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Subject: [ACU Libraries-Net] Call for papers: Dis/connects: African Studies in the Digital Age<br>To: libraries-net <<a href="mailto:libraries-net@mailman.acu.ac.uk">libraries-net@mailman.acu.ac.uk</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">SCOLMA: The UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">50<sup>th</sup><span> </span>ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Dis/connects: African Studies in the Digital Age</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Oxford, 25–26 June 2012</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The digital revolution is profoundly affecting African studies. New digital resources are making available large areas of content, as well as greatly improving access to bibliographies. In Africa, governments and NGOs are publishing online, some publishers are moving to print on demand and e-books, and international academic journals are increasingly becoming available in university and national libraries.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Yet the story, as is well-known, is far from straightforward or unproblematic. This conference will mark the 50<sup>th</sup><span> </span>anniversary of the founding of SCOLMA by taking a critical look at the field of African studies and how it is changing. In particular, although there has been much discussion of new digital resources and what their creators plan to do, we have a limited understanding of their<span> </span><i>impact</i><span> </span>on their users and on knowledge production in general. For example, what are the implications for historical research of the availability of digitised sources, and of the choices made in their selection? How do social science researchers work in a field in which much, but not everything, is now available online? Are e-journals – or indeed mobile phones – beginning to change the research process in Africa? And, more generally, how have broader historical and political developments changed African studies and librarianship over the last half-century?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">We welcome papers on these themes across the humanities, arts, social sciences and sciences. Papers may deal with digital content, whether digitised or born-digital, of any kind, e.g. archives and manuscripts; audio-visual material; maps; newspapers; books, journals and theses; photographs, prints, drawings and paintings; ephemera; statistical databases; and social media.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The conference will bring together academics and other researchers with librarians and archivists. We aim thus to have a productive exchange of expertise, experience and analysis on the question of knowledge production in African studies.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Themes may include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">How scholars, researchers, librarians and archivists use digitised resources.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">How African studies is changing, and the place of the digital revolution in these changes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Access to, selection of, and training in the use of digital resources in the library context. Are resources under-used?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">To pay or not to pay? How easy is it for researchers to find subscription e-resources? And for libraries to fund them? What is the balance of free and charged resources in the research process? How well do the models for making e-resources available in Africa work?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">How well does user consultation work?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Digital scholarship: are scholars in African studies using digital collections to generate new intellectual products?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The impact of mobile phone technology on African studies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">How patchy is the creation of digital resources, and what – and who – is being left behind?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Language in Africa and new technology.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">One-page abstracts of papers on these themes are warmly welcomed. If you would like to give a paper, please send your abstract to</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS 31 OCTOBER 2011.</span></p>
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