http://ufdc.ufl.edu/africa1

Presenter Introduction

Dan Reboussin, Ph.D. African Studies Librarian University of Florida danrebo@ufl.edu http://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/african_studies

Collection status & goals

Overview of collection contents

Significance

Functions & features

Research resources

FAQ

Continuing our conversation

Agenda

Manis Scrapbook: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00074840

Status:

Service across 10 UF colleges, for 100+ faculty affiliates, to Title VI National Resource Center, totaling 1.25+ million views since 2006. Original materials located in many branches and at the Harn Museum of Art.

Goals:

Develop and manage collections to support past, ongoing, and future needs of scholars.

Collection status & goals

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00093606

Distinctive: only African collection south of North Carolina and east of Kansas

Unique: many items are unique, rare, or scarcely held

Coherent: selection in support of a large and diverse academic program

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00026731

Significance

The Arts of Africa: Harn Museum of Art

George Fortune Collection: Shona language, Southern Bantu linguistics

Derscheid Collection: Rwanda colonial and pre-colonial history

Onitsha Market Literature: first literate generation of Igbo people

Photographs of Africa: Rikli (Ethiopia); Manis (Liberia); Berner (Gold Coast / Ghana); Ndimande (South Africa).

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00004587

Collection Contents Landing pages: sub-collections

Collection Contents

George Fortune Collection: Shona language, Southern Bantu linguistics

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/fortune

Collection Contents Martin Rikli Photographs, 1935-1936

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/fortune

Collection Contents

Woodcut map of West Africa, 1575.

Onitsha Market Chapbook (Nigeria).

Kuba ceremonial mpaan hat, Dem. Rep. Congo (360° view).

Map and Imagery Library http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00083065

Harn Museum of Art http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075574

Rare Books http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00004290

Collection Contents Materials diversity:

Subject matter

Time Span: 1544 - present

Formats

Original collection location Major Marable & violin http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00098458/00226

Collection Contents Scientific research: historic and current publications

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00073319 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00013409 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00096126

Books: dictionaries, histories, explorer’s accounts

Journals: peer reviewed, historic newspapers, popular

Technical reports: census, conservation, agriculture, urban issues, health

Maps: antique, historical, current (topos, charts, GIS)

Manuscripts: photo albums, scrapbooks, card collections

IR materials: current journals, collection brochure, class materials, preprints, ETDs (dissertations and theses) Monte Belo lighthouse, Limpopo bar

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/l/UF00095434/00005/

Collection Contents Landing pages not comprehensive:

Functions & features

Browse: All Items

Thumbnail view

Background image, slides 11-13, 15 & 16: Disk pendant (akrafokonmu): http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00096997

Functions & features

Advanced Search

Specific Search

Functions & features Items returned in search for: "haile selassie"

Image file controls for zoom functions

Zoom quality, rotation

Functions & features

Note signs of wear. Some images offer 360° view.

The Arts of Africa: Between the Beads http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00083064

Research resources Citation tab

student

Research resources Copyright, fair use, attribution, myUFDC

Can I print an image for personal or scholarly use?

When will more material be digitized?

How do I access print materials?

FAQ

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000209

This presentation is available in the UF Institutional Repository: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00003162/

Studio photographs of Z.J.S. Ndimande & Son. Greytown, Natal. South Africa.

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