AFAS Election Results

Congratulations to the incoming AFAS officers! Thank you all for your service.

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Gennice King
Secretary: Danlena Hunter
Member-at-Large: Aslaku Berhanu

CFP for panelists on the digital future of African American Studies for ASALH Oct. 5-9 in Richmond, Virginia

Some AFAS members may be interested in this panel presentation opportunity at the 2011 Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Convention.

From H-NET Discussion List for African American Studies [forwarded by Isabel Espinal]:

For upcoming ASALH conference, I am seeking to form a panel on African
American Studies and Digital Technologies. I am looking for scholars
and/or practitioners whose scholarship and practice focuses upon the
innovative use of computing technologies for research and teaching in
African American Studies. Scholars who focus on the sociel, political
and economic implications of the computing revolution on African
American studies are also welcome. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kim Pearson
English Department
Interactive Multimedia Program
African American Studies
The College of New Jersey

http://www.tcnj.edu/~kpearson

http://www.kimpearson.net

GVoice: (215) 253-8624

AFAS Schedule at ALA Midwinter in San Diego (January 7-11, 2011)

Join the ACRL African American Studies Librarians Section at the following meetings at ALA Midwinter:

Executive Meeting
Saturday, January 8, 2011
8:00a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Aqua, 307

General Membership Meeting
Saturday, January 8, 2010
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Hilton Bayfront, Indigo C

AFAS Meeting Schedule at ALA Annual

Join AFAS at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC:

Saturday, June 26, 2010

• Executive Committee
  8:00 am – 10:00 am
  Grand Hyatt Washington – Bulfinch
• General Membership
  10:30 am – 12:00 pm
  Grand Hyatt Washington – Latrobe
• All Committees Meeting (all AFAS committees except Nominating)
  1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
  Grand Hyatt Washington – Independence B/C
• Nominating 2011 (closed meeting)
  4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
  Grand Hyatt Washington – Independence D

Sunday, June 27, 2010

• AFAS Program: Digitization: Preserving and Open Access to African American Collections
  8:00 am – 12:00 pm
  Washington Convention Center – 152B

AFAS at ALA Annual in Washington, D.C. (June 24-29, 2010)

Join AFAS for meetings and the section’s annual program at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

AFAS Annual Program

Digitization: Preserving and Open Access to African American Collections
Sunday, June 27, 2010, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Washington Convention Center – 152B

African American history is still incomplete. Digital collections opens up new possibilities for researchers to draw conclusions about the past, therefore, creating opportunities for new cutting edge information. This new technology enhances opportunities for libraries to develop digital projects. This program will enable participants to see benefits of beginning or refining current digitization projects and identify tools that will enable them to assess or enhance their programs within their home institutions.

Speakers: Ida E. Jones, Assistant Curator, Manuscript Division, Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University; Ira Revels, Project Manager, HBCU-CUL Digital Collections, Cornell University; Robert Cox, Head, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

[May 4, 2010 - emended to include complete speaker list and program location]