What is your wish for the New Year? The following is some children’s ideas.John: I wish
to be a better boy to Mum and listen to her more. I also want to get better
grades in school.Kate: My wish is to change my school as there’s too much to
study in this school.Ann: I wish I
could spend more time with Mum. She should stop working at the bank and take
up a job at our neighbourhood toy shop.Peter: I wish
someone would find a way to help me walk with my only leg, so I can take part
in activities and sports that I’m unable to do now.Mary: I wish
that I could save all my money, so I could buy presents for my mother, father
and big sister on their birthdays.Bob:
wish for good health though I’m badly ill. I want to finish high school and
take an IT course after.Mark: I wish I
could get more money to fix our house. There is a big hole in the wall and
big mice run inside the room.小题1:How many children can you find in the passage?A．seven.B．Four.C．Three.D．six.小题2:Who is badly ill among the children?A．Kate.B．Peter.C．Mary.D．Bob.小题3:What’s Mark’s wish?A．To get better grades.B．To change his school.C．To buy some presents.D．To fix their house. - 跟谁学
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to be a better boy to Mum and listen to her more. I also want to get better
grades in school.Kate: My wish is to change my school as there’s too much to
study in this school.Ann: I wish I
could spend more time with Mum. She should stop working at the bank and take
up a job at our neighbourhood toy shop.Peter: I wish
someone would find a way to help me walk with my only leg, so I can take part
in activities and sports that I’m unable to do now.Mary: I wish
that I could save all my money, so I could buy presents for my mother, father
and big sister on their birthdays.Bob:
wish for good health though I’m badly ill. I want to finish high school and
take an IT course after.Mark: I wish I
could get more money to fix our house. There is a big hole in the wall and
big mice run inside the room.小题1:How many children can you find in the passage?A．seven.B．Four.C．Three.D．six.小题2:Who is badly ill among the children?A．Kate.B．Peter.C．Mary.D．Bob.小题3:What’s Mark’s wish?A．To get better grades.B．To change his school.C．To buy some presents.D．To fix their house.What is your wish for the New Year? The following is some children’s ideas.John: I wish
to be a better boy to Mum and listen to her more. I also want to get better
grades in school.Kate: My wish is to change my school as there’s too much to
study in this school.Ann: I wish I
could spend more time with Mum. She should stop working at the bank and take
up a job at our neighbourhood toy shop.Peter: I wish
someone would find a way to help me walk with my only leg, so I can take part
in activities and sports that I’m unable to do now.Mary: I wish
that I could save all my money, so I could buy presents for my mother, father
and big sister on their birthdays.Bob:
wish for good health though I’m badly ill. I want to finish high school and
take an IT course after.Mark: I wish I
could get more money to fix our house. There is a big hole in the wall and
big mice run inside the room.小题1:How many children can you find in the passage?A．seven.B．Four.C．Three.D．six.小题2:Who is badly ill among the children?A．Kate.B．Peter.C．Mary.D．Bob.小题3:What’s Mark’s wish?A．To get better grades.B．To change his school.C．To buy some presents.D．To fix their house.科目:最佳答案小题1:A小题2:D小题3:D解析
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on March 2, 2017
Date: March 13 – May 31, 2017
Location: Asian Centre (1871 West Mall) () & Rare Books and Special Collections (1961 East Mall) ()
Hours: Same as the Asian Library and RBSC open hours (see )
John Cooper Robinson was an Anglican missionary who lived and worked in Japan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The Cooper Robinson collection consisting of over 4,600 photographic prints, negatives, glass lantern slides, and postcards is one of the most valuable photographic records of this era.
The exhibition on display at Rare Books and Special Collections was curated by Professor
and Naoko Kato. The exhibit highlights four major themes: Robinson and the Economies of Japanese Photography, Robinson and the M.S.C.C. Mission in Japan, Robinson and Japanese Religions, and Robinson’s Photographic Practices. This exhibit features original photographs as well as glass lantern slides and glass negatives that were used by Robinson.
The exhibit display at the Asian Center foyer features a selection from “The Making of History and Artifacts (): The Photographs of John Cooper Robinson from Meiji-Taisho Japan” exhibit, curated by
with an introduction by .
Check out the
to learn more about this extensive photo collection.
The Asian Library and Rare Books and Special Collections are delighted to host this new exhibit in conjunction with our March 24th symposium, .
The exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Japanese Language Librarian Naoko Kato at .
on March 2, 2017
Take a rare glimpse into Japan in the s through the photographs taken by a Canadian missionary, John Cooper Robinson. We can only begin to understand Cooper Robinson’s photographs by overlaying both Canadian and Japanese historical contexts and perspectives. Join our symposium led by art historians and historians who specialize in Japan and Canada, to explore ways in which the Cooper Robinson photographs can be used and made relevant for future research and teaching. Symposium attendees will have the opportunity to visit the ongoing curated exhibit at Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC).
Double Exposure | Japan-Canada: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan
Friday March 24, 12-4 p.m.
Lillooet Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (1961 East Mall) ()
12:00-1:00
Registration and Reception (light refreshments will be provided)
Opening Remarks | Introduction (donor, Jill Robinson)
Allen Hockley (respondent, Ignacio Adriasola)
RBSC exhibit visit, coffee break
Hamish Ion
Round table discussion (facilitator, Tristan Grunow) | Concluding Remarks
is Associate Professor of Art History at Dartmouth College. He specializes in early Japanese photography and woodblock prints and illustrated books from the Tokugawa through early Showa periods.
is a professor emeritus in the History Department, Royal Military College of Canada. He is a specialist in modern Japanese history.
is assistant professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia.
is assistant professor without review in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia.
The Asian Library and
and are delighted to host a symposium to launch our current exhibit
This event is made possible through generous support from the , the , the , and nominal support from the .
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Japnese Language Librarian Naoko Kato at .
on February 28, 2017
With Korea Foundation’s US$23,000 grant to UBC Library (US$20,000: print resources, US$3,000: e-resources), the Library is able to continue support the collection development and subscribe to the vital electronic databases for Korean Studies.
Asian Library subscribes to the following electronic databases:
This database covers over 2 million full-text articles from more than 2,000 scholarly journals.
Covers subject areas, such as Korean literature, language, history, education, law, and engineering. It provides full text articles from over 3309 journals/thesis titles and access to the Choson Ilbo Archive (newspaper articles since 1920).
This is Full text database for Korean Studies covering history, literature, dictionaries and traditional medicines.
on February 27, 2017
INDIC-LANGUAGE MATERIALS
Calla Jindara Isala?ma?ba?da calli?e / Jindara
Dhi?a?m? na?la jagga wasenda? : wa?rataka : na?ri? saroka?ra / D?a?. Guramindara Siddhu?
Kur?i? Kained?a? di? / Anamola Kaura
Ha?sa wian?ga afasa?ne = Stories of humour & satire / Haramohindara Sin?gha Haraji?
Hasata?k?h?ara / Dali?pa Kaura T?iwa?n?a?
Hora nahi?m? / D?a?. Amaraji?ta Sin?gha ‘Umara’
JAPANESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS
比較思想から見た日本仏教 / 末木文美士編
関東大震災朝鮮人虐殺の記錄 : 東京地区別1100の証言 / 西崎雅夫編著
資料浅草弾左衛門 / 塩見鮮一郎
仙厓 : ユーモアあふれる禅のこころ / 監修中山喜一朗
平戶焼恋情 : 無垢の白磁は語り菫青は舞う / 著者松浦尚美
漢字廃止の思想史 / 安田敏朗
伯爵夫人 / 蓮實重彥
戦後怪奇マンガ史 / 米沢嘉博
KOREAN-LANGUAGE MATERIALS
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YTN ?? ? ??? ?? ??? / ? ??·? ??·? ??·? ?? ?? ; ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??
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CHINESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS
一个当代萨满的生活世界 : 维吾尔老人阿布拉访问记 / 陈建宪著
中文古籍中广东华侨史料汇编 / 何新华编
香港治与乱 : 2047的政治想象 / 阎小骏著
美国的焦虑 : 一位智库学者对美国的调研手记 = Anxieties of U.S. : a think tank scholar’s perspective on China’s rise & U.S. response / 王文著
近代中国”打工妹”群体研究 / 池子华著
崛起与重构 : 大众文化影响下中国共产党意识形态传播路径研究 / 全家悦著
孤独中有无尽繁华 / 韩少功著
香港文学散步 / 小思编著
on February 22, 2017
Asian Library’s Great Reads collection of leisure reading was launched in December 2015. It’s more than a year now and this year’s Great Reads items just arrived.
Some of the old titles will be moved to the regular stacks.
The following books were the most frequently circulated in each language area during the past year:
為食香港地 : 知名食肆37個食譜大公開! / 香港餐飮聯業協會
Hong Kong cuisine: 37 selections from locals / Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades
我们的她们 / 韩松落著
Wo men de ta men / Han Songluo zhu
図書館戦争:
Love & war / 弓きいろ , 原作有川浩
Toshokan senso?: love & war / Yumi K gensaku Arikawa Hiro
鹿の王 / 上橋菜穂子
Shika no o? / Uehashi Nahoko
Ikki / Yun T’ae-ho
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P’ain : ch’onttu?gi / Yun T’ae-ho
Piunda ki?ti? beri? / Harapa?la Sin?gha Lakkhi?a?m?
Peond keeti beri / Harpal Singh Lakhian
Na? a?na? isa des?a / S?a?ntila?la Jaina
Naa aana is desh / by Shantilal Jain
We hope you continue enjoy reading these popular titles. Also come and check out the new Great Reads on the ground floor of the Asian Library.
to find out the titles.
Happy leisure reading!
on February 15, 2017
Chinese-language materials
孝道之网 : 客家孝道的历史人类学研究 Xiao dao zhi wang : Kejia xiao dao de li shi ren lei xue yan jiu
中国民间造神 : 内丘神码与民间信仰实践 Zhongguo min jian zao shen : Neiqiu shen ma yu min jian xin yang shi jian
近代外国人在华建筑遗存的遗产化研究 Jin dai wai guo ren zai Hua jian zhu yi cun de yi chan hua yan jiu
筑觉 : 阅读香港建筑 Zhu jue : yue du Xianggang jian zhu = Arch touch
中国民间画像砖品鉴
Zhongguo min jian hua xiang zhuan pin jian
问道王羲之 : 于钟华解密书法档案 Wen dao Wang Xizhi : Yu Zhonghua jie mi shu fa dang an
汉语历史语言学的传承与发展: 张永言先生从教六十五周年纪念文集 Han yu li shi yu yan xue de chuan cheng yu fa zhan: Zhang Yongyan xian sheng cong jiao liu shi wu zhou nian ji nian wen ji
新编十八韵常用词汇 Xin bian shi ba yun chang yong ci hui
雅林探赜 : 汉语字义引申例论 Ya lin tan ze : Han yu zi yi yin shen li lun
中国民间小戏史论 Zhongguo min jian xiao xi shi lun = A study of the history of traditional Chinese folk theatre
山光水影 Shan guang shui ying
Korean-language materials
??? ??? ??? ?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ??? K’aenada T’oront’o Taehakkyo sojang Yo?hu?ng Min Ssi Min Kwan-sik ka u?i komunso? = The Min family correspondence collection at the University of Toronto.
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Togil t’ongil kwallyo?n munho?n chonghap mongnok
Japanese-language materials
江戶かわいい動物 : たのしい日本美術 / 金子信久 Edo kawaii do?butsu : tanoshii Nihon bijutsu
on February 10, 2017
on January 30, 2017
Chinese-language materials
父亲与我 /尤今. 马来亚敌后工作回忆录 Fu qin yu wo / Malaiya di hou gong zuo hui yi lu
多元涵容的文化心态与文学思想 Duo yuan han rong de wen hua xin tai yu wen xue si xiang
中国左翼文学的演进与嬗变:
Zhongguo zuo yi wen xue de yan jin yu shan bian :
唐宋诗序跋研究 Tang Song shi xu ba yan jiu
中国当代短篇小说演变史 Zhongguo dang dai duan pian xiao shuo yan bian shi = The evolution history of Chinese contemporary short stories
红楼梦的儿女真情 Hong lou meng de er nu? zhen qing
为大中华, 造新文学 : 胡适与现代文化暨白话文学 Wei da Zhonghua, zao xin wen xue : Hu Shi yu xian dai wen hua ji bai hua wen xue
晚安, 张爱玲 : 张爱玲在美国的日子Wan an, Zhang Ailing : Zhang Ailing zai Meiguo de ri zi
繁华的荒凉 : 张贤亮散文 Fan hua de huang liang : Zhang Xianliang san wen
三毛传 : 来不及好好告别 Sanmao zhuan : lai bu ji hao hao gao bie
Korean-language materials
?? ?? ?? ? ?? ? ?? Han’guk munhwa cho?nt’ong kwa paeryo? u?i yulli
?? ?? ??? ? ? ??? ? ??? Koryo? chaejo Taejanggyo?ng kwa Tong Asia u?i Taejanggyo?ng
?? ?? ? ?? : ?? ? ?? Taehan Min’guk u?i ko?n’guk : siso?n u?i kyoch’a
朴 正熙 : ? ??? ??? ? ??? ?? Pak Cho?ng-hu?i : han ku?ndaehwa hyo?ngmyo?ngga u?i pijanghan saengae
?? ?? ? ??? ?? Choso?n wangjo u?i konggongso?ng tamnon
??? ? ?? ??? Hyo?ndaesi wa munhak t’onggyehak
?? ?? ?? ? : ? 61? 現代 文學賞 ?? ?? Ingo? kajuk kudu oe : che 61-hoe Hyo?ndae Munhaksang susang sijip
? ?? ? ? ?? : ? ?? ?? Hwang So?g-yo?ng u?i pap toduk : Hwang So?g-yo?ng sanmun
Japanese-language materials
高めあえるライバル Takameaeru raibaru
私が今日も、泳ぐ理由 : パラスイマー一ノ瀬メイ Watashi ga kyo? mo oyogu riyu? : parasuima? Ichinose Mei
紫式部 : はなやかな王朝絵卷「源氏物語」の作者 Murasaki Shikibu : hanayaka na o?cho? emaki “Genji monogatari” no sakusha
on January 17, 2017
The Year of the Rooster is approaching! Join the Asian Library & the Department of Asian Studies on Friday January 27 to celebrate the Lunar New Year! It’s free and open to the public.
Library programs will be on from 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm.
There are games, food, and more. Visitors to the Asian Library may also receive a pocket of luck!
Programs organized by the Department of Asian Studies will begin at 10:30 am.
There are student and guest performances in the morning and cultural activities (e.g. calligraphy, seal engraving, lantern drawing, Mahjong and Chinese Chess) in the afternoon. They also offer lunch at $5. Click
for the details.
LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Lunar New Year Display
Visit the library upper floor for the Lunar New Year display.
Library resources about the festival will be showcased. Also learn how different Asian countries celebrate the New Year!
Food Sampling
Food always plays an important role during the Lunar New Year. Do you know that food can take on a symbolic role as a tangible gesture of goodwill for loved ones?
Visit our booth at the library entrance for food sampling of traditional snacks and we will tell you more.
Lantern riddle is a folk custom of Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the Lunar New Year.
The answer had to be guessed from a word, a poem or a phrase.
It is interesting and informative!
Come and try it out and you will receive a small gift if you get the answer correct!
Yut Nori is a traditional board game played in Korea, especially during the Lunar New Year. It includes a board (malpan), 4 wooden sticks (yut) and small tokens (yunmal). Yut sticks are cast to determine how far a token can advance, and the score is determined by counting the sticks that are over, and those that are up. Join us in this game at the library entrance. It’s fun!
Scavenger Hunt
Test yourself how well you know about the Lunar New Year and the Asian Library! Prizes are waiting for you!
on January 12, 2017
Date: January 11 to March 3, 2017
Hours: Same as the Asian Library open hours (see
Location: Asian Centre lobby (1871 West Mall, Vancouver) ()
Presented by Raghavendra Rao K.V., Artist and Research Associate at the , MENDING CRACKS; LIMITATIONS is an art exhibition consisting of a set of paintings in watercolour, and an installation/ ‘hangings’ of drawings made out of gauze on X-ray sheets. X-ray sheet and gauze act as metaphors fo its measure and diagnosis, and a gesture towards the complicated process of healing.
Rao was buried under rubble in the 2001 earthquake in Kutch, India. Long-term, this resulted in the partial paralysis and atrophy of his left arm. He also found himself faced with a further battle to get over the experience, psychologically as well as physically. The central theme of this “Mending Cracks” series as a work-in-progress is disability, trauma and the complex process of recovery.
Preliminary works of this series was exhibited in Vancouver in 2013 and Bangalore, India in 2016.
To learn more about the artist, please visit .
Also join Raghavendra in the talk and video screening session . See poster below for details.
on January 5, 2017
Japanese-language materials
近衞家名宝からたどる宮廷文化史 : 陽明文庫が伝える千年のみやび
Konoe-ke meiho? kara tadoru kyu?tei bunkashi : Yo?mei Bunko ga tsutaeru sennen no miyabi
江戶のバロック : 日本美術のあたらしい見かた
Edo no barokku : Nihon bijutsu no atarashii mikata
部落史入門
Burakushi nyu?mon
医学書のなかの「文学」 : 江戶の医学と文学が作り上げた世界
Igakusho no naka no “bungaku” : Edo no igaku to bungaku ga tsukuriageta sekai
戦争と一人の作家 : 坂口安吾論
Senso? to hitori no sakka : Sakaguchi Ango ron
映画の黄金時代 : 銀幕のスターたちは語る
Eiga no o?gon jidai : ginmaku no suta?tachi wa kataru
昭和のレトロパッケージ
Sho?wa no retoro pakke?ji
古文書はいかに歴史を描くのか : フィールドワークがつなぐ過去と未来
Komonjo wa ikani rekishi o egaku no ka : fi?rudowa?ku ga tsunagu kako to mirai
Korean-language materials
?? ?? ?? ??? : ???? ? ?? ??Chinp’um myo?ngp’um sujip iyagi : ssu?regi? na egen ch’uo?k
??? ?????, ?? ?? ?? ? ?? : ?? ??? ? ?? ?? ? ??K’orian tiasu?p’ora, kyo?nggye eso? kyo?nggye ru?l no?mta : haeoe ibyangin kwa chaeoe Hanin u?i yesul
?? ? ?? ?? ????Nyuyok e ppuri naerin Han’gugindu?l
?? ?? : ?? ??? ? ?? ? ??Kohwa cho?ngdam : Kansong Misulgwan u?i tajo?ng han ku?rim
?? ? ???, ?? ?? ??Han’guk u?i ku?nhyo?ndae, kaenyo?m u?ro ikta
?? 6?? : ?? ? ?? ? ?? ??? ?? ? ???Han’gu?l 6-ch’o?nnyo?n : Han’gu?l u?i kiwo?n u?l almyo?n ich’yo?jin yo?ksa ka poinda
?? ?? ?? ??? : ???? ? ?? ??Chinp’um myo?ngp’um sujip iyagi : ssu?regi? na egen ch’uo?k
?? ? ?? ? ?? : ?? ?? ??? 20? ???? ???Yo?nghwa u?i pada sok u?ro : Pusan Kukche Yo?nghwaje 20-nyo?n pihaindu? su?t’ori
Chinese-language materials
鲁迅与胡适：“立人”与“立宪”
Lu Xun yu Hu Shi : “li ren” yu “li xian”
贾平凹《古炉》论
Jia Pingwa “Gu lu” lun
一个平常的故事：何其芳散文
Yi ge ping chang di gu shi: He Qifang san wen
毕飞宇小说创作研究
Bi Feiyu xiao shuo chuang zuo yan jiu
等花落下来：王旭烽散文
Deng hua luo xia lai: Wang Xufeng san wen
诗的还乡：从《诗经》到新诗
Shi de huan xiang: cong “Shi jing” dao xin shi
Shan yang ren lei
on December 21, 2016
Chinese-language materials
《小学》通俗解义 “Xiao xue” tong su jie yi
一带一路”建设与东盟地区的自由贸易区安排 Yi dai yi lu” jian she yu Dong meng di qu de zi you mao yi qu an pai
《纽约时报》的中国女性形象研究 (2001年-2010年)
Niuyue shibao de Zhongguo nu?xing xingxiang yanjiu
纪昀文学思想研究 Ji Yun wen xue si xiang yan jiu
楼外寻梦 : 红楼女性赏析. 初编 Lou wai xun meng : hong lou nu? xing shang xi. Chu bian
人生小品 Ren sheng xiao pin
孤独深处 Gu du shen chu
“赤脚医生” 与中国乡土社会研究 : 以河南省为例
“Chi jiao yi sheng” yu Zhongguo xiang tu she hui yan jiu : yi Henan Sheng wei li = A research on ‘the barefoot doctors’ and Chinese rural society : taking Henan Province as an example
Japanese-language materials
江戶のパスポート : 旅の不安はどう解消されたか Edo no pasupo?to : tabi no fuan wa do? kaisho?sareta ka
恋愛しない若者たち : コンビニ化する性とコスパ化する結婚 Ren’aishinai wakamonotachi : konbini-kasuru sei to kosupa-kasuru kekkon
京都の意匠 : 暮らしと建築のスタイル Kyo?to no dezain : kurashi to kenchiku no sutairu
紫式部日記と王朝貴族社会 Murasaki Shikibu nikki to o?cho? kizoku shakai
このあたりの人たち Kono atari no hitotachi
ビビビ?ビ?バップ Bibibi bi bappu
妻籠め Tsumagome
ちちんぷいぷい
Chichin puipui
Korean-language materials
19??, ?? ? ?? 19-segi, inmin u?i t’ansaeng
?? ?? : ??? ?? ? ?? ?? Pundan ihu : pimujang chidae wa kunsa munhwa
?? ?? 50? : ?? ? ??, ?? ? ??
: ???? ??? ?? ?? ??
Kyo?ktong Han’guk 50-yo?n : yo?ksa u?i kio?k, sidae u?i ch’uo?k
: Kuwabara Sisei Han’guk sajin cho?njip
??? ??, ? ? ?? Ch’allanhan kodok, han u?i mihak
?? ?? ? ?? ? ?? ?? Kojo?n soso?l u?i yangsik kwa pip’an cho?ngsin
?? ?? ? ?? : ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? Taejung munhak u?i t’ansaeng : singminjigi Han’guk taejung soso?l yo?n’gu
?? ??? Taegak tu?nggyejip
Indic-language materials
Ki? sua?rathi? hon?a? pa?pa hai? Either selfishness is sin
Ji?wana brita?nta : Sarada?ra Hari? Sin?gha Nalawa?
Lut?eri? weshaya? : Pa?kisata?ni? kaha?n?i?a?m? = Luteri vaishya : Pakistani kahanian
Mauta de paracha?wem? het?ha : na?wala
Meri? prerana? meri? patani? = My inspiration my wife
Bha?i?a?m? ba?jha : wad?d?a? na?t?aka = Bhaian baajh : a full length play in Punjabi
Bha?rati? sinema? de sita?re = Bharti cinema de sitare
La?la cir?i? = Lal chiri
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on December 19, 2016
Asian Library’s opening hours during the Christmas and New Year holidays:
December 19-20 (Mon-Tue): 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
December 21-23 (Wed-Fri): 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
December 24 – January 2 (Sat – Mon): closed
We will resume our regular hours on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Check out more at .
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Korean-language materials
??? ? ?? ? ? ?? ?? ?? Tongdogwan u?i pyo?nhwa ro pon Han’guk ku?ndae ch’o?rhak
?? ? ?? ?? : , ?? ? ?? ? ?? ?? Han’guk u?i siguk sako?n : , kunin u?i sidae ru?l kirok hada
?? ? ?? ?? ?? Cho?ngso?n u?i muhyo?ng munhwa yusan
韓國 ? 民畵 Han’guk u?i minhwa = The folk paintings of Korea
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Samguk sidae changsik taedo munhwa yo?n’gu
2016 ?? ?? ?? ??? 2016 Sinch’un munye tangso?n soso?lchip
?? ? ? ??? ?? : ??? ? ?? ??? Interviews. Selections Uri ka ch’am akkido?n saram : soso?lga Pak Wan-so? taedamchi
?? ?? ? ?? : ?? ?? ?? ? ?? Choso?n yo?nghwa ran hao : ku?ndae yo?nghwa pip’yo?ng u?i yo?ksa
Chinese-language materials
中华民国专题史 Zhonghua Minguo zhuan ti shi
循环与守望 : 中国传统节日文化诠释与解读 Xun huan yu shou wang : Zhongguo chuan tong jie ri wen hua quan shi yu jie du
遵義會議研究 : 纪念遵义会议召开80周年 Zunyi hui yi yan jiu : ji nian Zunyi hui yi zhao kai 80 zhou nian
读书是件好玩的事 Du shu shi jian hao wan de shi
香港淪陷後 : 末日人間 Xianggang lun xian hou : mo ri ren jian
火燄首部曲 : 一九七〇年代的中國青年抗爭小說 Huo yan shou bu qu : yi jiu qi ling nian dai de Zhongguo qing nian kang zheng xiao shuo
带上她的眼睛 : 刘慈欣科幻短篇小说集 (I) Dai shang ta de yan jing : Liu Cixin ke huan duan pian xiao shuo ji (I)
Japanese-language materials
海を渡る史書 : 東アジアの「通鑑」 Umi o wataru shisho : Higashi Ajia no “Tsugan”
中世の武家官僚と奉行人 Chu?sei no buke kanryo? to bugyo?nin
引札 : 田村コレクション Hikifuda : Tamura korekushon
日本のポスター : 明治大正昭和 Nihon no posuta? : Meiji Taisho? Sho?wa
武者小路実篤とその世界 Mushako?ji Saneatsu to sono sekai
無月ノ橋 Mugetsu no hashi
映画を知るための教科書,
Eiga o shiru tame no kyo?kasho,
能のデザイン No? no dezain = Design of noh
Indic-language materials
Simran mahima : balanced life Simarana mahima? : sa?wi?m? sukha?wi?m? zindagi?
Nafarata wi? ikka ahima bha?wana? hai = Hatred is an important emotion
Pakistan, as I saw : a travelogue
Pa?kisata?na jiwem? maim? dekhia? : safarana?ma?
Carittara hi?n?ata? = Demoralising
Pana?hagi?ra
Mana mausama di? ran?gata
on December 5, 2016
To accommodate students’ study schedules, Asian Library will be open extended hours on Fridays during the examination period:
December 9 : 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
December 16 : 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
Please also visit
to check out the open hours of different library branches.
Don’t walk alone if you travel late at night after study. Call
at 604-822-5355! This is a free service that provides a co-ed team of walkers to accompany you to your destination on campus.
on December 5, 2016
The Asian Library joined forces with UBC Alumni to successfully launch two Asian-language book clubs this fall! Each book club offered a “meet and greet” session followed by a book discussion about a month later.
Chinese Language Book Club
Featuring Dr. Laifong Leung’s new book History of Literary Interactions between China and Canada 《中外文學交流史 中國-加拿大卷》, the Chinese Language Book Club attracted a wide range of people including UBC staff and student participants, writers from mainland China and Hong Kong, and a local media worker.
During the first session on October 24, Dr. Leung gave a fascinating introduction about how her unique life experiences inspired her to write about a topic that was barely touched by other scholars before. In the second event, attendees engaged in an in-depth discussion by sharing their thoughts and opinions after reading the book chapters.
Crystal Yin, Chinese Language Librarian, indicated that the book club events initiated a thorough exchange of views on the 160-year long history of literary interaction between China and Canada.
Japanese Language Book Club
The Japanese Language Book Club kicked off on October 25 with a full house of 20 attendees. The event sold out, attracting a diverse range of participants that included those from the Japanese Canadian community, native speakers, language learners (undergraduate, graduate, alumni), language instructors, UBC staff members, and Japanese exchange students. The book chosen was Murakami Haruki’s short story Nemuri ねむり. Murakami is one of the most popular Japanese writers whose works have been translated into many languages. Kazuhiko Imai, a UBC Asian Studies MA student and facilitator, fostered a stimulating discussion through interactive small group activities in both sessions. For instance, he used the book’s imaginative illustrations as an entry point to create an atmosphere where everyone felt comfortable sharing their thoughts. Community members were also introduced to the Asian Library in a tour led by Naoko Kato, Japanese Language Librarian.
The book club events opened up a perfect opportunity for alumni, current students, and other interested community members with advanced fluency in Chinese or Japanese, to form ties with others in their respective literary communities. Asian Library plans to hold similar events in these and other Asian languages in the future.
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Date: October 28, 2016 to January 4, 2017
Hours: Same as the Asian Library open hours (see
Location: Asian Centre Foyer (1871 West Mall) ()
Foggy winter
The Reflections of Seasons
(四季 -? 镜像) is an artistic idea based on the changes of twenty four solar terms in Asian lunar calendar through a year. A solar term is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event and signifies some natural phenomenon of the year.
Solar terms originated in China, later, spread to Korea, Vietnam and Japan.
Vancouver-based artist and writer Sophi Liang will contribute a series of two-dimensional art work respectively in relation to the four seasons. Art forms and mediums in presentation are free of restrictions.
Each piece of art work is accompanied by a poem, written in both English and Chinese and based on the natural circle of the four seasons. The artist uses poems to interpret nature, to make tangibles poetic, to explore the possibilities within the unpredictable fate of life.
Summer night
There are two pairs of relationships in this mini-exhibition: part 1 – the melody
part 2 – the rhythm of autumn and spring.
Winter and summer stand back to back as a pair of mirrors that on and they represent the changes and fluctuations of life. Spring and autumn are acting as a pair of gears: one is to fertilize the seeds and the other is to harvest the fruits. Seasons reflect each other like reflections of mirrors. They lean to each other to survive.
Love, betrayal, like, and hate form important elements of our life. Like all the seasons, all the years, life has it has its own orbit and pace which we cannot control but to follow. The balance within the nature is as important as it
the inner logic of the opposite pair expresses the inner logic of the universe.
Please click
for the Artist Statement.
About the Artist: Sophi Liang
Sophi Liang is an active Chinese-Canadian writer, media artist, and filmmaker. She experiments in various art forms and has participated in a number of exhibitions both solo and collective in China and Canada.
She focuses however, nature has always been a driving power in both her visual art and writing practices.
on October 26, 2016
Date: Thursday November 3, 2016
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
Place: UBC Asian Centre (1871 West Mall) ()
Co-hosts: UBC Asian Library and
Admission: Free, but please register.
A Living Library Program makes people—rather than books—available for checkout. In the Asian Library context, such a program would provide a space for distinguished individuals who have Asia-related experiences or backgrounds to make connections with students and community members. The overall theme of the program is to raise awareness of diverse groups and perspectives.
For our pilot event, we plan to invite 5 “human books,” as well as approximately 15“readers.” After a short introduction, each “human book” will be matched up with up to 3“readers” for a 20 minute discussion. Topics will vary depending on the questions from the readers. After approximately 50 minutes of introduction and discussion, all participants will gather for mingling and snacks. Discussions may take place in English or Asian languages, depending on the language proficiency of those participating in the discussions.
This program will provide library participants with the opportunity to gain a greater and deeper understanding of the Asian culture and social diversity within Canada. It will serve as a venue to learn, exchange ideas, and forge new connections with those in the community as well as those in the university.
FEATURED “HUMAN BOOKS”
Simon Choa Johnston
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Simon was educated in Canada at McMaster University ‘72. He did post graduate theatre studies in New York, worked as an artistic director, director and award winning playwright. He is Gateway Theatre’s Artistic Director Emeritus in Richmond B.C. and lives in South Surrey, B.C. Canada.
Simon is the author of numerous plays produced and published in Canada. He won Theatre BC’s National Playwrights prize, the City of Richmond’s Cultural Leadership Award, McMaster University’s Alumni Gallery and is the Gateway Theatre’s Artistic Director Emeritus. He was born and raised in Hong Kong then immigrated to Canada where he graduated from McMaster University. After postgraduate studies in New York he returned to Ontario and has worked continuously in Canadian theatres as an artistic director, director and playwright. Simon lives in South Surrey, B.C. The House of Wives is his latest novel.
Jeongeun Park
Jeongeun is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia. She earned her MA in Religious Studies at the University of Alberta in 2008. She received her PhD in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2016. Her PhD dissertation entitled “Clerical Marriage and Buddhist Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Korea” showed that the practice of clerical marriage among Korean monks during the Japanese colonial period was a phenomenon of Buddhist modernity. Her recent research focuses on Buddhism and violence during the Buddhist Purification Movement in South Korea.
Alejandro Yoshizawa
Al Yoshizawa is a filmmaker from Vancouver, Canada. From 2010 until the end of 2012, he was the lead filmmaker of the web series , which was nominated for a 2013 Leo Award for best web series. Since 2014, Alejandro has been the Roger’s Teaching Fellow in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia, and in 2017 will teach a new course in
(ACAM) studies called ACAM 350: Asian Canadian Community Media. His most recent film,
(2016), seeks to uncover the interconnected histories of Chinese Canadian and First Nations in British Columbia, through the story of the Grant family of Musqueam.
Danvic Briones
Danvic Briones has pursued his passion in painting and took up Fine Arts in college. A member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, his works – part-woodcarving, part-oil painting, part-representation of his realities – have been exhibited in New York, California, British Columbia and the Philippines.
Also an entrepreneur, Briones used his artistic skills and his experiences in growing up in a typhoon- and disaster-stricken country to design the Rescue72 Vest, an emergency preparedness vest that is a flotation device with bags or implements that can help a person float and survive for at least 72 hours. Briones was also a college lecturer teaching graphic design, desktop publishing, design concepts and arts foundation at the De la Salle College of St. Benilde. He is Filipino Youth and Outreach Worker for S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and is currently managing Art Centrum, an art space which features an art gallery and offers art classes in Richmond.
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The Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province has donated the 《廣州大典》 Guangzhou Da Dian
(Guangzhou Encyclopedia), a set that includes 520 volumes of Chinese classical works to the UBC Asian Library. Please refer to the
for more details.
Compiled for approximately 10 years and published in the April of 2015, 《廣州大典》 Guangzhou Da Dian (Guangzhou Encyclopedia) is a collection of classical writings composed in Guangzhou, by writers of Guangzhou, or about Guangzhou. This collection includes 4,064 titles from the Zhongshan Library in Guangzhou and other libraries at home and abroad. All the titles are classified in five branches: Jing bu (經部 Classics), Shi Bu (Histories 史部), Zi Bu (Philosophy 子部), Ji Bu (Literature 集部) and Cong Bu (Collectanae 叢部).
Jing Bu refers to the Confucian canon plus works on textual criticism and philology. Some very famous classical series, such as Huang Qing Jing Jie (皇清經解 Exegesis of the Confucian classics of the Grand Qing), are included in this branch. Shi bu includes plenty of local gazetteers, maps and other geographical records of Guangzhou, as well as a variety of travel notes about Guangzhou. Among them, records on the Maritime Silk Road are the most attractive, especially for scholars who are interested in maritime culture. Philosophical works and literature by celebrates of Guangzhou from the Jin (265-420) dynasty to the Qing () dynasty are compiled in Zi Bu and Ji Bu. Cong Bu was chronologically first compiled, including Guang Ya Cong Shu (廣雅叢書Series of Guangya press), Xue Hai Tang Cong Ke (學海堂叢刻) and other well-known series compiled in Guangzhou in the past. The Hai Shan Xian Guan Cong Shu (海山仙館叢書 Collectanae compiled in the Hai Shan Xian Guan), in Cong Bu, has lots of works on western mathematics, geometry, astronomy, etc., by Jesuit missionaries, such as Matteo Ricci () and Johann Adam Schall von Bell (), which supply a very good platform for us to know the cross-cultural encounters between China and the West in late imperial China. Guangzhou Da Dian is considered as the most completed collection of materials on Guangzhou’s history and culture.
For more information about this donation, please contact Chinese Language Librarian Crystal Yin ().
on August 23, 2016
The UBC Asian Library in partnership with
will be offering two Asian-language book clubs (in Japanese and Chinese) in October/November this year:
Chinese-Language Book Club
Session 1: Meet & Greet – Monday October 24, 7:00-8:30 pm
Session 2: Discussion – Monday November 21, 7:00-9:00 pm
Both sessions are held at room 604, Asian Centre (1871 West Mall) ()
The Chinese-language book club will be on 《中外文學交流史 中國-加拿大卷》 (History of Literary Interactions between China and Canada). The book’s author Dr. Laifong Leung (梁麗芳), who is herself a graduate of UBC’s , will lead the discussion. This will be of particular interest to graduates keen on interacting in the Chinese language with the rich Chinese literary community in Vancouver.
Cost: $10 per person (including a copy of the book and light refreshments at both sessions)
Questions? Please contact Chinese Language Librarian Crystal Yin at .
Japanese-Language Book Club
Session 1: Meet & Greet – Tuesday October 25, 7:00-8:30 pm
Session 2: Discussion – Tuesday November 22, 7:00-9:00 pm
Both sessions are held at room 604, Asian Centre (1871 West Mall) ()
The Japanese-language book club will feature
by Murakami Haruki (村上春樹), a fictional work accompanied by interpretive illustrations by a German artist Kat Menschik.
MA student Kazuhiko Imai will be facilitating. This is a perfect match for UBC graduates with advanced Japanese-language skills who want to connect with other grads and community members while enjoying Japanese literature.
Cost: $10 per person (including a copy of the book and light refreshments at both sessions)
Questions? Please contact Japanese Language Librarian Naoko Kato at .
on August 23, 2016
Please note that Asian Library has shortened its evening open hours in the winter session (September to April). The new hours are:
Monday-Thursday: 9:00am-7:00pm
Friday: 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday: 12:00 noon-5:00pm
Sunday and holidays: Closed
Please contact us at
if you have any concerns and questions about the changes in our opening hours.
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Date: July 6 to September 20, 2016 []
Location: Asian Library (Upper Floor)
Since the influx of Chinese immigrants to British Columbia in the mid-19th century, different types of Chinese associations have been founded, including fraternal associations, community-wide associations, locality associations, and clan associations, etc.
In the early days, these associations provided mutual aid and social services to their members while resolving the community’s internal disputes and dealing with external pressures of discrimination and segregation.
The Chinese who came after the Second World War and especially the introduction of Point System in 1967 were largely different socially and occupationally from their predecessors. The role of traditional Chinese associations therefore declined and new community-based organizations offering immigrant services emerged.
This book exhibit showcases publications of Chinese associations in B.C., focusing primarily on publications by associations formed in the early 20th century.
These are titles collected at the UBC Asian Library, including items donated by Xiaru Wu (伍俠儒), Alex Chan, as well as titles selected from the Bick Lee (李日如) Collection, Foon Sien Wong (黃文甫) Collection, and the Wallace Chung (蔣北扶) Collection. All these publications are valuable and important records of the Chinese Canadian history.
on June 17, 2016
Date: June 13 to September 30, 2016 ()
Location: UBC Asian Centre Foyer (1871 West Mall, Vancouver)
The University of British Columbia (UBC) Asian Library has the largest Chinese collection in Western Canada. For decades, it has served the needs of local and international students, faculty and scholars. It features a rich collection of ancient Chinese language materials that are not fully described, including many books, manuscripts and hand-written copies from Ming
Dynasty. For more information about the Chinese Rare and Special collections at the UBC Asian Library, please visit
During the past few years, the library has invested considerable resources in digitizing and cataloguing Chinese ancient rare books. Funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Mellon Foundation, the library is gradually revealing the previously hidden rare collections at UBC, so that they can be accessible to scholars worldwide. For more information about the CLIR Hidden Collection Project, please visit
For this exhibition, we selected 14 Chinese rare books from our collection, including books about Chinese classical literature, politics, philosophy, history, geography, and art.
These rare titles are all important works in the field of Chinese studies. The display brochure can be viewed .
By preparing this exhibit, we are hoping to invite more students and scholars to use our distinguished Chinese rare collection. We welcome your comments to preserve and promote these Chinese heritage treasures.
Please contact the Chinese Language Librarian Crystal Yin () with any questions or thoughts.
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Do you have an elder in your family who has stories to tell but few members of the family have heard them? Would you like to learn how to record and preserve the stories of struggle and triumph of your parents or grandparents for your own children and grandchildren to know?
In partnership with the Asian Library, the
is offering a two-part workshop in April and May. Learn how stories are gathered, and how the histories of Asian migrants to British Columbia and Canada can be exhibited as an heirloom for generations to come.
For more information, please visit .
PCHC’s “Family History with a Smartphone” workshop series is a part of
2016, a month-long festival of Vancouver Asian Heritage.
on March 11, 2016
From March 15 to May 31 visitors to the Asian Centre will encounter a new exhibit by Naomi Kasumi. Naomi Kasumi is an artist-scholar based in Seattle whose work extends to book art, printmaking, video, and graphics. The artist was asked to install a book-related piece as part of a research roundtable organized by Christina Laffin and Jinhua Chen.
The work, “MEM: memory o memorial no. 7 scriptorium,” consists of 8 tapestry-like books with 8 stories. Each panel creates a book out of 108 encaustic cards embedded with Japanese sutra calligraphy, digital images, Xerox images, personal writings, maple leaves, plants, and butterfly wings.
The books were coloured with natural tea dye and bee’s wax. In order to produce the pages in the book, the artist collected nearly 3,000 used tea bags over several years. After layering the variously hued tea bag “papers” into one page, she used white cotton thread to bind the pages together using over 5,000 stitches and knots. (click
for the artist’s statement)
The organizers invite everyone to join us for an introduction to Naomi Kasumi and her work when the installation opens on March 15 at 4:30 pm in the Asian Centre lobby.
This exhibition is a part of the Conference,
The installation was made possible thanks to the support of the
and the Peking University Institute for the Study of Buddhist Texts and Arts, and through collaboration with the UBC , , and the .
on February 16, 2016
UBC Asian Library holds more than 100 Korean folk tale books and children’s literature. Out of these items, ten illustrated books have been selected to celebrate and promote the art of Korean children’s book illustration to students, faculty, and local community members. Come and view the amazing illustrations and don’t forget to check out our fantastic folk tale collection! The display will be on until April 30th.
Books In Display
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??? (Cho Kyo?ng-suk); Illustrated by??? (Yun Cho?ng-ju)
??? ?? ? ?? (Myo?nuri panggwi pok panggwi)
??? (Cho Ho-sang); Illustrated by??? (O Su?ng-min)
?? ???? (Tat pal nu?ro? chyo?ra)
??? (Kwo?n Cho?ng-saeng); Illustrated by??? (Kim Yong-ch?o?l)
???? ???? (Tokkaebi wa po?mbo?k changsu)
??? (Yi Sang-gyo); Illustrated by??? (Han Pyo?ng-ho)
(Pok t’aro? kan ch’onggak)
??? (Chang Ch’o?l-mun); Illustrated by??? (Ch’oe Yong-ho)
??? (Sim Ch’o?ng cho?n)
??? (Chang Ch’o?l-mun); Illustrated by??? (Yun Cho?ng-ju)
??? ? (Yangbanjo?n oe)
??? (Chang Ch’o?l-mun); Illustrated by??? (Yi Hyo?n-mi)
???? ?? (Horangi wa kotkam)
??? (Wi Ki-ch?o?l); Illustrated by??? (Kim Hwan-yo?ng)
??? ???? (Hokpuri harabo?ji)
?? (Song O?n); Illustrated by ??? (Yi Hyo?ng-jin)
? ? ??? (Hu?in chwi iyagi)
??? (Chang Ch’o?l-mun); Illustrated by??? (Yun Mi-suk)
on January 19, 2016
The Year of the Monkey is coming! Come and celebrate with the Asian Library!
Friday, February 5
1:00-5:00pm @ the AMS Nest (6133 University Boulevard) ()
Join the Asian Library and other campus partners at the UBC Centennial Lunar New Year Festival,
an intercultural celebration of Lunar New Year traditions, for all members of the UBC community. Visit our booth in the agora, check out the Lunar New Year books, get a pocket of luck, play games, win prizes, and learn how different Asian countries celebrate the Lunar New Year!
For more information about the Centennial Lunar New Year Festival, please visit
Tuesday to Friday, February 9-12
9:00am &#pm @ the Asian Centre/Library
There will be a Lunar New Year display and delicious food sampling of traditional snacks at the library circulation.
Visitors to the Asian Library may receive a pocket of luck!
on January 19, 2016
The UBC , , , , Peking University Institute for the Study of Buddhist Texts and Arts, and the
invite you to a workshop on the history and handling of Japanese rare books.
Instructed by Professor Takahiro Sasaki from the Keio University Institute of Oriental Classics, this workshop is a rare opportunity to view, handle, and learn about Japanese materials from the ancient period to the present.
Date: Friday, February 5th, 2016
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Place: Lillooet Room (Room 301), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (1961 East Mall) ()
Please register with Professor Christina Laffin at
by January 25, 2016.
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Other than the regular reference hours (i.e. Monday to Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.), Asian Library will have Graduate Academic Assistant (GAA) manning our Reference Desk during the peak time from Monday to Thursday. They can help patrons in their own language areas while answering basic to intermediate reference questions in general. Welcome to drop by and talk to one of our GAAs!
Language Coverage
Indic languages
These new GAA reference hours will run from January 18 to April 1, 2016 in term II.
on January 11, 2016
Join CAUSA (Collective for the Advanced and Unified Studies in the Visual Arts) for this multi-site exhibition – Nitobe Memorial Garden: Vast Ocean, Vast Heaven from December 3, 2015
to January 31, 2016 at the ,
Upcoming events:
Japan and the Cinema
a CAUSA / UBC Film Society collaboration at Norman Bouchard Memorial Theatre, 6138 Student Union Boulevard ()
o Saturday January 16th 7:00 pm: HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (Alain Resnais, 1959)
o Saturday January 16th 9:00 pm: FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu, 1959)
o Sunday January 24th 7:00 pm: DOUBLE SUICIDE (Masahiro Shinoda, 1969)
Past Event:
A One-Day Symposium
Date: Saturday, January 9th, 2016
Time: 10am &#pm & 1:30pm – 4pm
Place: UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – Lillooet Room
Speakers: CAUSA Research Curators in association with:
o Adrian Archambault, cultural studies archivist
o Donald Luxton, architectural heritage consultant and advocate
o Bryan Mulvihill, tea ceremony educator, Urasenke Foundation of Vancouver
o Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, landscape architect
o Terence Russell, Asian Studies Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
o Ryo Sugiyama, curator, Nitobe Memorial Garden, University of British Columbia
Two Lectures hosted by CAUSA in association with the Asian Library
Date: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016
Time: 1:00pm &#pm
Place: Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall ()
“Design of Kurimoto Japanese Garden – University of Alberta,” by Isao Nakase, Director General, Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan
“Garden of Enlightenment of Tohoku,” by Koichi Kobayashi, Landscape A Visiting Research Fellow, University of Hyogo, Japan
For more information visit
or email .
on December 21, 2015
Asian Library’s opening hours during the Christmas and New Year holidays:
December 21 (Mon): 9am to 8pm
December 22-23 (Tue-Wed): 9am to 5pm
December 24 (Thu): 9am to 3pm
December 25 – January 3 (Fri-Sun): closed
We will resume our regular hours on Monday, January 4, 2016. Check out more at .
on December 14, 2015
The Asian Library is pleased to announce that, after submitting an application in July 2015, the Library has just been approved to receive the ’s 2016 Support for Korean Studies e-Resources program, which provides US$4,000 in funding assistance for subscriptions to Korean e-resources.
With this generous grant from the Foundation, the Library will be able to continue to subscribe to the vital electronic databases for Korean Studies.
on December 8, 2015
To accommodate students’ study schedules, Asian Library will be open extended hours on Fridays during the examination period:
December 11: 9am – 8pm
December 18: 9am – 8pm
Please also visit
to check out the open hours of different library branches.
Don’t walk alone if you travel late at night after study. Call
at 604-822-5355! This is a free service that provides a co-ed team of walkers to accompany you to your destination on campus.
on December 8, 2015
Join us in February 2016 when UBC celebrates the Year of the Monkey in grand style. The UBC Centennial Lunar New Year Festival is a great opportunity for the UBC community to get involved in one of the campus’ largest cultural events.
UBC Centennial Lunar New Year Festival
Date: Friday, February 5, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Place: AMS Nest
You can help make the Festival a success! We are looking for volunteers, performers and information booths.
Sign up at
The Festival brings together the UBC community to celebrate a significant time of the year for many students, faculty and staff of Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese heritage. You are invited to share in the excitement of Lunar New Year with interactive, educational and fun cultural activities for people of all ages. The Festival is free, family-friendly and accessible.
on December 4, 2015
The Asian Library is pleased to announce that UBC Library has been selected to be in the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea)’s Hub Library Membership Program to receive translated Korean literature and resources for research and education.
We are expecting to receive the materials from January 2016.
The LTI Korea was established by the Korean government to introduce Korean literature abroad.
The resources will greatly support the Korean literature and literary translation program at UBC.
on December 1, 2015
Asian Library Fall Update 2015 – click
for the pdf version.
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to view the photos of the event!
Date: Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Great Reads at UBC Library was launched in 2011 to provide leisure-reading to community members, students, faculty, and staff. In fall 2015, the Asian Library began building the Great Reads Collection. Now, we have our own collection in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Indic available at the Asian Library!
UBC Asian Library will hold a Great Reads for the Holidays event where students, faculty, staff, and community members can come and enjoy refreshments, win prizes, read and borrow Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi and Punjabi Great reads, and chat with the librarians.
Great Reads collection available at the Asian Library:
Cong Deng Xiaoping dao Xi Jinping ?從鄧小平到習近平
Chu ban quan quan meng ?出版圈圈夢
Shuipingzi?水瓶子
…and more
No? ge?mu no? raifu ?ノーゲーム ノーライフ
Toshokan senso??図書館戦争
Tora dora! ?とらドラ!
…and more
Ewa na? ji?wia? ja?e: na?wala
Eka aura ummi?dava?ra
Darda ka? samandara
…and more
Misaeng ???
For the full list please visit
and select Asian Library as the location.
on October 15, 2015
Japanese historian, educator and textbook author Takashima Nobuyoshi, Professor Emeritus of the University of Ryukyus, visited the Asian Library on October 15, prior to his special lecture at the C.K.Choi Building. He made a valuable donation of 12 volumes of Nihon no ronten (Thank you for completing our collection!), along with his wife (Takashima Michi)’s donation of Japan’s middle school history textbook.
During his visit, Professor Takashima viewed the Hayashi Rintaro collection from the Japanese Canadian Research Collection stored at the UBC Rare Books and Special Collections. Mr. Hayashi Rintaro, the namesake of the collection, was a student of Professor Takashima’s father Takashima Nobutaro, who was the first principal of the Steveston Japanese School from 1911 to 1921. Professor Takashima was very glad to find his father among the many photographs in the Hayashi Collection.
Professor Takashima is going to give a talk at Towards Reconciliation: The 70th Anniversary of the End of the WWII in the Asia-Pacific on Saturday, October 17. For more information visit:
on October 11, 2015
The Asian Library recently acquired a comprehensive North Korean film collection with the generous funding support from the UBC .
In the format of DVDs, the collection holds films produced in each decade of the 20th century since the 1960s, all the way through the 21st century. This film collection will provide another angle into the mysterious country people seem to fear and misunderstand in equal measure.
Please click
for the collection brochure.
You can also check out the full title list of films .
on September 30, 2015
Starting from October 5, other than the regular reference hours (i.e. Monday to Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.), Asian Library will have Graduate Academic Assistant (GAA) manning our Reference Desk during the peak time from Monday to Thursday. They can help patrons in their own language areas while answering basic to intermediate reference questions in general. Welcome to drop by and talk to one of our GAAs!
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This new GAA reference hours will run from October 5 to December 4, 2015 in term I and from January 18 to April 11, 2016 in term II.
on September 18, 2015
Effective immediately, no food is being consumed in any public area in the Asian Library.
To ensure the protection and preservation of library collections, and to provide a comfortable and clean environment for studying, Asian Library enforces a new and strict food and drink policy starting from September 18, 2015. Under the new policy, library users may not eat in any public space inside the library. They may drink from closed, spill-proof containers.
Library staff or workers will request those who do not respect this policy to dispose of food and beverages (in unapproved containers). Please store, out of sight, any food and drinks intended for later consumption elsewhere.
Recycling, green and garbage bins can be found in the Asian Centre foyer. Please sort out and deposit your recyclable beverage containers and food scrap into the appropriate bin.
Acceptable
Not Acceptable
Drinks that are in spill-proof containers
Food, including candy and snacks
Open drink containers, including pop cans, juice boxes, and milk cartons
Thank you for the cooperation.
on September 8, 2015
Come check out the new displays “A Tang Painting Scene Reconstructed” (重構唐人宮樂圖) and “History through Quipai” (曲牌) at the Asian Centre foyer and Asian Library upper floor.
Curated by Alan Lau and Sophi Liang, “A Tang Painting Scene Reconstructed” is a three-dimensional contemporary “reconstruction” of a famous painting which depicts palace music making during the late Tang dynasty. The display project is a collaboration between the UBC Asian Library and the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver Museum, with instruments generously loaned by Dr. Alan Thrasher, Professor Emeritus of the UBC School of Music, and Chinese calligraphy created by Mr. Yim Tse.
In “History through Qupai”, Alan Lau has created a display/semi-installation which traces the history of Chinese music by focusing on a form of music called qupai, through its inception during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD) to the present time.
The displays are now on until November 21, 2015.
on September 8, 2015
Our Japanese Librarian Shirin Eshghi is on leave for the year of 2015. We regret that support for Japanese language related questions will be available for only so many hours per week. Please note that the expected wait time for requests will also increase.
Please direct your reference related questions to Yoonkyung Kim at: . Questions on walk-in basis and appointments are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30am to 3pm.
Circulation desk: (604) 822-2427Reference desk: (604) 822-2023Fax: (604) 822-0650Email:
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