http://ufdc.ufl.edu/africa1
Presenter Introduction
Dan Reboussin, Ph.D. African Studies Librarian University of Florida [email protected] 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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