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The International Initiative
In addressing critical issues of peace and security, governance, and advancing human
well-being at local, regional and global levels, the scholars associated with the International
Initiative require a bewildering breadth of library resources. Student interest in
worldwide issues has never been higher, and the Libraries are racing to provide up-to-date
materials from around the world, continuously acquiring materials in various formats
from more than 100 countries and in more than 100 languages.
Building a New Collection in Korean Studies Established in 2005,
the East Asia Library’s Korean Collection strives to support the
teaching, research, learning, and other activities and services
of the recently-created Korean Studies program. The collection
has been able to grow quickly, owing to the generous
support of the Libraries and the Center for East Asian Studies,
in close cooperation with the Korean Studies faculty. This year,
the Stanford University Libraries were named as one of twelve
member institutions of the Korean Collections Consortium of
North America. As a member of the consortium, the East Asia
Library has received a five-year grant from the Korea Foundation,
which enables the purchase of a large number of books
including thousands of volumes of Korean classic works.
Kyungmi Chun
Korean Studies Librarian
The Local History of Bene Berak The Libraries acquired a significant
archival collection documenting the founding and early
history of the town of Bene Berak, near Tel Aviv. The collection
was assembled by Haim Perl, a founder of Bene Berak
in the 1920s and the great-grandfather of the late journalist
Daniel Pearl ’85. Along with similar archives, such as the Simcha
Blass collection on water resources in Israel acquired in
2005 and the Eliasaf Robinson Collection on Tel Aviv acquired
in 2006, the Haim Perl archive will provide unique research
materials to support Middle Eastern studies and the International
Initiative.
Zachary Baker,
Reinhard Family Curator
of Judaica and Hebraica
Collections
Top
Reference materials in
the East Asia Library.
Bottom
Election pamphlet:
“Profile of the Bene
Berak Labor Council
and Its Accomplishments”
(late 1930searly
1940s).
Opposite
The Korea Daily newspaper,
available in the
East Asia Library.
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