The CSEAS library has been a most essential foundation on in the promotion of research activies in the field of Southeast Asian studies. As the result of ongoing collection development focusing on academic publications on Southeast Asia, the library holds approximately 170,000 items and assures access by both domestic and overseas patrons through its open access policy and reference services. The library has strong emphasis on the publications published in Southeast Asia and especially, for the Thailand and idonesia, up to date book acquisions are operated through the CSEAS overseas liaison offices in Bangkok and Jakarta. In addition, the library also collects archival materials from colonialperiod in Microfilm format such as Memories van Overgave of the Dutch East Indies, the British Public Record Office’s general correspondence before 1906 on Siam (FO 69), and so forth.
While the library is devoted to collecting and providing access to historical documents and academic works on Southeast Asia, it is also keen on responding to the changes in Southeast Asia and working together with researchers. For example, the CSEASco-research program now has a special slot for document based research and provides sufficient funding for acquisition of library materials related to proposed document based research.This open and collaborative atmosphere of the library is also created by the librarians that the library receives as foreign fellows. Over the past 20 years since 1986, many librarians from Southeast Asia and United States have spent 6 months at the library and not only pursued their academic research interest but also contributed to the development of the library in various ways. We are looking forward to working manyothers in the near future. Collection of books introduction.
♣Southeast Asian Vernacular Language Collection
The CSEAS Library holds materials published in various vernacular languages in Southeast Asia including publications in Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, and Tagalog. The CSEAS Library also has the following three special collections.
Please note that Thai language materials in the CSEAS Library can be searched in the CSEAS Thai Database by using Thai scripts.
♣CSEAS Library Special Collections
Over the years, CSEAS has also become an important repository of special collections which are introduced below.
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Charas Collection
This is a personal collection donated to our library by Mr. Char-as Pikul, a former Thai government officer consisting of 9,000 volumes of monographs. The outstanding feature of this Collection is 4,000 cremation volumes Nagsue Ngan Sop. These are a unique form of publication in Thailand, usually published on the occasionof cremaon rites of an important fi gure. Cremation volumes not only include information on thedeceased person,but also selected texts of various genres. These are considered the largest collection of suchvolumes outside Thailand.
Reference： Sivaraks, Marasri. Catalog of Thai cremation volumes in the Charas collection, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Library, Kyoto University. Kyoto : Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University ,1989. Call No：IB||Th72||1989） ● CSEAS Thai Database
(Due to the bibliographic data imput,Some of the charas Collection Thai language materials are not available for circulation. )
Use this database to search part of Thai materials in Charas collection.To search English materials in Charas collection or Thai materials in
general collection, use KULINE.
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Foronda Collection
This personal collection of a famous historian, Dr. Marcelino Foronda, late professor of De La Salle University, Manila,consists of 7,000 volumes of monographs and various other materials on Philippine history.The materials include prayers and underground publications from the Marcos years.
Reference： A Filipiniana Bibliography, 1743-1982: A Classified Listing of Philippine Materials in the Marcelino A. and Cresencia R. Private Collection. Foronda. Manila: Philippine National Historical Society, 1981. （Call No：IB||Ph66||1743-1982）-
Ocampo Collection
The collection of the popular Filipino historian and writer, Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo, Chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (2002-present) and Chairman of the History Department, Ateneo de Manila University, consists of 1000 items namely: rare books (from the 17th century to the Post War period), periodicals including the Congressional Record, and ephemera including original Filipino sheet music from the early20th entury. A few of the items are not even in the collection of the National Library of the Philippines, thus making the collection an important research source for those interested in the political and cultural history of the Philippines.
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Indonesia Islam Collection
Collection of recent Islamic publications in Indonesia which is approximately 1,000 volumes.
■Periodicals
The periodical holdings at the CSEAS Library list 790 titles in languages in roman scripts; 392titles in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese; 44 titles in Thai; and 2 titles each in Burmese and Russian. Among the 790 titles in roman scripts, 361 titles were published in Southeast Asia, including 162 from Malaysia and Indonesia. Some of these are important titles that have ceased publication, such as Djawa，The Journal of the Burma Research Society，and The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. The following bibliography lists part of the Library’s periodical holdings.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOURNALS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE CSEAS LIBRARY（New edition）
● ABibliography of Journals from Southeast Asia in the CSEAS Library
■Microforms
In recent years, the Library has been acquiring important research materials in microform. These holdings include historical research tools such as the Cornell Wason-Echols Collection, the Dutch East India Company’s Mailrapporten, and the colonial Memorie Van Overgave for Indonesian studies, the British Colonial Office (CO) 273 series for Malaysian studies, and the United States Department of State microfiche collection on the Marcos years, 1964-86.
■Statistics
Serial statistical materials concentrating on countries of Southeast and East Asia. Additional efforts are made to collect as wide a range as possible of census statistics, sample surveys, and other irregular publications. These are mostly economic statistics dealing with national income, finance, money, trade, labor, population, etc., and particular emphasis is given to Indonesia. In addition to statistics issued by individual countries, about 20 titles published by international organizations such as the UN and its subordinate organizations, namely, IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, etc., are acquired by subscription. Please refer to the Vietnam statistics when you are searching for Statistics published in Vietnam.
■ Map and Satellite Images
Index of maps and satellite imagescan be searched in Database at CSEAS HP.