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Please note: The Africana Library Website is now located at http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/lib.html
Africana Reading Room
328 Main
Library
Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5:00
(217) 244-1903
Acquisitions Lists | Collections
| UIUC Dissertations & Theses | Electronic
Journals | Reading Room Services |
Research Guides | Key
Indexes and Reference Sources | Style
Manuals & Electronic Citation Guides | African
Language Resources | Other Africana
Collections
Africa
100 Best Books of the 20th Century
Final list of 100 titles announced by the panel of judges in
Accra, Ghana, 18 February 2002.
Acquisitions Lists
July-December 2003
April-June 2003
January-March 2003
June 2002
April - May 2002
January - March
2002
October -
December 2001
August - September
2001
April - July 2001
January - March
2001
November
- December 2000
September
- October 2000
July - August
2000
April - July
2000
January -
March 2000
Collections
The Africana collections in the University
of Illinois Library are among the finest in the world.
The University Library has made a serious commitment to acquire
Africa-related materials since 1969. The collection covers
all African countries and includes materials in more than 150 African
languages. Priority countries for collecting include Burkina
Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Gambia, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa,
Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Priority languages are Amharic,
Arabic, Bambara, Hausa, Lingala, Swahlii, Wolof and Zulu. The collections
are interdisciplinary, in all formats, and concentrated mainly in
the humanities, social sciences and agriculture. The Library
has an extraordinary collection of primary source materials for
Africana. We have identified approximately 100 printed sources
and 85 microform collections (over 10,000 pieces) covering all areas
of Africa. The collection also includes 120,000 pages of Arabic
manuscripts and thousands of government documents.
Africana materials in European and African languages at the University
of Illinois Libraries include more than 180,000 volumes (including
15,000 in Arabic and 3,000 in Bamana, Hausa, Lingala, Swahili and
Zulu), 2,800 journals, 46,000 maps, 10,000 microforms, more than
500 videos, 37 newspapers and several CD-ROMs. Due to the
decentralized nature of the library system, the collection is distributed
by subject and format throughout the system; however, the greatest
part is in the Library's general book stacks. Arabic materials
are kept in the Asian Library.
Please browse through our recent acquisitions
or go directly to the library's online
catalog to do a search.
Dissertations & Theses
Two lists of Africa-related dissertations and theses completed at
the University of Illinois are available.
Due to the decentralized nature of the library system, the collection
is distributed by subject and format in thirty-five departmental
libraries; the greatest part is in the library's general book stacks.
There are four departmental collections that are of special interest.
The Map and Geography
Library, housed on the 4th floor of the Main Library, holds
an extensive collection of maps on Africa and the U.S. Government's
Area Handbook Series for most African countries. The Media
Center in the Undergraduate Library contains a collection of
non-print materials for instructional use, including 250 videotapes
and 40 audio cassettes and slide sets for which a video list is
available. The Newspaper
Library, located in the basement, receives current issues of
newspapers from Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, South
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The University
of Illinois Archives, also located in the basement, contains
some important African studies materials, including: Haroun Ould
Sidiyya Baba Library of 19th century Arabic manuscripts; Sierra
Leone collection--agriculture, economic, education, history, transportation,
Njala University College; South Africa and the University local
anti-apartheid materials of Illinois; U.S. Agency for International
Development--includes Africa projects; University development collection
for Kenya and Malawi.
Electronic Journals
The UIUC Library Web page offers access
to online journals to which it subscribes. Many of these are
Africana-related.
Reading Room Services
Individual reference assistance is available in the Africana
Reading Room, 328 Library, on a walk-in or appointment basis.
Faculty and graduate students who may need extensive assistance
are encouraged to make an appointment in advance with the African
Studies Bibliographer, Al Kagan.. The office and reading room are
open Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM when classes are
in session. The Bibliographer is also available for group bibliographic
instruction sessions. Faculty should request such sessions at least
two weeks in advance. The Bibliographer also teaches a full semester
graduate student course on "Bibliography of Africa" (LIS 433M).
The Africana Reading Room contains Africa-specific indexes, bibliographies,
handbooks, directories and other reference materials. A current
year collection of some of the most-read general periodicals (Africa
Confidential, West Africa, etc.) is also housed
in the reading room. Older issues of these periodicals are
shelved in the Library's general stacks or in subject libraries.
Research Guides
Key Indexes and Reference Sources
The printed versions of the following key indexes and continuing
bibliographies are kept in the Africana Reading Room:
Online Style Manuals &
Electronic Citation Guides
Electronic Citation Guides
General Style Manuals
African Language Resources
and Dictionaries
Other Africana Collections
The following annotated list of U.S. and U.K. libraries with large
Africana collections
may also be accessed on-line.
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For further information, contact:
Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer
328 Library, 1408 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-6519
Fax: (217) 333-2214
E-mail: akagan@uiuc.edu
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