Writings on African Archives (London, Zell for Scolma, 1996): Supplement 9

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This list continues the series of supplements to the original volume. It contains 345 references and should be used in conjunction with Supplement 3, ARD, 79, 1999, 39-62; 80, 1999, 39-44 (containing 244 items and incorporating Supplements 1 and 2); Supplement 6, ARD, 91, 2003, 11-58 (containing 391 items and incorporating Supplements 4 and 5); Supplement 7, ARD, 94, 2004, 21-37 (containing 160 items) and Supplement 8, ARD, 106, 2008, 15-44 (containing 263 items) and also of course with the original work containing 2,355 items. This supplement is concerned primarily to list material published since 2005, but also includes a number of items published earlier that have come to the compiler's attention. For detailed information on topics covered and excluded see Writings on African archives (1996), pp. xi-xiii. Basically coverage in Part 1 is of works about archives and records management and collections of archives and manuscripts in African countries while Part 2 lists works on manuscript and archival collections of African relevance held in countries outside Africa. Collections of Arabic manuscripts in and from the five countries of North Africa, and of Egyptian, Coptic, Ethiopic and Amharic manuscripts in North and North-East Africa are deemed to be the province of Oriental studies and are not included. However writings on collections of Arabic manuscripts in or originating from Africa south of the Sahara and of other non-Western language manuscripts in or originating from this region such as Swahili in East Africa, Malay in South Africa and Arabico-Malgache (Sorabe) in Madagascar are included as are writings on Berber manuscripts in North Africa. Since 2000 there has been a notable increase in the literature about Arabic manuscripts in West Africa especially in Mali, Mauretania and Nigeria. As African archivists become increasingly involved in international activities, so they increasingly write on general archival and records management topics, not necessarily with special reference to their own countries. However, their outlook is naturally informed and affected by their experience and environment, and for that reason such writings are deemed to be of interest and are included. The compiler maintains a single cumulated and edited version of these 9 supplements as a Word file and would be happy to send a copy of this as an attachment to any enquirer. Contact j.mcilwaine@ucl.ac.uk GENERAL PART 1. ARCHIVES IN AFRICA Irvine, O.U. The law and ethics of acquisition of expatriate archives: addressing the 'lack of guidelines', Archives, 34(121) 2009, 6-13 Lovering, T. Expatriate archives, Archives, 34(121) 2009, 1-5 (Introduction to a special issue of the journal containing 5 articles on the topic, several of them originally given as papers to the Workshop on Expatriate Archives, University of the West of England, Bristol, 19 April 2008. See entries for Irvine (above), Banton (UK), Lihoma (Malawi), Murambiwa (Zimbabwe)) McIlwaine, J.H. Writings on African archives (London, Zell, 1996): Supplement 8, African research & documentation, 106, 2008, 15-44 (Includes 253 entries) Mnjama, N. Migrated archives revisited, ESARBICA journal, 30, 2011, 15-34 AFRICA IN GENERAL Asogwa, B.E. Digitisation of archival collections In Africa for scholarly communication: issues, strategies, and challenges, Library philosophy & practice, 2011. Available at: http://readperiodicals.com/201111/2546388661.html Burns, S. et al. The problems and barriers of records and information management in Africa. Paper to McGill Student Chapter of Association of Canadian Archivists, Annual Colloquium 2009. [Montreal, 2009]. Available at: http://acamcgill.pbworks.com/f/Ferris+et+al.pdf Chisenga, J. The development and use of digital libraries, institutional digital repositories and open access archives for research and national development in Africa: opportunities and challenges. …