Welcome to Asia Collection

• China -- Selected a couple of rare items held only at this Library and a recent acquisition copy of the book jacket used for display -- item is yet to be processed, and photos of the Great Wall and rooftops in the city of Beijing.
• Japan -- Highlights the many special collections, such as the Kajiyama and Takazawa, and the visual materials that have been digitized and available online, such as the lantern slides.
• Korea -- Focuses on a serial, Koreana, that is published in various Asian languages with images of popular culture references to Shoju and Korean Fried Chicken, which is a big hit in China the Colonel could learn something.
• Philippines -- Makes a strong connection to the Pacific with a couple of volumes on a community that has a long tradition of tattooing -- Kalinga.
• Okinawa -- Chose a couple of volumes on Okinawan art and politics.
• Russian Northeast Asia -- Displays the multi-volume bibliography Russian Publications in the Asia-Pacific Region, authored by Librarian Pat Polansky and Amir Khisamutdinov, and other materials related to Russians in China.
• South Asia -- Promotes the digital photo collections of Gandhi and the Post-Independence era 1950s, and books related to borders and nation-building in the region.
• Southeast Asia -- Presents perspectives on gender and LGBTQ communities from various countries in the area, including Singapore.

We are very grateful to Andrea Nakamura for her help in designing a lovely welcoming poster for the exhibit. Please come up and check it out.