These materials are available to faculty and students through Interlibrary Loan. Although they are improving, the approval plans for African and African American Studies provide mediocre and haphazard coverage. This may be attributed to the publishers represented and the proliferation of materials available at a given time. We continually refine our approval profiles to reflect our current collecting priorities. However, a vast majority of acquisitions are purchased from discretionary funds.
Attention is given to small African and African American presses to insure diversity of thought.
Bibliographers in areas such as history, sociology, humanities, education, psychology, social welfare, political science, business and economics, and criminal justice are encouraged to acquire materials in their areas that relate to African and African American Studies. The Bibliographer for Africana Studies also works closely with the Bibliographers for U.S. Government Documents and Reference to insure well-balanced collections. Doctoral level research in Africana Studies is being done in a variety of departments including the Department of French Studies, interdisciplinary humanities, education and psychology. French language material is not utilized heavily for this program but there is indication that the department would like to bring someone on board to cover Francophone Studies. Currently, eastern, western and southern Africa are the major emphasis areas.