Biodiversity Information Projects of the World

Aluka

Project Website

http://www.aluka.org/

Project Description

Aluka is an international, collaborative initiative building a digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Today there are three collections that are made available to educational, research, and cultural institutions around the world. In 2008, Aluka became part of JSTOR, a not-for-profit organization building trusted digital archives for scholarship. JSTOR makes available archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Aluka and the JSTOR archives are freely available in Africa.

Contact

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JSTOR

Project Type

Data Indexer

Project Language

English

Project Start Date

25-Jul-2009

Key Inputs

Funding via JSTOR (Andrew W Mellon Foundation)

Key Infrastructure

Web site

Key Technologies

JSP

Key Processes

The materials in Aluka's initial three collections have been selected according to a rigorous process involving local and international scholars, librarians, archivists, and other experts. Partner organisations in Africa and around the world work with Aluka to digitise materials and contribute them to Aluka. Until now, collection efforts have been focused on our first three thematic areas, but in the future, organisations participating in Aluka will be able to contribute scholarly collections about Africa from a broad range of academic disciplines. By aggregating these materials online, the Aluka collections link materials that are physically scattered and difficult to access, opening up new possibilities for research and teaching. The process of building and working with the collections also fosters international networks of students and researchers with similar interests, while Aluka’s web-based platform provides powerful tools for collaboration and information sharing.

Geographic Scope

Continental - Africa

Taxonomic Scope

All - Life

Comments

Aluka is an international, collaborative initiative building an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. ‘Aluka’, is derived from a Zulu word meaning ‘to weave’, reflecting our commitment to connect resources and scholars from around the world. In 2008, we announced that Aluka became part of JSTOR, a not-for-profit organization building trusted digital archives for the global scholarly community.

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