Post on 21-Jan-2016
Area Studies Collections: Bringing the World to Your
Library
Jade AlburoLibrarian for Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands
StudiesCharleston Conference November 6, 2015
Qajar lacquer bindings, Exhibit collection of Near Eastern manuscripts, 1492-1848. Collection 1656
Sacramento Bee article, 11/3/15
• 35 million Californians• Only 56% over the age of 4
speak only English at home• Of 44% who speak another
language, 2/3 speak Spanish• In LA region, 54% speak a
language other than English at home
• 185 different languages spoken (2nd highest in the country)
• Most spoken non-English language in California:
• Spanish: 10.1 million residents
• Chinese: 1 million• Tagalog: 764,743• Vietnamese: 521,534• Korean: 372,742
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• But 8th in its global rankings (2016)
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• > 700 affiliated faculty spanning all disciplines
• 10 graduate & undergraduate degree programs
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• Consistently ranked among the top ten academic research libraries in North America
• Over 11 million titles, close to 12 million
• 7th in number of volumes (ARL)
• 2nd in number of distinct titles (ARL)
• 416 different languages and dialects represented
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Jade AlburoLibrarian for
Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands
StudiesUCLA Library
jalburo@library.ucla.edu