Centre of African Studies Library
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The Centre of African Studies Library
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Library Collections
- The Library has a stock of over 30,000 books. A high priority is placed on obtaining material published in Africa and thus a substantial percentage of the titles held are not available elsewhere in Cambridge. This policy also applies to periodicals. .
- Please see the Library's collection development policy.
African Newspapers
- The Library is able to borrow microfilms ( and increasingly on-line links ) for many African newspapers, research collections and archives from Center for Research Libraries, Chicago Link to website and catalogue
- For sources of on line newspapers see online journals page
Videorecordings and DVD can be found on Library Search. Films can be borrowed for 7 days. Our collection includes:
- Video collection of programmes relating to Africa shown on British domestic television since the beginning of 1994 (being transferred to DVD).
- Tapes of the Truth Commission Special Reports broadcast on South African television from 1996 to 1998
- Various commercial DVD's - including those recommended for the Mphil in African Studies ( overnight loan only for Mphil DVDs)
The University is a member of the British Universities Film and Video Council which means University members have Raven password access to TRILT (Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching) which has:- - Listings for more than 300 TV and radio channels with data from 1995 onwards
- Autoalert emails for forthcoming programmes matching your searches
- If there are programmes we have missed recording we can order them through BUFVC's Off Air Recording Back-Up Service
- Over a million records added to TRILT every year
- Data available at least 10 days before transmission
CD-ROMS and some audio CDs ( cases on display in the library)
- can be used in the library or borrowed (7 day loan, or for the usual book loan time if borrowed with a book).
Microfilms and microfiches can be viewed and copies printed from the microfilm reader in the library. Our collection includes:
- Church Missionary Society Africa Collections (Parts 3, 4, 8 & 9 on the Missions to the Yoruba) - online guides
- The papers of Gakaara wa Wanjau, one of Kenya's first vernacular-language publishers. Wanjau's papers include his fictional writings, language primers, and a series of plays he wrote while held in detention as a 'Mau Mau' suspect.
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies: political ephemera. A booklet held in the Library outlines the ICS collection
Contact the Centre of African Studies,
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge. CB3 9DT.
Email centre@african.cam.ac.uk
Ph. 01223 334396 Fax 01223 769329
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Email centre@african.cam.ac.uk
Ph. 01223 334396 Fax 01223 769329
Information provided by webmaster@african.cam.ac.uk © 2012