ELIAS (European Librarians in African Studies) Annual Meeting

For the 8th time, ELIAS (European Librarians in African Studies) is having its Annual Meeting. This year's meeting will take place on 20 June in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Contributions are invited from ELIAS members as well as other interested librarians and archivists. Main themes are: 1) Acquisitions from African countries (organisations, vendors & publishers), 2) African (e)journals. Please send a short abstract to the organizers. Call for papers ends 30 April 2014.

Date: 20 June 2014
Venue: Frobenius-Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Room, Casino 1.802)
Deadline for registration: 15 May 2014
Participation and registration: The meeting is open to ELIAS members and other interested librarians and archivists. Please register with the organizers. Registration fee: Euro 50,- (including lunch and dinner on 20 June).
Organizers: Sophia Thubauville, Frobenius-Institute Frankfurt am Main, thubauville@em.uni-frankfurt.de and Jos Damen, African Studies Centre Leiden, JDamen@ascleiden.nl
Call for papers: deadline 30 April

Travel information and hotels: http://www.ascleiden.nl/sites/default/files/travel_information_elias.pdf