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SABDET PROGRAMMES African Journals Support & Development Centre The African Journals Support & Development Centre (AJSDC) was established in 1997 and is based at the African Academy of Sciences in Nairobi. It offers marketing support to African scholarly journals tbrough the annual African Periodicals Exhibit (APEX) at the ZIBF and bibliographic APEX catalogue, and administers the African Journals Distribution Programme (AJDP) for the supply of African scholarly journals to African university libraries. SABDET's partner in supporting the AJSDC is the International African Institute (IAI). For more information, go to the AJSDC site at: The African Scholarship at ZIBF initiative was launched at the 1998 Zimbabwe International Book Fair. It seeks to engage the academic community in the ZIBF programme and to facilitate South-South and South-North interchange and debate, with the aim of supporting scholarship and scholarly publishing in Africa. SABDET's role is that of facilitator and animator for the initiative. Its support has included establishing an emailing discussion list, <africanscholars>, and organising training events for research graduates and young academics at ZIBF98 and ZIBF99. Click here for more details. SABDET organises seminars, workshops and occasional events in the UK in particular, aimed at raising awareness of publishing and book development issues in Africa. The programme includes an annual Seminar series at the London International Book Fair, focusing on the theme of the forthcoming Zimbabwe International Book Fair. Electronic Publishing for African Scholarly Journals SABDET works in partnership with the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT), to support African scholarly journals in exploring the potential of on-line publishing. To date four journals have been put on line through this programme, two in Zimbabwe, one in Kenya and one in South Africa. For more information on EPT, try their web site at: dspace.dial.pipex.com/bioline/index.htm The South- North Travel Fund (SNTF) The South-North Travel Fund (SNTF) was set up in 1993 to support and extend the Zimbabwe International Book Fair's sponsored travel programme. The Fund offers incentive travel grants to African publishers to enable them to exhibit at the ZIBF, and to other selected initiatives that promote African publishing development, South-South and South-North. The Fund seeks to encourage enterprise and focuses particularly on new publishers and under-represented sectors and countries. For more information, contact sabdet@pop3.poptel.org.uk | |