Title VI: November 18, 2010 Agenda

Title VI Librarians Meeting
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Latino Hispanic Room, San Francisco Public Library
Thursday, November 18, 2010, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

AGENDA

1. Introductions and Updates

2. Report on President Tubman digitization project (Marion, on behalf of Verlon Stone) – 5 minutes

3. Open Africana Archive (Marion) – 20-25 minutes

4. Prioritizing project ideas (follow-up from spring meeting) - 15 minutes:

British Library newspapers on Africa – providing access

Repository of African dissertations/African dissertation e-library

Preservation of West African photos/images

Clearing house for finding aids for African archives on the internet

Digitization of notebooks of African leaders

5. Funding requests:

Supplemental funding for digitization project at the Fort Portal Archives (western Uganda). Total funding request to CAMP: $ 23,526. (Edward, Yuusuf) Amount requested from Title VI Librarians: TBD

Supplemental funding to pursue the digitization of the colonial district reports at the Arquivo Historico de Mocambique. (Yuusuf)

Amount requested from Title VI Librarians: $12,844