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Previous Issues Previous Issues

No. 75 (December 2020)
No. 74 (July 2019)
No. 73 (January 2019)
No. 72 (July 2018)
No. 71 (January 2018)
No. 70 (July 2017)
No. 69 (January 2017)
Special Issue 2016
No. 68 (July 2016)
No. 67 (January 2016)
No. 66 (July 2015)
No. 65 (January 2015)
No. 64 (July 2014)
No. 63 (January 2014)
No. 62 (July 2013)
No. 61 (January 2013)
No. 60 (July 2012)
No. 59 (January 2012)
No. 58 (July 2011)
No. 57 (January 2011)
No. 56 (July 2010)
No. 55 (January 2010)
No. 54 (July 2009)
No. 53 (December 2008)
No. 52 (December 2007)
No. 51 (July 2007)
Issues no. 26-50 (May 1994-Dec. 2006)
Issues no. 1-25 (Nov. 1978-Jan. 1994)

Current full Issue (pdf)

No. 76 (December 2021) (pdf)

Editor's note (pdf)

Features:

  • Rheny Pulungan: "Monash Library Transformation 2021 and Its Impact on Asian Collections" (pdf)
  • Friederike Schimmelpfennig: “Covid19 -lockdowns and their impact on ANU library services in 2021" (pdf)

Reports:

  • Anita Dewi: "A new library is developed for Monash University Indonesia Campus" (pdf)
  • Cartoon  (pdf)
  • In short : the Xu Dishan collection at ANU  (pdf)

No. 75 (December 2020) (pdf)

Editor's note (pdf)

Features:

  • Anita Dewi: “Sharing our library responses to COVID 19 at the CDPDL Europe & Oceania Meeting” (pdf)
  • Ayako Rankins: “Impact of COVID-19 on our Monash University libraries” (pdf)
  • Friederike Schimmelpfennig: “When thrown into deep water you learn how to swim – Impact of bushfires, smoke, hail and Covid at ANU" (pdf)
  • Rheny Pulungan: "Print collections during COVID" (pdf)

Reports:

  • Jung-Sim Kim: "Library resources session at the KSAA 2019 Conference" (pdf)
  • Rheny Pulungan: "Monash Indonesian Seminar Series" (pdf)

Obituary:

  • Andrew Gosling: "Susan McDougall 1942-2019" (pdf)

 

No. 74 (July 2019) (pdf)

Editor's note (pdf)

Features:

  • Andrew Gosling: “A Diplomat’s Gift: the Martensz Collection on Sri Lanka at the National Library of Australia” (pdf)
  • Andrew Gosling: “Paul and Marian Chen: Pioneers of the National Library of Australia’s Asian Collections” (pdf)

Reports:

  • Anita Dewi, Rheny Pulungan, Ayako Hatta, Di Pin Ouyang: “Women in Asia Conference 2019: Our experience” (pdf)
  • Maiko Honda, Ayako Hatta: “Report on Japanese Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference” (pdf)
  • Jung-Sim Kim: “Report on the 21st Biennial Meeting of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL21)” (pdf)
  • Friederike Schimmelpfennig: “A visit to the new CATS library in Heidelberg, Germany” (pdf)

 

No. 73 (January 2019) (pdf)

Editor's message (pdf)

Library News

  • News from the National Library of Australia – Xiaoli LI, NLA (pdf)
  • Japan from 1868 - The 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration – Rika Wright, NLA (pdf)
  • Korean literature in Korean and English translation - Jung-Sim Kim, Monash University Library (pdf)

Resources

  • CrossAsia Fulltext search - open for all users - Dr Miriam Seeger, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (pdf)

Call for nominations to ALRA positions – Amy Chan, ALRA President (pdf)


 

No. 72 (July 2018) (pdf)

Editor's message (pdf)

Features and Reports

  • Monash University Library Activity at the Korean Wave Conference, 7-8 June 2018 - Jenny Casey, Monash University (pdf)
  • Researching identity control issues East Asian resources - Chingmy Lam and Michelle Jo, University of Sydney (pdf)
  • Report on International Workshop on the Landscape of Taiwan Studies and Korean Studies - Jung-Sim Kim, Monash University (pdf)

Library News

  • News from the National Library of Australia - Bing Zheng, NLA (pdf)
  • BUKAN RUMPI TAPI DISKUSI - A discussion series exploring the Matheson Library’s Indonesian Special Collection - Rheny Pulungan, Monash University (pdf)
  • Report on the Monash University Library at the Conference 'Reimagining Korean Identity through Wars, Money, Ideas and Exchanges: 70 years' Identity Transformation', 17-18 August 2018 - Ines Sincock, Monash University (pdf)
  • Korean Studies student interns at Monash University Library! Anita Dewi, Monash University (pdf)

Papers from the Library Roundtable “Beyond Asian Studies and its research material” at the ASAA 22nd Biennial Conference, University of Sydney, NSW, 3-5 July 2018

  • Moving into an age of digital Asian StudiesAmy Chan, ALRA President (pdf)
  • It's more than just a rich collection, it's what to do with the collectionAnita Dewi, Monash University (pdf)
  • Reflections on the direction of Library Collection in the 21st century - Robert Cribb, ANU (pdf)
  • What’s next in Asian Studies? Report from the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Conference 2018 - Di Pin Ouyang, NLA (pdf)
 

No. 71 (January 2018)  (pdf)

Editor's message (pdf)

Features and Reports

  • The Monash Ada Booth Slavic Collection - Anna Rubinowski (pdf)
  • Report on the Library Session at the 10th KSAA Conference - Jung-Sim Kim (pdf)

Library News

  • The National Library of Australia – Xiaoli Li (pdf)
  • The Australian National University - Friederike Schimmelpfennig (pdf)
  • University of Melbourne – Ayako Hatta (pdf)

Conferences

  • “Korean Wave” Still Matters? Present and Future Directions – Monash University Caulfield Campus 7-8 June 2018 (pdf)
  • Library Roundtable, ASAA Conference, University of Sydney 3-5 July 2018 (pdf)

No. 70 (July 2017)  (pdf)

Editor's message by Darrell Dorrington (pdf)

Features and Reports

  • Sir Edmund Backhouse and How His Scandalous Chinese Memoirs Came to Canberra - Andrew Gosling (pdf)
  • Early Chinese newspapers: Trove presents a new perspective on Australian history - Dr Kate Bagnall (pdf)

Library News

  • Searching the foreign world: creating a guide for finding non-English resources at Monash University Library - Ayako Hatta (pdf)
  • Staff news and Acquisition Highlights of Chinese materials in the National Library of Australia – Dipin Ouyang (pdf)

Conferences

  • Report on Chinese Studies Association of Australia 15th Biennial Conference - Xiaoli Li (pdf)
  • Report on New Librarians’ Symposium 8 - Rika Wright and Sumiko Kanazawa (pdf)
  • KSAA 10th Biennial Conference – Call for Papers EXTENDED
    The Call for Papers for the upcoming KSAA 10th Biennial Conference (15-17 November 2017, UTS, Sydney) can be downloaded here. The deadline for submissions has been extended to 15 August. Please use this form to submit your abstract. NB: the form still shows the old due date for submissions, which should be ignored. Deadline: 15 August 2017

Grants

Employment opportunities


No. 69 (January 2017)  (pdf)

Editor's message by Darrell Dorrington (pdf)

Features and Reports

Library News

Employment opportunities


Special Issue 2016 (pdf)

Features and Reports: ASAA Conference (Canberra, July 2016) and ALRA's roundtable discussion

Papers

ALRA Annual General Meeting 2016

  • Minutes  (pdf)
  • President’s and ASAA library representative reports (pdf)
  • Treasurer’s report (pdf)
  • Web manager’s report (pdf)

No. 68 (July 2016) (pdf)

Features and Reports

Grants

Meetings

  • ALRA AGM 2016 17th August - see "What's New" on the ALRA website

Forthcoming in Special Issue to follow

  • 21st ASAA Biennial Conference Report - Andrew Gosling
  • Asian Studies and its Research Material -  ASAA 2016 Roundtable Discussion notes
  • ALRA AGM notes

No. 67 (January 2016) (pdf)

Reports

Exhibitions

Library News

Up-coming conferences



No. 66 (July 2015) (pdf)

Reports

Library News
Up-coming Conferences (pdf 324kb)

Minutes of EALRGA AGM 19 August 2015, (pdf 401kb)



No. 65 (January 2015) (pdf)

Reports

Library News

Upcoming Conferences compiled by Ayako Hatta (pdf)


No. 64 (July 2014) (pdf)

Reports

Library News New publications, compiled by Ayako Hatta (pdf)

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Ayako Hatta (pdf)



No. 63 (January 2014) (pdf)

Reports

Library News Travel report News

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Ayako Hatta (pdf)


No. 62 (July 2013) (pdf)

Reports

Library News

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Ayako Hatta (pdf)



No. 61 (January 2013) (pdf)

Reports

Library News

New publications

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Ayako Hatta (pdf)


No. 60 (July 2012) (pdf)

Reports

Library News

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Michelle Hall (pdf)


No. 59 (January 2012) (pdf)

Reports

Library News and News Release

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Michelle Hall


No. 58 (July 2011) (pdf)

Reports

Library News and News Release

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Bick-har Yeung (pdf)


No. 57 (January 2011) (pdf)

Reports

Library News and Social Events

Upcoming Conferences, compiled by Bick-har Yeung (pdf)


No. 56 (July 2010) (pdf)

Reports

Library News and Social Events

Upcoming Conferences and other information, compiled by Bick-har Yeung (pdf)


No. 55 (January 2010)

Reports

Library News and Social Events

Upcoming Conferences and other information, compiled by Bick-har Yeung


No. 54 (July 2009)

Conference Reports

Library News

Upcoming Conferences and Workshops


No. 53 (December 2008)
SPECIAL FEATURE: Celebration of 30th anniversary of EALRGA and Enid Bishop's career
No. 52 (December 2007)
Conference reports Library News
No. 51 (July 2007)
Conference Report Library News
   
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