UCLA College Library Exhibits in the Rotunda

Previous Exhibits in the Rotunda

B320 Murphy Hall
310-825-6060
Monday-Friday 9am-noon & 1-5pm
Librarian: Itibari M. Zulu
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/caas/library/about.html

The UCLA Center for African American Studies (CAAS) Library was established in 1969 to provide specialized reference and information services on the experiences of people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere. The library is a non-circulating, interdisciplinary academic library that serves university students, faculty, staff and the general population.

The library has become a valuable resource for both advanced and beginning scholars who desire accurate information on the African American experience in the Western Hemisphere via telephone, electronic mail or a site visit.

Special Collections

The special collections of the library include the Black Women in United States History collection (16 volumes), the Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, the Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers Bibliography, Crisis magazine (1916-present), and the Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies (1975-1996). Other holdings include a collection of major national African-American newspapers, occasional CAAS topical bibliographies, and The Black Newspaper Index.

3214 Campbell Hall 310-206-7510 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/indian/CntrHome.html

The American Indian Studies Center (AISC) was founded in 1969. The Center serves the educational and cultural needs of the American Indian students at UCLA and the Los Angeles American Indian communities. As one of UCLA's 24 Organized Research Unit our Center ranks among the top research centers of its kind in the country.

Devoted to scholarship by and about Indian people; produces numerous books, bibliographies, monographs, as well as the internationally recognized quarterly American Indian Culture and Research Journal (AICRJ).

Library

The American Indian Studies Center Library contains over 7100 volumes and strives to collect and provide access to accurate and timely information about American Indian cultures in both historical and contemporary perspectives. The library serves as an opportune location for those interested in American Indian cultures to use a specially focused collection dedicated to their needs. Monographs, serials, and a vertical file comprise the major sections of the library collection, which is particularly strong in reference materials.

2230 Campbell Hall
310-825-5053
Monday-Friday 10am-3pm
(Closed except by appointment during summer)
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/reading_room/index.html

The Reading Room/Library houses the most extensive archive on Asians and Pacific islanders in the nation. With its holding of over 5,000 books and monographs, 30 Asian Pacific ethnic and regional newspapers, over 300 community and campus newsletters, and 5,000 pamphlets, it serves as a valuable resource for scholars and students seeking information on Asian Pacific Americans. Due to increased demand on resources, there is no circulation of materials.

In support of the Asian American Studies research and teaching program at UCLA, the library also develops indexed bibliographies, electronic reference aids, and other valuable reference guides. In collaboration with UCLA's Young Research Library, the Center has established special collections that will preserve and provide access to rare, hard to find materials donated by members of the Asian Pacific community in Southern California. The Asian American Movement Archive Collection, Japanese American Research Project, the Chinese American Archives, and the Korean American Research Project Archives are examples of the valuable materials doneated by ana available to the community.

The Reading Room also offers two other services and electronic reference product: Asian American Studies course syllabi and the Amerasia Journal Cumulative Bibliography, in Mac format.

Celebrating our 30th Anniversary!

B307 Murphy Hall
310-206-6052
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
csrclib@csrc.ucla.edu
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/csrc/library/

The Library has moved to temporary quarters in B307 Murphy Hall (northeast corner). The library will return to Haines Hall when the Haines retrofit project is completed in approximately two years.

Established in 1969, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Library serves as a resource for the library and information needs of students and researchers seeking Chicana/o related materials. An integral component of the Chicano Studies Research Center, the Library welcomes local, national and international visitors as well as members of the UCLA campus community.

The Library's collection, which is non-circulating, includes printed, manuscript, and audiovisual materials. In addition to the definitive collection of Chicano-related research guides and directories, the library holdings consist of monographs, serials, pamphlets and clippings, dissertations and theses, and microfilm, as well as videos, audiocassettes, and several important archival collections. Most items can be found on Orion.

Aztlan

A journal of the Chicano Studies is an interdisciplinary, refereed journal dedicated to scholarly research relevant to or informed by the Chicano experience. First published in 1970 through the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Aztlan remains the premier journal of Chicano studies. It also played an important historical role in the founding and flowering of Chicano studies in the 1970s. For more information, see http://www.sscnet./ucla.edu/esp.

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