{"id":57,"date":"2011-10-16T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T12:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.222.18.61\/~scolma\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2016-04-28T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T15:06:31","slug":"specialisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Specialisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOLMA Specialisation Scheme<\/h4>\n

SCOLMA seeks to monitor, co-ordinate and improve the acquisition of library materials on Africa. Libraries participating in its co-operative scheme specialise in the acquisition of materials from particular areas of Africa and act as information centres.<\/p>\n

Acquisitions Specialisation Scheme by area:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • University of Birmingham:<\/strong> Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo<\/li>\n
  • British Library:<\/strong> All African countries, all subjects; holdings strongest for Anglophone countries. Historic and current books and serials; newspapers; official publications; e-resources. Predominantly in English but also in African and European languages and Arabic.<\/li>\n
  • LSE Library, University of London:<\/strong> South Africa (politics, economics, sociology)<\/li>\n
  • Durham University:<\/strong> Sudan<\/li>\n
  • Edinburgh University:<\/strong> Malawi, Zambia<\/li>\n
  • Exeter University:<\/strong> Ghana<\/li>\n
  • Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London:<\/strong> Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda<\/li>\n
  • Bodleian Social Science Library, University of Oxford:<\/strong> Namibia – politics, economics, social studies<\/li>\n
  • Leeds University:<\/strong> Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire) (non-social sciences), Commonwealth Africa (literature, history, politics, geology)<\/li>\n
  • The John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester:<\/strong> Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Madeira, Mozambique, Principe, Sao Tome<\/li>\n
  • Bodleian Library, University of Oxford:<\/strong> Namibia, St. Helena – politics, economics, social studies<\/li>\n
  • School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London:<\/strong> Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Nigeria, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Madagascar (humanities and social sciences only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Specialisation by subject<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    • British Library for Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton:<\/strong> broad coverage of economic and social development (for all Sub-Saharan African countries).<\/li>\n
    • Main Library, University of Reading:<\/strong> Grey literature (historic collection only)<\/li>\n
    • Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford:<\/strong> Forestry and allied subjects<\/li>\n
    • Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford:<\/strong> Economic development, biodiversity and environment, trade, finance, agricultural\/rural development, aid and projects<\/li>\n
    • Henry Martyn Centre, Westminster College, Cambridge:<\/strong> Christian mission in Africa<\/li>\n
    • Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London:<\/strong> Law – Anglophone Africa<\/li>\n
    • Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London:<\/strong> Trade unions, political ephemera – Commonwealth Africa.<\/li>\n
    • Institute of Education, University of London:<\/strong> Education in Africa<\/li>\n
    • Leeds University:<\/strong> Geology<\/li>\n
    • Institute of International Visual Arts, London:<\/strong> Contemporary visual arts and cultural studies<\/li>\n
    • Women\u2019s Library, London Metropolitan University:<\/strong> African women (particularly Commonwealth)<\/li>\n
    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London:<\/strong> Global public health, infectious diseases and tropical medicine<\/li>\n
    • School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London:<\/strong> African vernacular languages.<\/li>\n
    • Thomas Parry Library, Aberystwyth University:<\/strong> Librarianship (East and West Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      SCOLMA Specialisation Scheme SCOLMA seeks to monitor, co-ordinate and improve the acquisition of library materials on Africa. Libraries participating in its co-operative scheme specialise in the acquisition of materials from particular areas of Africa and act as information centres. Acquisitions Specialisation Scheme by area: University of Birmingham: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Mali, Niger, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}