Panels Sponsored by: Africana Librarians Council

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Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 --- 8am to 9:45am
IX-T-27 - Providing Access to Collections Part I: A Conversation with Scholars Chair: Heather Martin, Duke University
Location: Purdue, 6th floor
-Acquiring and Digitizing Omar at the Library of Congress, Erin Freas-Smith, Library of Congress
-I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar Ibn Said’s America, Mbaye Lo, Duke University
-Pulaar Digitization Project at UNC, Samba Camara, UNC-Chapel Hill
-The Malian Arabic Manuscript Microfilming Project, Mauro Nobili, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

 

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 -- 10:15am to 12:00pm

X-T-30 - Providing Access to Collections Part II: A Journey Across Institutions Chair: Ruby Bell-Gam, University of California, Los Angeles Location: Purdue, 6th floor
- The African Pamphlet Collection at the Library of Congress, Bianna Ine-Ryan, Library of Congress
-Ralph Bunche Story Map, Following the Archival Trails. Pearl Robinson, Tufts University
-Of Zoo Diplomacy, Sojourners & Refugee Restaurateurs: narrating Ethiopians presence in the United States through primary sources, Gabe Adugna, Boston University