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Korean Language Reference Support

By Shaun on October 22, 2015

Our Korean Librarian, Helen Kim, is on leave until the end of January 2016. We regret that support for Korean language related questions will be available for only 30 hours per week. Please note that the expected wait time for requests will slightly increase. Please direct your reference related questions to Kyung Eun (Alex) Hur […]

Visit of Prof. Nobuyoshi Takashima

By phchow on October 15, 2015

Japanese historian, educator and textbook author Takashima Nobuyoshi, Professor Emeritus of the University of Ryukyus, visited the Asian Library on October 15, prior to his special lecture at the C.K.Choi Building. He made a valuable donation of 12 volumes of Nihon no ronten (Thank you for completing our collection!), along with his wife (Takashima Michi)’s […]

New North Korean Film collection

By phchow on October 11, 2015

The Asian Library recently acquired a comprehensive North Korean film collection with the generous funding support from the UBC Centre for Korean Research. In the format of DVDs, the collection holds films produced in each decade of the 20th century since the 1960s, all the way through the 21st century. […]