AKILAH NOSAKHERE ELECTED TO BE THE MANAGING EDITOR OF AFRICANA STUDIES

Akilah Nosakhere, Special Collections Librarian for the Robert W. Woodruff Library, was recently elected to be Managing Editor of the International Journal of Africana Studies, the journal for the National Council for Black Studies. Akilah is long-time member of NCBS. She will be attending their upcoming annual conference this week in Atlanta, March 17-22, where she will give a presentation on the web-based African American Studies Core List of Resources. The Core List is an annotated bibliography, and part of a five-year project Akilah directed in conjunction with the Association for College and Research Libraries, African American Librarians Section.