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African Studies Digital Collections
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/africa1
University of Florida
George A. Smathers LibrariesSlide2
Presenter Introduction
Dan
Reboussin, Ph.D.African Studies LibrarianUniversity of Florida
danrebo@ufl.eduhttp://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/african_studiesSlide3
Collection status & goals
Overview of collection contents
SignificanceFunctions & featuresResearch resourcesFAQContinuing our conversation
Agenda
Manis
Scrapbook
:
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00074840Slide4
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/UF00093606Slide5
Distinctive: only African collection south of North Carolina and east of
KansasUnique: many items are unique, rare, or scarcely heldCoherent: selection in support of a large and diverse academic program
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00026731
SignificanceSlide6
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-collectionsSlide7
Collection Contents
George Fortune Collection: Shona language, Southern Bantu linguistics
http://
ufdc.ufl.edu/fortuneSlide8
Collection Contents
Martin
Rikli Photographs, 1935-1936
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/fortuneSlide9
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/AA00004290Slide10
Collection Contents
Materials diversity:
Subject matter
Time Span: 1544 - present
Formats
Original collection location
Major
Marable
&
violin
http
://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00098458/00226Slide11
Collection Contents
Scientific research: historic and current publications
http://
ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00073319
http://
ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00013409
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00096126Slide12
Books
: dictionaries, histories, explorer’s accountsJournals: peer reviewed, historic newspapers, popularTechnical reports: census, conservation, agriculture, urban issues, healthMaps: antique, historical, current (topos, charts, GIS)
Manuscripts: photo albums, scrapbooks, card collectionsIR materials: current journals, collection brochure, class materials, preprints, ETDs (dissertations and theses)
Monte Belo lighthouse, Limpopo barhttp://ufdc.ufl.edu/l/UF00095434/00005/
Collection Contents
Landing pages
not comprehensive:Slide13
Functions & features
Browse: All Items
Thumbnail view
Background
image, slides 11-13, 15 & 16:
Disk
pendant
(
akrafokonmu
):
http://
ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00096997Slide14
Functions & features
Advanced
Search
Specific
SearchSlide15
Functions & features
Items returned in search for:
"haile selassie"
Image
file controls for zoom functionsSlide16
Zoom q
uality, rotation
Functions & features
N
ote signs of wear.
Some images offer 360° view.
The Arts of Africa:
Between
the
Beads
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00083064Slide17
Research resources
Citation tabSlide18
student
Research resources
Copyright, fair use, attribution,
myUFDCSlide19
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/AA00000209Slide20
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.
Visit our collections at:
http
://
ufdc.ufl.edu/africa1
Thank
you.