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> This link was forwarded by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies CASBAH >project - Caribbean Studies Black and Asian History Sources. It is A >comprehensive list of Caribbean resources available on line and compiled by >the University of North London. > > >Dr Sandra Courtman >Department of English >School of Humanities >University of Birmingham >Edgbaston >Birmingham B15 2T >Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 5683 >Fax +44 (0) 121 414 5668 >[log in to unmask] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Samantha Collenette <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] ><[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; >[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; >[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] ><[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] ><[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] ><[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; >[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; >[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: 01 February 2000 11:45 >Subject: CASBAH project - Caribbean Studies Black and Asian History Sources > > >>Dear All >> >>Thank you for your time yesterday at the Society for Caribbean Studies >>committee meeting, Julie Evans and I were very grateful for the opportunity >>to involve you all in this project. >> >>For those people who were unable to attend the meeting, the project has >been >>funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme to create a centralised >>gateway to research resources for Caribbean Studies and the history of >Black >>and Asian history in Britain. The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is >>leading the project with 15 partners from Higher Education, societies such >>as yours, archives and libraries to survey the collections of major >>repositories and to establish a methodology for other archives and >libraries >>with relevant material to add to the database. There is also a collection >>management strand to the project to assess national strengths and >weaknesses >>in printed source holdings. >> >>The main aim of this project is to develop a useful research tool for >>academics in these fields, so it is particularly important for us to have >>your input with regards to requirements but also to content. Please feel >>free to contact me with suggestions or questions. >> >>Our first aim is to pull together the resources that have already been >>identified for research and as those who were at the meeting will remember, >>I asked if it would be possible for you to send me a list of your >bookmarked >>/ favourite web-sites. We can then have an extensive shared links page for >>Caribbean Studies internet resources - which given the web-based nature of >>the project, would be very useful. One way to do this is to find your >>favourites/bookmark files mine were in C:WINNT\PROFILES\SAMANTHA >>COLLENETTE\FAVORITES and to attach them to an e-mail. Unfortunately it is >>not possible to attach whole folders - only the individual web-sites will >>attach - so any folder structure you employ may be lost. It would be very >>helpful if you could maintain the groupings by arranging the web-sites >under >>the folder headings you use. >> >>e.g. >> >>Caribbean Studies - Library Links >> >> <<Caribbean Web Resources.url>> >> >>The other request was for contributions of your bibliographies and >published >>references to MSS / archive collections. We will establish a database for >>item level and collection level descriptions for archives and it would be >>very useful to incorporate existing references in this. Due recognition of >>these contributions will be made within the database by including a >>references field - to establish the context of the previous research use. >It >>would be really useful to have this in electronic form if possible, but any >>contributions - hard copy or not would be most welcome. >> >>Sorry about the length of this e-mail. Again please feel free to contact me >>with any queries and suggestions. >> >>Thank you for your help and I look forward to hearing from you >> >>Sam >> >> >> >>Samantha Collenette >>RSLP Project Officer >>Institute of Commonwealth Studies >>28 Russell Square >>London >>WC1B 5DS >>0171 862 8824 >> >> >> >