Schomburg Luncheon
January 16th, 2005 by BeatriceThe Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture held a luncheon this afternoon sponsored by Proquest to announce a new database that will be available in the spring: The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience (SSBE) database promises to be the core collection for Black Studies programs and the authoritative collection that defines the discipline. According to Howard Dobson, Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the backbone of the collection will contain 30 “cutting-edge” essays that cover six major subject areas in the field. The essays will include selected key resources like images, full-text articles, citations, dissertations, grey literature and more. The database itself has over 5 million items, including a 600 image database. Alas, this database isn’t free. However, Dobson did announce another free online product called In Motion: The Black Migration Experience. I believe there is an accompanying book. This database will contain 25,000 pages of vetted content and is sponsored by a grant from the Congressional Black Caucus. The exhibit by the same name begins February 3 and runs through April 30, 2005. In Motion @ the Schomburg Center. Both products are being rolled out in the spring. Bonus: delicious chocolate cake and sitting next to a very nice librarian from the Library of Congress (one of my fantasy jobs) and getting an invite for a special tour of the Main Reading Room (not part of the regular tour) when I’m in town for Computers in Libraries.
Tags: ALAMidwinter2005, conferences
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