Author: The African Book Publishing Record
Author: The African Book Publishing Record
Author: The African Studies Companion
Author: Hans ZellPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004502157
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 863
Book Description
Published in dual print and electronic formats, this is a new edition of a much acclaimed reference source that brings together a wide range of sources of information in the African studies field, covering both print and electronic sources. It evaluates the best online resources, the major general reference tools in print format, current bibliographies and indexing services, biographical, cartographic, statistical and economic resources, as well as film and video resources.
International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia
Author: Philip G. AltbachPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134261268
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Print Culture in Southern Africa
Author: Caroline DavisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000426378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Print Culture in Southern Africa is concerned with the institutions and processes informing textual production, circulation and consumption in the region, over a broad historical period from the late 18th century to the present day. The book is organised around three closely related themes. Firstly, it presents original research into the formation of reading publics and the impact of reading cultures, by uncovering obscure but important reading communities and circuits of book distribution and reception. A second theme is the relationship between print and politics, with a particular focus on the networks of power: how control over the production and circulation of printed books has shaped literary and cultural development. The third theme is transnational print culture, and how the control exercised by publishers in Europe and America has shaped literature and society in southern Africa. Drawing together interdisciplinary research and diverse methodologies, the collection encompasses a range of perspectives, including literary studies, anthropology, publishing studies, the history of the book and art history, and many of the chapters are based on previously unexamined archives and collections. The volume contributes to current debates and opens up new and exciting ways of furthering the study of postcolonial literature and African book history. The chapters included in this book were originally published in the Journal of Southern African Studies.
Reference Guide to Africa
Author: Alfred KaganPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442242612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This third edition of the Reference Guide to Africa explains the most important resources for the study of the continent of Africa. It contains a general sources section and a larger disciplinary oriented section. All sources are annotated.
Coming of Age
Author: Kamau, KiariePublisher: East African Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9966561846
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The sixteen chapters in this book form a Festschrift in honour of Henry Chakava, the distinguished Kenyan publisher. With a Forward by Tanzanian publisher Walter Bgoya , his long-time collaborator in furthering the causes of independent African publishing, the topics cover the full range of issues in which he has been central over more than forty years. His notable achievements include the first local buy-out of a British multinational publishing house, being one of the founders of African Books Collective and the African Publishers' Network, and participation in international counsels such as the Bellagio Publishing Network. Amongst the contributors are prominent Kenyan authors Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Simon Gikandi and Micere Githae Mugo; Kenyan colleagues from the book trade world; close collaborators in Uganda and Nigeria, and some international colleagues. The greatest range of the contributors are from within Africa. There are subject specific chapters on such issues as training, copyright, publishing in the digital age, and an overview of publishing at Codesria including the vexed issue of marginalisation of African language publishing.
Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1975
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1333
Book Description
Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Hans M. ZellPublisher: Hans Zell Pub
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Charting the growth of publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa, this comprehensive annotated bibliography covers all segments of the book industries, book marketing and distribution, and the retail book trade on the continent. There are also a substantial number of citations on more specialist areas of publishing, such as children's book publishing, journals and magazine publishing, scholarly publishing, and there are sections on complementary aspects of book development, such as authors and publishing copyright, the reading habit, and national book policies.
Scholarship, Research Libraries, and Global Publishing
Author: Jutta Scott-ReedPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136387196
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Discover how to meet the challenges of increasing your library's international publications through digital networks and large shared resource networks with other research libraries! Scholarship, Research Libraries, and Global Publishing reveals a four-year study conducted by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) that shows a tremendous decrease in US and Canadian ARL libraries’international publication acquisitions in a time when North American universities are becoming increasingly global and need to maintain collections of foreign articles. This intense study reflects these trends and provides solutions for increasing acquisitions by studying the use of computers and communications technology to help libraries redesign their methods of service. As a professional in the library science field, you will gain a deeper understanding of making electronic information available to patrons and other libraries and help to keep your library current and proficient in today's high-tech world of digital information. In Scholarship, Research Libraries, and Global Publishing, you will discover how you can increase your library's international publications by sharing the work and expense of acquiring foreign materials among a large number of research libraries and making these materials broadly available to scholars everywhere by electronic networks. From this book, you will learn about the obstacles facing each and the necessary steps to overcome them. Some of the challenges you will gain expertise in handling are: understanding the current trends in output of international publications, price forecasts, and the impact of electronic publishing in acquiring foreign publications identifying foreign materials that are collection priorities by discipline securing understandings with copyright holders to avoid intellectual property issues negotiating agreements between universities to shoulder the financial burdens of an extended collection refocusing the expectations of faculty about where and how they will find the books, journals, and other important library materials discussing and making changes to the acquisition process with scholars, librarians, presidents, provosts, and publishers Scholarship, Research Libraries, and Global Publishing provides tips and advice on how to provide cost-effective information. You will develop a clearer understanding of the forces influencing the ability of North American research libraries to build and maintain collections of publications produced outside the United States. From Scholarship, Research Libraries, and Global Publishing you will receive proven, effective methods to help increase the availability of international publications in your library in order to best serve your patrons.
