AGM

SCOLMA (UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) Minutes of the 55th Annual General Meeting held at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, on Monday 11th September 2017 during the annual conference, ‘Document to Digital: How does Digitisation Aid African Research.   Present: Terry Barringer, Pat Hewitt, Lucy McCann, Alison Metcalfe, Sarah Rhodes, Marion Wallace, … Read more

SCOLMA (UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa)  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017 The 2017 AGM will be held at the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW, at 1.30p.m. on Monday 11th September 2017 during the annual conference, ”Document to Digital: How does Digitisation Aid African Research?’. AGENDA 1. Approval of the … Read more

  More images here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5gccht8hnkaugkx/AAC5wsirsm5mbe4V2fz9ZyxWa?dl=0 SCOLMA’s annual conference took place in the Alison Richard Building in Cambridge on Tuesday 6th September 2016. The theme was ‘African Medicine Matters: documenting encounters in medical practice and healthcare’ and there were 40 participants from Africa, Europe, the US and the UK. The keynote speaker was Dr Benson Mulemi … Read more

SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) Minutes of the 54th Annual General Meeting held in the Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge on Tuesday 6th September 2016 during the annual conference, ‘African Medicine Matters: documenting encounters in medical practice and healthcare’.   Present: Terry Barringer, Laurence Byrne, Dan Gilfoyle, Pat Hewitt, Lucy … Read more

The 2016 AGM  of SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) will be held in the Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT, at 1.50p.m. on Tuesday 6th September 2016 during the annual conference, ‘”African Medicine Matters: documenting encounters in medical practice and healthcare’. AGENDA Approval of the Minutes of the … Read more

SCOLMA(the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) Minutes of the 53nd Annual General Meeting held in the Conference Centre, the British Library, Friday  17th July  2015 during the annual conference, ‘There came a darkness’.   Present:,  Sheila Allcock, Christine Anderson, Mandy Banton, Terry Barringer,  Ian Cooke, Dan Gilfoyle, Pat Hewitt, Lucy McCann, Alison Metcalfe, … Read more

SCOLMA’s new book, African Studies in the Digital Age: Disconnects?, was launched at the conference of the African Studies Association (UK) in September 2014. This collection of essays, published by Brill, is a timely and incisive analysis of the impact of the digital revolution on African Studies, and includes contributions by librarians, archivists and scholars across three continents. African … Read more