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JSTOR (www.jstor.org) has partnered with its affiliate organization Aluka to offer a free preview of the Aluka digital library exclusively for institutions participating in JSTOR. Access is granted at no charge until 31 December 2007.
Aluka is a not-for-profit collaboration of educational and cultural institutions with a mission to collectively build a high quality resource of materials from and about Africa. Aluka will be built through a network of participating institutions that both access and contribute to the collaborative resource.
For more information about Aluka or to preview the resource, please go to www.aluka.org.
Features
* Access to over 250,000 objects and documents currently focused on three themes: African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes, African Plants, and Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
* The ability to search and browse objects and documents in the Aluka digital library.
* The ability to view objects in detail and access associated metadata.
* The ability to tag and share objects for organization and later retrieval.
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