Our Most Recent TEAL Updates

Quarterly Updates (Fall 2023)

Collections

• Allen Signature Award for Shen Bao (申報) Digital Archive

• Digitization project for selected Korean rare titles was funded by the National Library of Korea

• Received FY24 Korea Foundation Grant for the Korean Collections Consortium of North America

• Notable Donations to TEAL

• A set of Chinese rare books from the 17-18th century, including a poem collection by Song Dynasty poet Su Shi.
  

• Two handwritten calligraphy scrolls: one by Japan’s first prime-minister, Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909), and the other by another politician, Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919).
  

User Services

• Created new student study seats for quiet study and made all study rooms/seats reservable online through Scout

• Offered 9 library tours in October & November 2023

• Orientations for new graduate students in the Asian Language & Literature and Jackson School
  

• Library instruction sessions for many classes

Exhibits

• Created a TEAL Historical timeline display 1937-2023

• East Asian Studies Faculty Publications (Fall quarter 2023 - ongoing)

• Hosted the Taiwan Indigenous Books and Photos Exhibit (Oct.14 thru Nov. 28)

Cultural Activities

• Karaoke Fridays (Oct. 20 & Nov. 17)

• Forum on Taiwan Indigenous Cultures (Nov. 9)

• Korean Classics: Short stories, Tea, and Movie (Nov. 27)

• Tadoku (Japanese reading) Club on Fridays

• TEAL Facebook Posting on Korean Movies and Poems (Fall quarter 2023)