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Africana resources in four selected US academic research libraries

Afeworki Paulos (Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
Robert P. Holley (Library and Information Science Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Collection Building

ISSN: 0160-4953

Article publication date: 1 April 2006

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Abstract

Purpose

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To explore the relationship between the importance of African studies programs and the acquisition of African imprint titles in four selected American academic libraries.

Design/methodology/approach

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The paper examines the characteristics of the African studies programs in four universities in comparison with library holdings including the percentage of holdings from four major English‐language African publishers.

Finding

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The four research libraries acquire substantial numbers of African monographs in keeping with the importance of their African studies programs.

Originality/value

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The paper provides information on four major African studies programs and the library holdings that support them.

Keywords

Citation

Paulos, A. and Holley, R.P. (2006), "Africana resources in four selected US academic research libraries", Collection Building, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950610658838

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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