HANS ZELL PUBLISHING
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"A tradition of excellence in African studies reference resources"
In continuation of the Hans Zell Publishers imprint previously part of
Bowker-Saur/Reed Reference Publishing (terminated in 1998), Hans Zell Publishing - now operating from a small village in the north-west Scottish Highlands - are developing a new series of information sources on Africa, African studies, and African publishing, published both in print and electronic formats.
Offered for sale: A unique collection of books and serials, monograph series, articles, and other documents on publishing and book development in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1996 to 2011
This collection consists of the following material:
(i) Approximately 270 items of books, reference resources, essay collections, conference proceedings, reports, book industry training manuals, and a number of national book sector studies. It also includes a complete set of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair annual “Indaba” conference proceedings, and all titles published in the two important monograph series “Bellagio Studies in Publishing”, and “Perspectives on African Book Development”. (ii) Complete runs of some serials and newsletters including The African Book Publishing Record, the African Publishing Review, the Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, and incomplete runs of a number of African book trade journals and newsletters. (iii) Several hundred clippings or photocopies of periodical articles, reports, studies, and surveys on many aspects of publishing and the book sector in Africa, published between late 1995 through to 2011. (iv) A substantial amount of unpublished material and ephemera. For more details click here.
Web search for local communities in the Highlands of Scotland: An online self-tutoring guide
This publication reflects a departure from our traditional publishing programme of reference resources on Africa and African studies.
Published primarily for local communities in the Highlands of Scotland, this self-tutoring guide and online learning resource is designed to assist you to acquire Web search and evaluation skills, learn about tips and techniques that will improve your searching, and how to explore the Web as a rich information resource. The guide focuses on Google and how to acquire “Google literacy”, and enables users to learn more about the numerous Google products, tools, and applications, and how to get the most out of Google’s many search services, whether for personal, leisure, or business interests.
Additionally, the guide also describes a diverse range of other Web search tools that are worth exploring as an alternative or as an adjunct to Google, together with an annotated listing of 100 outstanding websites and resources, grouped under a number of topic headings. The guide consists of a package of 4 self-tutoring modules in PDF format – each liberally illustrated with screenshots of Google pages and many other websites and resources – and is available by subscription at a nominal charge of £10, entitling users unlimited access for a period of 12 months.
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The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources Print and online 4th revised and expanded edition
by Hans M. Zell
The fourth edition of this sine qua non of African studies reference works, thoroughly revised and updated, and greatly expanded. The new edition includes several entirely new sections to further enhance the utility of this rich information resource. It contains a total of over 2,900 for the most part extensively annotated entries, providing a wide array of specifics for each entry.
African Studies Companion, new 5th edition now to be published by Brill
Hans Zell Publishing will not be publishing any further editions of the
African Studies Companion under its own imprint. However, we are now pleased to announce that agreement has been reached with the distinguished Dutch publisher Koninklijke Brill NV to take over publication as from the 5th and subsequent editions. A new edition of the
African Studies Companion is expected to become available in late 2011 or the early part of 2012. Further details will be announced shortly. All purchasers of the current 4th edition who have registered for online access will be notified about the new publishing arrangements in due course. Meantime, by agreement with Brill, online access privileges for registered purchasers of the 4th edition have now been extended until a new 5th edition is published.
For more information contact Joed Elich, Publishing Manager, Middle East, Islam, African Studies, Brill
elich@brill.nl.
Other titles currently available:
Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography Print and online. Online access bundled with purchase of the print edition. Or online only version available as a stand-alone product. 2nd completely revised and expanded edition
by Hans M. Zell
With an introductory essay by Henry Chakava
A new, completely revised and fully updated edition of a much acclaimed bibliography published over ten years ago. It charts the growth of publishing and book development in the countries of Africa south of the Sahara, as well as including a very large number of entries on many other topics as they relate to books and reading in Africa. With over 2,500 critically annotated citations, it is the most complete documentation resource on the current state of the book on the African continent.
Africa: A Guide to Reference Material 2nd revised and expanded edition
by John McIlwaine, Professor Emeritus of the Bibliography of Asia and Africa, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London
First published in 1993, this is a new revised and substantially expanded edition of a highly acclaimed reference resource that evaluates the leading sources of information (other than bibliographies) on Africa South of the Sahara. The second edition contains 3,600 for the most part annotated entries, covering
encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, atlases and gazetteers, almanacs, yearbooks, topographic reference sources, directories of organizations, as well as biographical and statistical sources.
Consultancy services We provide
consultancy services to publishers and academic institutions, especially
the book community in Africa. We specialize in scholarly publishing,
journal publishing management, reference book publishing, and marketing
and promotion.
