Library develops African-American resources

The first comprehensive listing of Mississippi's African-American authors will soon be available on the Internet.

Looking over plans for a database of Mississippi's African-American authors are (standing, from left) Gail Peyton and Lynne Mueller of Mitchell Memorial Library, Dr. Melvin Ray, acting vice president for research, and Frances Coleman, dean of libraries.

Reference librarians at Mississippi State's Mitchell Memorial Library are developing a web site of the state's well known and lesser known African-American writers.

"With support from the university's Office of Research, we're trying to develop and enhance the African-American collection at Mississippi State," said dean of libraries Frances Coleman. "This will be an important resource reflecting the contributions of many writers in Mississippi."

Published writers in fiction, poetry, journalism, and other genres will be included in the web site under development.

Currently, the project has identified more than 80 Mississippi writers whose biographies and lists of works will be represented.

For more information about the project, contact Peyton at 662-325-7671.