SCOLMA - UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa
Annual conference 2009: “Africa and the Moving Image: the role of libraries and archives”
Wednesday 17th June 2009
This day conference will explore questions relating to the production and preservation of moving image from and about Africa. What is happening in the world of African film and DVD production? What is the role of moving image in university teaching and research? How do image-based formats help us to understand African history, culture and politics? And what are libraries and archives doing to acquire and preserve this material, and to make it available?
Speakers:
Dr Guido Convents (anthropologist, historian and organiser of the Belgian African Film Festival)
Keith Shiri (Director, London African Film Festival)
Dr Sloan Mahone (University Lecturer in the History of Medicine, University of Oxford)
Prof. Vivian Bickford-Smith (Professor of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town)
Dr Emma Hunter (Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge)
Dr Emma Sandon (Lecturer in Film and Media, Birkbeck College, University of London)
Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer, Royal Anthropological Institute, London)
Newnham College
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DF
Fee for the conference, which includes lunch and refreshments, is £40 (concessions £20)
For further information on the Conference go to: http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma/conference.htm
Or contact Lucy McCann, SCOLMA Secretary, email: lucy.mccann@bodley.ox.ac.uk
Thursday 30 April 2009
Friday 17 April 2009
Elections in South Africa - web dossier
The Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a web dossier on elections in South Africa to coincide with the general elections on 22 April 2009.
The dossier contains a selection of titles from the library's online catalogue, including monographs, articles, and chapters from edited works, published since 1993. It covers the general elections since the end of apartheid, starting with the first democratic elections of 1994.It has sections on the general elections of 1994, 1999, and 2004, on the electoral system, and on election and politics. A final section presents selected web resources.
The web dossier is available on their website at:
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/SouthAfricanElections2009.aspx
The dossier contains a selection of titles from the library's online catalogue, including monographs, articles, and chapters from edited works, published since 1993. It covers the general elections since the end of apartheid, starting with the first democratic elections of 1994.It has sections on the general elections of 1994, 1999, and 2004, on the electoral system, and on election and politics. A final section presents selected web resources.
The web dossier is available on their website at:
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/SouthAfricanElections2009.aspx
Thursday 16 April 2009
Indian resources
Two new resources from India – with thanks to Intute
Included in the latest update from Intute are two new resources from India. For a complete list check the Intute website http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Vote report India was an innovative web 2.0 project launched by open-source projects, Ushahidi and SwiftRiver, and managed by eMoksha which used citizen based groups to monitor the 2009 Indian elections. It encouraged members of the public and human rights groups to send emails, text messages (SMS) and video reports of examples of electoral fraud and violations of the Indian Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct direct to the website. Users of the site can access information about the aims of the project and its methodology. It is also possible to read press releases about the elections, and view maps and descriptions of reported incidents. These offer insight into the state of Indian democracy.
Digital Library of India is a major portal to online collections of books hosted by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in co-operation with over 21 Indian universities and the Indian government. It provides free access to a growing number of ebooks scanned from Indian library collections. They include many historic monographs and books in Indian languages, covering a full range of topics from the humanities and social sciences. There is particularly strong coverage of topics relating to Indian culture, history, society and politics. These include coverage of elections in India, Indian politics, the British Empire in India and relations between India and Pakistan, including the conflict over the region of Kashmir It is possible to search or browse the website. As the digitisation project is ongoing, new material is being continuously added. Details about the progress of the project and copyright can be accessed from the website. It also includes links to major Indian newspapers and journals online.
Included in the latest update from Intute are two new resources from India. For a complete list check the Intute website http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Vote report India was an innovative web 2.0 project launched by open-source projects, Ushahidi and SwiftRiver, and managed by eMoksha which used citizen based groups to monitor the 2009 Indian elections. It encouraged members of the public and human rights groups to send emails, text messages (SMS) and video reports of examples of electoral fraud and violations of the Indian Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct direct to the website. Users of the site can access information about the aims of the project and its methodology. It is also possible to read press releases about the elections, and view maps and descriptions of reported incidents. These offer insight into the state of Indian democracy.
Digital Library of India is a major portal to online collections of books hosted by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in co-operation with over 21 Indian universities and the Indian government. It provides free access to a growing number of ebooks scanned from Indian library collections. They include many historic monographs and books in Indian languages, covering a full range of topics from the humanities and social sciences. There is particularly strong coverage of topics relating to Indian culture, history, society and politics. These include coverage of elections in India, Indian politics, the British Empire in India and relations between India and Pakistan, including the conflict over the region of Kashmir It is possible to search or browse the website. As the digitisation project is ongoing, new material is being continuously added. Details about the progress of the project and copyright can be accessed from the website. It also includes links to major Indian newspapers and journals online.
ANZLAG workshop 2009
Australia and New Zealand Library and Archives Group
London Workshop Friday 8th May
Venue: Basement Seminar Room at the Australia Centre, Corner Strand and Melbourne Place, London WC2B 4LG. Click here for directions
Provisional Programme:
10.30-11.00 Registration and welcome (Coffee and tea)
Session 1: 11.00 - 12.00 – Exploration and Travel
Chair:
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Speakers:
Amanda Engineer, Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts, The Wellcome Library, London
Journeys Down Under: Stories of two 19th Century Naval Surgeons
Dr Rob Allan, ACRE Project Manager, Climate Monitoring and Attribution Group, Met Office Hadley Centre
The international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction over the Earth(ACRE) initiative: the need for historical Southern Hemisphere weather observations.
Lunch 12.00 – 1.00
A sandwich lunch will be provided
Session 2: 1.00 – 2.30 – Labour and trade unions
A panel discussion exploring resources for and the experience of studying labour history and politics in the UK
Chair:
Ian Henderson, Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Kings College London
Panel:
David Clover, Information Resources Manager & Librarian, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London Research Library Services,
Chris Coates, Librarian, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Collections, Holloway Road Learning Centre, London Metropolitan University
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Session 3: 2.30- 3.30 European collections of note
Speakers:
Dr John Cardwell, Archivist, Royal Commonwealth Society Collections, University of Cambridge
Arlette Apkarian, Librarian, CREDO (the Centre of Research and Documentation on Oceania : Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) Maison Asie Pacifique, Provence University.
Registration £10 (£5 students and unwaged) payable on the day to assist with catering costs
Please register in advance to david.clover@sas.ac.uk
London Workshop Friday 8th May
Venue: Basement Seminar Room at the Australia Centre, Corner Strand and Melbourne Place, London WC2B 4LG. Click here for directions
Provisional Programme:
10.30-11.00 Registration and welcome (Coffee and tea)
Session 1: 11.00 - 12.00 – Exploration and Travel
Chair:
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Speakers:
Amanda Engineer, Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts, The Wellcome Library, London
Journeys Down Under: Stories of two 19th Century Naval Surgeons
Dr Rob Allan, ACRE Project Manager, Climate Monitoring and Attribution Group, Met Office Hadley Centre
The international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction over the Earth(ACRE) initiative: the need for historical Southern Hemisphere weather observations.
Lunch 12.00 – 1.00
A sandwich lunch will be provided
Session 2: 1.00 – 2.30 – Labour and trade unions
A panel discussion exploring resources for and the experience of studying labour history and politics in the UK
Chair:
Ian Henderson, Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Kings College London
Panel:
David Clover, Information Resources Manager & Librarian, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London Research Library Services,
Chris Coates, Librarian, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Collections, Holloway Road Learning Centre, London Metropolitan University
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Session 3: 2.30- 3.30 European collections of note
Speakers:
Dr John Cardwell, Archivist, Royal Commonwealth Society Collections, University of Cambridge
Arlette Apkarian, Librarian, CREDO (the Centre of Research and Documentation on Oceania : Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) Maison Asie Pacifique, Provence University.
Registration £10 (£5 students and unwaged) payable on the day to assist with catering costs
Please register in advance to david.clover@sas.ac.uk
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Wadabagei: feature on "West Indian Review"
In the latest issue of Wadabagei, Carl Wade of the University of the West Indies in Cave Hill, Barbados, assesses the relevance and impact of the West Indian Review, a literary magazine, founded in Jamaica in 1934 by British journalist, novelist and playwright Esther Chapman.
The West Indian Review was published from 1934 until the 1970s, mostly as a monthly and frequently in numbers of over eighty pages, and contained poetry and fiction as well as articles on painting, sculpture, folklore, history, agriculture and other topics. Unlike many similar publication in the region it was not the organ of any intellectual or nationalist group, and remained supported by commercial advertising through its existence.
Wade’s article highlights the noteworthy perception by the Review of the West Indies as a single constituency encompassing Anglophone as well as Francophone and Hispanic regions and states that this perception “may be unique among hemispheric enterprises of any epoch”. The Review’s conservative political agenda is revealed – with editorials which criticised the views of Italian-Ethiopian war as a racial war, which opposed political federation of the British West Indies, and expressed scepticism about the fledgling People’s National Party, its leaders and its progressive agenda, as well as opposing the establishment of universal enfranchisement. Despite these views Wade concludes that the Review played an important role as a catalyst for a regional literary awakening, stating that “the review’s most vital contribution to the literary awakening was its advocacy of West Indian ‘subjectivity’…emphasized in the repeated commitment to ‘keep the publication entirely West Indian’, and in the stipulation that submissions should be ‘West Indian in background or character’”
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies holds copies of the West Indian Review, on microfilm, from its inception in 1934 until October 1955.
Wade, Carl A. (2008) “Re-Imagining a Community: The West Indian Review, 1934-1940” Wadabagei, Vol. 11. No. 3
The West Indian Review was published from 1934 until the 1970s, mostly as a monthly and frequently in numbers of over eighty pages, and contained poetry and fiction as well as articles on painting, sculpture, folklore, history, agriculture and other topics. Unlike many similar publication in the region it was not the organ of any intellectual or nationalist group, and remained supported by commercial advertising through its existence.
Wade’s article highlights the noteworthy perception by the Review of the West Indies as a single constituency encompassing Anglophone as well as Francophone and Hispanic regions and states that this perception “may be unique among hemispheric enterprises of any epoch”. The Review’s conservative political agenda is revealed – with editorials which criticised the views of Italian-Ethiopian war as a racial war, which opposed political federation of the British West Indies, and expressed scepticism about the fledgling People’s National Party, its leaders and its progressive agenda, as well as opposing the establishment of universal enfranchisement. Despite these views Wade concludes that the Review played an important role as a catalyst for a regional literary awakening, stating that “the review’s most vital contribution to the literary awakening was its advocacy of West Indian ‘subjectivity’…emphasized in the repeated commitment to ‘keep the publication entirely West Indian’, and in the stipulation that submissions should be ‘West Indian in background or character’”
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies holds copies of the West Indian Review, on microfilm, from its inception in 1934 until October 1955.
Wade, Carl A. (2008) “Re-Imagining a Community: The West Indian Review, 1934-1940” Wadabagei, Vol. 11. No. 3
Monday 6 April 2009
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