African studies in the digital age: DisConnects?

About the Contributors List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Terry Barringer, Jos Damen, Peter Limb and Marion Wallace Part 1 Access, Research and Researchers 1 African Studies in the Digital Age - Challenges for Research and National Libraries Ian Cooke and Marion Wallace 2 Dazzled by Digital? Research Environments in African Universities and Their Implications for the Use of Digital Resources Jonathan Harle 3 Data, Data Everywhere, But Not a Byte to Think The Pitfalls of Increased Access to Digital Resources in University History Departments in Zimbabwe Diana Jeater 4 Improving Digital Collection Access with Simple Search Engine Optimisation Strategies Daniel A. Reboussin and Laurie N. Taylor Part 2 Archives and Memory 5 Building Futures The Role of Digital Collections in Shaping National Identity in Africa Rebecca Kahn and Simon Tanner 6 The West African Manuscript Heritage - Challenges of the Digital Revolution in a Research Economy Amidu Sanni 7 Recovering the African Printed Past - Virtually Re-membering a Dispersed Collection in Eritrea Massimo Zaccaria 8 Archives and the Past - Cataloguing and Digitisation in Uganda's Archives Edgar C. Taylor, Ashley Brooke Rockenbach and Natalie Bond 9 'Life is so Summarised' - Society's Memory in the Digital Age in Africa Mirjam de Bruijn and Walter Gam Nkwi Part 3 Building on Digital 10 African Newspapers in the Online World - Information Gains and Losses Hartmut Bergenthum 11 Viewing 'Africa Through a Lens' Using Digitisation and Online Tools at The National Archives (uk) to Widen Audience Reach Jenni Orme 12 The Integration of Historical Cartography into the Present Day - The Darfur Case Lucia Lovison-Golob Concluding Remarks Peter Limb Appendix: Programme of scolma's 50th anniversary conference Index of Subjects