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Asian Studies

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CAUSE: Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment 

  • "The Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based organization with a mission to advance the political and civic empowerment of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through nonpartisan voter outreach, training, and education as well as leadership development."

National Association of Asian American Professionals  

  • "The premier leadership organization for Asian and Asian American professionals in North America"

NASPA Asian Pacific Islanders Resources

  • "The Asian Pacific Islanders Knowledge Community (APIKC) seeks to educate and inform NASPA members about the current issues, trends, and research facing Asian Pacific Islanders in higher education. We actively nurture and support the professional development of students and professionals through a variety of programs and by providing leadership and involvement opportunities within the KC."

Asian American Career Success Center 

  • Business, news and culture resources.

Asian-American/Asian Research Institute 

  • "The Institute is a university-wide scholarly research and resource center that focuses on policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans. It covers four areas: Asian American Studies; East Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; and Trade & Technology Studies."

 

4 Corners

  • Library’s four Area Studies Reading Rooms: the African and Middle Eastern, Asian, European and Hispanic Reading Rooms. Here you will learn first-hand from expert curators and reference specialists all about the Library’s international collections. 

Asian Art Museum

  • Located in the heart of San Francisco, the museum is home to one of the world’s finest collections of Asian art, boasting more than 18,000 awe-inspiring artworks ranging from ancient jades and ceramics to contemporary video installations.

In Custodia Legis

  • Current legal trends, developments and enhancements to Congress.gov, issues in collecting for the largest law library in the world, legal history and arcana and a range of international perspectives including Asia, Pacific Islanders, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Israel, Eritrea, China, and Mexico.

Of the People: Widening the Path

  • Connects the national library more deeply Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other communities of color historically underrepresented in the United States and in the Library’s collections by expanding its collections, using technology to enable storytelling and offering more internship and fellowship opportunities.