African studies in the digital age : : DisConnects? / / edited by Terry Barringer and Marion Wallace ; with Jos Damen [and four others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Barringer, Terry,; Wallace, Marion,; Damen, Jos,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

African Studies in the Digital Age. DisConnects? seeks to understand the complex changes brought about by the digital revolution. The editors, Terry Barringer and Marion Wallace, have brought together librarians, archivists, researchers and academics from three continents to analyse the creation and use of digital research resources and archives in and about Africa. The volume reveals new opportunities for research, teaching and access, as well as potential problems and digital divides. Published under the aegis of SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa), this new work is a major step forward in understanding the impact of the Internet Age for the study of Africa, in and beyond the continent. Contributors are: Terry Barringer, Hartmut Bergenthum, Natalie Bond, Mirjam de Bruijn, Ian Cooke, Jos Damen, Jonathan Harle, Diana Jeater, Rebecca Kahn, Peter Limb, Lucia Lovison-Golob, Walter Gam Nkwi, Jenni Orme, Daniel A. Reboussin, Ashley Rockenbach, Amidu Sanni, Simon Tanner, Edgar C. Taylor, Laurie N. Taylor, Marion Wallace, Massimo Zaccaria

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Terry Barringer and Marion Wallace -- Introduction / Terry Barringer , Jos Damen , Peter Limb and Marion Wallace -- African Studies in the Digital Age: Challenges for Research and National Libraries / Ian Cooke and Marion Wallace -- Dazzled by Digital?: Research Environments in African Universities and Their Implications for the Use of Digital Resources / Jonathan Harle -- Data, Data Everywhere, But Not a Byte to Think: The Pitfalls of Increased Access to Digital Resources in University History Departments in Zimbabwe / Diana Jeater -- Improving Digital Collection Access with Simple Search Engine Optimisation Strategies / Daniel A. Reboussin and Laurie N. Taylor -- Building Futures: The Role of Digital Collections in Shaping National Identity in Africa / Rebecca Kahn and Simon Tanner -- The West African Manuscript Heritage: Challenges of the Digital Revolution in a Research Economy / Amidu Sanni -- Recovering the African Printed Past: Virtually Re-membering a Dispersed Collection in Eritrea / Massimo Zaccaria -- Archives and the Past: Cataloguing and Digitisation in Uganda’s Archives / Edgar C. Taylor , Ashley Brooke Rockenbach and Natalie Bond -- ‘Life is so Summarised’: Society’s Memory in the Digital Age in Africa / Mirjam de Bruijn and Walter Gam Nkwi -- African Newspapers in the Online World: Information Gains and Losses / Hartmut Bergenthum -- Viewing ‘Africa Through a Lens’: Using Digitisation and Online Tools at The National Archives (uk) to Widen Audience Reach / Jenni Orme -- The Integration of Historical Cartography into the Present Day The Darfur Case / Lucia Lovison-Golob -- Concluding Remarks / Peter Limb -- Appendix: Programme of SCOLMA’S 50th anniversary conference / Terry Barringer and Marion Wallace -- Index of Subjects / Terry Barringer and Marion Wallace.