Asian Collection
Location/Hours | Personnel | Organization of the Collection | FAQ | Research in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
Mission
The mission of the Asian Collection is to foster knowledge and understanding of the peoples and cultures of the East through developing, preserving, and providing access to materials in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean that support the university's curricular and research needs. The use of the Asian Collection by the Asian students of BYU and the wider Asian community is encouraged and welcomed.
Location/Hours
The Asian Collection is located in the north section of Level 4.
For reference assistance see the Asian Librarian, Gail King, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Personnel
- Gail King, Asian Librarian
- 4523 HBLL
- 801-422-4061
- gail_king@byu.edu
Organization of the Collection
The Asian Collection is made up of books, magazines and journals written in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean dealing with the philosophy, religion, social sciences, arts, language, and literature of East Asia. The Collection is divided by language. There are approximately 44,000 Chinese books, 14,500 Japanese books, and 5,000 Korean books.
Books from the Asian Collection may be checked out at the Circulation Desk on Level 3. Asian Reference includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other specialized reference works in Asian languages. All the books have call numbers that begin with "Asian Ref." Asian Reference books may be checked out overnight on special loan from the Asian Librarian.
Current and bound issues of magazines and journals are located on shelves near each separate language area. Magazines and journals may not be checked out.
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean newspapers are located in the newspaper racks in the Asian Collection reading area. Back issues are kept for approximately one month.
Asian Collection materials can be looked up on the library online catalog using romanization: Pinyin romanization for Chinese, Modified Hepburn for Japanese, and McCune-Reischauer for Korean.