Effective today (Monday, October 1, 2018), the East Asian Library returns to the regular opening hours it offered before January Hall closed for the renovation project. The hours are 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The regular hours continue until December 18. Please see […]
The East Asian Library’s latest monthly new book list (covering titles added to the collections in May-June, 2018) is now available. January Hall is closed for renovation until August; however, we have resumed retrieval for requests from local WUSTL patrons. Until we reopen the January Hall location: You will still be able to request books […]
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, along with the East Asian Studies Program and the Performing Arts Department are bringing an Awa Odori dance troupe Takarabune for a performance and workshop on March 28. See below for their announcement. The event in the Umrath Lounge will be free and open to public. ——- […]
The East Asian Library’s latest monthly new book list (covering titles added to the collections in January-February, 2018) is now available. As a reminder, while January Hall is closed for renovation: You will still be able to request books from the East Asian Library (including new additions), and pick them up at other […]
The East Asian Library’s latest monthly new book list (covering titles added to the collections in December, 2017) is now available.
Select Chinese- and Japanese-language journals and newspapers from the East Asian Library’s reading room are now on display and available for browsing on Olin Library Level A. You can find them in the “West Alcove” area of the floor, (which is Olin’s first basement floor), while the East Asian Library is closed for renovation. Walk […]
During winter break 2017 and the 2018 Spring and Summer semesters, January Hall will undergo a whole-building renovation. The East Asian Library will close to the public beginning on Thursday, December 21. The reading room and the stacks will remain closed until the project’s completion in August, 2018. What this means to you: You will […]
The staff of the East Asian Library – Tony Chang, Wanqiu Zhu and Ryuta Komaki – have moved to a temporary office in Olin Library. They can be reached using the same email addresses and phone numbers – East Asian Library/Wanqiu Zhu: 314-935-5525, ea@wumail.wustl.edu; Tony Chang: 314-935-4816, tchang@wustl.edu; Ryuta Komaki: 314-935-5155, rkomaki@wustl.edu. Please also continue […]
Stop by near the entrance of the East Asian Library from today (Monday, September 11) through Sunday, September 17 for a special exhibit on Jikji (白雲和尚抄録佛祖直指心體要節/백운화상초록불조직지심체요절), a Korean Buddhist tome printed in 1377. The original book is known to be the oldest existing book in the world printed using movable metal types. (Gutenberg Bible, the […]
We now have an online access to the archive of 太陽 (Taiyō), a popular magazine published in Japan from 1895 (Meiji 28) to 1928 (Showa 3), through the JapanKnowledge platform. Previously it was available on CD-ROMs, but now you can read all the digitized pages from the comfort of your own web browser. Because the […]
