Africana Resources and Collections: Three Decades of Development and Achievement: A Festschrift in Honor of Hans Panofsky FROM THE PUBLISHER
This collection of original studies by African collections specialists in major American libraries provides insights into the development of Africana—materials from or about Africa—in the US—and into the achievements of librarians in this country in promoting and facilitating scholarship on sub-Saharan regions. Contributors: Abraham Demoz, Moore Crossey, David L. Easterbrook, Elizabeth A. Widenmann, Beverly A. Gray, Gretchen Walsh, John Bruce Howell, Janet L. Stanley, Nancy J. Schmidt, Joseph J. Lauer, David Henige, Yvette Scheven, and Dorothy C. Woodson. With author/subject/title index to the entire volume.
Author Biography: Julian W. Witherell, Chief, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress, has been associated with the Library's African studies programs for 28 years. A prolific bibliographer, he has compiled eight _ guides to materials on sub-Saharan topics, including "The United States and Africa, 1785-1975", for which he won the African Studies Association's Conover-Porter Award for bibliographic achievement.
FROM THE CRITICS
RQ
The editor has succeeded in gathering together an exquisite collection of essays covering the past, present, and, to some extent, the future of Africana librarianship in a factual, highly informative, and interesting manner...a valuable source of information for Africana librarians and is highly recommended for academic libraries and African studies collections..
Booknews
Comprises studies on the bibliographic control of various collections (e.g., films, museum materials, publications in African languages), background information on interlibrary cooperation, and an essay on improved online access to Africa-related materials in undergraduate collection. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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