The meeting was convened by John Howell as Chair, with Joseph Lauer as Acting Secretary.

Member institutions (and their representatives) present: Boston University (Walsh), Center for Research Libraries (Marlys Rudeen), Columbia University (Caruso), Duke University (Baumann), Library of Congress (Beall, Mwalilino, Zellers), Michigan State University (Lauer), New York University (Sinnott), Northwestern University (Britz, Easterbrook, Ogedengbe, Shayne), Stanford University (Fung), Syracuse University (Zecharias), University of California, Berkeley (Bischof, Bockie, William Drake), University of California, Los Angeles (Bell-Gam, Goral), University of Florida (Nanji), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Kagan), University of Iowa (Howell), University of Wisconsin-Madison (Henige), and Yale University (Crossey).

Guests present: Martha Bergmann, Robin Fryde, Milton Krieger, Ken Lohrentz, Wonki Nam, Mathokoza Nhlapo, and Cheryl Spence.

CAMP members not represented: Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Harvard University, Indiana University, New York Public Library-Schomburg Center, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Ohio State University Ohio University, Princeton University, Queen's University at Kingston (Ontario) , South African Library, Temple University, University of Cambridge-African Studies Centre, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, University of Tasmania, University of Western Australia,

1-3. Introductions:

4. Minutes of the Boston Meeting as issued by Marlys Rudeen, Microfilm Projects and Preservation Coordinator, Center for Research Libraries, were approved, with stylistic amendments from Schmidt.

5. Fall 1996 election to CAMP Executive Committee: Ruby Bell-Gam and John Howell were elected members-at-large; Don Ohadike (Cornell University) was elected as faculty representative. Continuing members for 1995-97: Phyllis Bishof, Jill Coelho, and Christopher Ehret.

6. CRL Report (Rudeen):
Discussed information in handouts, including the Financial Statement, CAMP Commitments, materials on order and recent receipts [which are attached to minutes]. Spending on IEN/MSU preservation microfilm was questioned, given other needs. Members approved, 9-1, continued expenditures on this item.

7. Library of Congress Report (Zellers):
Filming plans: A collection of University of Nairobi miscellaneous publications has been sent for filming. It consists of 460 items, arranged by broad subject, then department and author. Future projects might include materials form the University of Dar es Salaam, Makerere University, and the University of East Africa. AF Press clippings and About Liberia are also under consideration for preservation filming.

Recent purchases of large microfilm collections: Abyssinian scrapebooks; C.B.M.S. archives (London), Africa Committee; India Office archives; Royal Commonwealth Society Photographic Collection. A 341-page annotated Guide to the microform collections in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Library of Congress, compiled by the staff of the Division and edited by Patrick Frazier, was issued in 1996. (SuDOC no. LC 1.6/4:m 58/7; Shipping list no. 97-0029-P)

Photocopies of "African newspapers on negative microfilm at the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service" is available from Florine Moody, Photodup. Serv., LC 20540-4574.

In the Newspaper Service, Robert Moody has replaced Frank Carroll.

8. New and Prospective Members (Easterbrook): New York University has joined. CAMP currently has 38 dues-paying members.

9. Social Science Research Council (Howell report on correspondence with Ron Kasimir, SSRC):
SSRC will not fund any "re-grants" at this time, although they are interested in new projects. In regard to dissertations, he suggested that CAMP work out a relationship with University Microfilms International (UMI).

UMI reports agreements with the University of Lagos, the University of Maiduguri, the University of the Witwatersrand, and the University of Zambia, but individuals must use their own funds to cover processing. [And very few actually send their dissertations.]

Kasimir also advises linkages with more African institutions when applying for grants with Ford or SSRC.

OLD BUSINESS

10. CAMP brochure in French: CRL has in hand and will publish.

11. Iowa's Health/Medical Grant with the Medical Research Centre, South Africa, and the State Library, Pretoria, is coming to an end. A list of acquisitions will be available from John Howell.

12. Filming of the Judges' Notebooks of the Civil and Criminal Cases of the Colonial Lagos Supreme Court (1876-1915): The chair was directed to continue efforts with the USIS librarian to acquire microfilms from our vendor in Lagos.

13. Status of Offipubs: Cape of Good Hope Official Publications of the Cape Colony ("Bluebooks"), 1854?-1920: purchased by CRL.

14. Recent purchases:
14a. La politique coloniale (Belgium), 1892-1919, will be purchased when the publisher is identified.
14b. Microfilming of 52 theses from the School of Health in Niger purchased by the University of Iowa. The CAMP Executive had approved the microfilming of these theses for approx. $600. Actual expenditures are now estimated at $1325. The added expenditure was approved by the membership.

15. Proposed future Title-6 project (Walsh): After a listserv discussion, the Title-6 librarians agree to propose the following for the second 3-year cycle: continued filming of Senegalese archives; plus begin acquiring paper or microform copies of African theses.

16. Status report on current Title-VI/CAMP filming in the Senegalese Archives (Caruso): test film is available; inventory of collection has been published and will be deposited in CAMP; another trip to Dakar is planned; there will be funds from 1st cycle to film additional materials.

17. Union List Of African Newspapers On The World-Wide Web:
a) URL for Shayne list is changing; new editor sought after Shayne retires.
b). The URL for the CAMP List Arranged by title is:
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/paper/webcamp1.html [no longer active]
c) The list arranged by place is at:
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/paper/webcamp2.html [no longer active]
d) For an example of division by geography, languages, and regions, see Electronic Journal of Africana Biblography: http:/www.lib.uiowa.edu/proj/ejab/
e) Malawi newspapers: The previously approved $3000 covered only about 1/3 of the collection of 1989-93 newspapers which had been sent to CRL from LC-Nairobi. Rudeen would collate and prepare a new estimate for the Spring meeting.
f) Discussion of a comprehensive list of newspapers followed. Rudeen distributed a revised form for submitting purchase proposal, with estimated costs for filming.

NEW BUSINESS (or potential future purchases)

18. Bamenda Project (Milton Krieger): requested support for the filming of a collection of newspapers held by the Social Democratic Front library in Bamenda (Cameroons). There were 800 issues of 7-8 major newspapers since 1990, plus another 200 issues from another 90 titles.

19. Mondlane Archives - At her request, Janet Mondlane received 6 reels of microfilm which had been closed to non-family. She was also interested in having filmed or digitized the remaining materials of her mother and father.

20. Government Publications Relating to Nyasaland, 1891-1964: 57 reels; $4389. Discussed and deferred to a mail ballot.

21. Early Years of Apartheid: South African Press Digests, 1949-1972. <140 (98-frame) microfiche> + printed finding list $1,320.

22.African Biographical Archive (AfBA) Munchen: Saur (113,000 biographical entries referring to 75,000 Africans) Ca. 450 microfiche in 12 installments. No index until after all fiche are published. Silver $14,850; Diazo $13,465. Value was questioned because of difficulty of loaning and because it had little new material.

23. Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions, Correspondence and Reports, Africa Mission, 1835-1910 <32 reels of microfilm>+ 1 calendar roll. $2,805: Deferred for possible CRL purchase of all parts.

24. South Africa: A Weekly Journal for All-Interested in South African Affairs, 1889-1970. London: Filmed by Edward P. Mathers, journalist Covers southern Africa including Mozambique. By Sept 1995 the filming had reached 1917 with 1787 fiche to run to 4000 fiche, $8,000. Includes maps, diagrams, photographs, and information on economics, trade, biogs.

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