November 13, 2008 Agenda - Title VI Librarians

Title VI  Librarians Meeting

Thursday, November 13, 2008, 1:50 pm – 2:50pm

Chicago Sheraton Hotel, Colorado Room

AGENDA

Title VI matters

• Housekeeping and up-dates
• Report from Area Directors Meeting
• Common Language for next round of Title VI proposals
• Budget

Project reports and proposals

• Liberia (microfilming of President Tubman papers and request to use unspent funds for shipping of Horton papers; progress on arrangement of Townsend papers, other up-dates) (Marion Frank-Wilson for Verlon Stone)
• 2008 West African Training Pilot – report (Yuusuf Caruso)
• Proposal to fund duplication of the original microfilm negative of Islamic court records from Saint-Louis (Senegal); original filming (funded by CAMP), was done in October 2008; this request is for the duplication at the National Archives of Senegal  (2 positive copies, 1 negative copy);

Funds needed:  $14,314.74 (possibly joint funding TitleVI/CAMP?) (Yuusuf Caruso)

• Proposal to complete funding for microfilming of newspapers from Tanzania and Mauritius; CAMP and individual institutions have already contributed;

Funds needed:                                 $4,114 for newspapers from Tanzania

                                                                $ 5,295 for newspapers from Mauritius

Brainstorming

• Future of West African projects based in Senegal
• New Projects?

Other Business