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Supporting Capacity Building for Archives in Africa: initiatives of the Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) since 1995

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Jason M. Schultz
Jason M. Schultz*
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University of California, Berkeley
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In May 1963, discussions between the African Studies Association (U.S.), the Midwest Interlibrary Center (now Center for Research Libraries), and Africana librarians from twelve North American institutions helped create the Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP). Owing to the rise in digital information and preservation formats, CAMP renamed itself the Cooperative Africana Materials Project in 2010. Its mission has been to collect and preserve African newspapers, serials, and ephemera not typically held at U.S. institutions. As its original name suggests, microfilming continues to be an important method of preserving CAMP holdings. While building the collection involved some direct purchases of microfilm from Africa and Europe, the role of collaboration among U.S. and later African institutions enhanced collections and expanded the scope of CAMP's work. The history of these initiatives prior to 1995 has been documented by several CAMP members.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 121 , 2013 , pp. 3 - 12
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Copyright © International African Institute 2013

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This paper was originally presented as ‘History of the Cooperative Africana Materials Project, 1995-2012’ at the conference Archives of Post-Independence Africa and Its Diaspora, 20-23 June, 2012, Goree Island, Senegal.

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