Research Seminars and Noontalk

Next week's Africa-related research seminar will be on open access resources and the African Studies Collection Website:

While a large percentage of African Studies materials is still only available in print, electronic resources are proliferating. Many of the resources are available free of charge in an open access environment. This seminar attempts to give an overview of such resources. It also introduces participants to the African Studies Collection website which includes links to African newspapers and other current news sources, finding aids to our pamphlet/conference paper and special collections (e.g., the President Banda Archive, the Somali collection, etc.), class webpages, inventories of our African film and microform collections, book reviews, and much more.
Mo, September 22, 12:00-1:00; and Thu, Sept. 25, 12:00-1:00; both in the Wells Library, E 157

Additionally, I will present a noontalk (September 23, 12:00-1:00, WH 218) on
"The IUB-African Studies Collection in the 21st Century – Resources, Services, and other News"

I look forward to seeing many of you at the seminars and/or noontalk.
Marion

Navigating the mysterious world of electronic full-text journal articles – how to locate African Studies journal articles at the Wells Library

Please stop by the Wells Library, Room E 157, on Monday, September 15th, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, for a workshop on how to locate electronic full-text for African Studies journal articles:

Navigating the mysterious world of electronic full-text journal articles – how to locate African Studies journal articles at the Wells Library
How do I get an article from a journal that is in ALF? How do I find the full-text of an article? Which of the five URLs under a journal title in IUCAT will give me access to the full-text article I’m looking for? How do I get an article delivered to my email account? Where can I find a list of all our African Studies journal subscriptions? Discover the answers to these and other questions during this seminar on access to African Studies periodical literature.

Don't forget: Introduction to IUScholarworks for African Studies Faculty and Graduate Students

'Just a quick note to let you know that tomorrow will be the second workshop on IUScholarworks. Please feel free to attend, even if you have not signed up for it.


Introduction to IUScholarworks for African Studies Faculty and Graduate Students, Thu. Sept. 11, 12:00-1:00, Wells Library, E 157

IUScholarworks is Indiana University’s centralized, electronic, institutional repository for academic research, both pre-and post-publication. It is non-profit, designed to showcase and collect academic works for their long-term preservation and improved access, for the benefit of the scholarly community at large, and no charge is made for the use of any of the material deposited there. For area studies disciplines such as African Studies, this is a particularly powerful tool to provide increased access to research for our colleagues on the continent. This workshop presents an overview of IUScholarworks and a demonstration of the submission process. It will also discuss the issue of copyright and, specifically, author’s rights as they sign publishing contracts.

Library Services for African Studies Faculty and Graduate Students

The IU Libraries offer a large variety of services for faculty and students, ranging from request article delivery, rush cataloging, interlibrary loan, book recalls, e-reserves, faculty and graduate student carrels, to class instruction, class web pages, and drop in workshops – to name just a few. This seminar provides an overview of such services - and how to access them electronically on or off-campus - specifically for African Studies faculty and students.
Thursday, September 4, 2008, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wells Library, E 157