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Africana at the Center for Research Libraries: A Survey of Collections and Access

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Kenneth P. Lohrentz
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Abstract:

This essay presents a current survey of the Africana research holdings and collections that are available at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) located at Chicago, Ill. The collection is composed of many formats of material, including foreign dissertations, monographs, newspapers, periodicals, official publications, pamphlets, political ephemera, manuscripts and archives, and miscellaneous materials. Each of these formats is described in the essay, including examples, collection development guidelines, and information on access. The primary institutional focus for the collection of these materials has been the Cooperative Africana Microform Program (CAMP). Over the past thirty-five years, representatives from the various CAMP member institutions have selected materials to be purchased or filmed. These decisions have reflected the changing research priorities and needs of the various individuals and the institutions they represent in these collection development efforts. Access to the Center's Africana holdings is also discussed. For researchers located at institutions that hold membership in CAMP or CRL, access and user policies are liberal. It is possible for a user at such an institution to acquire an extensive amount of material in a single interlibrary loan transaction and to have access to the material indefinitely or until needed by another researcher. Bibliographic access is provided by CRLCATALOG, the online catalog of the center, as well as through a variety of printed bibliographies, reference folders, collection inventories, and the center's web site. The forty-two institutions that currently hold membership in CAMP and their institutional representatives are listed on the Web at http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/campmem.htm.

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Cet essai est une enquête sur l'état actuel des ressources et collections de recherche Africana disponibles au Center for Research Libraries (CRL) de Chicago en Illinois. La collection est composée de plusieurs formats de matériel dont des thèses étrangères, des monographies, des journaux, des magazines, des publications officielles, des pamphlets, des éphémères politiques, des manuscrits, des archives et matériaux divers. Chacun de ces formats est décrit dans l'essai, avec des exemples, des méthodes de développement et l'information sur son accessibilité. La Coopérative Africana Microform Program (CAMP) a été notre principale source de collection de ces matériaux. Pendant les trente-cinq dernières années, des représentants de diverses institutions membres de CAMP ont sélectionné des matériaux à acheter ou à filmer. Ces décisions ont reflété les divers changements dans les priorités de recherche et des besoins des individus et des institutions qu'ils représentent dans le cadre des efforts de développement de cette collection. L'accessibilité des ressources Africana du centre est également discutée. Pour les chercheurs originaires d'institutions membres de CAMP ou de CRL, l'accessibilité et les règles d'usage sont flexibles. Pour un tel usager, il est possible d'obtenir beaucoup de matériaux en une seule transaction de prêt inter-bibliothécaire soit pour une durée indéterminée ou jusqu'à requête par un autre chercheur. On peut avoir accès à la bibliographie soit par CRLCATALOG, le catalogue électronique du centre, ou en consultant plusieurs autres sources dont des bibliographies écrites, des références, des inventaires de collection et le site électronique du centre. La liste des quarante-deux institutions-membres et de leurs représentants est disponible à l'adresse suivante: http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/campmem.htm.

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African Studies Review , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , September 1998 , pp. 113 - 132
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1998

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