Jan. 11:
Introduction, Discussion of Syllabus (course scope, requirements, etc.), Tour of the 6th floor.
Reading Assignment for Jan. 13th Session:
Jane Guyer, African Studies in the United States: A Perspective, "Introduction" and Chapter I
Hans M. Zell, "Digital Media and African Publishing" The Book and Computer, 12 Nov. 2003.http://www.honco.net/os/index_0310.html
Jan. 13:
African Studies in the U.S.
Publishing in Africa
Jan. 18:
Electronic Initiatives
Introduction to the Library of Congress Classification System
Selected Recent Electronic Sources
Selected Recent Electronic Initiatives
Jan. 20:
Introduction to the African Studies Collection Website; "Introduction of African-Related Internet Resources," African Affairs, vol. 97, no. 388, July 1998: 401-408.
Search Strategies in:
Annotation due: Jan. 27th, 2004.
Reading Assignment for Jan. 25th Session:
Katrien Polman, “Evaluation of Africa-Related Internet Resources,” African Affairs, vol. 97, no. 388, July 1998: 401-408.
Jan. 25:
In-class exercise:
Web-based information versus information from online databases versus print sources. Discussion of results; (Evaluation of Internet sources, Listservs, Newsgroups, etc).
Jan. 27:
Introduction to Bibliographic Software: EndNote
Annotation due.
Feb. 1:
Online databases-coverage and search strategies; Jian Liu, Reference Librarian.
Meet in LETRS Seminar Room.
Feb. 3:
Discussion of Course Projects/Topics
Compiling and Evaluating Bibliographies
Assignment: Select and Evaluate a bibliography; due on Feb. 15th, 2004.
Feb. 8:
In-class exercise
Feb. 10:
Publishing in African Studies
Periodical
indexes
Dissertations
Feb. 15:
Bibliographies-national, general, trade, and country focused.
Evaluation of Bibliography due.
Subject Specific Sources:
Feb. 17:
General reference materials (guides, hand books, encyclopedias, current events, etc.)
Exercise 1 due: Feb 24.
Feb. 22:
History Sources
Biographical Sources
Feb. 24:
Linguistics
Excercise I due.
March 1:
Anthropology
March 3:
Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)
– online vs. print
Moira Smith (Librarian for
Folklore, Anthropology, Sociology, and Women’s Studies)
Meet in LETRS Seminar Room
March 8:
Literature
Reading Assignment for March 10th Session:
Kenneth P. Lohrentz, "Africana at the Center for Research Libraries," African Studies Review, vol. 41, no. 2, Sept. 1998: 113-132.
David Henige, "The Half Life of an African Archive," in Julian W. Witherell (ed.), Africana Resources and Collections: A Festschrift in Honor of Hans Panofsky, Metuchen, M.J., London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1989: 198-212.
March 10:
Archives
Exercise II due: March 29.
March 15:
Spring Break-No Class
March 17:
Spring Break-No Class
March 22:
Africana in the
Fine Arts Library
B.J. Irvine (Librarian for Fine
Arts)
Meet in Fine Arts Library
March 24:
Oral Tradition/History
Music and Recordings
March 29:
Africana in the
Lilly Library
Elizabeth Johnson, Head of Technical Services,
Lilly Library
Exercise II due.
March 31:
Religious Studies
April 5:
Africana in the Archives of
Traditional Music
Suzanne Mudge, Archives of Traditional
Music
April 7:
Political Science, Development Information
Exercise III due: April 19.
April 12:
Government Publications Andrea Singer, International Documents Librarian Meet in GIMSS, Main Library, second floor, Research Collections
April 14:
Health-related sources (social information, women’s studies, health education through music/theater)
April 19:
Librarianship in Africa
Exercise III due.
April 21:
Publishing in Journals
Liz McMahon, Managing Editor of Africa Today.
Reading Assignment for April 26th Session: Paul Tyiambe Zeleza, Chapter 4: “Trends
and Inequalities in the Production of Africanist Knowledge,” Manufacturing African Studies and Crises, Dakar/Senegal: CODESRIA, 1997: 44-69.
Eve Gray, “Caxton or the Ethernet? Academic
Publishing in an African Context,” Cape Librarian, Mar./Apr. 2001: 10-14.
April 26:
Digital Scholarship-a way to bridge the information gap?
FINAL COURSE PROJECT DUE
April 28:
Presentations
May 3:
Presentations
