Monthly Archives: February 2017
Fair Use / Fair Dealing Week 2017
In recognition of Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2017 programs, coordinated by the US & Canadian based Association of Research Libraries, ARL has released a helpful infographic on Fair Use Myths and Facts. Fair use and fair dealing are vitally important rights for everybody, everywhere—students, faculty, librarians, journalists, and all users of copyrighted material. These doctrines provide balance to […]
Remembering Jan Vansina
The African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has created a tribute page where people can share stories and memories of the late trailblazing historian Jan Vansina, who died on February 8, 2017 in Madison. The Center for Research Libraries Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) has preserved several of Jan Vansina’s research note collections and […]
Librarian job posting Duke University
Reposting: Duke University Libraries seeks an engaged and knowledgeable librarian for African and African American Studies. Reporting to the Head of International and Area Studies, the librarian serves as the subject liaison to the African and African American Studies department and supports the research and teaching of scholars in numerous departments and programs across the campus. […]
Official documents online
New Web Repository for Endangered Official Documents: Africa and Middle East The Center for Research Libraries has launched an open web repository initially digitizing or web harvesting more than 40,000 issues of official gazettes from ten African and Persian Gulf nations where the integrity of the public record is known to be at risk. As […]
African Studies library 