Rahim Rajan, Content Development Manager, Aluka: Presentation of the Aluka digital resource

1. Trusted Archives for Scholarship Broadening Access to scholarly e-resources from and about Africa By Rahim S. Rajan Manager, Content Development JSTOR

2. Our Mission I T H A K A is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the academic community take full advantage of rapidly advancing information and networking technologies.

3. Our Services Ithaka S+R works with initiatives and organizations to develop sustainable business models and conducts research and analysis on the impact of digital media on the academic community as a whole. JSTOR helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over 1,200 academic journals and other content. JSTOR uses information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. Portico preserves scholarly literature published in electronic form—more than 10,000 e-journals and 28,000 e-books—and ensures that these materials remains accessible to future scholars, researchers, and students.

4. Our Mission We serve scholars, researchers, and students by providing the content, tools, and services needed to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.

5. Our Mission We are committed to working in collaboration with a variety of scholarly organizations, content providers, repositories, and archives to maximize benefits to all stakeholders.

7. The complete archives of more than 1,200 academic journals (19 collections, 37 million pages)

8. More than 6 million articles in 51 academic disciplines (African American Studies – Zoology)

9. Primary source collections from and about Africa include

10. African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes

11. Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa

13. Journals are scanned from cover to cover at 600 dpi – we include advertisements, letters to the editor, and other miscellaneous information

14. All journals are full-text searchable and images are also searchable by captions (one of the benefits of digitization!)

15. JSTOR receives about 1 BILLION accesses per year

17. Moving walls range, but usually somewhere between 3-5 years

18. In 2011, JSTOR’s Current Scholarship Program will introduce current issues of e-journals on www.jstor.org

20. http://auctioncatalogs.jstor.org

21. http://www.aluka.org (+ KIP materials)

23. Relevant disciplines include: Political Science, History, African Studies, Anthropology, International Relations, Cultural Studies, Feminist and Women’s Studies, Law, Journalism, Public Policy, and Religion

26. Relevant disciplines include: Botany, Biology, Ecology, History, Environmental Studies, Art History, Colonial Studies

28. http://www.aluka.org

29. http://plants.jstor.org

30. http://vimeo.com/jstorplants

32. Spatial, visual, and historical materials about Africa’s heritage (monumental sites & cultural landscapes)

33. African Rock Art (25,000+ images) digitized in Africa

34. disciplines include: History, African Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Studies, Geography, and Religion

36. Zamani team at University of Cape Town http://www.zamani-project.org/data/panotours/Panotour_Great_Zimbabwe_LowRes/TourWeaver_Panorama_GreatZimbabwe.html

38. Content available for free is all collections& the Aluka collectionsabout Africa

39. Launched in July 2006, the Africa Access Initiative now provides more than 500institutions in Africa access

41. JSTOR Access in Africa

42. JSTOR Access in Africa

44. We must achieve greater awareness & use globally – esp. in Africa (requires commitment, involvement, and creativity)

45. We must do more to raise global awareness about Africa’s intangible and tangible heritage, histories, literature, folklore, sacred beliefs, environment, landscape, biological heritage, architecture, knowledge systems, etc.. If not us, who?

46. Please help increase awareness and use of these collections in Europe, the UK, and across Africa Thank You! http://www.facebook.com/JSTOR.org http://twitter.com/jstor www.jstor.org // www.aluka.org My email: rahim.rajan@ithaka.org To participate, email: participation@jstor.org