International Guide to Anthropological Resources

The Library-Anthropology Resource Group (LARG) is currently compiling an
important new reference work, the International Guide to Anthropological
Resources. This work will present current and authorative information on
non-artifact anthropological (and related) resources in selected libraries,
archives, museums, and other repositories. Approximately 250 selected
resources and collections in North America, Europe, the Middle East,
Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America will be described in this
one-volume work. 

By Lee S. Dutton

Each entry will be authored by a scholar or specialist who is well
acquainted with the resource or collection which he/she describes.  An
entry form may be requested at the address below. Each entry will include:
concise directory information on the resource (Part A on the entry form),
and an informative signed description, about two to four pages in length,
which  profiles the resource and places it in historical context (Part B on
the entry form).
In preparing your contribution, please give major attention to resources
such as manuscripts, archives, and/or printed materials in the library,
archive, museum, or collection which you have offered to describe. Visual
and audio documentation (including photographs, slides, films, audiotapes
and recording) of anthropological (or related) significance may also be
described.
For this compilation, the field of anthropology is defined broadly,
encompassing social and cultural anthropology, ethnography, physical
anthropology, linguistics, archaeology and folklore.
In Part B (the narrative, which is suggested to be two to four pages in
length, when double-spaced) please describe the provenance, historical
background, organization (briefly) and the scholarly significance to
anthropology of the (non-artifact) collection or resource. The narrative
should be written in an informative and readable style. The roles of key
personalities (such as collectors, scholars, donors, librarians, or
explorers) involved in forming the collection should be carefully detailed.
Also give adequate attention to the institutional history and background of
the collection or resource. You are encouraged, when appropriate, to
consult qualified informants such as retired scholars or surviving
collectors to obtain added historical perspective or detail. Please
acknowledge the assistance of any such informant(s) in a brief note at the
end of Part B.
If several anthropology-related (non-artifact) collections are housed at
the institution you are describing, please describe them in one entry,
while noting, as appropriate, the respective collection names, telephone
numbers, addresses, etc. Alternatively, these resources may on some
instances be profiled as separate entries. Entries may be authored by more
than one contributor whenever appropriate.
Part B narrative lengths may vary, depending on the nature of the resource,
but should generally not be more than four double-spaced pages in length.

The deadline for submission of contributions is December 1, 1994

ENTRY FORMS CAN BE REQUESTED FROM THE GENERAL EDITOR AT THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESS:
Lee S. Dutton
Librarian
Hart Southeast Asia Collection
Founders Memorial Library
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115 , USA
Fax: 815-753 2003