COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES TOURSouth 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; Tiruvalluvar (Tamil) in PL4758.9 [.T5] range; Bhasa (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 / directed by Nirmala Nair, Ahmedabad: Drishti Media

Collective, 2006• --This year there will be no thirst / direction Nimmi Chauhan, Ahmedabad: Drishti Media Collective, 2003• --Lesser humans / presented by Navsarjan Trust; produced by Drishti Media Collective; directed by Stalin

K.• --Bol / directed by Shabnam Virmani, Ahmedabad: Drishti Media Collective, 200?• --When woman unite: the story of an uprising / direction, Shabnam Virmani, Ahmedabad: Drishti Media

Collective, 1996• --Voices of Kutch / a film by Chaitanya Modak, Ahmedabad: Drishti Media Collective, 200?

• --Southeast Asia• --Ada Hantu di Vietnam (Indonesia, 2013)• --Ah Boys To Men 2 (Singapore, 2014) – comedy film, 2nd part of two films.• --Cangi Ngempon• --Cinta Brontosaurus (Indonesia, 2013)• --Jing hui tian zhi 2 (Singapore 2013) T show of 5 DVDs about police force workers. OCLC # 859639961• --Lumpinee (Thailand) – a documentary film about childrens’ boxing camp, OCLC # 869847570 • --Mursala (Indonesia, 2013) [this was a banned film]• --Sathānī 4 phāk = Four stations (Thailand), 2013 – OCLC # 869847571• --Old Places, by Royston Tan, Eva Tang, and Victric Thng, 77 minutes, OBJECTIFSfilms, 2010

Lehman Social Sciences Library

• Lehman Newspapers: Dawn, Economic Times, Friday Times, Indian Express, Kompas, Pakistan Times, Statesman, Statesman Weekly

• Lehman Business Collection: examples, Journal of Southeast Asia Business (HF3790.8.A3) and Pakistan Central Statistical Office (HC440.5.A331)

• Selected periodicals (Aakrosh, Dewan Masyarakat, etc.)

Avery Library (Art, Architecture, Archeology)

• Sample items:• The printed picture : four centuries of Indian printmaking / Paula Sengupta

• The Khoj book, 1997-2007 : contemporary art practice in India / editor, Pooja Sood

• Stupid guy goes to India (graphic novel)

Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library

• Columbia has extensive music profiles for South Asia

• Selected Southeast Asia music

• Most stored offsite• See Indian Music research guide for details

Thomas J. Watson Library of Business and Economics

• Also see: Lehman Business Collection

• CapEx & Prowess from CMIE

• Databases such as CEIC, Emerging Markets, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

• Books and serials

Arthur W. Diamond Law Library

• Separate LC-Delhi and LC-Islamabad profiles

• Pegasus law catalog • Books and serials• E-resources such as Manupatra

Archival Collections at Columbia

• Indian Princely State records, ca. 1890-ca. 1960

• Historical Photography Collection (Ambedkar)

• Missionary Research Library

• Search facets at Archival Collections Portal

Contact Details

Gary J. HausmanSouth Asian Studies LibrarianColumbia University Libraries/Information Services309 Lehman Library420 West 118th StreetNew York, NY 10027Phone: 212-854-8401Email: gjh2119@columbia.edu