Concentrates on works for local readers, not grammars, etc. The online catalogs of the largest Africana collections in the United States and the United Kingdom are available online through the Internet. It may be useful to do subject or keyword searches for African language materials. The catalogs are listed in alphabetical order with instructions. Membership is open to all institutions, and special rates are available for African libraries.
Many materials are in African languages.
Members pay yearly dues and democratically decide what titles to purchase. CAMP also sometimes arranges to film collections that are otherwise unavailable. The collections are placed at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. The latest printed CAMP Catalog was issued in 1985 but there is now also online access through the Center for Research Libraries catalog. 1985 cumulative ed.