ASL Resources of the Week 4-1-2022

LIBRARY NEWS

Your librarians are ready and available to provide:

Library Instruction: Your African Studies Library Staff are available to offer customized instruction sessions for your course.
Research Guides for your course: customized to your specific course or subject; see our current list of Research Guides here
Additional Services: click the following links for services for Faculty and Graduate Students.

Suggest a Purchase: Are there books or other resources that the library ought to acquire? Please fill out our Suggest a Resource form: https://www.bu.edu/library/research/collections/suggest-a-resource/
(In particular, faculty, we ask that you PLEASE submit resources for consideration. Do not assume resources have been purchased without a faculty request.)

Questions? You can contact us for assistance in the following ways:

Email: asl@bu.edu
Phone: 617-353-3726
For chat & research assistance: https://askalibrarian.bu.edu/
Please stop by! Our reading room is open Mon – Fri, 9am to 5pm.

Spring 2022 CineMAfriq@BU Film Series

April 13, 5:30pm: Afrique: je te plumerai / Africa: I will fleece you*
* Participants watch the film at their convenience and join us for an informal and fun film discussion. Stay tuned for more information!

Featured Resource: Beyond Google Scholar: Measuring your Research Impact with Alternative Metrics

When: April 14, 2022 from 12pm-12:30pm

Where: Via Zoom (you will receive a zoom link when you register below)

In this half-hour presentation, learn about the different types of altmetric tools for measuring your research impact. We will discuss some of the newest metrics available, and dive into the some of the freely available tools. Attendees will get a brief overview of some of the advantages and disadvantages of using these metrics. Finally, we provide some examples of how scholars are using altmetric tools to increase the visibility of their research.

Registration: https://bu.libwizard.com/f/altmetricsregistration

RECENT LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS

Here is a sampling of our newer acquisitions.

African maroons in sixteenth-century Panama : a history in documents

Schwaller, Robert C. (editor) ; 2021

“Historical exploration of African resistance to slavery in the sixteenth century in Spanish Panama through a selection of primary sources documenting Spanish-maroon conflict, from which the maroons succeeded in negotiating peace with Spanish authorities and established the first two free-black towns in the Americas”

Mugar Library F1577.B55 A45 2021

Shari’a law, justice and legal order : Egyptian and Islamic law : selected essays

Peters, Rudolph ; 2020

Available online through BU Libraries

Banking regulation in Africa : the case of Nigeria and other emerging economies

Adeyemo, Folashade ; 2022

The Nigerian Banking System — Banking Regulation: Justification, Theory and Rationale — Banking Regulation in Nigeria — Regulatory Responses to Financial Crises’ — Understanding Nigerian Bank Regulation: A Closer Look at Bank Licence Revocation — A Scheme for Reform.

Available online through BU Libraries

Barārā-qadāmit ʼAdis ʼAbabā (1400-1887 Ā. mě) : ěděgat, wědmat ʼěnā dāgěm lědat, yālětanagaraw yaʼItyop̣yā tarik ; Sostañā ʼětěm.

Habtamu Mengistie ; 2020

The untold story of Ethiopia’s growth, destruction and rebirth in Rarra-Kadimit Addis Ababa (1400 – 1887).

በራራ ቀዳሚት አዲስ አበባ (1400-1887 ዓ.ም.) : እድገት፣ ውድመት እና ዳግም ልደት፥ ያልተነገረው የኢትዮጵያታሪክ

Available at Mugar Library DT379 .H33 2020