Asian Libraries in Melbourne (ALIM) is a collaborative venture between Monash University and University of Melbourne libraries. By sharing resources and expertise and jointly developing collections, ALIM facilitates access to Asian materials in Melbourne libraries and provides an enhanced service to researchers and students.

Asian Libraries in Melbourne provides

• teams of Asian studies specialists covering China, Japan, Korea, and Indonesia
  • Monash University Library
  • University of Melbourne Library
• reciprocal access to the collections by users from both universities
  • Reciprocal borrowing - details of borrowing arrangements for Melbourne and Monash staff and students
  • Document Delivery - Monash - for general borrowing
  • Inter Library Loans - Melbourne - for general borrowing
• facilitation of extended loans
• more efficient collection development through exchange of information between both libraries
• access to a wide range of electronic databases held at both libraries
  • Libraries Australia - provides access to the Australian collections of Chinese, Japanese and Korean materials.
• an ALIM website and a web-based guide designed for researchers in Asian studies with the emphasis on material held by ALIM members

* ALIM : Guide to Asia-Related Resources 

* Asian Studies subscription databases
        list of Asian Studies databases subscribed to by Australian research libraries

* Asian Language Resources in Victorian Public Libraries
        information about Asian language resources in all Melbourne public libraries

* Asian Language Resources in Victorian Academic Libraries
        information about Asian language resources in all Victorian academic libraries

* Asian Architecture : China, Japan, and Korea 

* Architectural Conservation in East Asia 

* Publications and presentations by ALIM members (pdf 307kb)

• ALIM home (Asian Libraries in Melbourne)
• ASRC home (Asian Studies Research Collection, Monash University)
• East Asian Collection home (University of Melbourne)

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