APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING:
Announcing the new-look CASBAH web site at http://www.casbah.ac.uk!
CASBAH is a demonstrator project funded by the Research Support Libraries
Programme (RSLP) which was established in January 2000 to identify and map
national research resources for Caribbean Studies and the history of Black
and Asian people in Britain.
In preparation for the launch of the CASBAH database and subject gateway in
2002, the website has recently been redesigned, revised and updated. The
address remains the same: http://www.casbah.ac.uk.
Some of the new features about the site include:
- 'News and Events' at http://www.casbah.ac.uk/news.htm - featuring
sections entitled 'Latest News!' 'Article of the Month' and forthcoming
events, etc. The site's first article of the month was written by Stella
Britzolakis, Resident Tutor at the University of Warwick, and is entitled
'Mapping Newspaper and Periodical Sources Relating to Black and Asian
Communities in Britain' The content is based on several weeks of research
at the British Library's newspaper collections at Colindale, carried out
under the auspices of the CASBAH Project.
- 'CASBAH Database and Subject Gateway' at
http://www.casbah.ac.uk/projectdata.html - featuring full text archive
survey reports, details of forthcoming regional surveys and samples of
collection level descriptions from partner and associate institutions that
will eventually be housed on the site's searchable database.
- 'Your comments?' at http://www.casbah.ac.uk/feedback.html - an online
feedback form for sending information to CASBAH about research resources
for Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain
...and much more!
The CASBAH team are extremely grateful to members of our partner
institutions, Steering Group advisors, staff at the Institute of
Commonwealth Studies and other affiliated HEIs, and contacts within the
library and information sector for all the support offered during the
development of the new site, so we are looking forward to receiving your
initial feedback.
Monthly revisions, amendments and updates will continue to be made to the
web site throughout the life of the project so any comments/suggestions on
how you think the pages can be improved are welcomed. In particular we are
keen to hear about additional web site URLs that could be included on the
'Links' page at http://www.casbah.ac.uk/links.html.
Please bookmark http://www.casbah.ac.uk and visit us often! Also, if you
manage/maintain a web site, why not create a link to CASBAH? Lastly, please
pass this information on to all other interested groups.
Kind regards
Carol
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Carol Dixon
Project Officer
CASBAH Project (Caribbean Studies, Black and Asian History)
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
28 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DS
Direct line: 020 7862 8824
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.casbah.ac.uk
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