in four American research libraries and analyzed by form (books included monographs in series and chap­ Indiana 52 85 76 ters in books), date, and place of publication. Incomplete entries and Books 43 87 79 complex catalogs made checking very difficult. But this did not Serials 69 87 82 keep the authors from reaching a variety of interesting conclusions. African imprints tended to be relatively more often serials [pre­ Illinois 40 78 69 sumably because of government documents and newspapers], Books 34 78 70 somewhat older, and less likely to be found in American libraries. Serials 54 86 77 Items not owned by Northwestern were mostly not available in the other three. The U.S., U.K. and all other non-African countries each Owned by all four 34 72 63 accounted for about 26% of the items, but no attempt was made to Books 26 74 65 determine what share of these were titles about non-Africana topics. Serials 49 74 67 Some of the results are presented below as percentages, with the overall figure being an editorial approximation based on weighted Owned by none 22 3 7 averages: Because the authors’ conclusion are based strictly on their sample THESES rather than what their stratified sample says about all items in the bibliographies, their totals and the numbers used in their text differ Mlekwa, Victor Msikela. ‘‘Literacy training, the state and develop­ from the overall figures I use. They understate the success by failing ment in Tanzania: A study of policy and performance, 1967-1989.” to weight for the much larger number of non-African imprints and Ph.D., University of Alberta (Canada), 1990. Abst.: In contrast to by inclusion of unpublished material in totals. Thus, I find that the coordinators and literacy teachers, adult learners did not believe holdings of published material ranged from 72% (at Illinois) to 92% that literacy training had a significant connection to nor beneficial (at Northwestern); or much better than the 61-85% reported in their influence on their daily lives or future prospects. (DAI 51A:3652) abstract. The authors make a number of other valuable points, and they cautiously describe their study as exploratory. By presenting Park, Sung Gwan. “ The role of the world system and national their data, they leave the reader to ask even more questions: Is there political economy in the informatization of developing nations.” any evidence of a cooperative acquisitions program? Given poor Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University, 1990. 281pp. Abst.: Tests of entries, how much do scholars rely on libraries (and their catalogs) economic and political impact on the development of information as opposed to personal resources (and browsing in many libraries)? technologies found that public libraries and telephones (but not I will explore the following issues: computers) positively affect economic growth, suggesting that 1. How representative are Herskovits Award winners of Ameri­ these are more “ appropriate” for developing nations. (DAI51A3549) can scholarship or the population being served by the libraries that were investigated? Simmons, Wendy Ann. “ Volunteer intermediaries in rural infor­ Having suggested this sample (in a mid-1980s conversation with mation services: A study of Seke District, Zimbabwe.” Ph.D. Olden), I now see some problems. Some disciplines such as thesis, University of Maryland College Park, 1990. 242 pp. Abst.: economics, linguistics or literature are poorly represented among Volunteers who provided legal advice and referral for rural people the winners, partly because their work mostly appears in journals. performed adequately but most problems were not solved within a Second, not all of the winners were residents of the U.S., as (it is my year. Although the volunteers and most clients were literate, printed understanding that) any scholarly book published or distributed in material was not part of their everyday life, and it was not the means the U.S. is eligible. Third and significantly for evaluating the results they used to find information. (DAI51A:3545) by library (which Olden and Marsh do not do), the four universities are not equally represented among the winners. A quick check turns up five winners connected (i.e., faculty at or degree from) with BOOKS & DOCUM ENTS Northwestern; three with Yale; 2 with Indiana; and none with Illinois. In passing, one should note that aside from no title on Abidi, Syed A.H. Communication, Information and Development Northern Africa, there was a generally fair representation of the in Africa. Kampala: Bano Abidi Publications, n.d. Includes different regions of Africa. chapters on libraries in Uganda. Available for $15 plus overseas 2. What does owning 72-92% of the published items mean in postage from author at East African School of Librarianship, evaluative terms?The authors are properly cautious, but I think it Makerere University, PO Box 7062, Kampala. would be useful to compare it with data from other areas. Unfortu­ nately, only a few studies are readily available. R.P. Coale (Library Levey, Lisbeth A. Computer and CD-ROM Capability in Sub- Quarterly, 35(1965):173-84) reported 75-85% holdings at the Saharan African University and Research Libraries. Washi ngton: Newberry and other research libraries for references in English- AAAS Sub-Saharan Africa Journal Distribution Program, Ameri­ language monographs about Latin American colonial history. When can Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991. 45p. This the monograph being analyzed is in a foreign language, holdings are report is based on a 1990 survey (106 responses), correspondence much lower. Popovich (“ The Characteristics of a Collection for with librarians, and site visits. Only 48 libraries had computers, but Research in Business/Management,” College and Research Li­ many others expected to acquire them soon. Somewhat more than braries, 39 (1978), 110-7) examined references in 31 dissertations half were purchased through grants. Service and training was a and found 88% ownership for those done at university being problem for most. Almost every library uses CDS/ISIS, which is a evaluated and 84% holdings for those done elsewhere. Samples database program developed by UNESCO and provided free to drawn from ‘‘standard’’ bibliographies will give consistently lower developing countries. The survey uncovered several major docu­ results. Gwinn/Mosher (College & Research Libraries, 1983, p. mentation projects. CD-ROM units were held by 16 libraries. 136-8) reported 76-86% of English literature titles are in major Appendices include list of respondents and “ Documentation of research libraries. Larsen {Collection Management, 6 (1984): 97- Indigenous Literature.” 114) found 55-62% of French literature citations in the top 6 libraries. The reader obviously has a choice. Option 1 is to argue that Tallman, Julie I., and Ojiambo, Joseph B., eds. Translating an budgets should be increased so that all libraries have 90-95% of the International Education to a National Environment: Papers Pre­ published material cited by their potential clients. Option 2 would sented at the International Doctoral Student Conference Sponsored be to acknowledge success. by the Doctoral Guild at the University o f Pittsburgh School of 3. Does it take 50 or 100% more money to raise success rate by Library and Information Science, September 23-25, 1988. Metu- 6%, or whatever? Answering this question would requi re good data chen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. 237p. $29.50. Reviewed by on budgets and more fai th in the hierarchy than the authors i ntended. Anthony Olden in Journal of the American Society for Information However, I will suggest that spending at Indiana and Illinois have Science, v.42(1991):538-9. been roughly equal over past 20 years, while Yale was spending at least 50% more and Northwestern’s budget was 2-3 times those at Wise, Michael, and Olden, Anthony, eds. Information and Librar­ Indiana or Illinois. And except for Illinois for reasons noted above, ies in the Developing World. 1. Sub-Saharan Africa. London: this spending is reflected in this survey. Library Association, 1990. Contributors: B.U. Nwafor, Seth Manaka, Henri Sene, Jacinta Were, V.N. Ozowa, Sam E. Ifidon, Third World Libraries is published twice a year by Rosary College Gloria E. Dillsworth, I.M.N. Kogongo-Bukenya, Maurice C. Lundu, (Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 7900 West R.H. Milimo, Shiraz Durrani, Thomas M. Kimbunga and R.J. Division St., River Forest, IL 60305). Editor: Guy A. Marco. Prichard. Subscription: $35 for First World countries; $15 elsewhere. Vol. 1, no. 2 (Winter 1990-91) includes research summaries by Joan Indiana University has issued a call for manuscript proposals for Agumanu (The Choice of Librarianship as a Career in Nigeria), Kosi their monograph series on Africana librarianship. They seek A. Kedem (The Impact of Legal Deposit and Copyright Laws on monographs of 40-60 pages dealing with research or project which Ghanaian Libraries) and S.K. Ng’ang’a (Mobile Library Services in are of general interest in Africa. Send proposals to the Editor, Kenya); and several reviews of Africana titles. Nancy J. Schmidt, African Studies Program, 221 Woodburn Hall, Indiana U., Bloomington, IN 47405. Agbodike, Emma. ‘‘Problems of Library Resource Centres (LRCs) in Nigeria.” Anvil, Awka Journal of Educational Studies, v. 2, nos. 2&3 (1990): 41-45. JOURNALS AND ARTICLES Agbodike, Emman O. Dike. “ Bibliographic Identification Prob­ African Journal o f Library, Archives & Information Science is lems of Local Publications in Igbo or English in Nigeria.” Awka published twice yearly, starting with vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1991), by Journal o f Education, v. 2, no. 1 (1989): 20-32. Archlib & Information Services Ltd. U.I., POB 20492, Ibadan. Price: N40 & N60 (or $20 & $30) in Africa; $30 & $40 in US; £15 Alemna, A. Anaba. ‘‘Collection Development in University Librar­ & £30 in UK. ies in Ghana: Some Observations.” Collection Building, 10(1-2): Journal edited by L.O. Aina provides a forum for professionals in 47-. Africa to report their research findings. Articles include “ The Preservation of Traditional Library and Archival Materials in the Eilts, John A. “ Middle East Collections,’’ Advances in Librari­ ‘Harsh’ Ghanaian Environment” (Harry Akussah); “ A Survey of anship v. 15 (1991): 258-61. Task Performance in Library and Information Work: The Nigerian Perspective” (Olu Olat Lawal); and “ Characteristics and Careers Havard-Williams, Peter, and Guy A. Macro. “ Time, Development, of Past Postgraduate Diploma Students of the Department of Africa.” Alexandria: The Journal of National & International Library and Archival Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 1981/ Library and Information Issues (Gower Publ.), 3 (1991):81-88. 82-1987/88" (A.A. Alemna). Includes abstracts from six informa­ Argues that need for information and libraries will increase after tion journals published in Africa. other changes. African Research and Documentation, no. 55 (1991), published the Herubel, Jean-Pierre V.M. ‘‘Internationality in Journals as Demon­ papers of the Nigerian Field Society (UK Branch) Symposium on strated in the International Library Review and Libri. ’ ’ Collection Nigerian Archives, held at Rhodes House, Oxford in June 1990. Management, 13(3) (1990): 1-10. Three countries (USA, Nigeria and England) were well represented in both journals. Information Trends - News Magazine (Review of Developments in Information Studies in the Eastern and Southern African Region), Nweke, K.M.C. “ Legal Deposit Laws in Nigeria and Bibliographic vol. 3, no. 3 (October 1990), published in Gaborone and Bonn, Control of Nigeriana since 1950.” Government Publications includes the following: “ Planning a library user education pro­ Review, 18 (1991): 339-346. gramme, ” R.E. Occhoggia; “ Do Kenyans read?” by J.R.Njuguna. Westra, P.E., and R.B. Zaaiman. “ The Two National Libraries of Innovation: Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in South Africa.” Alexandria: The Journal of National &Interna- Southern Africa appears twice a year. No. 1 (Dec. 1990) is supplied tionalLibrary and Information Issues (Gower Publ.), 3 (1991): 101- from of charge. A subscription for nos. 2 and 3 (June and Dec. 1991) 120 . is $10. Write to: Editorial Collective, Innovation, University Library, POB 375, Pietermaritzburg 3200, South Africa. International Library Review, v.23, no. 2(June 1991) carries the following: “ Automation of Academic and Special Libraries in Nigeria: The State of the Art,” Z. Mohammed; “ Deterioration of Library and Archival Materials in the Delta Region of Nigeria,” P.C. Aziagba; “ The Role and Management of Newspapers in Nigerian University Libraries,” M.E. Ojoigbinoba; “ Library and Information Services in a Changing World: An African Point of View,” A.O. Banjo; “ The Generalist versus the Subject Specialist Librarian: A Critical Choice for Academic Library Directors in Nigeria,” A. Ochai; “ Collections Development in Academic Li­ braries: The Case of Nigerian University Libraries,’ O.M. Okoro; “ Faculty Status for Professional Librarians: A survey of Nigerian University Libraries,” S.A. Ogunrombi. NOTES ON REFERENCE SOURCES The following items or issues are noted. For more titles, see the Director, Library of Congress Office, P.O. Box 30598, Nairobi, annual “Africana Reference Books” in The African Book Publish­ Kenya. ing Record, no. 2. Réseau Tchadien de Documentation. Bulletin Bibliographique. Curto, José C. Bibliography of Works by Canadian Historians on Série 3: Sciences Economiques et Sociales. v.l,no.l (Avril 1991) Africa. Montreal: Canadian Association of African Studies, 1991. is a 34-page indexed list of 98 recently acquired documents at 5 38p. (Bibliographic Series: Canadian Contributions to African Chadian documentation centers. Price outside of franc zone is $30 Studies) (plus shipping) for 4 issues from CEFOD-Documentation, Centre d’Etude et de Formation pour le Développement, BP 907, N’Djaména, Curto, José C. 4‘A Preliminary Bibliographical Report on Crime in TCHAD. Série 1 (Energie et Technologies Appropriées) and série Africa.’* Criminometrica, v.4/5 (1988-89): 53-94. 2 (Sciences Ani mal es et Végétales) are avai labié from CR A-Service Documentation, Centre de Recherche Appliquée, BP 1228, N’Djaména, Dissertation Abstracts International will include abstracts of MIT TCHAD. doctoral theses, starting with those from 1990-91. For copies of MIT theses in full-size paper format, contact Microreproduction Rosary College is assisting in the creation of a database of African Laboratory, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone (617) librarians and information specialists. This is an IFLA project, 253-5668. approved as part of the ALP (Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World) program, and initiated by B.U. Nwafor, University Quarterly Index to Periodical Literature, Eastern and Southern Library, University of Jos. Current or former practitioners of Africa. ISSN 1018-1555. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1991) carried 456 entries, librarianship in Africa who are interested in offering assistance on arranged into 27 categories. Author, geographical, subject, article request should write to Guy A. Marco, Graduate School of Library title and journal title indexes. Covers scholarly periodicals acquired and Information Science, Rosary College, 7900 W. Division St., by the LC-Nairobi Office from 22 countries (including Ethiopia and River Forest, IL 60305. Zaire; excludes South Africa). Initially free of charge; from Field LETTERS & OPINIONS In this section, the editor hopes to publish letters and essays that what we feel the market will bear (and compared to, say a US- challenge prevailing practices or beliefs. In all cases, the opinions published academic monograph or literary work). Some two thirds expressed are those o f the writer. No endorsement by the editor or of the net receipts then go back to the African publisher, who ALC or MSU is intended. therefore benefits from the mark-up and receives sales earnings in hard currency—and which in turn can be ploughed back into local LIBRARY OF CONGRESS publishing activities. FIELD OFFICES IN AFRICA Obviously no commercial dealer or local bookseller, nor indeed ABC even though it is a non-profit making organization on its own LETTER FROM HANS ZELL (26 Sept. 1991) behalf, will be able to compete with a subsidized operation where staffing, rent, utilities and operational overheads will probably not Dear Editor: Permit me to make a number of comments on the be significantly reflected in the costings which determine the final letters by Christopher Boyd and David Hogarth in ALN August prices for the LC’s participating libraries in the US. However, I fear 1991, and on the activities of the LC’s proposed West African the notion that books can actually be supplied cheaper may well be office. First, I think it is clear to all of us that in these times of fallacious reasoning, and as Chris Boyd points out, it will be the dwindling resources and dramatic budget cuts, every library has the American taxpayer who will foot the bill at the end of the day. right to shop around and obtain their requirements for African- We have no major quarrel with the LC, but it is clear that if they published material from the most economical and at the same time were to set up, e.g. a UK office to facilitate acquisition of British most reliable source, whether this is through a dealer, ordering books, there would no doubt be a major outcry by British booksell­ direct from publishers, or using the services of an LC acquisitions ers and dealers. So why should it be acceptable for African office. Having said this, I believe both Christopher Boyd and David imprints? (other than for difficult-to-get government and official Hogarth make some valid points, and I would tend to agree with publications and/or grey literature.) I notice for example (and as much of what they say. I have not been able to examine in any detail reported in ALN Aug. 1991, p.3) that theLC Nairobi office will now the motivation for the setting-up of an LC West African office, and provide Kenyan monographs and trade books to participating I don’t know what, precisely, the rationale is, other than that it will libraries, and offers blanket orders, etc. In so doing, the LC offices presumably aim to improve acquisition of West African imprints more and more assume the role of a vendor; and there does seem to and make them available at lower prices. Well, the prices will be something fundamentally wrong with this concept. certainly be lower if purchased at local prices and then shipped to From ABC’s perspective, the net result will be that the American the US, and they will no doubt be lower than ABC current overseas taxpayer will subsidise libraries to give lower returns to African list prices. African Books Collective’s overseas list prices are es­ publishers, and in local, rather than much needed foreign, currency. tablished in consultation will member publishers and are based on This sits ill with the work of far-sighted donor organizations in the US and elsewhere seeking to strengthen African publishing, and the 4000 for Kenyan imprints seems to be what participants would commitment of many individual librarians to support African spend. publishing. We would wish to support and cooperate with any What is a reasonable percent of a library’s Africana budget for venture designed to increase the availability of African books. Kenyan imprints? Kenya accounts for 3.3% of Africa’s population; Whilst therefore welcoming the concern of the Library of Congress its share of specific country monographs was about 6.5% in the about such availability, we question whether they have fully real­ JALA 1978-83 microfiche. But African imprints account for only ized the wider, and potentially damaging, implications of their about 40% of the entries in JALA 1978-83. The resulting estimate present proposal. of 2.6% of the total for Kenyan imprints is approximated by the - Hans Zell numbers reported by Olden and Marsh. They found 22.44% of the African Books Collective Ltd, references in a sample of Herskovits Award winners were African imprints. Of these, 13% (or about 3% of the total) were Kenyan imprints. (If 20% of non-African imprints are not Africana, then KENYAN IMPRINTS IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES: Kenyan imprints would be 3.5% of all Africana. But the fact that NOTE BY EDITOR three of the 22 books in the sample were about Kenya also distorts the numbers in Olden and Marsh.) Therefore, 3% seems a generous Will American libraries tilt their resources to Kenyan imprints as a figure for Kenyan imprints. result of theLC cooperative acquistions program? Total cost for full Libraries with budgets of less than $100,000 for Africana are participation (including 50% administrative charge) is estimated at emphasizing Kenyan imprints when they join the program as full $3288 for 1991/2, and this would exclude non-commercial mono­ participants. This means they most likely will have less money for graphs. If Dar newspapers are removed, subtract $268.50. Add Africana titles from other countries. something for non-commercial monographs, and an estimate of $3- - J. Lauer NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS VENDO R ANNOUNCEM ENTS Library of Congress Cooperative Acquisitions Program for East Africa has expanded its coverage of Kenyan (and some Dar) serials Africa Book Centre Ltd. (ABC) and the Institute fo r African to include 7 dailies, 10 weeklies, 1 fortnightly, 23 monthlies, 1 Alternatives (IFAA) have jointly produced a new serial, Africa in bimonthly, 11 titles appearing 2-4 times per year, and 11 annuals. Print: A Review and Listings o f Books on Africa. ISSN 0953-0746. Cost for all 53 titles is $1,242plus 50% administrative charge forFY No. 1 (August 91) has about 300 annotated titles, divided into 21 91/92. Kenya commercial monographs are also offered, with an categories. Most are English-language 1991 imprints published in estimated cost of $950 plus 50% for full coverage. For details, Europe and the U.S. There are also three signed book reviews, plus contact James C. Armstrong, Acting Chief, Overseas Operations a summary of four titles about food and hunger. The first issue has Division at 202-707-5273. 22 pages, with a spiral binding. Frequency and price are not listed, but an enclosed invoice (for 35.00) described it as a quarterly. Norman Ross Publishing announces that the microfiche of the According to an August flyer, annual subscription is £65 in the UK Bascom Yoruba Library (University of California, Berkeley), in­ and £80 elsewhere. cluding three volumes of Bascom’s field notes from the early 1940s, [The publishers’ goal of “ a comprehensive guide to new books is scheduled for this fall. on the continent of Africa and to books on social and economic development relevant to Africa” is unrealistic. The Joint Acquisi­ Thurmay Associates (Nig.) (Onwudiwe Ave., P.O. Box 6, Ogbunka, tions List o f Africana lists about 6000 new titles per year, and it does Orumba L.G.A., Anambra State) has a list of 23 inexpensive books, not claim to be comprehensive. The listings are generally reliable, mostly from Nigeria. although some parts of subtitles are left out and the pagination often differs from library records.] T R IP R E P O R T AiP’s emphasis is on books available from ABC (38 King St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8JT), a specialist bookshop serving COLLECTING AFRICANA MATERIALS IN KENYA: libraries and individuals. AiP is distributed by IFAA(23 Bevenden ATRIP REPORT St, London N1 6BH), which was established in 1986 to encourage by Razia Nanji (U. of Florida Libraries) research and discussion on contemporary problems in Africa. IFAA’s book listings, edited and compiled by Magnus John, will be This paper describes a June 1990 trip to Kenya and attempts to a part of this new publication, and an indexed database is being examine the accessibility and availability of vast amount of printed created. material, often in cyclostyled form. In addition the paper will attempt to define tools used to identify publications, as well as Fash-Enterprise Books (P.O. Box 461, Station “ P ” , Toronto, institutions and organizations in Kenya that publish such materials, Ontario M5S 2S9, CANADA (tel: 416-944-8470) offers Yoruba and how they may be obtained. illustrated dictionary and grammar by Joseph Ajayi Fashagba, plus A large amount of material is published by private commercial Yoruba/English cassette tapes. Also, illustrated books about Mandela. firms, by agencies that are supported wholly or partly by the government, and by universities and research institutions. At Numerous bibliographies dealing with the environment and human present there are four universities, with University of Nairobi being settlement are also available. the largest. The others areMoi University, Kenyatta University, and The government of Kenya itself is a publisher of a large number Egerton University. Each department at the university is a prolific of documents which are available from the Government Printers on publisher of materials such as reports, theses and unpublished Haile Selassie Ave. Unfortunately one cannot browse and you have papers. While these are found at the library, they are not listed in to have a list ready to hand to the clerk at the desk. However, the any bibliography or index. Most of them are papers written as senior printing office does have a shelf of older materials and occasionally theses by graduating honor students and some of them are excellent one can find something of special value. While some of the older resources of current research in various areas. Although all depart­ items are by now out of print, many of the newer items such as the ments publish their respective research papers the Institute of budget estimates, economic surveys and legislative reports are Developmental Studies (IDS), the African Studies Department and readily available. Most of the publications for sale by the printing the History Department have separate publishing units. office are listed in a bibliography which was published in 1977. IDS is perhaps the most organized in terms of its publications. It There is no indication if a publication is out of print. On the long publishes papers in the following categories: Working papers, walk back into town one can stop at the Public Map Office near Occasional papers, Discussion papers, Consultancy papers, Subject Harambee House and purchase whatever maps are available. Generally bibliographies, and Technical papers. Some of these are edited these are not considered security risks. Many of the topographical proceedings of workshops and conferences organized by IDS and maps are only available from the Department of Surveys. Because are quite substantial reports of research. Others are less substantial of security reasons the Survey Department now requires an official research reports consisting a few pages of research findings. IDS application to be made at least a couple of months in advance publishes a catalogue which lists all publications since 1965. specifying the reasons, with a list of the maps you want to purchase. Libraries interested in establishing an exchange can write to Ms. The new atlas to be published by the Department of Surveys was still Wakari Gikenye, Institute of Development Studies Library, Univer­ not out by June 1990, but was to be published in the near future. sity of Nairobi. P. O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya. The Kenya National Archives is the Custodian of all government The University of Nairobi Library is now housed in a new records and archives which have been selected for permanent building with so much space as to be the envy of many libraries in preservation. It has the highest concentration of official documents the U.S. The library has an excellent collection of archival records in the form of correspondence, files and reports. Most of the of the East African Commission as well as current materials dealing collection is open to the public except those correspondence files with East Africa as a whole and Kenya in particular. The Africana that come under the 30-year rule. In order to facilitate use of this Collection at the library is also very extensive and is used heavily collection several guides have been published and are available for but does have restricted access and most items have to be paged. The purchase. In addition, the following are awaiting publication: A library publishes a listing of higher degrees and dissertations of the Guide to Private Papers in the Kenya National Archives; A Guide to University of Nairobi, and the latest volume published for 1980-85 Reports in the KNA; A Guide to Records in the KNA relating to can be obtained at no cost. Religions; A Guide to Records in the KNA relating to Land Tenure The Institute of African Studies located near the National Mu­ in Kenya; and A Guide to Records in the KNA relating to East seum of Kenya, and at some distance from the main campus, also African Community publishes its seminar and discussion papers which are available for The Central Government Reference and Legal Deposit Library sale. A list of publications is available. Additionally all the major is also located here and houses all official publications of the departments publish seminar papers but not all departments have all Government of Kenya and includes one of the most comprehensive their publications available for sale. The Kenyatta University as Africana Collection including the Joseph Murumbi Africana Col­ well as Moi University also publish material, and some of it is cited lection, which Mr. Murumbi had donated to the Archives prior to his in LC’s Accession List. death in June of 1990. Although some efforts have been made to Important research is also carried out by governmental organiza­ preserve archival materials permanently through various co-opera­ tions such as Kenya Rangeland Monitoring Unit (KREMU), Central tive efforts such as the Syracuse University project and more Bureau of Statistics, Department of Mines, Ministry of Agriculture, recently through British and German organizations, much workstill and almost all other government ministries. Research is also carried needs to be done in the area of newspapers and archival preserva­ out by state supported institutions such as Kenya Medical Research tion. Mr. Musembi, the Director, pointed out the archives and its Institute (KMRI) or Agricultural Research Institute as well as users would benefit greatly if there was an automated bibliographic international organizations such as International Centre for Insect control of its materials. Physiology, the International Laboratory for Research in Animal The National Museum of Kenya located at Fort Jesus in Mombasa Disease, and International Center for Research in Agroforestry has many obscure items, some of which can be purchased at the (ICRAF). Most of the publications of these organizations like the bookstore. The National Museum also includes an Archival Center government organizations are internal, but some are listed in the with a fairly good African collection as well as numerous correspon­ Accession List and are available for sale. Most of these institutions dence and archival materials relating to the coast which can be also publish their own journals, e.g., East African Medical Journal, photocopied with their permission. There are plans for a Regional East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal, African Journal of Centre for the Study of Urban Origins in Eastern and Southern Ecology. Africa to be established in the Old Laws Court building in Fort Jesus. United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the The Centre will house a collection of materials dealing with the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) are located material culture of Eastern and Southern Africa and will also out of town in a very large complex. The Information Officer let me include and archaeology and conservation laboratories. The Na­ browse among the publications in the stock room and gave me many tional Museum in Mombasa was also preparing to receive the James free publications such as the annual reports. Catalogs available deVere Allen collection of Swahili materials. The collection had include Environment in Print, and HABITAT Publication Catalog. been sent to Nairobi for de-bugging and safe storage in cool climate AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 12 OCTOBER 1991 until the Old Law Courts building is renovated to house the Allen Windhoek Observer in late August and SWAPO’s Namibia Today Collection as well as the existing Museum collection. becoming a weekly. In June of each year Nairobi also hosts the Nairobi Book Fair which allows one to purchase many of the publications published by such publishers as the Kenya Literature Bureau, Book Sales Publi­ NEW SERIALS cations, Heinemann and Longman of Kenya as well as from distributors such as the Book Distributors Ltd. and the Text Book African Markets. Vol.l, no.l (August 1991). A monthly selection Center, which normally represent many of the smaller publishers. of material from Marches tropicaux. One can also pick up stock lists of all of many of the publishers which serve as bibliographies. In addition numerous bookstores in Agricultural Systems in Africa = Systemes agricoles enAfrique is Nairobi and Mombasa provide a good selection of Africana pub­ a new (1991) semi-annual journal published by the West African lished in Kenya as well as outside of Kenya. The numerous Farming Systems Research Network, with financial help from the bookstands lining the streets of central Nairobi also provide an Ford Foundation. Editor is Jacques Faye. Address: WAFSRN, important source for magazines and periodicals published in Kenya. c/o OAU/SAFGRAD, 01 BP 1783, Ouagadougou 01. In conclusion, it needs to be emphasized that pre-planning is essential. After arrival, it is best to check on the personnel in charge AIDS Analysis Africa is a new bi-monthly newsletter costing £115 and make official appointments. Most institutions and individuals a year. It is produced by the editors and correspondents of Africa were very helpful and willing to provide further contacts and Analysis at 38 Charterhouse St., London EC1M 6JJ. assistance. While in the country itself, it is advisable to exercise some patience and to be alert for local events and sources. It is here Challenge is a new monthly, with joint issues for June/July and that contacts with established institutions and academics can prove Dec./Jan., that was scheduled to appear August 1991. It is a popular invaluable. Local knowledge can fill a lot of gaps missed during magazine about current events produced by the Institute for Contex­ pre-planning and makes the overall task of acquiring books an tual Theology (Braamfontein) for committed Christians concerned adventure, rather than a chore about Southern Africa. Subscriptions vary from R22 in South Africa to $50 in the North. Add.: POB 32047, Braamfontein, 2017 South Africa. LITERATURE ON THE BOOK TRADE Chinafrica is distributed free by China International Book Trading The African Book Publishing Record, vol. 26, no. 4 (1990), Corp. (GUOJI SHUDIAN), P.O. Box 399, Beijing, China. Vol. 1, includes Laura Czerniewicz’s 4‘Publishing in Zimbabwe’’ (pp.235- no. 2, was April 1991. 238) which notes the growth of publishing since 1980, largely in response to the expansion of education and the creation of the new Eko Magazine. Nigeria’s first regional news magazine for Lagos syllabus. State began with issue for August 3,1991. Published by Newswatch, ABPR 27,1 (1991) includes the conclusions from the “ Confer­ PMB 21499, Ikeja, Lagos. ence on Publishing in the Third World” (Bellagio, Italy, 4-8 February 1991) and “ Publishing in Another South Africa” by Kobus International a newsletter for overseas supporters of the Susan Joubert. Wildlife Conservation Society of Zambia. Contact the Society’s International Branch Secretary, Robin Stephenson at 13 Hall Park, SERIAL CHANGES Berkhamsted, Herts. HP4 2NU, England. (News from Zambia, no. 572) Michigan State University Press plans to publish a new journal, African Rural and Urban Studies, starting in 1992. This will replace Libertitres(Selection dela presseafricaine). No. 4 (Juillet-Aout91) the suspended African Urban Studies (no. 21 (Spring 1985) continues Intertitres. 10 issues per year, 20 pages per issue, costs appeared in 1989) and Rural Africana (no. 28/29 (Spring-Fall 300FF. Contact Periscoop, Parc Scientifique Agropolis, 34980 1987) appeared in 1989), which were published by the MSU African Montferrier-sur-Lez, France. Studies Center. Details will appear in a future ALN. Northeast African Studies is still published by the MSU African Miroir (Bamako) is a new twice monthly newspaper started by Studies Center. Vol. 11, no. 1 (1989) was mailed in September Bakary Traore, formerly with the Agence malienne de presse. 1990, before vol. 10, no. 2/3, which went out in February 1991. (MTM, 5juil.91). Portuguese Studies Newsletter ended with no. 23 (Fall-Winter Namibia Development Briefing, v.l,no.l (July 1991). Monthly 1990-91), being replaced by Portuguese Studies Review, vol.l, no.l from Namibia Support Committee, 37-39 Great Guilford St., Lon­ (Spring-Summer 1991), an interdisciplinary, bi-lingual, interna­ don SE10ES. Annual subscription rates: Individuals £16 (Europe) tional, cooperative academic journal with articles, bibliography and and £20; Institutions £24 (Europe) and £30. Sept. 1991 has 4 pages research news on the study of Portugal and of the Lusophone world. of news, including notes on the press. Contact International Conference Group on Portugal, University of New Hampshire, Dept, of History, HSCC 408, Durham, NH 03824. Sudan Monitor is an independent, monthly newsletter which aims to provide in-depth reporting that focuses on the deteriorating Times of Namibia stopped (August 1991) as a daily and became a human rights situation in the Sudan. Vol. 1, Issue 12 (June 1991) weekly news magazine on Sept. 4 (v.l, no.l). POB1794, Windhoek is 8 pages. Annual subscription: $60 (individuals) or $90 (organi­ 9000. Other changes in the Namibian press include crash of zations); lower for UK, Africa and students. Published by Research and Communications International, 7 Bury Place, London WC1A Bridges, A.F.B. So We Used to Do. Edinburgh: Portland Press, 2LA, UK. 1990. UNESCO Africa is a new quarterly journal of the Regional Office Conference on Women and Gender in Southern Africa Papers are in Dakar, starting in March 1991. Features include analytical available from the Gender Research Group, c/o Shireen Hassim, articles, selected UNESCO documents, and information of the CSDS, University of Natal, King George V Ave., Durban 4001, activities of the Regional Office. This last includes liaison bulletins South Africa. Cost is R3.00 per paper, with 64 papers in the for the Regional Programme for the Eradication of Illiteracy in complete set. Africa (“ ALPHA 2000,,) and for the Network of Educational Innovations for Development in Africa (“ NEIDA information/’ L 'Edition scientifique enAfriquefrancophone. Dakar: Association which replaces the separately published newsletter). ISSN 0850- des redacteurs et editeurs scientifiques d’Afrique francophone. 1432. Address: B.P. 3311, Dakar. 70FF/$15 outside Africa. Address: P.B. 5451, Dakar-Fann. West African Journal 1,1 (April 1991) sold for $2.50. Monthly. Land and People of Nigeria: Rivers State, edited by E J. Alagoa & Managing Editor: JoeS.Kappia. Address: POB110311, Campbell, Tekena N. Tamuno (Port Harcourt: Riverside Communications, CA 95011-0311. Tel: (408)379-7956. 1989, 253p.) is available for $25 plus $2 for postage & handling from Lisa Aronson, Dept, of Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Spring, NY 12866. VIDEOS Nadasen, Sundrasagaran. “ A Perspective on Strikes in South Sudania Inc. is now at 5835 Lou St., Columbus, OH 43231; tel: African Labour Law.’’ Doctoral thesis, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 614-899-9653. Emeka Angiagolu writes that they have reduced the 1991. Available for $15 plus postage from: Workgroep Kairos, price of their thirteen-hour film series “ Things Fall Apart” to Kromme Nieuwegracht 10, 3512 HG Utrecht, Netherlands. $1300, plus $20 for shipping and handling. They have also prepared a 90-page Viewer's Guide. Distribution problems from the older Worthington (Ohio) address have been resolved. A librarian who SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS reviewed the whole film reports that it is of good quality and was enjoyed by the entire family. CODESRLA Bulletin no. 1-1991. Special issue on the conference, Academic Freedom, Research and the Social Responsibility of the Intellectual in Africa, held in Kampala, November 26-29,1990. SELECTED NEW BOOKS Royal Commonwealth Society Library Notes, n.s., no. 301 (1991): This section will be generally limited to titles outside the regular “ Broadcasting, Politics, and the Story of African Independence,” book trade. Many more titles and/or details on pub lisher addresses by Charles Armour. can be found in Joint Acquisitions List of Africana (Northwestern University Library), The African Book Publishing Record (Hans Studies in the Linguistic Sciences (Urbana), v. 19, no. 2 (1989). The Zell Publishers), American Book Publishing Record (Bowker), Contribution of African Linguistics to Linguistic Theory: Proceed­ Accessions List: Eastern Africa (Library of Congress Office, ings of the 20th Annual Conference on African Linguistics. Nairobi), or in one o f the current national bibliographies. Ultimate Reality and Meaning, v. 14, no. 1 (March 1991). Issue on Arbousset, Thomas. Missionary Excursion into the Blue Moun­ Africa, with essays mostly by African authors. tains, edited and translated by David Ambrose & Albert Brutsch. Morija: Morija Archives, 1991. 219p. $30 or £16 or R48. Translation of 1840 ms. Address: POB 12, Morija 190, Lesotho. LATE NOTICE (IFAD) in Rome, the Institute for Development Studies (U.K.), and various libraries in the Washington, D.C., area including USAID, The Arid Lands Information Center (ALIC) is developing a OFDA, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), special document collection focusing on five target countries (Sudan, Peace Corps, World Bank, and the National Agricultural Library. Ethiopia, Somalia, Angola, and Mozambique) and covering nine A large number of the 1100 documents currently in the collection topics: early warning systems, rapid assessment, gardening strate­ are non-traditional in format, including technical and field reports, gies, cropping systems, livestock preservation, water resources, project papers, and reports from private voluntary organizations cash- and food-for-work programs, marketing interventions, and (PVOs) involved in various food relief programs. Documents are conflict modification. This is part of a project at the University of accessible through a card catalog and a Pro-Cite database. In 1992 Arizona's Office of Arid Lands Studies (OALS), which received a the complete bibliography will be published. In addition, subsets on grant in April 1991 to assist the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster specific topics will be attached to a series of famine mitigation Assistance (OFDA) expand its famine mitigation capabilities. strategy papers and country profiles are also being compiled. Initial collection activities included searching online databases, Following the completion of these papers, teams of experts will be such as CAB Abstracts, AGRIS, AGRICOLA, and NTIS, in addition formed to design and field test interventions to alleviate adverse to the collections at the University of Arizona Libraries. Additional conditions before a state of disaster is reached. materials were identified and acquired from visits to libraries at For more information, contact Barbara Hutchinson, ALIC, 845 FAO and the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. (602) 621-7897. MSU Is An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution Non-Profit Org. AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER U.S. POSTAGE Michigan State University P A ID 100 International Center E. Lansing, MI East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1035 Permit No. 21