Africana resources in four selected US academic research libraries

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 four major African studies programs and the library holdings that support them.

Citation

Paulos, A. and Holley, R.P. (2006), "Africana resources in four selected US academic research libraries", Collection Building, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950610658838