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...includes 16 essays on Africana libraries and literature, among them Al Kagan on teaching African studies bibliography, Patricia Ukoli Ogedengbe on Africana outreach programs, David Westley on African lexicography, and Hans Zell on reference publishing in Africana. Also included are two tributes to the work of the late Northwestern University Africana bibliographer Dan Britz by David Easterbrook, and Nancy Lawler and Ivor Wilks. C&Rl News Vicki Evalds deserves a lot of credit...I am very happy to report on yet another shining example of an Africanist librarians' spirit of cooperation...Africanist Librarianship in an Era of Change should be held by libraries with significant African Studies collections or library schools. College and Research Libraries ...both moving and exceptionally funny. Libraries and The Cultural Record, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2007 This Africanist librarianship volume is recommended for purchase by academic libraries for professional collections, libraries that serve Masters or Ph.D. programs in library science, and especially by libraries with Africana or other Middle Eastern/Asian area studies collections. Public Services Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2006) African studies bibliographers Evalds and Henige present a series of 16 essays addressing a range of issues in Africanist librarianship. Topics include Africana acquisitions policies, the Cooperative Africana Microform Project, African references for the generalist, US-African university library partnerships, developments in Africana cataloging in the United States, collection and publication of Africana periodicals, and the Africa studies reference publishing business. Reference and Research Book News

...includes 16 essays on Africana libraries and literature, among them Al Kagan on teaching African studies bibliography, Patricia Ukoli Ogedengbe on Africana outreach programs, David Westley on African lexicography, and Hans Zell on reference publishing in Africana. Also included are two tributes to the work of the late Northwestern University Africana bibliographer Dan Britz by David Easterbrook, and Nancy Lawler and Ivor Wilks. C&Rl News Vicki Evalds deserves a lot of credit...I am very happy to report on yet another shining example of an Africanist librarians' spirit of cooperation...Africanist Librarianship in an Era of Change should be held by libraries with significant African Studies collections or library schools. College & Research Libraries ...both moving and exceptionally funny. Libraries and The Cultural Record, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2007 This Africanist librarianship volume is recommended for purchase by academic libraries for professional collections, libraries that serve Masters or Ph.D. programs in library science, and especially by libraries with Africana or other Middle Eastern/Asian area studies collections. Public Services Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2006) African studies bibliographers Evalds and Henige present a series of 16 essays addressing a range of issues in Africanist librarianship. Topics include Africana acquisitions policies, the Cooperative Africana Microform Project, African references for the generalist, US-African university library partnerships, developments in Africana cataloging in the United States, collection and publication of Africana periodicals, and the Africa studies reference publishing business. Reference and Research Book News

...includes 16 essays on Africana libraries and literature, among them Al Kagan on teaching African studies bibliography, Patricia Ukoli Ogedengbe on Africana outreach programs, David Westley on African lexicography, and Hans Zell on reference publishing in Africana. Also included are two tributes to the work of the late Northwestern University Africana bibliographer Dan Britz by David Easterbrook, and Nancy Lawler and Ivor Wilks. Vicki Evalds deserves a lot of credit...I am very happy to report on yet another shining example of an Africanist librarians' spirit of cooperation...Africanist Librarianship in an Era of Change should be held by libraries with significant African Studies collections or library schools. College & Research Libraries ...both moving and exceptionally funny. Information & Culture, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2007 This Africanist librarianship volume is recommended for purchase by academic libraries for professional collections, libraries that serve Masters or Ph.D. programs in library science, and especially by libraries with Africana or other Middle Eastern/Asian area studies collections. Public Services Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2006) African studies bibliographers Evalds and Henige present a series of 16 essays addressing a range of issues in Africanist librarianship. Topics include Africana acquisitions policies, the Cooperative Africana Microform Project, African references for the generalist, US-African university library partnerships, developments in Africana cataloging in the United States, collection and publication of Africana periodicals, and the Africa studies reference publishing business. Reference and Research Book News

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Victoria K. Evalds is the author of the previously published Union List of African Censuses, Development Plans and Statistical Abstracts. David Henige is Bibliographer of African Studies and Anthropology at Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. His previous publications include In Search of Columbus: The Sources for the First Voyage and Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate.

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