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Reference Desk Hours
Monday - Friday 10:00-5:00
Sunday 1:00-5:00
Closed Saturdays and holidays
(All
library hours)
Email Reference
asiaref@hawaii.edu
Telephone Reference
(Asia-related questions only)
956-8116
Monday - Friday 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm
Address
Asia Collection
Hamilton Library
2550 McCarthy Mall
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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Statistical Profile of the UHM Asia Collection
(as of March 2004)
| Total number of unique online catalog records: |
494,701 |
| Approximate number of catalog records not converted: |
9,000 |
| TOTAL: |
503,701 |
| Number of volumes: |
645,430
(online records only)
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| Number of currently received serials: |
1,962 |
| Number of currently received newspapers: |
110 |
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| Number of monograph titles (online records): |
475,066 |
| Number of monograph volumes (online records): |
548,404 |
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| Number of serial titles (online records): |
17,135 |
| Number of serial volumes (online records): |
95,494 |
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| Number of languages represented: |
207 |
| Number of Countries where publications originate: |
140 |
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| Number of Records by Major Languages |
| Chinese |
83,527 |
| Japanese |
51,004 |
| Korean |
30,256 |
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| Indonesian |
40,647 |
| Thai |
9,800 |
| Vietnamese |
7,195 |
| Malay |
6,083 |
| Tagalog |
985 |
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| Hindi |
22,525 |
| Bengali |
13,013 |
| Tamil |
7,280 |
| Sanscrit |
4,284 |
| Tibetan |
2,839 |
| Urdu |
2,721 |
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| English |
174,350 |
| Russian |
2,906 |
| French |
2,642 |
| German |
2,485 |
| Dutch |
2,350 |
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Number of Records by Place of Publication* |
| Japan |
43,197 |
| China |
34,219** |
| Korea (So) |
23,862 |
| Taiwan |
17,570 |
| Korea (No) |
1,409 |
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| Indonesia |
41,319 |
| Philippines |
11,396 |
| Thailand |
11,008 |
| Malaysia |
10,705 |
| Vietnam |
6,996 |
| Singapore |
6,190 |
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| India |
86,985 |
| Pakistan |
8,581 |
| Bangladesh |
5,720 |
| Sri Lanka |
2,307 |
| Nepal |
1,983 |
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| US |
35,009 |
| England |
8,892 |
| Germany |
2,762 |
| Netherlands |
2,731 |
| Russia |
2,316 |
| Australia |
2,300 |
| France |
1,989 |
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*Note there are 119,920 records where the place of publication is coded “unknown”, is blank or contains an invalid code. This represents almost 25% of the Asia records in the online catalog.
**Includes 4,561 records with the now discontinued code for Hong Kong (“hk”)
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| Growth of Asia Collection |
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1. Number of volumes (serials + monographs) added
April
1, 2003-March 31, 2004
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Asia: |
16,154 |
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CJK: |
9,531 |
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Total: |
25,685 |
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April
1, 2002-March 31, 2003
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Asia: |
10,810 |
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CJK: |
8,118 |
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Total: |
18,928 |
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2. Number of serial volumes added
April
1, 2003-March 31, 2004
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Asia: |
1,719 |
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CJK: |
2,266 |
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Total: |
3,985 |
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April
1, 2002-March 31, 2003
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Asia: |
2,564 |
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CJK: |
1,950 |
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Total: |
4,514 |
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3. Number of serial issues checked-in
April 1, 2003-March 31, 2004
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Asia: |
7,118 |
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CJK: |
10,311 |
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Total: |
17,429 |
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April
1, 2002-March 31, 2003
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Asia: |
5,850 |
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CJK: |
11,143 |
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Total: |
16,993 |
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