The identification and bibliographic control of publications by African-American women writers in New Jersey

"This dissertation develops and evaluates a process for identifying African American women writers in New Jersey who published books between 1836 and 1990. It analyzes the importance of published and oral sources in the identification process. The published sources included bibliographies, biographies, bio-bibliographies, and bibliographic utilities, while the oral sources were members of the local community primarily, and a few out-of-state people. Members of the community were identified through: (a) interviews with individuals known to the investigator, (b) mail solicitation, and (c) field work involving visits to libraries, historical societies, schools, individuals' homes, conferences, and professional and social gatherings. This study used the ""small world"" method to analyze the characteristics of this predominantly African American community's social networks that provided links to the writers. The characteristics of the authors are also described. The assessment of bibliographic control was accomplished by studying bibliographic coverage and analyzing both author and source coverage."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Library and Information Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Moses, Sibyl Elizabeth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Smith, Linda C.

• Black Studies
• Sociology, Theory and Methods
• Library Science
• Literature, American

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Moses, Sibyl Elizabeth

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543677
(UMI)AAI9543677

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23398