African Studies Bibliographer
Professor of Library Administration
Campus Adress:
Africana Library
328 Library
1408 West Gregory Drive, MC-522
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone: 217-333-6519
E-mail:akagan@uiuc.edu
Division: Area Studies
Link: The Center
for African Studies
Education
M.L.S., Africana Bibliography Assistantship, Indiana University, 1982
M.A. in International Relations, San Francisco State University, 1972
B.A. in Political Science, Boston University, 1970
Experience
Sept. 1992- African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois Library (Urbana, IL 61801)
1984-92 Reference Librarian/Selector (University Librarian III)
Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT 06269) 1989-92 Research & Information Services Department; 1984-88 Government Publications Department
1981-82 Assistant to the African Studies Area Specialist
Indiana University Library (Bloomington, IN 47405)
1978-81 Library Assistant, Government Documents
Tufts University Library (Medford, MA 02155)
1977-78 Free-lance Copy-Editor
Tanzania Publishing House (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania),
G. K. Hall & Co. (Boston)
1974-75 Project Director, African Studies Association
Staff Associate, International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa
Assistant Registrar, Boston Center for Adult Education
Position Responsibilities
University of Illinois (1992-)
• Administration of Library’s Africana Unit.
• Interim administration of Library’s Afro-Americana Unit, 1999-2000.
• Supervision of clerical/technical staff, volunteer & graduate assistants.
• Collection development and administration of several budgets.
• Reference and research services.
• Liaison to African Studies faculty.
• Teaching “Bibliography of Africa,” Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
• Advisory Committees:
Center for African Studies Advisory Committee, 1992-.
Center for African Studies Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee, Chair, 2002
Center for African Studies Grants Committee, 2002-
Library Area Studies Division Advisory Committee, 1993-.
Library Visiting Committees, 1994-.
Library Faculty Review Committee, 1998-2000.
Library Gateway Committee, 1997-1999.
Library Newspaper Policy Committee, Chair, 1998-1999.
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, 1993-1996.
Library Executive Committee, 1994-1996.
Library Research and Publication Committee, 1995-1996.
• University Senate, 1996-2000, 2002-.
Committee on the Library, 1997-1999.
Benefits Committee, 2002-.
• Provost’s Committee on Retention, 2002-
University of Connecticut (1984-92)
Reference Service, Collection Development, and Bibliographic Instruction for African and African-American studies, foreign & international documents, and political science. Liaison to Center for Contemporary African Studies, Institute for African-American Studies, and Political Science Department. Government Publications Reading Room Service, including collection arrangement, conservation, scheduling, newsletter, training and supervision of student aides.
Indiana University (1981-82)
African studies reference service, collection development, bibliographic searching, processing, exhibits, maintenance of large ephemera collection.
Tufts University (1978-81)
Government publications reference service, routine operation, training and supervision of student aides, processing, collection development and maintenance.
Kagan, Alfred. Issue Editor. “The Transformation of South African Librarianship.” Innovation: A Journal for Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in Southern Africa no. 25 (forthcoming Winter 2003).
Kagan, Alfred. “The Transformation of South African Librarianship: Survey Results and Analysis of Current Opinions.” Innovation: A Journal for Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in Southern Africa no. 25 (forthcoming Winter 2003). Published simultaneously in Progressive Librarian (forthcoming).
Kagan, Alfred, ed. “The Growing Gap between the Information Rich and the Information Poor, Both Within Countries and Between Countries: A Composite Policy Paper.” In Libraries in the Information Society, ed. Tatiana V. Ershova and Yuri Hohlov, 39-46. Munchen: K. G. Saur, 2002. Originally published IFLA Journal 20, 1 (2000): 28-33. Online, available at http://www.ifla.org/VII/dg/srdg/srdg7.htm
Kagan, Al and Colin Darch, Issue Eds. “The African Information Crisis.” ACAS Bulletin 62/63 (Spring 2002). [ACAS is the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars].
Kagan, Alfred. “Living in the Real World: A Decade of Progressive Librarianship in the USA and in International Library Organizations.” Innovation: A Journal for Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in Southern Africa no. 22 (June 2001): 10-19.
Kagan, Alfred and Yvette Scheven. Reference Guide to Africa: a Bibliography of Sources. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999. 262 p.
Kagan, Alfred. “Teaching African Studies Bibliography.” In Africana Librarianship in the 21st Century: Treasuring the Past and Building the Future: Proceedings of the 40th Anniversary Conference of the Africana Librarians Council, ed. Nancy J. Schmidt, 69-72. Bloomington, IN: African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1998.
Kagan, Alfred. “Access to Appropriate Electronic Documents.” In Anglophone Africa Seminar on Government Information and Official Publications, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, 15-18 December 1994, ed. M. M. Moshoeshoe-Chadzingwa, 61-67. Boston Spa: IFLA Offices for UAP and International Lending, 1998.
Kagan, Alfred, editor for Africa. Guide to Official Publications of Foreign Countries. 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: CIS, 1997. 494 p. Published for the ALA Government Documents Round Table.
Kagan, Alfred. “Observations on South African University Libraries,” World Libraries 7, 1 (Fall 1996): 45-54.
Kagan, Alfred. “Sources for African Language Materials from the Countries of Anglophone Africa,” IFLA Journal 22, 1 (1996): 42-45; and Collection Building 15, 2 (1996): 17-21.
Kagan, Alfred. “IFLA and Human Rights,” Progressive Librarian 10-11 (Winter 1995/96): 79-82.
Bischof, Phyllis, Alfred Kagan, and Regina Kammer. “Africa.” In Guide to Reference Books, ed. Robert Balay, 11th edition, 1318-1346. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
Kagan, Alfred, ed. Government Publications Collections in Libraries: Status, Problems and Recommendations for an Undervalued Resource: Papers from an IFLA Seminar, London, August 12-14, 1987. Berlin: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 1993. 204 p.
Kagan, Alfred. “Review of Experiences with CD-ROM for International Development and Prospects for the Future,” IFLA Journal 18 (1992): 70-72. [Workshop report].
Kagan, Alfred. “Liberation Technology[?],” Progressive Librarian 5 (Summer 1992): 47-50.
Kagan, Alfred and Valerie Mwalilino. “Africa.” In Magazines for Libraries, ed. Bill Katz, 7th ed., 60-69. New York: Bowker. 1992.
Kagan, Alfred, ed. Reference Service for Publications of Intergovernmental Organizations: Papers from an IFLA Workshop, Paris, August 24, 1989. IFLA Publications, no. 56. Munich, London, New York, Paris: K. G. Saur, 1991. 158 p.
Kagan, Alfred. “Guidelines for Librarians and Publishers Interacting with South Africa: the Imperative for Action,” Summary of Proceedings of the Forty-Forth Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association, 160-176. Evanston, Illinois: American Theological Library Association, 1990.
Kagan, Alfred and Corinne Nyquist. “The Starvation of Young Black Minds? A Critique [of the Association of American Publishers Report],” Progressive Librarian, preview issue (Summer 1990): 18-20.
Lauer, Joseph J., Gregory V. Larkin and Alfred Kagan. American and Canadian Doctoral Dissertations and Master’s Theses on Africa, 1974-1987. Atlanta: Crossroads Press, 1989. 377 p.
Kagan, Alfred. “Africa.” In Magazines for Libraries, ed. Bill Katz, 6th ed., 57-65. New York: Bowker, 1989.
Kagan, Alfred. “Literacy, Libraries and Underdevelopment, with Special Attention to Tanzania.” Africana Journal 13 (1985): 1-23.
Kagan, Alfred. Publications List and Comprehensive Indexes (1967-1982). Notes and Documents series, Special issue. New York: United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, 1983. 75 p.
Kagan, Alfred. Detained: a Writer's Prison Diary by Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Ufahamu 12, 2 (1983): 163-170. [Review essay.]
Kagan, Alfred. The African National Congress of South Africa: a Bibliography. Notes and Documents series, Special issue. New York: United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, 1982, 40 p. Republished in A Current Bibliography on African Affairs 15, 1 (1982-83): 2-35.
Sims, Michael and Alfred Kagan. American and Canadian Doctoral Dissertations and Master’s Theses on Africa, 1886-1974. Waltham, MA: African Studies Association, 1976. 365 p.
Kagan, Alfred. “Independence of Action in East Africa.” Master’s Thesis, San Francisco State University, 1972. 121 p.
Editorial Boards and Reviews
Editorial Consultant, 1999; Editorial Committee, 2000-. Innovation: Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in Southern Africa.
Editor for African Studies, Counterpoise for Social Responsibilities, Liberty and Dissent, 1997-2000.
Advisory Committee, Alternative Press Index, 1996-.
Editor, IFLA Section on Government Information and Official Publications Newsletter, 1989-1993.
Regular book reviews in Choice, 1984-.
Occasional book reviews in Africana Libraries Newsletter, 1992-.
Occasional book reviews in World Libraries, 1997-.
Occasional book reviews in College & Research Libraries, 2000-.
Ohio State University Library, Faculty promotion, 1998.
Professional Affiliations
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 1985-.
Social Responsibilities Discussion Group, 1997-2002.
Convener, 1997-2002.
Government Information and Official Publications Section, 1986-1996.
Standing Committee Member, 1988-1995.
Workshop Chair, 1989, 1991 (co-chair), 1992.
Secretary, 1989-93.
Chair 1993-1995.
Chair, Anglophone Africa Seminar on Government Information and Official
Publications, Harare, University of Zimbabwe, December 15-18, 1994.
Panel Chair, 1996.
Collections and Services Division Coordinating Board, 1993-1995.
American Library Association, 1982-.
ALA Council, elected to represent the Social Responsibilities Round Table, 1999-.
Special Presidential Task Force on Membership Meeting Quorum, 2001-2002.
Social Responsibilities Round Table, 1982-.
Action Council, 1991-.
Program Chair, 1998.
International Responsibilities Task Force, 1988-.
Coordinator, 1996-2000; Panel Co-Chair, 1989; Panel Chair, 1995.
International Relations Committee, 1994-1997, 2002-.
IFLA Subcommittee, 2002-.
Africa Subcommittee, 1995-1998.
International Relations Round Table, 1989-.
International Relations Committee / International Relations Round Table Committee on International Exchanges, 1991-1993.
Black Caucus, 1995-.
International Relations Committee, 1997-1999.
Government Documents Round Table, 1984-1999.
International Documents Task Force, 1987-1997.
Assistant Coordinator / Coordinator, 1989-1991
Association of College and Research Libraries, 1995-.
Connecticut Library Association, 1984-1992.
Connecticut Government Documents Round Table, 1984-1992.
Government Documents Librarians of New England, 1984-1992.
Illinois Library Association, 1992-.
Social Responsibilities Forum, 1992-.
Speaker, 2001.
Panel chair, 1995.
African Studies Association, 1973-.
Africana Librarians Council, 1981-.
Chair, 1993-1994, 2002-2003.
Deputy Chair, 1992-1993, 2001-2002.
Executive Committee, 1989-90, 1997-.
Book Donations Committee, 1998-.
Co-chair, Chair, 1998-2000.
Nominations Committee, 1998.
Title VI Working Group, 1998-.
Panel Chair, 1989, 1990 (co-chair), 1993, 2002.
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, 1982-.
Board of Directors, 1998-.
Political Action Committee, Co-chair, 2002-.
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