DOROTHY LOUISE BURNETT PORTER WESLEY (1905-1995)

CONOVER-PORTER AWARD

The Africana Librarians Council (formerly called Archives Libraries Committee) of the (U.S.) African Studies Association presents the Conover-Porter Award honoring an author for the most outstanding achievement and excellence in Africana bibliography and reference work. Any Africa-related reference work, bibliography or bibliographic essay published separately or as part of a larger work during the previous two years is eligible. Awarded in even-numbered years at the Association's Annual Meeting, the work is presented during the annual meeting of the African Studies Association includes a cash prize of $300.
Helen Conover was senior bibliographer in the African Section of the Library or Congress, serving 32 years before her retirement in 1963. Dorothy Porter Wesley was librarian of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, retiring in 1973 after 45 years of service.

Awardees include:

10th Biennial 1998:
1998 Co-winners:

AUTHOR: McIlwaine, John. TITLE: Writings on African archives / John McIlwaine ; with an essay by Anne Thurston and contributions by Pino Akotia & Justus Wamukoya. PUB. INFO: London ; New Jersey : Hans Zell Publishers,for the Standing Committee on Library Materials in Africa (SCOLMA), 1996.
AUTHOR: Souto, Amelia N'eves de. TITLE: Guia bibliografico para o estudante de hist}oria de Mocambique: (200/300-1930). PUB. INFO: Maputo, Mozambique : Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, c1996. DESCRIPTION: 347 p. SERIES: Coleccao Nosso chao ; no. 6

Honorable Mention, 1998:

TITLE: Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara / John Middleton, editor in chief. PUB. INFO: New York : C. Scribner's Sons, c1997.
AUTHOR: Haron, Muhammed. TITLE: Muslims in South Africa : an annotated bibliography / compiled by Muhammed Haron. PUB. INFO: Cape Town : South African Library in association with Centre for Contemporary Islam, UCT, 1997. SERIES: Grey bibliography series ; no. 21
AUTHOR: Walsh, Gretchen. TITLE: The media in Africa and Africa in the media : an annotated bibliography / Gretchen Walsh ; with an introduction by Keyan G. Tomaselli. PUB. INFO: London ; New Providence, NJ : H. Zell, 1996.

For further information contact: Mette Shayne, Francophonic African bibliographer, Africana library, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL 60208, USA (phone: 847-491-2934, fax 847-491-8306, e-mail mshayne@nwu.edu) .

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