Columbia University libraries Tour South and
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Description: Columbia University libraries Tour South and Southeast Asian Studies Gary Hausman South Asian Studies Librarian South Asia General Background Over 500000 volumes related to South Asia Over 1295 current serial titles related to South Asia
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Columbia University libraries Tour South and Southeast Asian Studies Gary Hausman, South Asian Studies Librarian South Asia General Background Over 500,000 volumes related to South Asia Over 1,295 current serial titles related to South Asia Languages currently include Arabic, Assamese, Balochi, Bengali, Brahui, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Nepali, Newari, Pali, Panjabi, Persian, Prakrit, Pushto, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, and Urdu Geographic scope includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibetan (within Bhutan, India, Nepal, and China) Southeast Asia General Background 2CUL partnership with Cornell University Both Columbia and Cornell have separate budgets Both Columbia and Cornell are LC-Jakarta participants Cornell collects broadly and deeply in English and regional languages Columbia collects mostly English language materials SE Asia also includes Australia and New Zealand SE Asia at Columbia also includes the Pacific Islands Southeast Asia reference for Columbia students is provided at Columbia (by me) and at Cornell (by Gregory Green and Jeffrey Petersen) LC-Delhi profiling in the 1970s South/Southeast Asia FY15 Budget LC-Delhi net obligation 50,617 items (3rd qtr) LC-Pakistan net obligation (3rd qtr) 7,214 pieces 2013 LC-Delhi monographs shipped 5,326 2014 LC-Delhi monographs shipped 3,939 FY15 South Asia budget $137,616 FY15 Southeast Asia budget $35,862 Total FY15 budget $173,478 Columbia University Online Guides South & Southeast Asian Studies Research Guides (most predate me; to be replaced by forthcoming Libguides) South & Southeast Asian Studies link from Global Studies (includes more recent items added by me) Columbia Universities library catalog (including electronic resources added to CLIO) Columbia Global Studies Blog Bibliography of Asian Studies (hand selected references) Subscription Resources--Examples Foreign Office files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan India, Raj & Empire IndiaStat ISI Emerging Markets (EMIS) South & Southeast Asian Literature Times of India World Newspaper Archive Butler Library Resources Humanities & History in depth; but also includes many social science books and even science (with social/cultural underpinnings). Butler samples: Tagore (Bengali) in PK1788-1723 range; Ghalib, Mirza (Urdu) in PK2198.G4 range; Tiruvaḷḷuvar (Tamil) in PL4758.9 [.T5] range; Bhāsa (Sanskrit) in PK3791.B4 range South Asian Studies Reading Room, Room 601 Rare Books & Manuscripts is also on the 6th floor Butler Media Collection on 1st floor LC Video profiles added (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) in 2013; from 2014 added additional Tibetan video profiles Recent DVDs from Library of Congress --South Asia --Dalit reclaiming dignity: a film on Dali Foundation /
