AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER ISSN 0148-7868 Africana Libraries Newsletter (ALN) is published quarterly by the Michigan State University Libraries and African Studies Center. Those copying contents are asked to cite ALN as their TABLE OF CONTENTS source. ALN is produced to support the work of the Africana Librarians Council (ALC) of the African Studies Association. It carries the meeting minutes of ALC, CAMP (Cooperative Africana Microform Project) and other relevant groups. It also reports other items of interest Editor's Comments to Africana librarians and those concerned about information resources about or in Africa. Acronyms Editor: Joseph J. Lauer, Africana Library, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048. Tel.: 517-355-2366; E-mail: 20676jjl@msu.bitnet; Fax: 517-336-1445. ALC/CAMP NEW S............................................... 2 Deadline for no. 72: October 1, 1992; for no. 73: January 1,1993. Calendar of Future Meetings ALC Meeting in Iowa City (April 24) Business Meeting Minutes Cataloging Committee Meeting Minutes EDITOR’S COMMENTS Bibliography Committee Meeting Minutes Executive Board Meeting Minutes Copy and materials contributed by Helene Baumann, Phyllis Bischof, Moore Conover Porter Award Selection Committee Crossey, David Easterbrook, Vicki Evalds, Karen Fung, John Howell, A1 Kagan, CAMP Meeting Minutes (April 25) Mary Alice Kraehe, Nancy Schmidt, Mette Shayne, Janet Stanley, Gretchen Walsh, Elizabeth Widenmann. Serials Canceled or Wanted Apologies to Charles Hamaker (Assistant Dean for Collection Management, Louisiana State University), whose name was spelled incorrectly on pages 5 and OTHER NEW S.......................................................10 6 of the last issue. Librarians at Michigan State report that his comments on News from other Associations: Calendar bibliographers were well received at the very recent ALA meeting in San Free Materials Offered & Requested: Francisco. Boston; Michigan State; Kenya Methodist Major contents of this issue are the minutes of the spring meeting at the Resources at Libraries and Research Centers: University of Iowa. The Archives-Libraries Committee became the Africana Indiana (Sankara); MSU (Maryland State Colon.); Librarians Council, but no change in activities was involved. Rather, the word Royal Commonwealth Society; SOAS; Yale. Committee was dropped because Delaware law (where the African Studies Personnel: Cluley Association is registered) restricts the use of “committee” to those whose -continued on p.9 RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES & INFORMATION SCIENCE................................. 11 Journals & Articles ACRONYMS REFERENCE SOURCES.......................................11 Data on Diskette Notes «Africap Books Collective; or Africa Book Centre New Reference Titles ALA *American Library •Association (Chicago) 1 Book Review by Baumann: Zimbabwe Publishers ALC ' Africana Librartans Council (formerly :' | | A r & l v e s L i h r a r a ^ A S A -.' NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS.......12 ■ASA 1 African Stud ie$ Vendor Announcements ;CAM P ♦Coojperative Afrka ha Microform i Book Awards CRL - Center for Research Libraries (Chicago) ;:;; Literature on the Book Trade 1FLA* International Federation of Library Associations Serial Change LC - Llbraiy of Congress New Serials Videos M ELA ’♦Middle East Librarians Association''. ; CD-ROM Products MSU * Michigan State University. Selected New Books SCOLMA ♦Standing ConL oh Library Materials oh Africa Special Issues of Journals U* - University UCLA ♦ University of California* Los Angeles AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 2 JULY 1992 AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL / CAMP NEWS CALENDAR OF FUTURE M EETINGS Baumann led the discussion, which was limited to the 1st, 3rd and 7th proposals. The following decisions were made: November 20-23, 1992, Seattle - ASA Annual Meeting. • The name of the ALC is changed from “Archives-Libraries April 29-30, 1993, East Lansing - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting. Committee” to Africana Librarians Council (without an apos­ December 3-7,1993, Boston - ASA Annual Meeting. trophe). (Amendment 3) Fall 1994, Toronto - ASA Annual Meeting. • Somethi ng about archives (or archivists) is to be added to Section Fall 1995, Orlando - ASA Annual Meeting. II (Purposes and Aims) of the bylaws. • Agreed to replace “chairperson” with “chair” and “by-laws” with “bylaws” throughout document. AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL • Rejected proposed two-year term for Chair, which will remain a BUSINESS M EETING M INUTES one-year position. Friday, April 24,1992,1:45-3:15pm. • The word “Subcommittee” becomes “Committee” (section VII Iowa House, Iowa City, Iowa and elsewhere). • Revised section VII (Committees) to read: There will be two The meeting was called to order by Onuma Ezera, Chair, with Mette standing committees: Bibliography and Cataloging. Other Shayne as secretary. committees as needed will be formed on the recommendation of the Executive Board, with the approval of two-thirds of those Present were: Helene Baumann (Duke U.), Arefaine Belay (Na­ present at the annual meeting. The ALC chair in consultation tional Library of Ethiopia, Addis Abeba), Ruby Bell-Gam (U. of with the Executive Board shall select persons to head these California, Los Angeles), Phyllis Bischof (U. of California, Berke­ committees. Committee chairs in turn shall recruit secretaries. ley), Christopher Boyd (African Imprint Library Service), Moore There should be two-year terms for committee chairs and secre­ Crossey (Yale U.), David Easterbrook (Northwestern U.), Kay taries, with reappointment possible. All committees shall be Elsasser (Library of Congress), Onuma Ezera (Michigan State U.), reviewed every two years. (Amendment 4) Gregory Finnegan (Dartmouth College), Karen Fung (Stanford), Beverly Gray (Library of Congress), Lorraine Haricombe (U. of A LN Report (Lauer) Illinois, Urbana), Foster House (U. of Malawi, Zomba), Joseph Pre-meeting issues were sent first class to ALC members. There Lauer (Michigan State U.), Robert W. Lesh (Northwestern U.), was some discussion about adding library associations to the Peter Malanchuk (U. of Florida), Valerie Mwalilino (Library of mailing list. The editor urged contributors to submit copy well Congress), Razia Nanji (U. of Florida), Dorothy Niekamp (Indiana before the deadlines. U.), Elizabeth Plantz (Northwestern U.), Miriam Runge (U. of Iowa), Yvette Scheven (U. of Illinois), Nancy Schmidt (Indiana U.), Future ALC meetings Mette Shayne (Northwestern U.), Andrea Stamm (Northwestern (Schmidt & Ezera) Fall meeti ng in Seattle will start Friday morning, U.), Dorothy Washington (Schomburg Collection, New York Pub­ Nov. 20, with executive meetings both before and after the business lic Library), David Westley (Boston U.), Elizabeth A. Widenmann meeting. CAMP will be on Saturday. There will be a panel (time (Columbia U.), and Conrad Winke (Northwestern U.). unknown) on African bibliographies with the following partici­ pants: David Henige, Yvette Scheven, Robert A. Myers (compiler Introductions of several Clio Press bibliographies), Bernth Lindfors (author of the Sheila D. Creth (University of Iowa Librarian) welcomed those in valuable bibliography of African literature), and Hans Zell, who attendance and reported on the Library’s relationship with CICS will represent publishers of bibliographies. Both Clio Press and (Center for International and Comparative Studies). Greenwood Press declined invitations. Michael McNulty (chair of the Geography Department) talked Spring 1993 meeting will be in East Lansing. After discussion and about the growth in international studies and about an exchange with a straw vote, it was agreed to meet on Thursday and Friday, April Ibadan that included shipping duplicate books. 29-30. Minutes from the fall meeting in Saint Louis \ALN Jan. 1992] were Library of Congress reports approved with the following changes: African Section report submitted by Gray: 1) In the paragraph on the discussion of West Africa Office, As time constraints prevented full institutional reports at our Taussig should be replaced with David Leishman. November 1991 meeting, this report includes some information that 2) In the second paragraph on the Book Famine Task Force report, would have been presented at that time. the second sentence should read: Of the eight replies, seven were Last year the African Section reported two acquisitions-related positive; only one was unable to provide practical assistance at this trips. Beginning March 22,1991, Laveme Page made a five-week time. publication survey to Angola, Cameroon, central African Republic, Congo, and Gabon. A trip report is in progress. In late spring, Subcommittee reports [See full reports at end of minutes.] Beverly Gray, with other members of the West Africa Survey Team (WAST), Surveyed five cities (Lagos, Lome, Accra, Abidjan, and Bylaws Committee review Dakar) as possible sites for a proposed Library of Congress West (This continued the discussion begun in Washington and St. Louis. African field office. LC WAST members also made useful acqui­ See ALN Oct. 1991, p.2, for list of 9 proposed amendments.) sitions contacts. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 3 JULY 1992 Work is near completion on U.S. Imprints on Sub-Saharan preparing books under the Country Studies—Area Handbook Pro­ Africa, v ol.,6/7,1990/91. Edited by Joanne Zellers, the volume will gram, reports progress on several sub-Saharan Africa volumes: contain 1648 entries, and it will include contents notes for some 120 Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan - estimated for 1992; edited works. Somalia, Zaire, South Africa, Ghana - estimated for 1993; The African Section has begun to offer briefings on Africana Indian Ocean Islands, Cameroon - recently commissioned. library resources to local African studies classes. Also, we now have available, for consultation in the section, a print-out of titles in LC Nairobi Office - Ruth A. Thomas prepared the following report our reference collection. The list provides main-entry, subject, and on recent activities: shelf list number access. 1. Published in FY92: Quarterly Index of Periodical Literature, Arrearage reduction continues as one of the Library’s major Eastern and Southern Africa, vol. 1, nos. 1-4, and Accessions List: activities. The section’s pamphlet collection, identified as an Eastern Africa, vol. 24, nos. 5 & 6. uncataloged arrearage, is receiving collection level cataloging. To 2. Acquisitions trips made thus far in FY92: Botswana, Burundi, date, 313 MARC catalog records have been created for some 9100 Comoros, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swazi land, pieces. and Zambia. Work on Julian Witherell’s “United States and Sub-Saharan 3. Contract representatives now serve in the following countries: Africa: Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government-Spon­ Botswana, Ethiopia (including one in Asmara, Eritrea), Lesotho, sored Publications, 1981-1990" has been suspended. This 5,000- Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Reunion, Rwanda, Tanzania, entry draft guide, unlike its earlier editions, is based solely on LC Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. holdings. The entry sheets, which are arranged by country, will be 4. Weekly Review (Nairobi), 1975-1991, is being filmed in New photocopied and made available for consultation in the section. Delhi. In June 1991, the African and Middle Division made the second 5. Noteworthy special acquisitions: 386 scattered issues of 7 of two interim moves during renovation of the Adams Building different Somali newspapers (July 1991-March 1992). (LA). The African Section relocated from the north side to the east side of the first floor LA; telephone numbers remain the same. Upon Thomas requested feedback concerning the publications sent on completion of the renovation work, the division is scheduled to the LC blanket order for East Africa. Scheven and Widenmann move to the Jefferson Building. mentioned that some titles of inspirational nature should have been The acting chief of the African and Middle Eastern Division is Dr. excluded. Tanzanian newspapers have not been coming, while the George Atiyeh, head of the Near East Section. He will serve as Kenyan newspaper receipts have been satisfactory. Widenmann acting chief until a replacement is named. would like two cards attached to each publication. The Near East Section is holding discussions with RLIN concern­ ing the latter’s taking over the Near East National Union List Overseas Operations Division report by Mwalilino: (NENUL). It is proposed that RLIN edit and input NENUL records There are changes in the automation system, and the section is and publish the remaining volumes, volumes one, covering the working on improving African language expertise. Elsasser’s letter “A” was issued in 1987. In March, the near East Section issued appointment as head of cataloging team for North Africa and the Arabic-English and English-Arabic Dictionaries in the Library of Middle East was noted. Congress, compiled by George D. Selim. It is available from the Government Printing Office for S6.50. A fact sheet on the West Africa Office made following points: Dr. Zuhair Jwaideh, who retired a year ago as chief, Near Eastern 1. In response to a LC request, Congress provided funds for staff and African Law Division, died in November 1991. That division travel and consultant expenses during FY91 “to determine the reports that Islamic Domestic Relations and Refugee and Immigra­ feasibility and cost effectiveness over current dealer arrangements tion Laws, both of which contain chapters on sub-Saharan Africa, of establ ishi ng a Wes t Afri ca offi ce.” Congress f urther d irecti on th e have been submitted for publication. Library to “submit to the Committee a comprehensive analysis The Foreign Newspaper Working Group, an ad hoc LC commit­ documenting the study which compares the current dealer book tee, whose charge included examining and recommending whether acquisition effort with alternatives.” or not to keep current individual foreign newspaper titles, has 2. In FY92, the Library submitted its study to Congress, recom­ completed its work. Its final report is due out soon. Of some 90 mending that the establishment of a West African office would be African papers issued in Roman script, only two titles (Iroyin the most feasible and cost effective means to acquire and catalog Yoruba (Lagos) and Leader (Durban)) were deselected. The 1992 local publications. The report also recommended that the office be edition of Newspapers Received Currently will be available later established in Accra. this year. 3. In FY92, the Library was authorized $100,000 in support of West Other LC collections development activities include work on a African acquisitions. The Library plans to use this money to prepare new acquisitions policy statement (APS) for newspapers. The draft for the eventual establishment of a fully funded office. Plans have document,now ready for internal review, includes criteria for been developed to strengthen regional coverage by expanding the selection as recommended by Foreign Newspaper Working Group network of onsite contract agents, more frequent acquisitions trips and a proposal that the Library “review files of foreign newspaper to selected countries, and hiring temporary support staff for acqui­ titles at least every two years to determine whether they should sitions duties. Expenditures will also be to microfilm recent continue to be retained, applying [established] criteria...” In addi­ newspapers and to support some travel. tion, an APS on collecting current ephemera has been issued. It 4. Any budget request to increase this to an amount sufficient to should be noted that this document “...is not intended to disrupt any support a full field office is largely dependent on the successful established collecting activities as stated under the APS on devel­ outcome of FY92 and FY93 activities as well as on the Library’s oping countries,” which is less restrictive in scope. overall budgetary picture. The next opportunity for a new budget The Library’s Federal Research Division, now responsible for initiative will be in FY94 or FY95. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 4 JULY 1992 The Chief of Overseas Operations job is vacant after the appoint­ CATALOGING COMMITTEE MINUTES ment of Jim Armstrong to be director of field office in Rio de Iowa City, Iowa, April 24, 1992, 9 am Janeiro. Marietta Harper will travel to Nigeria and to states outside of Lagos State, especially new states. The meeting was called to order by Robert Lesh, Chair, with Elizabeth Plantz as secretary. The problems of filming of newspapers were discussed further. Gray could provide the priority list for filming of newspapers. 1. Minutes of the fall meeting [see ALN Jan. 1992, p.4.] were Backfiles of discontinued subscriptions are retained. Widenmann approved. suggested that E-mail be used to ask for missing issues. LC hopes to have E-mail and Internet available in the near future. 2. African Languages Codes Project (MARC field 041): Lesh reported that the project results and recommendations were ARL Foreign Acquisitions Project submitted to ALA’s Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Ezera reported on her contact wi th Jutta Reed-Scott who wants ALC Materials (CC:AAM) and the Subject Analysis Committee (SAC). to work on this initiative and submit a report. Issues to be discussed Both offered support for the project. Project report and letters of include: support have been forwarded to John Byrum at LC. Elsasser 1. information on collecting patterns by research libraries; reported that LC responded positively to our recommendations and 2. current and future publishing output and prices for monographs forwarded them to the National Information Standards Organiza­ and serials, by country and broad discipline; tion (NISO). 3. options for new cooperative initiatives and the strengthening of existing programs; 3. Proposed Changes to DDC Classification of Folk Literature: 4. priorities for assessing adequacy of geographic coverage; Lesh reported that the Committee’s proposal, approved at the fall 5. defining impact of diminished level of foreign acquisitions on meeting, was presented to CC:AAM and SAC in January. CC: AAM research; voted to support it, SAC did not. The proposal and the letter of 6. most effective ways to address foreign material needs of support have been forwarded to Winton Matthews, Assistant Editor, scholars. Decimal Classification Division, LC. Ezera asked for volunteers for a task force to prepare a report. The Western European task force has already submitted its report, and 4. Library of Congress Report: it is important that ALC be involved from the beginning. Easterbrook Elsasser reported on the reorganization of the Cataloging Director­ and Baumann volunteered. ate at LC. The tentative date of implementation is June 14,1992. Easterbrook felt that some of the work had already been done by The Nairobi Office has been in descriptive cataloging review for his answers to a questionnaire sent in preparation for the ARL the past six months. initiative conference that he was attending. A librarian and a scholar, representing the different world area studies programs, 5. ALA Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials would be attending this one-day (late April) meeting in Chicago. If Report: Bell-Gam reported that ALC’s two proposals [see 2 & 3 the initial meeting proves successful, similar meetings would above] had been approved by CC: AAM. They highly commend our continue on the East and West coasts. efforts and hope that other area studies groups might follow our lead. Cooperative newspaper collecting, including filming, was dis­ cussed. Members felt the cooperative newspaper project should be 6. African Language Summary Note (MARC field 520): revived. (It was recalled that the cooperative small-country project Dorothy Ann Washington presented her proposal for including the for monographs had been dropped at a previous meeting.) It was summary note (provided by the LC Nairobi Office) in the online clear that greater cooperation is needed between CRL, LC, and ALC record. Elsasser noted that this was routinely done to records for to assure timely and more complete holdings for filming. Shayne materials from LC’s New Delhi Office (see LCRI 2.7B17). The pledged to update the listing of newspapers currently received with proposal will be sent to Sarah Thomas, Director for Cataloging at those newspapers currently filmed at CRL. It was suggested that LC, requesting that LC include these notes in the online record. The this discussion continue at the CAMP meeting the following day. group would prefer, however, that the word “summary” be left out of the note if possible. It was also decided that the Committee would New business (Announcements) recommend that other libraries be encouraged to add these notes. Schmidt announced that the Serials Task Force needs a new chair as These recommendations will also be sent to Li an Tie Kho of Mwalilino has stepped down. A Nominating Committee will be CC:AAM. appointed for fall elections. Malanchukannounced that the Conover Porter Award nominees had been reduced to the final four. [See 7. New Projects: Bibliography Committee and Executive Board minutes for more a. Expansion of DT Classification Schedule details.] Elsasser reported that LC would probably be interested in such a project, after the reorganization. LC is currently working with the Gray reported on the Oral History Task Force’s project to interview University of Chicago on updating schedules for the Middle East. retired Africana librarians. The Task Force decided to compile a list Bob will write to LC to express the Committee’s interest in assisting of former members, and Easterbrook volunteered to assist with this. in the development of a draft of schedule expansion. Input for this A list of questions would be prepared and a pilot project was project will be sought from Chicago as well as from African library suggested starting with Dorothy Porter, Julian Witherell, and Jean associations. Hutson. After the initial interviews, the Task Force will report so a b. LC Language Authority Records decision can be made on the future of this project. Elsasser would like help with expanding the reference structure for AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 5 JULY 1992 language authority records. Volunteers included Bell-Gam, Lauer, 4. Announcements, Projects, Trip Reports Lesh, Plantz, Stamm, and Washington. The possibility of adding a Scheven reported that recent editions of the Macropaedia Section of field to the authority for language codes was discussed, but this is the Encyclopedia Britannica has no entry for Kenya. The cross not a decision that LC could make, reference in the Micropaedia section refers the reader to “East c. African Languages Survey Africa”. A letter will be written to the Editorial Board. Bell-Gam expressed an interest in a survey of how various libraries Shayne is updating African Newspapers Currently Received By organize and provide access for their African language materials. American Libraries, and she asked that we report these titles to her Lesh will present a draft form for discussion at the Seattle meeting. by August 1st. Newspapers received within 6 months of date of issue are current. Film subscriptions will not be listed, but film 8. Announcements: sources might be included. At LC, Ben Tucker has retired. Sarah Thomas is the new Director Finnegan asked what bibliographic indexing software ALC mem­ for Cataloging,replacing Lucia Rather. Winston Tabb is the new bers use (eg ProCite, EndNote) to include in the next version of the Director for Collection Services, replacing Henriette Avram. ASA/ALC Directory. The goal is to enable colleagues to share LC will soon publish additional guidelines about 053 for literary bibliographic citations on diskettes or via Internet when working on authors. cooperative projects. Berkeley announced that Roy Ortopan has retired and is available Bischof, Shayne and Weissinger are continuing the annual list of for cataloging projects. reference works which Scheven had been editing for African Book Northwestern is creating a test database for the indexing of Publishing Record. Let them know about new bibliographies, Africana conference papers. The test database will serve as a model reference works and bibliographic articles. for future indexing of currently received materials (1991- ) and for Margaret Binns’ article “The Documentation of African Re­ a grant project to index 1982-1990 materials. search” (Afr. Res. & Doc. no.56, 1991, p.1-34) is meant as back­ ground information for a IAI/CODESRIA meeting in Dakar, whose date has not yet been set. BIBLIOGRAPHY COMMITTEE MINUTES Malanchuk and Nanji will be updating the Africa section of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, April 24,1992, 11 am next edition of Bill Katz’s Magazines for Libraries. Nanji is producing an alphabetical list of the Fortune Collection, The Meeting was called to order by the Chair, Janet Stanley, with about 1,700 titles primarily in or about Shona, which the University Helene Baumann as secretary. of Florida acquired about five years ago. Eventually she will break it down into subject categories. 1. Conover-Porter Award Mwalilino wants to hear about researchers working on the history 38 titles have been nominated. Stanley, as Bibliography Subcom­ of printing and publishing in SubSaharan Africa. mittee Chair, prepared a list of these titles with copies of or citations to reviews. The Conover-Porter Subcommittee members are Ezera, Bischof, and Malanchuk (Chair). The winner of the Award will be ALC EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES announced at the annual ASA meeting in Seattle in November. Friday, April 24, 1992, 4:00-5:00pm Iowa House, Iowa City, Iowa 2. Updating Select Africana Bibliographies Schmidt collated a list of bibliographies and other reference works The meeting was called to order by Onuma Ezera, Chair, with Mette that she thought should be updated. Some titles could be done Shayne as secretary. cooperatively, or publishers should be urged to find updaters. Discussion focused on updating The Student Africanist's Hand­ Present were: Bell-Gam, Bischof, Ezera, Gray, Lauer, Lesh, book. It was decided to collect the Africa related BI handouts many Malanchuk, Schmidt, and Shayne. of us have produced (ie bring them to the Seattle meeting). Several other titles were discussed in more detail. General comments Lesh will serve out his two year term on the executive and double included the role of online databases and CD-ROMs, other refer­ as chair of the Cataloging Committee. He will be replaced in the fall ence works which possibly replace the ones needing updating, new of 1992 as member-at-large. reference works already in progress elsewhere (e.g., Mcllwaine’s forthcoming title with Hans Zell). Schmidt’s list is to be expanded Serials Task Force isstill without a chair. Ezera decided that no new and published in ASA News to find compilers/updaters among volunteers will be accepted until there is a chair. scholars. Ezera will appoint a nominating committee of [names undeter­ 3. Africana Expenditures/Budget Survey mined] for elections in the fall. A deputy-chair/chair-elect, a Baumann distributed the revised version of a two-page question­ secretary, and one member-at-large are needed. naire eliciting ALC institution’s African Studies-related expendi­ tures. Discussions concerned geographical boundaries (e.g., should Africana Libraries Newsletter was reviewed after one year at survey only include SubSaharan Africa?) and the difficulties inher­ Michigan State. There was general satisfaction with the newsletter ent in comparing expenditures at institutions with a variety of fund and an agreement that future issues would indicate authorship of accounts. Baumann asked that participants fill out the questionnaire editorials. Lauer will continue for two more years, with the as best they could, making sure to describe what is included or possibility of renewal. excluded. The deadline for submission of the questionnaire to Baumann is June 30,1992. Baumann and Nanji will work on the With Scheven’s retirement a new liaison is needed to the ASA compilation of the results and report at the Seattle meeting. Publications Committee. Several names were suggested. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 6 JULY 1992 Other business: Bell-Gam raised the issue of coordinating the The Cape Times, 1911-1913, thought to be 3 reels, is actually 36 newspaper projects. Shayne agreed to help by compiling informa­ reels. M. Rudeen will write to verify the number of reels and cost. tion on what newspapers are available and are being filmed. An At $35 per reel the total cost would be $1,260 (vs. $105 as originally August 1st deadline had been set for participants in the List of thought). Yale did buy the film. Newspapers Currently Received by American Libraries. There was no reply to J. Howell’s letter regarding the Kesteloot Spring 1993 meeting will be in East Lansing and tours of campus Collection. He will try to call Kesteloot to determine what material libraries were requested. Duke University has offered to host the is in Paris. 1994 spring meeting. Scheduling of executive meetings was discussed. Howell reminded members to use the CAMP purchase proposal form in submitting requests. The form had been send to members Meeting was adjourned. along with a copy of the revised CAMP by-laws earlier this year. Conover-Porter Award Selection Committee (elected members CRL JOINT PROJECTS MEETING APRIL 24, 1992. of the Executive Board plus the LC representative, with Bibliogra­ J. Howell presented the report for CAMP. He felt the various project phy Committee chair excused) met before the Executive meeting reports were impressive and the meeting went well. CRL considers and approved the choice of the Sub-Group (Bischof, Malanchuk and the area projects an integral part of the Center’s mission. Ezera). Of the 38 items which had been submitted, they selected a winner and several finalists. There was some discussion of the types Howell attended the MEMP (Middle East Microform Project) of bibliographies to consider and of the possibility of the winner Executive Committee meeting last spring where Fawzi Khoury discussing his or her work at the Bibliography Committee meeting (Univ. of Washington) described MEMP’s draft union list of in Seattle. Middle East microforms. This has now been published as The Middle East in Microform: a union list of Middle Eastern micro­ forms in North American libraries, by Fawzi Khoury and Michele COOPERATIVE AFRICANA Bates (Seattle, Univ. of Washington Libraries, 1991, 377p.). It is MICROFORM PROJECT (CAMP) available for $50.50 from the Near East Section, University of BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES Washington Libraries FM-25, Seattle, WA 98195. The union list April 25,1992 includes some Africana particularly on the Sudan. University of Iowa Main Library, Iowa City MEMP continues to seek film projects. They have a new brochure The meeting was convened at 9:06 am by John Howell, chair, with issued by CRL; CAMP should also produce a brochure. Regarding Karen Fung as secretary. the Bibliotheque ‘Umarienne de Segou (Mali) Archives, J. Howell will write MEMP that CAMP is no longer interested in buying the Member institutions (and their representatives) present: Boston U. film. Yale is in the process of purchasing microfilm from the (Westley), Center for Research Libraries (Marlys Rudeen), Colum­ Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. The price increased to $29,300 from bia U. (Widenmann), Dartmouth (Finnegan), Duke U. (Baumann), $25,000. Yale’s film can be loaned to U.S. scholars. Indiana U. (Schmidt), Library of Congress (Gray), Michigan State U. (Ezera, Lauer), New York Public Library, Schomburg Center OLD BUSINESS (Dorothy Washington), Northwestern U. (Easterbrook, Shayne), Stanford U. (Fung), U. of California, Berkeley (Bischof), U. of 1 . DRUM MAGAZINE. Yale and Northwestern purchased micro­ California, Los Angeles (Bell-Gam), U. of Florida (Malanchuk, film copies of the South African edition. Howell will ask Drum Nanji), U. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (Scheven, Haricombe), founder, Jim Bailey, if CAMP can purchase a film copy. Since the U. of Iowa (Howell), and Yale U. (Crossey). filming was done for preservation purposes, only libraries already CAMP members not represented: Howard U., Ohio U., Princeton owning paper copies are allowed to purchase the film. U., Queens U. (Canada), Syracuse U., U. of Chicago, U. of Roches­ ter, U. of Virginia, U. of Waterloo (Canada), U. of Wisconsin- 2. MICHIGAN STATE CONGO COLLECTION. We are trying Madison. to fi 11in gaps before fi 1mi ng the MSU Congo col lection. Northwest­ ern and the Library of Congress African Section provided CAMP The CAMP Executive Committee members are Baumann, Ezera with lists of issues missing from the MSU collection. One CAMP (ALC Ex Officio), Fung, Gray (LC Ex Officio), Howell, Kraehe, member mentioned she had not received the wants list. The list has Rudeen (CRL Ex Officio). The Faculty Representatives, Janet been checked by Yvette Scheven against hoi dings of the Bibliotheque Ewald (Duke) and Phyllis Martin (Indiana), were not in attendance. Africaine, Brussels. After the recent canvas by the Chair for missing The November 25,1991 business meeting minutes [see ALN April issues of newspapers and bulletins from Zaire, Rwanda, and Burundi, 1992] were approved. the files will be closed; and CRL will start filming. The paper is so acidic, that no contributor wanted the paper issues back after CRL REPORT [The CAMP Financial Statement, CAMP Material filming. on Order, CAMP Commitments and CAMP Materials Received are attached at end of minutes.] 3. SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS Marlys Rudeen, Head, Acquisitions Department, CRL, presented RECORDS, PART II. Comments by K. Fung regarding unread­ the report. The commitments listed are not yet ordered. Cataloging able parts of the film were noted. The records are on 16mm film; of the microfilms from the Northwestern Preservation Project will in the future we should emphasize we want 35mm film. be done by copy cataloging when the NOTIS bibliographic records are loaded into OCLC. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 7 JULY 1992 4. HILDA KUPER PAPERS. Ruby Bell-Gam reported filming now receiving 700-900 French dissertations a year on fiche as well will be completed in two weeks. They had encountered tremen­ as Russian dissertation abstracts on fiche. dously diverse problems - lack of staffing, the need to prepare an M. Crossey said the Univ. of South Africa has fiched all of their extensive number of targets, problems in figuring out the proper dissertations and the Pretoria State Library handles requests from chronology of the notes. Hilda Kuper was able to vet the confiden­ overseas for dissertations from smaller universities. J. Howell tial material. UCLA received a partial index on cards from Dr. noted the South African publication Bibliona lists dissertations - Kuper and is filming the index cards with their corresponding Bibliona: List of new accessions in the CLI. (Pretoria: Human notebooks. They will check the film against the originals frame by Sciences Research Council. Centre for Library and Information frame. The notebooks will then go to Swaziland; UCLA will pay for Services.) Bi-monthly. Available from Wanda Wessels, Head of the shipping and, possibly the insurance. R. Bell-Gam will give a Acquisitions, HSRC Centre for Library and Information Services, final report at the conclusion of the project. Upon returning to Private Bag X41, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. A South African UCLA, R. Bell-Gam was informed that Dr. Kuper had passed away. dissertations union catalog on fiche is also available (seeALN, April 1992, page 11). 5. WEEKLY REVIEW (Nairobi). The set was completed with issues supplied by the publisher’s wife and will be filmed in New 5. UNIVERSITY OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE, INSTI­ Delhi by LC. Ruth Thomas, abiding by Kenya copyright laws, will TUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY HISTORY PRESS CUTTINGS. decide the distribution of the film copy. She is aware of CAMP’s M. Crossey reports the Institute has 46 categories of press cuttings; interest. It hasn’t been decided who will own the negative. CAMP Yale receives two of the categories. The clippings are approx, half may obtain only a positive. The Index will be completed in six in English, half in Afrikaans. A year’s subscription to cuttings for months. the independent homelands (Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda) costs R300 a year (c. $105). NEW BUSINESS Yale plans to buy some of the Institute’s inventories and guides. He suggested that CAMP buy a complete set. Comments from the 1. RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON AFRICA, floor regarding the material follows: more information is needed on PARTS 1 AND 2,1952-1985. University Publications of American, the press cuttings, we should buy more in other geographic areas, it which sells the film, will not sell to CRL until a collection has been may be difficult to use press cuttings via interlibrary loan, such a on the market for five years. This policy also applies to the U.S. collection might be more suitable for in house use, is the index only STATE DEPARTMENT CENTRAL FILES on BRITISH AF­ in Afrikaans? if so, it would be difficult for our users, are they on RICA: INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS diazo film? if so that’s not considered permanent. 1945-1959 and SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND M. Crossey will bring some paper copies to the Seattle meeting FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1955-1959. for us to look at. A decision is tabled until we see the paper copies. 2. LAGOS STATE HIGH COURT. JUDGES NOTEBOOKS OF 6. NON-TRADITIONAL FORMATS. A discussion on whether CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES 1876-1915 (COLONIAL CAMP should acquire materials such as videos, CD-ROMS, etc. LAGOS SUPREME COURT) estimated at $1,080 to $2,160 for 30 took place. M. Shayne noted CD-ROMS need certain software and volumes of 200 to 400 folio pages each. Nancy Schmidt reported thus are not practical to loan. J. Lauer wondered if films and other that Kristin Mann (Emory) said the material is not held in good audio-visual materials were suitable for interlibrary loan. M. climatic condition and pages are disappearing*. CAMP will try to Crossey and Nancy Schmidtsaid the Archives of Traditional Music, obtain permission to film. Indiana Univ. (which also houses oral data) loans tapes and videos. M. Rudeen noted that CRL has a grant proposal out for an OP AC 3. ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF LAN­ (online public access catalog) which would be accessible through GUAGE STUDIES THESES. These are undergraduate and gradu­ Internet. ate theses on literature and linguistics. Ruth Thomas will look at them and advise on whether CAMP should film. 7. CAMP NEGATIVE MASTERS LIST. M. Rudeen said CRL plans to prepare a complete list of negative masters. Such a list 4. IBADAN UNIVERSITY AND OTHER AFRICAN UNI­ might generate microfilm sales. A partial list could appear in the VERSITY DISSERTATIONS. The Uni v. of Iowa has an exchange proposed CAMP brochure. At present CRL can sell film of the with Ibadan Univ. It’s not known if Ibadan has a microfilm camera. newspapers in the Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project; but there Northwestern has obtained photocopies of dissertations in the past. are some newspaper backfiles for which permission would be N. Schmidt suggested we consult with Nigerian librarians about needed in order to sell copies. filming titles in Nigerian Universities Dissertation Abstracts M. Rudeen will obtain an estimate of the time and cost of (NUDA); Y. Scheven noted these are older dissertations. M. producing a list of CAMP master negatives. Crossey suggested exchanging Ibadan dissertations for U.S. disser­ tations. J. Howell will contact the Nigerian Universities Commis­ 8. EXPANDING CAMP MEMBERSHIP. M. Crossey suggested sion about obtaining dissertations. putting a notice about CAMP in the Canadian Assoc, of African M. Crossey said a proposal to obtain Univ. of Lubumbashi (Zaire) StudiesBulletin/Newsletter. P. Bischof noted the Canadian Africana theses was rejected when students or faculty opposed sending them librarians have “met” through conference calls. to the U.S. A discussion of CRL’s policy re dissertations ensued. J. Lauer 9. POSSIBLE PROJECTS WITH THE OTHER CRL AREA noted that only Western European (mainly German, Scandinavian, PROGRAMS. It was thought filming material from the Royal and French) universities deposited their dissertations in CRL. CRL Commonwealth Society was not possible in the present fiscal crises. will order from other countries on request. M. Rudeen said CRL is Also it would be very time-consuming to find material from their AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 8 JULY 1992 catalog to film and would involve a lot of searching. M. Crossey NOMINATING COMMITTEE: Moore Crossey (Yale) and Peter suggested instead filming African language materials at the School Malanchuk (Florida) have been appointed as the Nominating Com­ of Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London. D. Easterbrook mittee to fill the Executive Committee positions of Faculty Repre­ added SOAS is interested in filming their language materials. sentative (now held by P. Martin) and Member-at-Large (now held by M. Kraehe). The election will take place by mail ballot this 10. NEWSPAPER FILMING. R. Bell-Gam emphasized the impor­ summer and will be announced at the fall meeting. Anyone running tance of helping the Library of Congress fill in gaps for titles they for the Executive Committee should be able to attend CAMP film. B. Gray will convey to Frank Carroll our concern about LC Business Meetings and the Executive Committee meetings. filling in gaps when filming newspapers and ask if he can send us titles of newspapers he plans to film. J. Lauer noted CRL has the same problem when they film. CAMP members were reminded that material costing up to $200 will be purchased on demand. Requests should be sent to Ray Boylan, Director, Collection Resources, CRL, who will order the material. A copy of the request should be sent to the CAMP Chair, John Bruce Howell. The meeting adjourned at 11:41 am. CAMP FINANCIAL STATEMENT (APRIL 21, 1992) FY1991 DECEMBER MARCH CLOSING QUARTER (2) QUARTER (2) Fund Balance/July 1 $33,187.99 $36,704.25 $36,704.25 Notes: Revenues Membership fees $17,900.00 $17,900.00 $17,900.00 1. The Fund Balance, Revenues, and Income from sales 4,796.00 .00 (4) 379.50 (4) Expenses shown under each completed quarter are taken from the Center’s account­ CRL contribution 4,000.00 .00 .00 (5) ing records. Each column shows cumulative TOTAL REVENUES $26,696.00 $17,900.00 $18,279.50 figures for the year. 2. The Revenues and Expenses shown in the Expenses YTD (Year to Date) column combine the Cost of sales $.00 $440.05 (4) $450.05 (4) Center accounting records and check couchers issued up to the date of the state­ Acquisitions 18,284.85 1,464.21 14,073.86 ment. Check vouchers run through October. Business Expenses .00 .00 .00 3. The Commitments are taken from the Publications .00 .00 .00 records of the Acquisitions Dept, and the Travel 1,325.87 242.25 317.67 project coordinator and are intended to reflect Personnel .00 .00 .00 projected costs of past decisions by the CAMP Committee and ongoing operations. Processing Fees .00 .00 .00 4. Income from sales and cost of sales Cataloging 3,569.02 6,467.00 10,218.14 reflect pass through funds, with a small profit TOTAL EXPENSES $23,179.74 $8,613.51 $25,059.72 expected Income from sales may reflect pre­ payments. Revenues less Expenses $3,516.26 $9,286.49 ($6,780.22) 5. Transfer made by last quarter of year or as needed 6. See attached list; includes materials Committments (3) received, but not yet paid for. Materials on order $.00 $.00 $4,290.00 (6) 7. See attached list. Materials approved .00 .00 23,310.00 (7) 8. Estimated cataloging ($3,000) and travel expense ($200). Non-material expenses .00 .00 3,200.00 (8) TOTAL COMMITMENTS $.00 $.00 $30,800.00 Available Funds $36,704.25 $25,245.54 ($875.97) AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 9 JULY 1992 CAMP MATERIAL ON ORDER CAMP M ATERIALS RECEIVED (* = prepaid) Since Nov. 1,1991 Bascom, William and Berta. The Yoruba Collection *$1,990 Note: f=fiche; r = reels. Cape Times, 1911-1913 Ashanti Pioneer (Kumasi), N 21,1939-0 6,1962 29r The Chronicle (Bulawayo), 7/81-6/82; 4/85-1986 $50 Baraza (Nairobi), 1966-1979 7r Gazette de TEquateur, Ag. 5, 1952-Sept. 15,1957 $25 The Chronicle (Bulawayo), 7/82-3/85 Grassroots (Cape Town), 1980-1987 $35 Colin Legum’s Press Cutting, 1936-1986 lOr Hilda Kuper’s field-notebooks on Swaziland ... * $4,525 Colin Legum’s Writings, 1940s-1980s 40f Imbibono Yabomdabu (King Williams Town), 1985-1986 $35 Commonwealth Political Ephemera...Pt. 1 and 2. lllf Indab a (Lovedale), 1862-1865 $35 Daily Listener (Monrovia),. May 22,1950-Aug. 1951 lr Indian Views (Durham), 1935-1936 $140 Daily Times (Blantyre), 1973-1979 14r Isibuto Samavo (Newtondale), 1843-1844 $35 Gironale dell* Eritrea (Asmara), Isitunyua Sennyana (King Williams Town), 1850 $35 3/1952-1955;1967-l/1975 12r Izwi Lama Afrika (East London, 1931-1932 $35 Habari za mwezi (Tanzania), 1895-1911 lr Izwi Lebantu (East London), 1901-1902; 1908-1909 $35 Horoya (Conakry), Dec. J7, 1969-Jan. 2,1971 lr King Williams Town Gazette, 1856-1874 $630 Ilanga (Durban), 1965-1978 27r Koranta ea Becoana (Mafeking), 1901-1903 $35 Malawi News (Blantyre), 5/61-81 & 12/31/1983-1/3/1986 18r Labor World (Johannesburg), 1918-1920 $105 Moniteur africain (Dakar), Apr. 1961-1978 6r F.Z.S. Peregrino, Life among... miners in Transvaal * $57 La Nation Djibouti (Djibouti), June 1980-1983 2r Local Opinion (Grahamstown), 1911-1914 $35 Northwestern Africana 35r Mafeking Mail, 1899-1917 $1,295 Pioneer (Kumasi), 5/68-1974; 1976-1981 17r Meditator (Cape Town), 1837-1839 $35 Presse d ’aujourd'hui... (Bangui), 1-6, 9/1962-1966 Hr Moniteur Africain (Dakar), 4/61-1967 $60 LeProgres (Kinshasa), 1968-6/69; 7/70-3/72 70r Sam Sly*s African Journal (Cape Town), 1843-1851 $105 Le Reveil de Djibouti (Djibouti), July 1962-June 1980 lOr South African Outlook (Lovedale), 1870-1970 $1,015 Salongo (Kinshasa), 3/72-10/84; 4/85-1/1/87 (with Progres) Sun (Cape Town), 1932-1938 $210 South African Institute of Race Relations, pt. II 75r Syndicalisme Congolais, 9/45-9/54 $25 Sunday Standard (Nairobi), Nov. 11, 1979-1984 5r Tsala ea batho (Kimberley), 1910-1915 $35 Times (Blantyre), 1943-1946; [1955-1956]; 1965-1972 18r Voice of labor (Johannesburg), 1909-1912 $175 Uhuru (Dar es Salaam), 1969-1985 32r Workers ’ Herald (Johannesburg), 1926-1928 $70 TOTAL $10,862 Editor’s Comments, continued from p .l members are appointed by the Board of Directors. “Librarians” CAMP COMMITMENTS rather than “Libraries” was chosen to more accurately reflect the fact that almost all participants in recent decades have been profes­ Kesteloot collection in Dakar [or Paris] $6,000 sional librarians. Congo Collection of Newspapers and News Bulletins $2,500 There is no Letters & Opinions section in this issue. Nothing Courrier dAfrique, 1930-Mr. 1972 $1,940 came in and a piece on what system to use for cataloging Amharic Newspapers from LC in FT 1992 (July 1991-June 1992) $1,300 books is being held back. Northwestern Preservation I would like to share here some notes on the difficulties in Project, FY 1992 (7/91-6/92 $2,264 obtaining prize-winning African imprints in this country. I used Sechaba (African National Congress), 1967-1990 $865 Noma Award finalists as a small but useful sample (Sec African South Africa: the Making of U.S. Policy, 1962-1989 $3,900 Book Publishing Record, 14,4 and 15,3 for further details.), and I South African Advertiser &. Mail, 1824-1959 $630 assume that a listing in Books in Print, 1991-92, indicates real South African Freedom News, 1961-1968 $200? availability in the U.S. Tanzania Education Journal $50? Weekly Review (Nairobi), Feb. 1975-1991 $3,661 Year Total English BIP TOTAL $23,310 1988: 6 5 2 1989: 9 9 3 AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 10 JULY 1992 SERIALS CANCELED OR WANTED Indiana University canceled the following: Agriculture africain. Croissance (Paris). South African Pressclips Supplements. University of Virginia Library wants a copy of no. 1 (1974?) of Africa Perspective (Johannesburg: African Studies Group). It has no. 2 (1975). Contact Mary Alice Kraehe (804-924-4989). OTHER NEWS NEWS FROM OTHER ASSOCIATIONS RESOURCES AT LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS CALENDAR Pathfinder Press has given Indiana University theThomas Sankara ALA: Collection of materials they collected in compiling the volume Sept. 1992, Columbus - Black Caucus National Conf. Thomas Sankara Speaks. The archives includes tapes and print Jan. 23-28,1993, Denver - ALA Midwinter meeting. copies of published and unpublished speeches, plus materials from June 24-July 1,1993, New Orleans - ALA Annual Conf. Sidwaya and Carrefour Africain. The collection will be housed in the Archives of Traditional Music. IFLA Annual Conference: Aug. 30-Sept. 5,1992, New Delhi. Michigan State University Library purchased the Maryland State Future: 1993, Barcelona; 1994, Havana; 1995, Istanbul; 1996, Colonization Society Papers, 1817-1902 (Scholarly Resources, Bejing; 1997, Geneva; 1998, Edmonton. 1978?X31 reels of microfilm and guide). A description of the originals in the Maryland Historical Society is in South, Guide to Book Fairs: Non-Federal Archives, v.l, p.527-8. August 3-8,1992 - Zimbabwe International Book Fair Sept. 30-Oct. 5,1992 - 44th Frankfurt Book Fair Royal Commonwealth Society Library is still in situ at 18 Northumberland Ave., London. Anyone wishing to use the Library should telephone for an appointment (071-930-7633 ext. 206). FREE MATERIALS OFFERED AND REQUESTED School of Oriental and African Studies Library holds the Guthrie Boston University's African Studies Library (771 Commonwealth Collection for the Baptist Missionary Society. This contains Ave., Boston, MA 02215) offers following free samples: correspondence relating to Malcolm Guthrie's life and work plus Boleswa Educational Research Journal, 2:1 (1983) & 3(1985). language material, include tapes and records, and it is now fully Tafsiri Sanifu, no. 2(1976) open to scholarship. Mr. J.T. and Mr. M. Hardyman have selected the SOAS Library Michigan State University's Africana Library offers free: to house the Hardyman Madagascar Collection, which consists of Godo-godo, no. 7 (1981) some 70 shelves of books and journals. — African News (SOAS). Proceedings o f the 3rd International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, 1966 (1969). Yale University Library acquired following manuscripts: Bulletin of the Horticultural Society o f Ethiopia, v. 2: nos. 1, 3, “Manica Trading Company, 1892-1965,''by W.V. Brelsford (1968); 5, 6 (1964-69). “South African Railways” (1930s minute book; 166p.); and “Transvaal Boundary Commission Papers” (ca. 1906). Notes on requests for books are listed as received, without any endorsement by the editor, MSU orALC. PERSONNEL CHANGES Kenya Methodist University seeks books, journals and other library materials. Fields include business administration, educa­ Leonard Cluley died on June 26,1992, after 27 years as a cataloger tion, agriculture, theology, science and technology, home econom­ at the Michigan State University Library. After serving as head of ics and family life. Address: PO Box 2277, Meru, Kenya. Original Cataloging and Acting Head of Cataloging, he became the Africana cataloger. In 1986, he had compiled and distributed an updated “Library of Congress Classification Schedule [for] DT: History of Africa.” AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 11 JULY 1992 RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE The following items have come to the attention of the editor. Abdulrazak, Fawzi. “Librarian on the Road (to Morocco and Beyond).” Harvard Library Bulletin, n.s., vol. 2, no. 3 (Fall 1991): JOURNALS & ARTICLES 18-25. Information Trends-News Magazine (Gaborone), vol. 5, no. 1 (Feb. Chatelin, Y., & R. Arvanitis(ORSTOM). “Representing scientific 1992), includes notes on the children’s book project for Tanzania activity by structural indicators: the case of Cote d’Ivoire 1884- and on the Shaba Cultural Train between Lubumbashi and Kalemie. 1968.” Scientometrics 23 (1992): 235-247. An analysis of the 6003 pre-1968 references in two bibliographies (by Janvier) about sci­ International Information &. Library Review (Academic Press, ence in the Ivory Coast. Found a doubling of research during the London), vol. 24, no. 1 (March 1992), includes “The National 1960s. Interesting analysis of types of publications in each of five Bibliography of Ethiopia: Current Status,” by Sushma Gupta, and broad subject categories, based on 8 indicators. But there is no “Prejudice and Change in Librarianship, Okoro’s Critique of Li­ attempt to compare with patterns elsewhere, and some indicators, brary Recruitment in Nigeria: A Rejoinder,” by O.O. Ogundipe. such as the ratio of meeting papers as sign of mobility, appear questionable. Liwolet: Newsletter of the Library and Information Workers Organisation [ofNatal] began in Aug/Sept 1990, from the Library, Janczewski, L J. (U. of Auckland). “Factors of Information Tech­ University of Natal, PO Box 375, Pietermaritzburg 3200. Vol. 3, no. nology Implementation in Underdeveloped Countries: Example of 2 (April 1992) included “Developing Library Policy for a Post the West African Nations.” Global Issues of Information Technol­ Apartheid South Africa: The National Education Policy Investiga­ ogy Management, edited by S. Palvia, P. Palvia & R. Zigli (Harris­ tion [NEPI]” by Cathy Stadler. For more information, contact here burg: Idea Group Publishing, 1992), pp. 187-212. at (031) 290426; fax (031) 815755. REFERENCE SOURCES DATA ON DISKETTE A Guide to the Industrial Laws of South Africa. An updated version. 130p. ISBN 0-9583065-4-0. Available for R88, plus R10 for World Development Indicators 1992: Data on Diskette is available posting, from Mike Miles, P.O. Box 912, Randpark Ridge, 2156 from World Bank Publications. British price is £63. The print South Africa. edition is published each year as part of World Development Report (1992 edition: £15.25). The data cover six broad areas: production, Hino,Sun’yo. “A Bibliography of African Societies Published [sic] domestic absorption, fiscal and monetary accounts, core interna­ in Japan.” African Urban Studies (Tokyo), 1 (1990): 159-280. tional transactions, external finance, and human and natural re­ Africana published in Japan, with titles translated into English. sources. The diskette edition allows users to sort or select data as needed and to export all or part of the files to other programs. Most Nigerian Artists: A Who's Who and Bibliography, compiled by of the indicators cover two years or two periods, generally 1965 and Bernice M. Kelly; edited by Janet L. Stanley. Hans Zell Publishers, 1990 or 1965-80 and 1980-90. For ease of reference, only ratios and for the National Museum of African Art, October 1992. 640p. £88. rates of growth are usually shown. Address in US: 300 Raritan Enquiries toButterworth Services Ltd, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Center, Parkway, Edison, NY 88816-7816. Tel.: 908-225-2165. Kent TN15 8PH. “South African Apartheid Collection,” by Narissa Ramdhani (New NOTES Haven: Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library, Manuscripts and Archives, May 1992), is a new 43-1. register to the 13.5 linear ft. (34 boxes) collection with the same name. The materials date Africa Bibliography 1990 is being edited by Christopher Allen, of Edinburgh University. — (Africa, 62,1,125) from 1961-1991, with the bulk being 1985-1988. Westfall, Gloria. French Colonial Africa: A Guide to Official Sources. Hans Zell, May 1992. ca.224p. £45. NEW REFERENCE TITLES The following items or issues are noted. For more titles, see the annual uAfricana Reference Books” in The African Book Publishing Record, no. 2 o f each volume. Directory of African Development Institutions. Addis Ababa: Pan African Development Information System, UN Economic Com­ mission for Africa, 1991. (ST/ECA/PADIS/DAI/91) AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 12 JULY 1992 BOOK REVIEW beginning dates, frequency, scope, sometimes the circulation and by Helene Baumann whether or not the journal carries book reviews and advertising. In a small section headed “Some Useful Information”, the Directory Directory o f Zimbabwe Publishers, 1992, compiled and edited by lists addresses of professional and book trade associations, e.g., Roger Stringer and Deborah Rider. Harare: Zimbabwe Book Zimbabwe Library Association, Zimbabwe Writers’ Union and the Publishers’ Association, 1992. ISBN 0-7974-1057-0. Federation of Master Printers. It also lists (on one page) the names and addresses of publishers who had recently deposited publications In time for this year’s Zimbabwe International Book Fair to be with the National Archives but failed to respond to the question­ held in August, the Zimbabwe Book Publishers’ Association has naire. brought out the first edition of what is intended to be an annual This directory is an extremely commendable effort, supported by directory. On 33 pages it contains a comprehensive, alphabetical IFLA, which should make Zimbabwean books more available. list of commercial and non-commercial publishers. Entries include There is also a plan to compile a first Zimbabwe Books in Print. It the usual addresses, phone/fax numbers and areas of specialization; is hoped that IFLA will support similar efforts in other Third World also, the names of senior personnel (indexed in the back), number countries. of employees, the year it began publishing and how many titles were To obtain a copy, write to the Zimbabwe Book Publishers’ published in the last three years. It lists agents in other countries as Association, CODE Book House, 12 Selous Avenue, Harare. Phone: well as publishers represented. There are some cross references. 729904, Fax 729905. The “Index to Periodicals” lists 36 Zimbabwean journals with NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENTS LITERATURE ON THE BOOK TRADE Clarke’s Bookshop (211 Long St., Cape Town 8001) has distrib­ The African Book Publishing Record, vol. 27, no. 4(1991), includes uted its Catalogue no. 82. “African Literature in the Literary Market Place Outside Africa,” by Peter Ripken (Director, Society for the Promotion of African, Asian Oriental and African Books’ Catalogue no. 16 lists 1153 titles, and Latin American Literature, Frankfurt). This is an analysis of many from the library of Kenneth Ingham. They also have prepared why African literature is quantitatively and qualitatively two collections to be sold as single units. “Africa in Literature” marginalized, with an emphasis on the situation in Germany. contains some 1305 novels, plays, works of poetry and related literature. “West Africa and the Western and Central Sudan” Frommlet, Wolfram. “Books: the First Victims of the Crisis.” contains more than 3500 entries. Printed catalogs for these are Development and Cooperation, no. 2 (1992): 24-26. available for £30 and £125. Address: 73 Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 5AT, England. SERIAL CHANGES Pan African Association of Anthropologists (PAA) has issued a newsletter and announced “Profiles of African Anthropologists”, Inter Nos (Pretoria: Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Confer­ which is a register of over 100 individuals. Available for $15 from ence) has been discontinued.—(publisher) PAA, c/o Paul Nchoji Nkwi, Dept, of Sociology, University of Yaounde, BP 755, Yaounde. Southern African Freedom Review ceased after vol. 3, no. 4. It combined with International Freedom Review and European Free­ Jean Touzot can supply CODESRIA (Dakar) publications. Ad­ dom Review into Terra Nova, a quarterly produced by International dress: 38, rue Saint-Sulpice 75278 Paris cedex 06. Freedom Foundation (200 G St., NE, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 202-546-5788.—(publisher) Working Life Distributors (68 Manor Drive, Durban 4001, South Africa) is a newly formed cooperative that is distributing publica­ Transactions o f the Historical Society of Ghana, v. 16, no.2 is tions which have emerged in the context of the trade union move­ available for $15. ment and the liberation struggle. Their 11/91 Price List has brief entries for 23 titles. NEW SERIALS BOOK AWARDS A fri-cult4: Revue Africaine pour leDeveloppementCulturel. No. 1 (Nov. 1991) - 26p. 700FCFA ISSN 0850-1637. Quarterly Prix “Tropiques” of the Caisse centrale de cooperation economique: bilingual about culture and the fine arts. Annual subscription Amadou Hampate Ba, Amkoullel, VenfantPeul (Actes Sud, 1991). (outside Africa): 10,000 FCFA. Address: BP 5694, Dakar. -{Mar. trop.y 27 mars 1992) AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 13 JULY 1992 Cape Verde newspapers: VIDEOS Agaviva. Abril 1992 = Ano II, no. 12. Noticias, Mindelo. 17 abril 1992 = Ano V, no. 56. Africa Fund has four new anti-apartheid videos available for use in A Semana, Praia. 24 abril 1992 = Ano II, no. 51. anti-apartheid activities. Cost of each of these 26-40 minute videos is $20 plus shipping. Address: 198 Boradway, New York, NY Ife Journal ofHistory, vol. 1, no.l (Jan.-June 1992). Edited by Sola 10038. Tel: (212)962-1210. Akinrinade (Department of History, O.A.U. Ile-Ife). Annual sub­ scriptions of $60 or £40 from JAD Publishers Ltd., P.O. Box 72320, Audio Visual Alternatives is a small community video project Victoria Island, Lagos. based at the University of Natal that has produced a number of videos over the past four years. Their catalog lists 15 titles, ranging Impact, February 1992-, is a new monthly of political analysis and from 11 minutes to 2 hours, but no prices. They seek to raise funds alternative viewpoints, combining South African and international through sales. Contact Louis Haysom, Co-ordinator A.V.A., Uni­ news. Annual subscription (12 issues): R48or$22or£10. Address: versity of Natal, Faculty of Social Science, Dept, of Psychology, P.O. Box 28233, 0132 Sussnyside, South Africa. Durban 4001, South Africa. NUL Journal of Research, vol. 1 (1991) is available from editor at Oxfam Publications is distributing “Looking after our Land”, a 90- National University of Lesotho, PO Roma 180, Lesotho. Surface minute video on soil and water conservation in Burkina Faso, Kenya mail subscriptions outside Africa are $9.60/£6.00. Also now and Mali. Price is £13; and £6.95 for the book. Address: PO Box available: NUL Journal of Research Occasional Paper no. 1 (A 120, OX2 7DZ, UK. Tentative History o f Lesotho Palaeontology, by David Ambrose). — (Africa, 62,1) Penn State Audio-Visual Services has issued “Films & Video for Africana Studies,” an indexed free catalog which describes more Maseno Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1, than 400 titles available for rental or sale. Contact: Audio-Visual published by Maseno University College, 1992. See review in Services, Pennsylvania State University, Special Services Bldg., Weekly Review, May 15,1992. Price: shs.75. 1127 Fox Hill Road, University Park, PA 16803-1827. 800-826- 0132; 814-863-2574 (fax); psuavs@psuces(bitnet). Namibia yearbook. First issue covers 1990-1991 in 80 pages. 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