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Asia Library News

  • November, 2009: Brian Viver became the Coordinator of Public and Information Serivces at Asia Library.
  • April, 2009: Full-text online version of two Korean newspapers (Tonga Ilbo and Choson Ilbo) are available to U-M users.
  • March, 2009: Asia Library held a treasure exhibit which attracted more than 100 guests from the local community.
  • March, 2009: Asia Library created online resource guides for East Asian Studies (general), Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, and Korean Studies.
  • February, 2009: Three important full-text Korean databases (KISS, DBPia, and KRPia) and the e-version of two mainstream Japanese newspapers (Asahi Shinbun and Yomiuri Shinbun), are added to Asia Library’s e-resources collection. 
  • September, 2008: U-M users can now access the full version of Scripta Sinica, one of the best full-text database of pre-modern Chinese written works developed by Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan.
  • August, 2008: Asia Library cancelled subscriptions to more than 400 print serials published in mainland China. U-M faculty and students can access these materials electronically through either CNKI or Wanfang databases.
  • July 1, 2008: Jidong Yang became the Head of Asia Library.