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Hi Jenni, There are some great suggestions coming out of this thread! We use MIPP Books to get titles from Russia and they are very efficient, according to our purchasing team. Best wishes, Damien Damien McManus, FHEA Subject Librarian (English; Modern Languages) Arts and Social Sciences Library University of Bristol Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TJ [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 0117 428 2186 (internal 82186) A top 10 UK university and top 50 world university (QS Rankings 2020) A top 2 UK university with leading employers (High Fliers 2019) A top 5 UK university for research (THE analysis of REF 2014) A top 6 European university for teaching (THE 2018) ________________________________ From: Sharing good practice in decolonising library collections and services. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Jennifer Skinner <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 17 July 2019 10:12:15 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: LIS-DECOLONISE Digest - 12 Jul 2019 to 15 Jul 2019 (#2019-36) Hi All, The African Books Collective are a reliable supplier, with reasonable prices and a great source of new titles. I highly recommend signing up for their newsletters and taking a look at their blog/editor's pieces. We similarly use Hogarth on a small scale relying on agent suggestions (due to budget restrictions). Mary Martin are also a great supplier with books from all over the world: http://bit.ly/2LpjWfL Catalogues can be searched by country output, or subject. They also send useful alerts for new stock arrivals. We have also ordered and received books from Clarke's Books in South Africa. Great stock, however sometimes slow arrival, and often quite expensive shipping: www.clarkesbooks.co.za<http://www.clarkesbooks.co.za> I haven't yet tried the following suppliers who regularly send us alerts: MIPP Books (based in the US) http://www.mippbooks.com KK Agencies (based in India) www.kkagencies.com<http://www.kkagencies.com> I would highly suggest signing up to Africa Book Link newsletters for reviews, articles, new releases: http://africabooklink.com/ Similarly following the Africa in Words blog for events, festivals, reviews, literature prizes: https://africainwords.com/ This is just off the top of my head, but will share further sources as and when. QUESTION: As a SCOLMA committee member, would it be useful for us to compile a list of suppliers for inclusion on our website? All the best, Jenni Skinner Library Manager African Studies Library 01223 (3)34398 Centre of African Studies, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT. Website: http://www.library.african.cam.ac.uk/ Opening hours: http://libguides.cam.ac.uk/africanstudies Research help: http://libguides.cam.ac.uk/africanstudies/researchhelp Archive info: http://libguides.cam.ac.uk/africanstudies/archives Twitter: @AfrStudiesLib -----Original Message----- From: Sharing good practice in decolonising library collections and services. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of LIS-DECOLONISE automatic digest system Sent: 16 July 2019 00:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: LIS-DECOLONISE Digest - 12 Jul 2019 to 15 Jul 2019 (#2019-36) There is 1 message totaling 29 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. How to decolonize the library ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the LIS-DECOLONISE list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LIS-DECOLONISE&A=1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 08:35:12 +0100 From: Kevin Wilson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: How to decolonize the library Hi Sarah, We receive a mix of books/official publications from Hogarth, but we generally just rely on the agent's selections, and our spend is quite small. I would love to take the Leiden approach of taking trips to African for acquisitions purposes, but think that would be hard to get approved! I was curious about the mention of African Books Collective (http://www.africanbookscollective.com/) and would be very interested to know if anyone is using them as a supplier, and whether they offer approval plans, for example. Best, Kevin ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the LIS-DECOLONISE list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LIS-DECOLONISE&A=1 ------------------------------ End of LIS-DECOLONISE Digest - 12 Jul 2019 to 15 Jul 2019 (#2019-36) ******************************************************************** ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the LIS-DECOLONISE list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LIS-DECOLONISE&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the LIS-DECOLONISE list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LIS-DECOLONISE&A=1