Document Type

Article

Abstract

Purpose – To explore the relationship between the importance of African Studies programs and the acquisition of African imprint titles in four selected American academic libraries.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the characteristics of the African Studies programs in four universities in comparison with library holdings including the percentage of holdings from four major English-language African publishers.

Finding -- The four research libraries acquire substantial numbers of African monographs in keeping with the importance of their African Studies programs.

Originality/value – The paper provides information on major four African Studies programs and the library holdings that support them.

Disciplines

Information and Library Science | Library and Information Science

Comments

This is the author's post print originally appearing in Collection Building. Vol. 25, No. 2, 2006, pp. 40-44. www.emeraldinsight.com/