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SCOLMA membership rates

SCOLMA membership rates 

In 2022 SCOLMA moved to an individual membership scheme. This reflects the agreement between SCOLMA and the International African Institute (IAI) to merge their two journals African Research and Documentation (ARD) and Africa Bibliography (AB) respectively. The first issue of Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation (ABRD) was published both online and in print in October 2022.

ABRD is published annually, with the ability to publish articles online ahead of print throughout the year.

Cambridge University Press (CUP) publish ABRD on behalf of IAI and issue details can be found on the CUP website https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/africa-bibliography-research-and-documentation. For SCOLMA members, access to ABRD and all back issues of ARD is available at a substantial discount as part of the SCOLMA individual membership subscription.

Membership

You are warmly invited to become a member of SCOLMA; benefits of Membership include:

• a programme of conferences and seminars relating to Africa
• belonging to a network of librarians, archivists and researchers, in the UK, Africa and elsewhere interested in the acquisition and promotion of library and archival materials across African studies
• the right to participate in SCOLMA meetings and contribute to the activities of SCOLMA
• access to an expert body providing specialist advice
• the option to subscribe to the journal Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation (ABRD) the joint publication of SCOLMA and the International Africa Institute at a greatly subsidised rate. Note, the bibliographic database element of ABRD is produced online only.
• concessionary rates available for students, retired or unwaged

• Membership + access to ABRD online only (including bibliographic database) £25
• Membership + access to ABRD in print and online (including online access to bibliographic database) £35
• Concessionary membership + access to ABRD online only (including bibliographic database) £20
• Concessionary membership + access to ABRD in print and online (including online access to bibliographic database) £30

Please contact us on (SCOLMA Enquiries) sales@scolma.org for further details or to express interest in joining along with the category of membership required and the SCOLMA Treasurer will respond.

For full information on our Terms and Conditions and our Data Protection policy, see links from the website membership notice:
i. Terms and Conditions – Scolma.org – UK Libraries & Archives Group on Africa
ii. Privacy Notices – Scolma.org – UK Libraries & Archives Group on Africa

Book Donations to the Jagger Library

Information for Donors

Large parts of the collections of the Jagger Library, University of Cape Town, were destroyed in the disastrous fire of April 2021. UK-based academics have come forward to help with the process of rebuilding the library by donating books.

This is quite a complex operation, since the Jagger Library will not be able to take every title offered, and shipping from the UK needs to be organised. Given the importance of the Jagger Library for Africa-based African Studies scholarship, and the need for a coordinating role, SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) has volunteered to step in. We will liaise between donors and Jagger Library staff in order to coordinate donation, selection and shipping, and will also be fundraising to pay for shipping costs.

If you would like to donate any of your African Studies books to the Jagger Library, please let us know (contact: Sarah Rhodes, sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk), and follow the guidelines below.

If you are able to make a donation towards shipping costs we would be most grateful (please let Sarah know, as above).

GUIDELINES FOR DONATING AFRICAN STUDIES TITLES TO THE JAGGER LIBRARY

1. Please make sure you have the donors’ spreadsheet supplied by SCOLMA (available from sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).
2. Please check each item in the Jagger Library catalogue at http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/.
3. If you find the item in the catalogue together with the words ‘lost in the fire’, it may be wanted by the Jagger Library. Please add the item details to the donations spreadsheet and reserve it for the librarians’ decision.
4. If you don’t find the item in the catalogue, it may be wanted by the Jagger Library. Please add the item details to the donations spreadsheet and reserve it for the librarians’ decision.
5. If you find the item in the catalogue together with the words ‘survived the fire’, or with no reference to the fire, it is not wanted by the Jagger Library.
6. The condition of donated items should generally be ‘as new’, ‘VG’ (very good) or ‘G’ (good). The Jagger Library is unlikely to want items in poor condition.
7. When ready, please forward your spreadsheet of possible donations to SCOLMA (contact sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk). We will liaise with the Jagger Library, and will be in touch with you when they have made their selections from your list.
8. If your donation is accepted, we will liaise with you about the best way of getting your books to Oxford, where they will be stored preparatory to shipping.

Thank you for your contribution to this project!

SCOLMA 2.12.22

ABRD Launch Event with Munyao Kilolo and Ida Hadjivayanis in Conversation

Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation  

Launch of the new journal from the IAI and SCOLMA published by Cambridge University Press.

Thursday 1 December 2022, 17:30-19:00 GMT

Room RB01, at SOAS, London WC1H 0XG

register in person here: forms.office.com/r/fJDQi2tsff 

or join online registering here: tinyurl.com/ABRDlaunch 

With Munyao Kilolo (Ituika, Kiswahili Prize) in conversation with Ida Hadjivayanis (SOAS), discussing African language publishing, translation and literature.