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School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)

School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 20 7898 4172
fax:
+44 20 7898 4159
eMail:
kh@soas.ac.uk
web:
www.soas.ac.uk

Open to the public
Monday and Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (out of term)
Monday and Friday 9 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. (term times)

Contacts
Yoshiko Yasumura
librarian for art, archaeology and music

Professor Keith Howard
contact for DISMARC

SOAS

The SOAS Library is one of the world's most important academic libraries for the study of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, attracting scholars from all over the world to conduct research. The Library houses over 1.2 million volumes at the SOAS campus at Russell Square in central London, together with significant archival holdings, special collections and a growing network of electronic resources.

SOAS Library is committed to:

• providing services to support teaching, learning and research
• developing internationally significant collections to support scholarship now and in the future
• providing a high quality learning environment
• improving access to information and services
• teaching information skills
• supporting independent learning

About the Library Music collection

The Library collects books, journals, sound and video recordings, electronic and multimedia items on all aspects of Asian and African music and musicology. Holdings include:

• books and journals on Asian and African music in Western and Asian vernacular languages
• sound recordings: Asian and African music on CDs, vinyl discs, cassettes and reel tapes
• video recordings: Asian and African performing arts and documentary on video cassettes, VCDs and DVDs
• slides