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From: "Andrew Field" <adfield@BU.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: University of Toronto and Columbia Libraries Launch Tibetan
Studies Partnership


> H-ASIA
> Jan 25 2013
>
> University of Toronto and Columbia Libraries Launch Tibetan Studies
> Partnership
> ***************************************************
> From: Hana Kim <hn.kim@utoronto.ca>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I would like to share with you a press release announcing the University
> of Toronto's collaboration with Columbia University in the area of Tibetan
> Studies collection development.
>
> MEDIA RELEASE
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
> January 22, 2013
>
> University of Toronto and Columbia Libraries Launch Tibetan Studies
> Partnership
>
> TORONTO, ON - An international collaboration between the University of
> Toronto and Columbia University's research libraries will harness existing
> expertise in Tibetan collection services at both universities to increase
> the availability of Tibetan resources to a wider community of scholars in
> both Canada and the United States.
>
> The faculties and students of both institutions will benefit from the
> innovative service model created by the partnership, which provides for
> jointly sponsored acquisitions trips to enhance the Tibetan collections at
> both universities, and a shared point of service for research
> consultations. Working in cooperation with the Head of Collection
> Development for the University of Toronto Libraries, Caitlin Tillman, and
> the Acting Head of the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, Hana Kim,
> Columbia
> University's Tibetan Studies Librarian, Dr. Lauran Hartley, will lead the
> work of coordinating Tibetan-language acquisitions at Columbia and the
> University of Toronto in this new pilot project. She will also provide
> research-support services to University of Toronto faculty and students
> via
> e-mail, phone and video conferencing and will visit the University of
> Toronto annually.
>
> "The agreement with Columbia University to further develop our research
> and
> teaching in this important region of the world positions the University of
> Toronto Libraries as Canada's principal resource for knowledge about the
> Tibetan and wider Himalayan area," Dr. Frances Garrett, Associate
> Professor
> of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies and Associate Chair of the Department for
> the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, emphasized. "Moreover,
> with Toronto being home to one of the largest Tibetan communities outside
> Asia, the University's strength in Tibetan Studies is important to local
> populations as well as to academic communities throughout the country."
>
> The University of Toronto is home to a growing cohort of faculty, graduate
> student and undergraduate researchers in Asian Studies. Its Tibetan
> Studies
> scholars have collectively been awarded over one million dollars in
> competitive research funding since 2003. "We are delighted to be given
> this
> opportunity to strengthen our Tibetan Studies collection in order to
> support our rapidly growing Tibetan Studies community at the University of
> Toronto and also serve scholars across Canada and throughout North
> America," said Hana Kim, Acting Director of the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian
> Library.
>
> The University of Toronto Libraries<http://www.library.utoronto.ca> system
> is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked third among peer
> institutions in North America, behind just Harvard and Yale. The system
> consists of 44 libraries located on three university campuses. This array
> of college libraries, special collections, and specialized libraries and
> information centres supports the teaching and research requirements of 215
> graduate programs, 63 professional programs, and 709 undergraduate degree
> programs. In addition to more than 12 million print volumes in 128
> languages, the library system currently provides access to more than
> 238,000 serial titles, 1,500,000 electronic resources in various forms and
> over 28,000 linear metres of archival material. More than 100,000 new
> print
> volumes are acquired each year. The Libraries' website is the gateway to
> its services and resources: www.library.utoronto.ca.
> For more information, please contact:
> Margaret Wall
> Communications Librarian
>
> University of Toronto Libraries
> margaret.wall@utoronto.ca
> Tel: (416) 978-1757
>
> Best regards,
> Hana Kim
> ...
> Hana Kim
> Acting Director
> Korea Studies Librarian
> East Asian Library (Cheng Yu Tung)
> University of Toronto
> 130 St. George Street, 8th Floor, Room 8049
> Toronto, Ontario
> Canada M5S 1A5
> Tel. (416) 978 7690 (8th Fl.)/1570 (7th Fl.)
> Fax. (416) 978 0863
>
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