International and Area Studies Resources and Programs

Scope

What we collect: Monographs, serials, and other print and electronic resources on the life, history, cultures, languages, and literatures of the American Indians

Countries: United States

Languages: American Indian languages, English, French, Spanish, and other languages as appropriate

Contact: Shannon K. Tanhayi Ahari, Librarian/Curator for European Studies

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What we do not collect: We work in close collaboration with the American Indian Studies Center Library. For more about their collections see here. 

Contact: Joy Holland, Librarian for the American Indian Studies Center Library

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What we collect: Monographs, serials, and other print, electronic, and audiovisual resources on the life, history, cultures, languages, and literature of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Countries: United States and Canada

Languages: primarily English; vernacular languages, as appropriate

Contact: Jade Alburo, Librarian/Curator for Southeast Asian, Pacific Islands, and Asian American Studies

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What we collect: Monographs, serials, and other print and electronic resources on Classical and Byzantine studies

The collection matches the needs of faculty and students in the UCLA Department of Classics and other relevant departments, programs, and centers. Current areas of emphasis include Classical philology, paleography, Classical linguistics, Byzantine studies, medieval Latin, Greek and Mediterranean archaeology, Indo-European linguistics, ancient and medieval philosophy, ancient Greek philosophy and political thought, ancient sexuality and gender studies, and Neo-Latin and Renaissance studies. 

Countries: the Greco-Roman civilization 

Languages: Greek, Latin, English, and other languages as appropriate 

Contact: Shannon K. Tanhayi Ahari, Librarian/Curator for European Studies

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Judaism: classics, contemporary texts; women in Judaism (historic & contemporary); Judaism and science (historic & contemporary)

Jewish Studies: U.S. Jewish history; Antisemitism/Holocaust; European Jewish history, culture, society and issues; Sephardi studies; North African Jewish studies; Jewish communities from Ethiopia, Yemeni, Middle East/Caucasia, India, China, etc.; Los Angeles Jewish history; 

Israel Studies: Zionism; pre-state and contemporary Israel history, culture, politics, society 

Formats: Books; periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.); photos; maps; documents and ephemera of scholarly/historic value

Countries: Israel, United States, and Jewish communities Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere around the world

Languages: Hebrew, English, Yiddish, German, French, Italian, Judeo-Español (Ladino), Aramaic, other Jewish community languages (e.g. Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Farsi, etc.)

Contact: Diane Mizrachi

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What we do not collect: 

Holy and secular books that are not first editions, of scholarly interest, or unique to the existing UCLA Library collection. We cannot accept duplicates of items already held in the Library.

Family and organizational papers and archives on topics not covered by library collection priorities.

Materials that are accessible from, or more appropriate to other libraries and institutions.

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What we collect: Monographs, serials, and other print and electronic resources on Medieval and Renaissance studies

Countries: Western Europe

Languages: English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, and other languages as appropriate

Contact: Shannon K. Tanhayi Ahari, Librarian/Curator for European Studies

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What we do not collect: Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

Contact: Michelle Brasseur, Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian