Questions to the Asia Reference email address will be answered where possible by Reference staff or referred to the appropriate specialist.
180 Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-8199
Asia Reference email: asiaref@cornell.edu
Contact person: Carole Atkinson
Reference Office Hours: 10 am-5pm Monday through Friday
For general reference inquiries, there are several options for contacting Olin Reference: Ask a Librarian
Wason Collection
Curatorial and administrative responsibilities, directs selection of Chinese, Korean and western materials on East Asia, supervises staff, develops projects, public relations, fund raising and grant applications, general logistics, inter-departmental relations, specific reference service.
Responsible for the development, promotion and maintenances of the Japan collection, including Japanese reference, selections of Japanese language materials and western language materials on Japan.
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Curator assistant, office administration, materials assistance and the hiring and direct supervision of student workers.
Echols Collection
Curatorial responsibilities, selects and maintains materials on Southeast Asia, handles reference on Southeast Asian topics. Languages: Lao, Thai, Khmer
Selects materials on Insular Southeast Asia (Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore), assists with reference. Languages: Tagalog, Indonesian
Responds to asiaref email questions, handles general reference questions, supervises student staff, and gives tours of Asia Collections.
Office administration, including materials assistance and the hiring and direct supervision of student workers.
South Asia Collection
Curatorial responsibilities, selects and maintains materials on South Asia, handles reference on South Asian topics. Languages: Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali, Bengali, and other languages of northern India.
Office administration, including materials assistance and the hiring and direct supervision of student workers.
Technical Services Staff
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Languages: Hindi, Tibetan
Languages: Indonesian, Malaysian
Languages: Chinese, Japanese
Languages: Indonesian, Malaysian, and Western