Bridging Needs and Resources: Collaborating with the Library of Congress to Support the East Asian Studies Program at Dickinson College

East Asian Studies has become a fast growing field among U.S. higher education institutions, including primarily undergraduate liberal arts colleges. Yet, for lack of resources, it has been a challenge for college libraries to provide adequate support to the relatively new academic program. This art...

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Published in:College & undergraduate libraries 2008-08, Vol.15 (3), p.334-340
Main Author: Ye, Yunshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
College libraries
East Asian materials
East asian studies
Library of Congress
library support
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Summary:East Asian Studies has become a fast growing field among U.S. higher education institutions, including primarily undergraduate liberal arts colleges. Yet, for lack of resources, it has been a challenge for college libraries to provide adequate support to the relatively new academic program. This article describes a successful collaborative program at Dickinson College to address the issue of how to bridge the gap between limited library resources and the growing need of East Asian Studies faculty and students. The same idea can also be applied to library support for other area studies or relatively limited interdisciplinary programs.
ISSN:1069-1316
1545-2530
DOI:10.1080/10691310802258240