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The Africa Bibliographic Centre in Dar es Salaam: Its Origins and Immediate Plans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Colin Darch
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The Africa Bibliographic Centre Secretariat, or ABCS, is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (it has no connection with the African Bibliographic Centre in Washington D.C., which is run by Daniel Matthews primarily as an information centre for American users.) The function of the ABCS is, for the time being, limited to propagandising the “ABC concept” through the medium of the ABC Newsletter, which is currently distributed gratis to a wide range of institutions and individuals within Africa and to a much smaller number outside. Although some previous news items in the professional literature have discussed the ABC's function and role, the following statement may be taken as reflecting the current situation.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 14 , 1977 , pp. 11 - 14
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Copyright © African Research & Documentation 1977

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1 International Conference on African Bibliography, Nairobi, 1967. The Bibliography of Africa. (London, 1970), p.28.

2 ISLIC International Conference on Information Science, Tel-Aviv, 1971. Proceedings. (Tel Aviv, 1972), pp.67-75.

3 Jordan, R. T., Giorgis, Kebreab W., Wadood, Talaat A., African Bibliographic Centre (ABC) (Dar es Salaam, repr. 1977). ABC Position Paper no.1.Google Scholar

page 12 note1 Darch, Colin, Mascarenhas, O. C., The Africa Bibliographic Centre (ABC): towards a continental bibliographic and documentation system for Africa in the 21st century. (Dar es Salaam, repr. 1977). ABC Position Paper no.5.Google Scholar

page 14 note1 Third World correspondents should write directly to African Bibliographic Centre (Secretariat) P.O. Dox 35132, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Others may obtain information from ABC, 2687 Centennial Court, Alexandria, VA 22311, United States of America.