Contact Us

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

Liren Zheng, Curator

172 Kroch Library

lz14@cornell.edu

607-255-5759

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.

Daniel McKee, Japanese Bibliographer

173 Kroch Library

djm53@cornell.edu

607-255-4737

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.

You Lee Chun, Selector for Korean Collection; E-Resources

yc935@cornell.edu

607-255-1685; 607-255-9487

Languages: Korean, Japanese

Jing Carlson, Collections Assistant III

171 Kroch Library

jlc523@cornell.edu

607-255-4357

Curator assistant, office administration, materials assistance and the hiring and direct supervision of student workers.

Echols Collection

Gregory Green, Curator

179 Kroch Library

ghg4@cornell.edu

607-255-8889

Curatorial responsibilities, selects and maintains materials on Southeast Asia, handles reference on Southeast Asian topics. Languages: Lao, Thai, Khmer

Jeffrey Petersen, Southeast Asia Librarian

178 Kroch Library

jwp42@cornell.edu

607-255-7229

Selects materials on Insular Southeast Asia (Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore), assists with reference. Languages: Tagalog, Indonesian

Carole Atkinson, Senior Information Assistant

180 Kroch Library

cea1@cornell.edu

607-255-8199

Responds to asiaref email questions, handles general reference questions, supervises student staff, and gives tours of Asia Collections.

Aparna Ghosh, Administrative Supervisor

177 Kroch Library

ag726@cornell.edu

607-255-4189

Office administration, including materials assistance and the hiring and direct supervision of student workers.

South Asia Collection

Bronwen Bledsoe, Curator

181 Kroch Library

bb246@cornell.edu

607-255-9479

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.

Lisa Lefever, Collections Assistant III

182 Kroch Library

ll31@cornell.edu

607-255-9777

Office administration, including materials assistance and the hiring and direct supervision of student workers.