AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER No. 91/92, July/October 1997 ISSN 0148-7868 TABLE OF CONTENTS Africana Libraries Newsletter (ALN) is published quarterly by the Michigan State University Libraries and the MSU African Studies Center. Those copying contents are asked to cite ALN as their source. ALN is produced to support the Editor's Comments work of the Africana Librarians Council (ALC) of the African Studies A cronym s..................................................................12 Association. It carries reports on meetings of ALC, CAMP (Cooperative Africana Microform Project) and other relevant groups. It also reports other ALC/CAMP N E W S............................................... 2 items of interest to Africana librarians and those concerned about information Calendar of Future Meetings resources about or in Africa. Available on the net at: c h ttp ://www.lib.msu. Schedule for meetings in Columbus (Nov. 12-15) edu/lauer/aln>. Editor: Joseph J. Lauer, Africana, MSU, 100 Library, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048. OTHER N E W S........................................................... 3 Tel.: 517-432-2218; E-mail: lauer@pilot.msu.edu; Fax: 517-432-1445. News from other Associations Deadline for no. 93: Jan. 1,1998; for no. 94: March 1,1998. Calendar ALA MELA EDITOR'S COMMENTS SCOLMA Symposium on Newspapers (LC, May 1997) For a variety of reasons (an ongoing, hopefully-temporary reduction in CRL Foreign Newspapers Project staff in the MSU Libraries, the editor's preference for cataloging, etc.), ARL Funding for African Newspapers Project there was no July ALN. The cancellation of the Spring meeting (due to African Newspaper Project unexpected death of the host librarian) makes this less of a problem than AAU/ARL Global Resources Program usual. Hopefully, the quarterly schedule can resume with this double Workshop on Area Librarians (Indianapolis, July) number. Internet Connectivity Conf. at MSU Contributions from Ruby Bell-Gam, Phyllis Bischof, Moore Crossey, World Library Partnership David Easterbrook, Tony Olden, Nancy Schmidt, Mette Shayne and Free Materials Requested others helped in the creation of this issue. Resources at Libraries and Research Centers The January issue carried a survey questionnaire and some comments on Personnel Changes: Pearson, Vundla, CRL, MSU the results are owed to those who replied. In the first survey in at least 10 years, I asked recipients to indicate whether they wished to continue RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES...................................5 receiving ALN and what changes they might propose. A total of 190 (105 Books and Documents United States and 85 other) responses were received (to date), including Journals & Articles about 6 who asked to be taken off the list. Since academic libraries, ALC regulars, and those added to the list since 1994 were not required to return REFERENCE SOURCES........................................... 6 the survey in order to stay on the mailing list, it is not useful to cite a Notes response rate. New Reference Titles There were positive results from the exercise. Many addresses were NOTES ON MATERIALS & VEN DO RS............. 7 corrected. The total number of addresses was reduced from 639 (388 in the Vendor Announcements United State and 251 other) to 469 (260 U.S. and 208 other, including 149 Book Awards addresses in Africa). About two dozen had specific comments on possible Events changes. Suggestions included: more about internet web sites, more Literature on the Book Trade critical reviews, more discussion of vendors, more editor's comments, Online Files more on library conferences in Africa, more on books and articles about New Serials librarianship, more bibliographies, and more Africana titles of any kind. Films & Videos Mostly good ideas, even when not possible with the present staff; and Selected New Books appreciated. I was surprised by the interest in new web sites. I had thought that the web ALC REGULARS.....................................................11 users would be finding these by themselves, without benefit of print sources. I will continue this feature. For ACRONYMS, see page 12. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 2 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL / CAMP NEWS CALENDAR OF FUTURE MEETINGS Panel on Cooperation (1:30-3:15 pm): Phyllis Bischof (Chair), University of California, Berkeley; Ismail Abdullahi, Clark Nov. 12-14,1997, Columbus - ALC meetings (new dates) Atlanta University; Birgitta Bergdahl, Uppsala University; Nov. 13-16,1997, Columbus - ASA 40th Annual Meeting Saliou Mbaye, Direction des Archives du Senegal; Regina Apr. 3-4,1998, Gainesville - ALC/CAMP Spring Mtg. Shakakata, World Health Organization, Lusaka. Oct. 28-31,1998, Chicago - ASA Annual Meeting Spring 1999, Washington, DC - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting Panel on Reference/Bibliographic Instruction (3:45-5:30 pm): Nov. 11-14,1999, Philadelphia - ASA Annual Meeting Gretchen Walsh (Chair), Boston University; Gboyega Banjo, Spring 2000, Los Angeles - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting Nigerian Library Association; A1 Kagan, University of Illi­ Fall 2000, ?Nashville - ASA Annual Meeting nois, Tom Johnsen, Bergen University; Mary Materu-Behitsa, Fall 2001, ?Minneapolis - ASA Annual Meeting University of Dar es Salaam. After Dinner speakers on Reminiscences of the Past and SCHEDULE FOR Predictions of the Future (7:00-10:00 pm): Nancy Schmidt ALC/ANNIVERSARY/CAMP MEETINGS (Chair), Indiana University; Dan Britz, Northwestern Univer­ sity; John Mcllwaine, University of London; Hans Panofsky, IN COLUMBUS, OHIO retired Northwestern University; Michele Pickover, Univer­ sity of the Witwatersrand; Yvette Scheven, retired University Wednesday, 12 Nov. of Illinois. 1:00-2:00 p m ................ ALC Executive 2:00-4:00 p m ................ ALC Cataloging Committee Funding for the foreign participants and other expenses came 4:00-6:00 p m ................ ALC Bibliography Committee from the Rockefeller Foundation and ASA's International Thursday, 13 Nov. Visitor Program. Additional support came from the five insti­ ALC 40th Anniversary International Symposium tutions that H. Kay Raseroka will visit before the conference: 8:30- 8:45 a m ............... Welcome University of Pennsylvania, University of Illinois at Urbana- 8:45-10:00 a m .............. Keynote address Champaign, Northwestern University, Duke University and 10:30-12:15 p m ...........Panel on collection development Hampshire College (on behalf of the Africa Studies Council, 1:30-3:15 p m ................ Panel on cooperation Five Colleges). For more details, contact: Nancy Jeanne Schmidt 3:45-5:30 p m ................ Panel on reference/bib. instr. , Indiana U niversity Library, 7:00-10:00 p m ............. Dinner/Panel on reminiscences Bloomington, IN 47405. & predictions Friday, 14 Nov. 8:30-9:30 a m ................ ALC Memorial for John Bruce Howell & Meseratch Zecharias ALC-SPONSORED PANEL 9:30-12:00 .................... ALC Business Meeting 12:00-12:30 p m ........... ALC Executive "Using the Internet and the 12:30-2:00 p m ............. CAMP Executive WWW for African Empowerment." 2:00-4:30 p m ................ CAMP Business Meeting Sat., 15 Nov.: 8:45-10:45am 4:30-5:15 p m ................ CAMP Executive Saturday, 15 November Joseph Caruso (Columbia Univ.), Chair; 8:45-10:45am ............... ALC-sponsored-panel Leonard Rhine (Univ. of Florida). "The University of Zambia 5:30-7:00pm..................Title VI directors and librarians Guide to Medical Resources: Development and Use." Regina Shakakata (WHO Library, Lusaka). "Evaluation of Internet Services from an End User Perspective." Peter Malanchuk (Univ. of Florida). "African Refugees: 40TH ANNIVERSARY A View from the Internet." INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Michael Leslie (Univ. of Florida). "The Internet and NOV. 13,1997, COLUMBUS, OHIO Democratization in Africa: The Case of Zambia." Phyllis Bischof (Univ. of California-Berkeley), Discussant. Theme: Africana Librarianship in the 21st Century: Treasuring the Past and Building the Future Keynote address (8:45-10:00 am): H. Kay Raseroka, University of Botswana Panel on Collection Development (10:30-12:15 pm): David Easterbrook (Chair), Northwestern; Anaba A. Alemna, Uni­ versity of Ghana; Colin Darch, Cape Library Cooperative; Beverly A. Gray, LC; John Pinfold, University of Oxford. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 3 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 OTHER NEWS NEWS FROM OTHER ASSOCIATIONS librarians also attended, as did two faculty members speaking for the disciplines of South Asian and Latin American Studies. CALENDAR It was noted that in spite of the priority accorded newspapers ALA: by historians, social scientists, and area specialists, American Jan. 9-15,1998, New Orleans - Midwinter Meeting libraries collect and preserve less than 1% of the world's June 25-July 2,1998, Washington, DC - ALA Annual Conf. estimated annual output of some 500,000 titles. Speakers Jan. 22-28,1999, Philadelphia - Midwinter Meeting expressed strong support for microfilm as the preferred pres­ Apr. 8-11, 1999, Detroit - ACRL National Conf. ervation medium, with electronic media as preferred access June 24-July 1,1999, New Orleans - ALA Annual Conf. tools. Needed is better information about preservation micro­ July 19-22,1999 - Black Caucus of the ALA Conf. filming activities, including notice of intent to film for preser­ 2000, San Antonio - Midwinter Meeting vation; descriptions of completed or in-process retrospective 2000, Chicago - ALA Annual Conf. filming projects; status of current filming. Speakers also stressed the need to include archiving and preserving of IFLA Annual Conferences: electronic formats in preservation plans. Issues posed by Aug. 16-21,1998, Amsterdam electronic newspapers include: content which varies from Aug. 19-28,1999, Bangkok print version; visual cues (layout; graphics, etc.) which differ; access regulated by subscription costs or passwords; access to MELA technology or equipment; archiving responsibilities for the Nov. 21-22,1997 - Annual meeting electronic version. Symposium participants expressed the strongest support for AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION production of an inventory of newspapers held in libraries ALA's first Regional Institute on Public Librarianship was a and other repositories. This inventory will assist in prioritiz­ United States Information Agency-sponsored gathering of ing titles for acquisitions, cataloging, and preservation projects. librarians in Cairo, Egypt, on March 9-13,1997. Leaders from Discussants emphasized that the information collection pro­ Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, cess must be aggressive so that there is an accurate, standard­ Qatar, Tunisia, and the U.S. discussed issues of literacy, diver­ ized representation of holdings, with an adequate level of sity, intellectual freedom, and library advocacy. More details detail. Discussion should continue on the most effective way in American Libraries, May 1997, p. 30-31; or contact Carol to disseminate information about newspapers published, titles Erickson, director, ALA International Relations Office. held by libraries or other repositories, the availability of titles for purchase or interlibrary loan, the preservation status of MELA (Middle East Librarians Association) has a home page files. at . Included is Mela notes (with its report on the 1996 meeting), The Center for Research Libraries' Area Studies Council will information on officers, the fall 1997 meeting and member­ produce a model contract for use by libraries and other micro- ship applications. filmers as a basic agreement for microfilming newspapers for preservation and current awareness. SCOLMA occasional seminars at the University of London included (20 May): "Sound recordings as library materials: The next step will be development of an action agenda to African field recordings at the National Sound Archives," by describe how the North American research library commu­ Janet Topp-Fargion. nity can work toward improved collection coverage, ensure adequate preservation programs, and guarantee the avail­ ability of retrospective files through archiving and mainte­ SYMPOSIUM ON ACCESS TO & nance of library collections. A working group will write and PRESERVATION OF GLOBAL NEWSPAPERS move forward the action plan. Participants endorsed the Library of Congress, 27-28 May 1997 establishment of a coalition to include commercial publishers Report by Phyllis Bischof (Univ. of California, Berkeley) and micropublishers, academic institutions, research and na­ tional libraries, scholarly and professional societies, and fund­ Over 60 researchers, librarians, micropublishers, and founda­ ing agencies. The target date for completion of the action plan tion representatives attended the symposium convened by is the end of 1997. ARL, CRL, the Commission on Preservation and Access/ Council on Library Resources (CPA/CLR), and LC. The goals: Proceedings of the symposium will be distributed in print and to define the problems of collecting, storing, preserving, and electronic versions. Information in this article is based on a providing access to international newspapers and, most im­ summary of the symposium distributed by Linda Naru of portantly, to design a course of action that will guarantee CRL merged with my own notes. To comment, write to a acquisition of and access to international newspapers. At­ global newspapers listserv established to continue the discus­ tendees included three Latin American specialists; three South sion, expand the number of participants and representative East Asian, three South Asian, two Slavic, one Middle Eastern, v iew p oin ts, and d evelop the action plan. W rite to: and one Africana librarian. Several international relations . AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 4 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 CRL FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS PROJECT pus of Indiana University. The workshop builds on the Con­ ference on the Future of Area Librarianship which was held in The National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of July 1995. The invited participants include officers of area Preservation and Access awarded $174,442 to the Center for librarian organizations and members of the library and schol­ Research Libraries for expanding researchers' access to for­ arly communities. The sessions focused on three interrelated eign newspapers. The grant will support a fourteen-month issues: reconnecting to scholarship, roles and functions of project to advance the cataloging of CRL's extensive collec­ area librarians, and recruiting and educating area librarians. tions of foreign newspapers, and to disseminate bibliographic, For summaries of the results and links to related materials, see holdings, preservation, and collection development informa­ . tion about this collection through CRL's online public access catalog CRLCATALOG, as well as the national bibliographic utilities, OCLC and RLIN. Project staff will catalog approxi­ INTERNET CONNECTIVITY CONFERENCE mately 1,800 foreign newspaper titles. At the conclusion of the AT MSU project, bibliographic information for almost all of CRL's 6,200 foreign newspaper titles will be available electronically. A Conference entitled "W est African University Develop­ The project is undertaken as part of CRL's Global Newspaper ment: Solving the Problems of Communication through the Program. For more information on CRL's collections and Internet" was held July 28-Aug. 16,1997, in East Lansing. The programs, see . conference, which is a joint project of the MSU African Studies Center, H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online, the West African Research Association based at Howard Univer­ ARL FUNDING FOR sity, and the West African Research Center headquartered in AFRICAN NEWSPAPERS PROJECT Dakar, is funded by USIA. The participants include the following: ARL/Global Resources funds have been granted to ALC, via Ghana: Ms. Angelina Armah, Senior Library Assistant, Mr. CRL, to prepare a web-based Union List of African Newspa­ John Korsah, Librarian, and Ms. Gifty Hanson, Lecturer, Dept, pers. Participants include: Northwestern, Michigan State, UC- of Library and Archival Studies. Berkeley, UCLA, Boston U, Illinois, Indiana, Stanford/Hoover, Cote d'Ivoire: Mr. Jacques Niamkey Adorn, Director for Kansas, Ohio, Columbia. See previous issue for more details. Cooperation and Scientific and Technical Information, Minis­ try of Education, Research, and Technology, Mr. Assale Kouapa, CIRES. AAU/ARL GLOBAL RESOURCES PROGRAM Senegal: Ms. Awa Ba Cisse, Assistant to the Director, National Archives, Ms. Awa Diouf Cisse, Librarian, Mr. Jean- AAU and ARL formed the Advisory Board of the AAU/ARL Pierre Diouf, CODESRIA, Mr. Waly Ndiaye, Centre SYFED- Global Resources Program and plans are underway for an Refer, AUPELF, Mr. Olivier Sagna, Director, Ecole des initial meeting in summer of 1997. The Board will facilitate Bibliothécaires Archivistes et Documentalistes. AAU and ARL evaluation of the Program's activities already South Africa: Mr. Manikam Moodley, University Librar­ underway and advise on directions for new cooperative ini­ ian, Univ of Durban-Westville, South Africa. tiatives that will expand access to international research ma­ terials. Members are: Betty Bengtson, Director, University of Washington Libraries; Myles Brand, President, Indiana Uni­ WORLD LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP versity; Marianna Choldin, Director, Mortenson Center, Uni­ versity of Illinois; Jonathan Cole, Provost, Columbia Univer­ World Library Partnership (WLP) is a nonprofit organization, sity; Deborah Jakubs, Duke/ARL; Stanley Katz, ACLS; Hwa- founded in March 1996, that has connected 8 libraries on 3 Wei Lee, Director, Ohio University Libraries; Carole Moore, continents with sponsors in the United States. They maintain Director, University of Toronto Libraries; and David Wiley, a database of resources for libraries in developing countries at Professor, Michigan State University and Co-Chair, Council . WLP has also been offered a of National Resource Center Directors. For more information contract by UNESCO to produce a manual and resource guide contact Deborah Jakubs . — Duane for libraries in developing countries. Further details available E. Webster, ARL Executive Director, 4/11/97. from: Laura Wendell, Executive Director, The World Library Partnership, 1028 Bahama Rd., Bahama, NC 27503; (919) 479- 0163; wendell@acpub.duke.edu; . WORKSHOP ON AREA LIBRARIANSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION: DEFINING THE FUTURE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY Indianapolis, Indiana - July 18-19,1997 New subject headings include: Sponsored by the Indiana University Libraries and funded by • African Studies Association Children's Book Award Indiana University's U.S Department of Education Title VI winners funded programs for African, East Asian, Inner Asian and • Congo (Kinshasa) in lieu of LCSH's Congo (Democratic Uralic, Russian and East European, and West European Stud­ Republic) ies, the Workshop was held on July 18-19 at the University • Dakar-Niger Railway Strike, 1947-1948 Place Conference Center and Hotel on the Indianapolis cam­ • Songs, Cape Verdean AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 5 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 FREE MATERIALS REQUESTED oversaw the drastic expansion and development of that li­ Notes on requests for books are listed as received, brary. In 1972, he became senior fellow, and subsequently without any endorsement by the editor, MSU or ALC. Professor of Bibliography with reference to Asia and Africa, in the University of London. He retired from this post in 1979 Harare Polytechnic's Dept, of Library & Information Science and moved back to his native Cambridge, while still working (PO Box CY 407, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe) seeks finan­ on bibliographical projects. Over his career, he as responsible cial or material help. for a number of fundamental reference tools and surveys, most notably Index Islamicus, which began publication in 1958, Oriental Manuscripts in Europe and North America (1971), the World Bibliographies of African and Asian Bibli­ RESOURCES AT ographies (1975), the Supplement to Creswell's Bibliography LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam for 1972-80 (1984) and the series of comprehensive surveys of British archives Harvard College Library's Government Documents Section relating to Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1965-94). has acquired the entire data set of the Republic of Zambia 1990 Census of Population and Housing. They also have a census Ms. Virginia Vundla, ANC Librarian based in the Depart­ questionnaire, data dictionary, and the Enumerator's Instruc­ ment of Information and Publicity in Johannesburg, died on tion Manual. The data was rewritten onto two CD-ROMs and 16 April after a short illness. is available for interested researchers. The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) announced the appointment of Milton T. Wolf as Vice President for Collec­ PERSONNEL CHANGES tion Programs, effective Feb. 2,1998. J.D.(Jim) Pearson, eminent librarian and bibliographer in the At Michigan State University Libraries, Mrs. Onuma Ezera, field of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, died on 1 August Head, Africana Library, went on long-term sick leave as of 1997, at the age of 85. Bom in 1911, he was employed by the April 1,1997. In lune, David Tuffs was reassigned as interna­ Cambridge University Library, 1937-41 and 1945-50. In 1950 tional studies/business librarian, with collection develop­ he was appointed Librarian of the School of Oriental and ment duties for Southern Africa and Latin America. African Studies (SOAS) in London, and from then until 1972 RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE The following items have come to the attention of the editor. Lundu, Maurice Chimfwembe, ed. The Political Economy of Information on Development, Democracy, and Security in South­ ern Africa. Harare: SAPES Books, 1996. 179p. BOOKS & DOCUMENTS Argues that most of the glaring shortcomings of the overall information infrastructure are not on the transmission side; Edem, U Selong. The Effects of Job Satisfaction on Publication but are more with the generation, ownership, reception and Output Among Librarians in Africa: A Case Study from Nigerian use of the information received. Universities. Bloomington: African Studies Program (Mono­ graphs on Africana Librarianship, No 5), Indiana University, Microcomputer Applications for Library Managers: Proceedings 1997. 0 941934 73 X. $6 from: Publications, African Studies of the fifth IFLA Africa Section Workshop on Microcomputer Program , 221 W oodbu rn H all, In d iana U n iv ersity , Applications for Library Managers, University of the Western Bloomington IN 47405. Cape (Belleville), fanuary 19th-24th, 1997, edited by K. de Jager, L. Makhubela and A. Ntunja. Centre for Adult and Edoho, Felix Moses, ed. Globallization and the New World Order: Continuing Education and IFLA/ALP, 1997. Promises, Problems, and Prospects for Africa in the Twenty-First Distributed by the Advancement of Librarianship in the Century. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1976. 240p. ISBN 2-075- Third World Programme, c/o Uppsala University Library, 95517-6; $59.95. Box 510, S-751 20, Uppsala, Sweden, (ifla.alp@ub.uu.se) Contributors: Babatunde Durosomo, N. Frank Ekanem, Elizabeth A. Garbrah-Aidoo, Valentine Udoh lames, Berhanu Rosenberg, Diana. University Libraries in Africa: a Review of Mengistu, Mtumwa Mfikirwa, Emmanuel U. Nnadozie, Louis their Current State and Future Potential. London: International O. Osuji. African Institute, 1997.3 vols. (361p.) ISBN 0-85302-081-7. £50. Address: LAI, SOAS, Thornhaugh St., Russell Sq., London Lundu, Maurice Chimfwembe. The Library in the Service of WC1H 0XG. Society: Philosophical Foundation. Pretoria: Info Africa Nova, Based on data collected in 1995/96 and discussed at the 1995.189p. SCANUL-ES Conference (Lesotho, Dec. 1996). Case studies Explores role of library as an active element in the process by David Clow, Devi Pakkiri, Carol Priestley, Diana Rosenberg, of national development. Henri Sène. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 6 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 JOURNALS & ARTICLES Nigerian Library and Information Science Review (Journal of the Africa Bibliography 1995, in addition to indexed list of 5244 Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Library Association), vols. references: 12/13 (1994-1995) includes: • Olivier Coeur de Roy, "The Internet in Africa," pp. vi-xix; • B.O. Ikhizama, "Collection Development Management in • Hans Panofsky, "Africana at Northwestern University," the 1990's." pp. xx-xxiv; • G.O. Akinpelu, "Technical Service Management in Times • Evelyn J.A. Evans, "The Ghana Library Services," pp. of Fiscal Austerity." xxv-xxvi. • Helga Faluwoye, "Serials Management in Academic and Special Libraries." Focus on International and Comparative Librarianship. See chttp: / • Ollufunmilayo G. Tamuno, "Strategic Planning for //www.fdgroup.co.uk/intro.htm> for table of contents. Vol. Budgeting and Administration." 27, no. 3 (Dec. 1996) includes: • D.F. Elaturoti, "Strategic Planning for Collection Devel­ • A1 Kagan, "A personal view of the IFLA Beijing Confer­ opment." ence," p. 172-3; • Olivier Sagna , "Africa, the information highway and the Shiraz Durrani, "The other Kenya: underground and alterna­ international French-speaking community," p. 184-93. tive literature." Collection Building, v. 16, no. 2 (1997): 80-87. Innovation (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa), no. 13 (Dec. 1996): Gibbs, Ann. "Indiana University Libraries' Somali poster • John Aitchison, "Acid rain on computers." preservation project." Microform and Imaging Review 26,1 • Christopher Merrett, "The medium or the message?" (1997):34-36. • Leonie Prozesky, "You cannot lease wisdom;" Describes procedures used to preserve posters and print • Justin Chisenga, "Information technology and skills in libraries materials in the IU Somali collection with a Title IIC grant in Lesotho from the U.S. Dept, of Education. • Cara Pretorias, "The costs of CD-ROM technology • Margaret Crampton, "Publish your database on CD-ROM for Daniel G. Matthews, "Surfing Africa's Information Super­ profit" [about NISC]; highway." Current Bibliography on African Affairs, v. 27(4) • Margaret Sandwith, "An assessment of the usefulness of the (1995-96): 283-5. Editorial overview and comments on a few of Internet." the Internet sites concerning Africa. New Review o f Information and Library Research, vol. 2 (1996): Roger Pfister, "O n the Utility Side of the Internet for African • A.A. Alemna, "An overview of the library and informa­ Studies and Africa: A Researcher's Experiences." Current tion research scene in West Africa," pp. 57-71. A look at the Bibliography on African Affairs, v. 28 (1) (1996-97): 5-19. problems facing those wanting to publish. • Alii A.S. Mcharazo & Anthony Olden (Tanzania Library Suttie, Mary-Lynn. "Libraries and librarianship in anglophone Service & Thames Valley Univ.), "The Intra-African Book Africa in the 1990s." Librarianship and Information Work World­ Support Scheme and publishing and library supply in wide, 1996/97, pp. 277-298. Review of literature, citing about Kenya and Tanzania," pp. 179-194. Notes on donor support 85 references. Concludes by emphasizing cautious optimism and publishing in the 2 countries. of D. Rosenberg, "Can libraries in Africa ever be sustainable?" Information development, 10,4 (1994): 247-251. REFERENCE SOURCES NOTES the future development of the Hans Zell list. The Hans Zell journals (African Book Publishing Record, African Studies Ab­ Basler AfrikaBibliographien (Switzerland; bab@bluewin.ch) stracts and the International African Bibliography), will prob­ offers an annotated Namibia bibliographical update on the ably continue under the Bowker-Saur imprint. Bowker-Saur In tern e t to su b scrib ers of N am N et (see: nam n et- will "probably" proceed with the new 5th edition of African request@lisse.na). Books in Print (which had a planned June 1998 publication date) as it fits into the overall publishing strategy of Bowker- Columbia University Libraries maintains "Chiefs of state Saur as a publisher of major reference and 'books-in-print' and cabinet members of African governments, 1996-97," based databases. Hans Zell's consultancy agreement with Bowker- on the US Central Intelligence Agency's Chiefs of state and Saur will end on 31 December 1997. cabinet members of foreign governments (Washington, DC: US C en tral In te llig e n c e A gency, 1997) at from the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program of the U.S. Department of Education. The Hans Zell imprint is being transferred from Bowker-Saur With this funding, the AMP will continue to build its database to another publisher, possibly within the Reed group, with a of film and video citations with critical evaluations, summa­ good reputation in the African Studies field in order to ensure ries, and content inventories. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 7 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 NISC (National Information Services Corporation; Wyman NEW REFERENCE TITLES Towers, 3100 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21218; chttp:// www.nisc.com>) offers two titles on DC-ROM: The following items or issues are noted. African Studies. Databases on the 1961-1996 disk: Africa For more titles, see the annual "Africana Reference Books" Institute (Pretoria); Southern African Database (Sardius); in The African Book Publishing Record, no. 2. School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) Library Cata­ logue: Africa; Bibliography on Contemporary African Politics Arab-Islamic Biographical Archiv = Arabisch-Islamisches and Development; International Library of African Music; for Biographisches Archiv, microfiche ed. Munich: Saur, 1994-1998. a total of over 180,000 bibliographic references. Cost: $995.00. Reproduces a one-alphabet cumulation of biographical refer­ South African Studies includes following databases: Index to ence works on the Arab world. Will contain about 450 fiches South African Periodicals (1987-); South African National on 80,000 individuals. U.S. distributor: University Publica­ Bibliography (1988-); National English Literary Museum tions of America. (1990-); Knipkat from the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN); Index to South Afri­ Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa, edited by Joseph O. Vogel. can Theses and Dissertations (early 1900s-); Investor's Guide Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press (c/o Sage Publications), (quarterly updates); Witwatersrand University Management 1997. $124.95. Research Reports (1970-). Total of 159,000 bibliographic records. Cost: $845. K alo n ji, M .T. Z ezeze. D ictionnaire des organisations interafricaines: lexiques et textes. Paris: GIRAF (6 rue Lacépède, South African Provinces: For details on former homelands, 75005). 1168p. $120. new provinces and magisterial districts, consult Standard Code List of Areas, issued by the Central Statistical Service. 11th Pfister, Roger. Bibliography of Swiss Doctoral Dissertations on edition (1993) and 12th edition (1994). The CSS has also issued sub- Saharan Africa, 1897-1996 = Bibliographie des thèses de a new title, Provincial Statistics, with separate parts for each doctorat suisses sur l'Afrique noire, 1897-1996. Berne: Swiss province, including maps and lists of magisterial districts. — Society of African Studies; Swiss National Commission for Laureen Rushby, Government Publications Librarian, Uni­ UNESCO, 1997. 76pp. 439 titles and an index in French and versity of Cape Town Libraries (laureen@uctlib.uct.ac.za). English. Orders to: Roger Pfister (roger.pfister@bluewin.ch), Stockerenweg 15, CH-3014 Berne, Switzerland. NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENTS Basler Africa Bibliographien (Klosterberg 21, Postfach, CH- 4001 Basel, Switzerland) issued lists in April entitled "Offer of Africa Book Centre (38 King St., London W C2E 8JT; New and Second-Hand Books and Publications from and ) has print and electronic lists about " [various parts of Africa]. There are 1881 titles, with of new books, with several focusing on South Africa. Its Book prices. Review no. 8 (Sept. 1997) includes extracts from a new book by Ngugi and another about Chinua Achebe. Bennett-Penvenne (162 Oak St., Duxbury, MA 02332; bennet- l@idt.net) distributed List no. 58 (Livros: Books & Pamphlets African Books Collective (The Jam Factory, 27 Park End St., on Africa & the Portuguese & Spanish Worlds). Oxford OX11HU, UK) issued a Spring 1997 Catalogue and the 21st batch of cards. Its ABC Newsline, no. 3 (May 1997) notes Bethany Books (PO Box 7444, S-103 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Internet Bookshop address of . No.Amer. branch: PO Box 6808125, San Antonio, TX 78268) has issued several volumes by Franklin Vivekananda and African Imprint Library Services has moved to 70 Ocean others in its "Series on Africa - the Awakening Giant." View Rd., Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107. Postal address; P.O. Box 2780, South P o rtlan d , ME 04116-2780, USA. E m ail: Black Classic Press (PO Box 13414, Baltimore, MD 21203- ; website at . Lists of titles recently acquired are available at these works of Yosef Ben-Jochannan. Of interest to Africanists is: websites, and new lists are added regularly. Country sites as Flora Shaw Lugard, A Tropical Dependency (1906; 1996). of 4/16/97: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Peter N. Chateh, retired librarian from the University of Zimbabwe. Yaounde is now acquiring publications from Cameroon for the Library of Congress. He is willing to do the same for other Athelia Henrietta Press, Inc. (1194 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, libraries with which he can reach an agreement. If you are NY 11226) publishes books about Yoruba religion and culture. interested in arranging for him to purchase publications from Details in its newsletter, Alaroye, v. 1, no. 1 (Aug./Oct. 1997). Cameroon for your library, please contact him at P O Box 8372, Yaounde, Cameroon. Backlist (c/o Stephen Powell - Bookseller, PO Box 791, Doylestown, PA 18901; 215-340-1400) issued a Jan. 1997 cata­ d.a.p. (Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 155 6th Ave., 2d Floor, log "African Literature, listing OP and used books. New York, NY 10013-1507; tel: 212-627-1999) has a brief list of books by and about African and African-American artists. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 8 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 Forkpa Kemah (Medical College Library, Univ. of Liberia, PO Papa Jeng's Books (c/o Momodou Camara, Charlotte Box 9020, Monrovia, Liberia) offers newspapers and other Muncksvej 20, DK-2400 NV, Denmark) offers books such as material from Liberia. As mails to (but not from) Liberia The Senegambia Woman (1996; 75.00 Dkr.) on Gambia and continue to a problem, contact the ALN editor for details. development. Graywolf Press (2402 University Ave., Suite 203, St. Paul, MN Sedco Publishing Limited (P.O. Box 2051, Accra, Ghana) 55114; 612-641-0077) offers reprints of some literature, includ­ produces educational books such as Why Frogs Croak in Water ing several by Nuruddin Farah. and Other Stories, by Stephen Y. Manu. Heinemann (361 Hanover St., Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912; Sentinel Projects (63 Stones Drive, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, custserv@heinemann.com) issued its "World Literature" an­ HX6 4NY, England; sentinel@tragedy.demon.co.uk) is a small notated 45-page catalog and a separate "African Studies 1997" publishing house specializing in personal accounts of ordi­ list. nary people involved in major events. At present their main project is "Sentinel SADF Monographs," which deal mainly Indiana University Press (601 No. Morton St., Bloomington, with accounts of South African conscripts involved in the IN 47404-3797) distributed its "African Studies" catalog. South African Defense Force between 1975 and 1994. In South­ ern Africa, contact: PO Box 100-575, Scottsville 3209. Indigo Publications (10 Rue du Sender, F-75002 Paris, France), publishers of Indian Ocean Newsletter, have started a series of Transaction Publishers (Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ 08903; biographical directories. Previous volumes: Madagascar (Au­ ) has a African Studies gust 1995), Ivory Coast (December 1995), Mozambique (May catalog of annotated titles, m any from the N ordiska 1996) and Gabon (November 1996). The fifth volume in the Afrikainstitutet list. series, Ethiopia - The Top 100 People, edited by Isabelle Verdier, is on sale at US$360 (FFr. 1,800, £240) a copy. Like the other University of Chicago Press (5801 So. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL volumes in the series, it is also available on the web at for US$3 per biography. Karthala (22-24 boulevard Arago, 75013 Paris) issued its 96- BOOK AWARDS page, indexed Catalogue 97. Commonwealth Writers Prize: Livres de l'Afrique Céntrale (1531 Walnut St., Berkeley, CA Best Book category for Africa: Yvonne Vera, Under the 94709; 510-841-6732; email: wdrake@sirius.com) distributed a tongue (Harare: Baobab Books, 1996) list of 18 titles. Best First Book Published in the Africa Region: Ronnie Govender, At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories (Arcadia, Lynne Rienner (1800 30th St., Suite 314 (T2-31), Boulder, CO South Africa: Hibbard, 1996). 80301-1026) now distributes Three Continents Books, which emphasize distinctive voices in African and Caribbean litera­ Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: ture and criticism. The jury, consisting of Walter Bgoya (chair), Adewale Maja- Pearce, Kay Raseroka, Thandika Mkandawire and Mary Jay, Macmillan Education (Houndmills, Basingstoke, RG1 6XS, considered 133 titles from 80 publishers in 19 African coun­ UK; ) issued "Books tries. They drew attention to the spirit of the Award (to for Schools and Colleges" for the African market. encourage and reward genuinely autonomous African pub­ lishers and African writers) and selected the following: McBlain Books (PO Box 5062, Hamden, CT 06518) issued Winner: Catalog 137 (Sub-Saharan Africa), an indexed list of 1165 A. Adu Boahen's Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A scarce and rare books. Centenary History, 1876-1976 (Accra, Ghana: Sankofa Educa­ tional Publishers, Lts., 1996) was named the winner of the 1997 Middle EurAsian Books (Box #67045,3200 Erin Mills Pkwy, award. The book presents the story of the making of modern Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1W8; 905-828-1014) offers Ghana through the life history of one school. Russian-language titles on African and Oriental studies. Special Commendation: Améba Neves de Souo, Guia bibliográfico para o estudante de Norman Ross Publishing, Inc. (330 West 58th St., New York, historia de Mogambique (Maputo: Centro de Estudos Africanos, NY 10019; 212-765-8200) is taking over filming of some Afri­ Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, 1996). Bibliography of about can newspapers for the Library of Congress. 1000 entries, some annotated, for history to 1930. Honourable Mention: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (PO Box 1703, SE-751 47 Uppsala, The Jailer's Book, by Ken Barris (Groote Schuur, South Africa: Sweden) started a new series in French (Document de recher­ Kagiso Publishers, 1996); che). Its publications are distributed by Africa Book Centre Propaganda by Monuments and Other Stories, by Ivan (for the UK market) and Transaction Publishers (New Vladislavic (Cape Town: David Philip, 1995); Brunswick, NJ) for the US market. The Road Out, by Dan Wylie (Plumstead, South Africa: Snailpress, 1996). AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 9 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 Senegalese President's Prize for Literature. The 1996 winner Index to the African Studies Review/Bulletin and the ASA Review was Louis Camara, for his novel Le choix de VOri (Edition of Books, 1958-1990, compiled by lohn Bruce Howell (ASA Xamal).— African publ. rev. Press, 1991) is available at EVENTS Greg Meyer (gfmeyer@aol.com) maintains a mailing list that forwards news and information about Rwanda and the Great The Fourth Annual National Book Week, organized by the Lakes Region of Africa. The news is from the United Nations Nigerian Book Foundation (NBF), was held 21-27 April 1997 Information Center, Amnesty International, and various with the theme: Meeting the Book Needs of the Rural Family NGO's. through Effective Book Promotion and Distribution. The fol­ lowing awards were conferred: Legal Deposit Award - to National Archives of Namibia website: . Bookselling - to University of Lagos Bookshop. Other events: Press releases by the new government of the of Congo • NBF Forum on Books; (Kinshasa) are available through New Congo Net (NCN) at • National Conference on Book Development; A hard-copy • World Book and Copyright Day. version, NCN Report, was to debut in August 1997; $50 for 12 Further information available from "Muyiwa Obiyomi, NBF, monthly issues. Contact: The Marek Enterprise, Inc., 11733 4, Ezi-Ajana Lane (Umukwa), PO Box 1132, Awka, Anambra Bowman Green Drive, Reston, VA 20190-3501. State. Oromo and other Horn of Africa web sites: . LITERATURE ON THE BOOK TRADE African Publishing Review (PO Box 3773, Harare; geminico@ harare.iafrica.com) appears every 2 months, with news on The University of Florida, at has developed a variety of mate­ $50 (air); less inside Africa. rial for (currently) seventeen African writers. BookNotes for Africa, no. 1 (March 1996)-, is a twice-yearly Sites produced at the University of Western Australia, per compilation of reviews on recent Africa-related publications Jean-Marie Volet: of potential interest to theological educators and libraries in Africa. Sponsored by the Theological College of Central Af­ gives information (in French and in English) about dozens of rica (Zambia) and Harare Theological College. Subscription Francophone African writers; rate (2 years): $6 for African addresses; $10 elsewhere. From: for an outline of the literature of many Francophone African countries; Makotsi, Ruth L. & Lily K. Nyariki. Publishing and Book Trade for a wide selection of literary work by these 172p. authors. Sheikh, Mohamoud Mohamed. "Book Selling in Kenya," Asian/ Pacific Book Development, v. 27, no.2, pp. 11-12. NEW SERIALS African Construction Bulletin, no. 1 (Dec. 1995)-, is available ONLINE FILES from Builders Resources Limited, no. 17 Kent House, Bourne Rd., Bexley Kent, DA5 1LR, UK, for £50. An A-Z of Africa on the Internet, by Peter Limb. At African Journal on Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolu­ tion, v. 1, no. 1 (Jan-Mar 1997)-. A quarterly survey of peace, Africa Update, a quarterly begun in 1993 by Central Connecti­ security, peacekeeping and conflict management. Published cu t S tate U .'s A frican Stu d ies Program is at by the OAU Conflict Management Division (Addis Ababa). . AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 10 JULY/OCTOBER 1997 DELTA is a non-profit magazine focusing on Ogoni, Shell and Research Museum New York International African Institute, Nigeria. It offers news and background concerning environ­ Inc. Price is $21.99 from Dr. Toe at 716-862-9260; or the Mu­ mental and human rights in Nigeria, with articles by key seum (3071 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, NY 14215). figures involved in the African pro-democracy and interna­ tional green movement. DELTA #3 was due for production in First Run/Icarus Films (153 Waverly Place, New York, NY August. Annual subscription fees are $20 - $50 according to 10014) issues "Seventeen Recent Films and Videos from and income, with a $10 fee for bank costs. Free subscription is about Africa". available to libraries in Africa and to those of negligible income. Contact DELTA at Box Z, 13 Biddulph Street, Leices­ Mypheduh Films, Inc. (2714 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, ter LE2 1BH, UK; e-mail: ; chttp:// DC 20001; tel: 202-234-4755) distributes independent films by www.McSpotlight.org/beyond/delta2_nov96.html>. Africans & Africans of the Diaspora. Among the titles: Haile Gerima's Sankofa. Egerton Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (1995)-. Published in January and July by Egerton University, P.O. Box 536, Njoro, Kenya. ISSN O RSTOM au d io v isu el. Catalogue des film s. 1996. 1021-1128. A multidisciplinary biannual. First 2 issues in­ 112p.Annotations in French, English and Spanish. Address: clude articles on agriculture, economics, education, literature 32, ave. Henri Varagnat, 93143 Bondy Cedex, France. and history. Annual subscription: $40; $25 in Africa. University of California Extension's Center for Media & Inde­ Geoinformation Africa, Issue 1 (1997)- is "Africa's geographic pendent Learning (2000 Center St., Berkeley, CA 94704; systems magazine." It is available from Geoinformation Inter­ cmil@uclink.berkeley.edu) has a list of films and videos on national, 307 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cam­ African and African-American Studies. Among the new re­ bridge, CB4 4ZD, UK. It includes an insert, EIS News, which is leases is "The Dream Becomes a Reality (?)" about Eritrean also available at chttp: / /www.grida.no/eis-ssa/eis-ssa.htm>. independence. Gur Papers /Cahiers Voltaïques (Lehrstuhl Afrikanistik I, z.Hd. The World Bank Film and Video Unit (External Affairs Dept., Frau Inge Neuner, Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433; tel 202 473 2149; Fakulté, Universitat Bayreuth, Postfach 101251, D-95440 email chobbsl@worldbank.org) has hundreds of documenta­ Bayreuth, Germany; E-Mail: Afrikanistikl@Uni-Bayreuth.de) ries as well as raw footage available at low prices. No. 1 has appeared. The price per copy is DM 20. US custom­ ers can send a cheque on an USA bank over $15 per copy or pay by transfer to the account of M. v. Roncador, no. 036479780, SELECTED NEW BOOKS Bank One NA, Dayton, Columbus, OH 43271-1045. Adult education in Tanzania: Swedish Contributions in Perspective IRKIf newsletter of the Nubian Studies and Documentation Linköping, Sw eden: V uxentbildarcentrum , Linköping Centre, appeared recently. Available for $40/year from NSDC Universitet, ?1997. SEK 160. Cairo Office, 1 Abdel-Moniem Sanad Str. al-Shaafiyeen, Giza- Cairo 12411, Egypt. Lou Belletan. La Guerre de la salive. (1995). About the Comoros islands. Available from: Djahazi editions c/o S. Flore, 38 Cite Journal of African Travel-Writing, no. 1 (1996)-. A semi-annual, Ferdinand Bd. St. Francois, 97400 St. Denis, Reunion. Price with scholarly articles, personal narratives, fiction, poetry, FF110 including postage. etc. Sponsored by the Institute of African American Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Available for $10 Conflicts in Africa: An Analysis of Crises and Crisis Prevention to individuals, $14 to libraries, from JATW, PO Box 346, Measures. Brussels: GRIP, 1997. A collection of studies result­ Chapel Hill, NC 27514. ing from the work of the Commission on African Regions in Crisis, set up by the King Baudouin Foundation and Médecins sans frontières. 895BEF + 90 BEF (postage). Also available in FILMS & VIDEOS French & Dutch. Cinema Guild, Inc. (1697 Broadway, Suite 506, New York, NY; Kabile, Le retour du Congo. Ottignies Louvain-la-Neuve (Rue ) announced du Viaduc, 32-B-1340): Editions Quorum SPRL, 1997. $20.85 two 1996 African Studies releases: plus $7.00 for shipping and handling. • "Chinua Achebe: the Importance of Stories," directed by Cambiz Khosravi; Seyoum Hameso. State, Society and Development: An Assess­ • "Domestic Differences," directed by Mathew Kaufman. ment of African Experience. 31 lp. Published (1997) by TSC Publications, P.O.Box 12879, London, W13 8WS, UK.. £ 45.00. Development Through Self-Reliance, Inc. (DSR, 9111 Guilford Rd., Columbia, MD 21046) distributed a catalog of "African Seyoum Hameso, Trevor Trueman, and Temesgen Erena (eds.) Films & Videos." Ethiopia: Conquest and Quest for Freedom and Democracy. London: TSC Publications, 1997. 201pp includes index. ISBN Faces of Our African Ancestors: Interpreting African Arts from an 0953020152. £13.50 or ($25). Available from publisher at POB African Perspective is a cultural education video type on Afri­ 12879, London, W13 8WS; or editors at: . — continued on page 12 ALC REGULARS James Armstrong........................9251-823-404; mailbox@loc-isb.sdnpk. undp.org; fax -401; 09812-2200 Working list Helene Baum ann........................919-660-5847; hsb@mail.lib.duke.edu; fax 684-2855; 27708 (corrections Julianne B e a ll...............................jbea@loc.gov welcome) of Ruby A. B ell-G am ..................... 310-825-1518; bellgam@library.ucla.edu; fax 206-4974; 90024-1575 telephone, Phyllis B. 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Lamu: Hiistory, Society, and Family in an East African Port City. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener, 1997. 310p. ACRL - Association of College & Research Errata sheet available from author at: Dept, of History, Towson Libraries (ALA) University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252-0001. ALA - American Library Association (Chicago) ALC - Africana Librarians Council (formerly Salvadori, Cynthia. We Came in Dhows: Stories of the Indian Archives-Libraries Committee) of ASA Pioneers in Kenya. Nairobi: Paperchase Kenya Ltd. (PO Box ASA - African Studies Association (U.S.) 18800), 1997? 3 vols. (600p.) $100. bibliog. indexes. CAMP - Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CRL) Spear, Thomas. Mountain Farmers. Oxford: James Currey; Dar es Salaam: Mkuku na Nyota; Berkeley: University of Califor­ CRL - Center for Research Libraries (Chicago) nia Press, 1997. EFLA - International Federation of Library Associations LC - Library of Congress MELA - Middle East Librarians Association MSU - Michigan State University SCOLMA - Standing Conf. on Library Materials on Africa U. - University ■uoi;n;i;sut Hpun^oddo-ivnbd 'uoipv-dat}üuuiffv uv si nSW I Z ojsj i iu L ia j Ç£0ï-re88l7 ireSiipiw ‘Suisireq isug ‘âuisireq g J01U03 jBuopcuraiui 00I as\d ÂiisjSATUfi 3u n s ireSiqoijv HOVXSOd S'il HH1NH3 S3ICIÎ1LS NVDIHdV •§iO njojj-uoM