Librarians To Gather at U-M
Librarians To Gather At U-M
One of the most cosmopolitan groups of librarians ever assembled will meet this week during the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists to discuss a worldwide project for mustering all the materials on "the Orient.
The ambitious project was conceived last. April by a library committee of the Association for Asian Studies.
Thursday, 20 librarians and directors of major foreign libraries will meet with American specialists at the University in conjunction with the Orientalists' first assembly in the western hemisphere.
Among them will be representatives of the National Archives of Morocco, the University of Tehran, Harvard-Yenching Library, the National Scientific Documentation Center of India, the University of Karachi, Chulalongkorn University of Thailand, the University of Philippines, University of Singapore, National Diet Library of Japan, Academia Sinica of Taiwan, the Staasbibliotek of West Germany, and the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.
A report from the library director of the USSR Academy of Sciences will be read. However, the author, Alexander I. Bendik, is believed to be among those who cannot leave Russia because of the Soviet boycott of the congress.
Co-chairmen of the library panel are Yukihisa Suzuki, head of U-M's Asia Library, and Eugene Wu of the Harvard Yenching Library. Suzuki said about 100 librarians will attend the one-day session.
“We expect to lay the groundwork for a strong working association of Asian libraries, librarians, and resources throughout the world.”
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27th Congress of Orientalists
International Congress of Orientalists
Association for Asian Studies
University of Michigan
National Archives of Morocco
University of Tehran
Harvard-Yenching Library
National Scientific Documentation Center of India
University of Karachi
Chulalongkorn University of Thailand
University of Philippines
University of Singapore
National Diet Library of Japan
Academia Sinica of Taiwan
Staasbibliotek of West Germany
University of London
USSR Academy of Sciences
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Alexander I. Bendik
Yukihisa Suzuki
Eugene Wu