UW-Madison Libraries
Students at SEASSI will be able to take advantage of a number of resources
at UW-Madison. Wisconsin possesses one of the major Southeast Asia collections
in the United States.
Most of the holdings are housed at Memorial Library, the University's
main research facility. The collection covers all the countries of the
region, is especially strong for Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand,
and includes both vernacular and Western language materials. The University
possesses an extensive network of disciplinary libraries that make major
contributions to the Southeast Asian collection, with all titles being
accessible through an integrated computer catalog system. Students are
encouraged to make use of the collection, and to visit the
Southeast Asian collection's website.
The Memorial Library houses an extensive collections of video materials
on Southeast Asia, including feature films and television footage from
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Wisconsin has maintained
a commitment to acquire Southeast Asian materials not duplicated by
other North American libraries and to complement on-campus research
and instructional programs. Among these is the systematic collection
of 19th and 20th-century regional newspapers (with extensive microfilm
holdings) and materials that reflect modern culture in Southeast Asia,
including political and labor tracts, popular literature, religious
pamphlets, organizational newsletters, photographs, videotapes, and
audio cassettes. Largely overlooked by university libraries, these ephemeral
or non-traditional materials provide access to important areas of everyday
life in contemporary Southeast Asia, with particular focus on Indonesia,
Philippines, and Thailand.
The UW-Madison
School of Music is home to a fine central Javanese gamelan and an
extensive collection of Javanese shadow puppets. Mills
Music Library holds a large collection of Southeast Asian music
recordings. The Helen
Allen Textile Collection has extensive holdings of fabrics from
Southeast Asia.
