Notice of SCOLMA AGM 2026

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SCOLMA (UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa)

64th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026

AGENDA

The 2026 AGM will be held in person at The National Archives on Tuesday, 30^th June 2026 at 13:30, as well as online.

If you wish to attend, please notify Sarah Rhodes, SCOLMA Secretary (sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk) by 26th June 2026.

AGENDA

1. Approval of the Minutes of the 63rd AGM (posted on our website)
2. Report of the Chair 2025/26 (Jenni Skinner)
3. Financial Statement and approval of the audited accounts (Lucy McCann)

• Appointment of auditor

4. Appointment of Officers and Committee

The following nominations have been received:

Officers:

• Chair – Jenni Skinner (Centre of African Studies Library, University of Cambridge)
• Secretary – Sarah Rhodes (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
• Treasurer – Lucy McCann (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
• Editor – Terry Barringer (Individual member)
• Web Manager – Charles Fonge (Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York)
• Programme Secretary – Liz Haines (The National Archives)
• Development Officer – Marion Wallace (Individual member)

Elected:

• Kenneth Atuma (University of Manchester) – proposed for election
• Charlotte Berry (Bristol Archives) – proposed for election
• Ben Carson – (Individual member) – elected 2024
• Mariam de Haan (British Library) – proposed for election
• Katie Sambrook (Kings College London) -proposed for election
• Dawn Wright – (SOAS Library, University of London) – elected 2025

Co-opted:

• Patricia Hewitt (Robert Sainsbury Library, University of East Anglia)
• Alison Metcalfe (The National Library of Scotland)
• Barbara Spina – (Individual member)

Representatives

• ASAUK representative: tbc
• International African Institute representative: Stephanie Kitchen

5. Any Other Business 

• Increasing SCOLMA membership fees by £5