C.V. Starr East Asian Library


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C. V. Starr East Asian Library Staff


[Library Director] [Access Services] [Evenings/Weekends] [East Asian Studies]
[Chinese Studies] [Japanese Studies] [Korean Studies] [Tibetan Studies] [Archival/Public Services]
[HELP] [Other staff members]


Primary Public Service Contacts

POSITION OPEN  Library DirectorFor assistance see Acting Director Ms. Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn (see below)
Oversees administration--special projects, development, strategic planning, and routine functioning.
310 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1505
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: rkb7@columbia.edu

Access Services: Mr. Kenneth Harlin
Supervises circulation desk staff, reserves, collection maintenance, shelving, CLIO.
319M Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-4318
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: harlin@columbia.edu

Evenings/Weekends: Ms. Rongxiang Zhang
Supervises circulation desk staff, shelving, evenings and weekends
300 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-4318
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: rz7@columbia.edu

East Asian Studies and Acting Director: Ms. Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn
Handles general and undergraduate reference on East Asian topics in Western languages, buys materials in Starr subject areas in Western languages.
310 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1505
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: rkb7@columbia.edu

Chinese Studies: Dr. Chengzhi Wang
Handles in-depth reference on Chinese topics, buys Chinese materials, oversees preservation of Chinese collection, conducts overseas PRC, Taiwan and Hong Kong exchanges.
307M Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-3721
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: cw2165@columbia.edu

Japanese Studies: Dr. Sachie Noguchi
Handles in-depth reference on Japanese topics, buys Japanese materials, oversees preservation of Japanese collection, conducts overseas Japan exchanges.
308M Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1506
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: sn2160@columbia.edu

Korean Studies: Ms. Hee-sook Shin
Handles in-depth reference on Korean topics, buys Korean materials, oversees preservation of Korean collection, conducts overseas Korean exchanges.
310M Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1507
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: hs2148@columbia.edu

Tibetan Studies: Dr. Lauran Hartley
Handles in-depth reference on Tibetan topics, buys Tibetan materials, oversees preservation of Tibetan collections, conducts overseas Tibetan exchanges.
304M Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-9875
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: lh2112@columbia.edu

Archival/Public Services Librarian: Dr. Beth Katzoff 
Handles the Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film, general reference questions.
319 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-8728
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: bsk9@columbia.edu

Help

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Reserves, holds, recalls, fines, library hours, book locations, help searching known items, searching for missing items:
Supervisor Ken Harlin, Evening and Weekend Supervisor Rongxiang Zhang or circulation assistants Rich Jandovitz and Alex Donovan
Researching a topic, suggestions for purchase, interlibrary loan, electronic resources, bibliographic instruction, orientation for specific resources, book donations, tours for visiting scholars and delegations:
Professional librarian in your area of interest (see primary contacts)
Follow-up on Special Collections photocopy requests, and errors found in CLlO:
Head of technical services Sarah Elman
Access to Special and Rare Book Collections if you are not a Columbia ID holder:
Library Information Office
Interlibrary loan service if you are not a regular Columbia ID holder:
Your local Interlibrary Loan Office, not Columbia's
Locating bound and unbound magazines and newspapers:
The current periodicals assistants in Room 318 or 319
Questions regarding library policies, tours for visiting scholars and delegations, bequests and gifts to the library:
Acting Director Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn
Rush cataloging or on-site use of materials not yet cataloged: for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan:
Area studies librarian (see primary contacts) or head of technical services Sarah Elman
Rush cataloging or on-site use of materials not yet cataloged: for Western languages:
Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn (see primary contacts)

Other Staff Members

Mr. Chopathar (Jiao Ba Ta Ma)   Bibliographic Assistant, Tibetan Acquisitions and Cataloging
303M Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1509
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: jm900@columbia.edu
Ms. Charlene Chou   Chinese Cataloger
305 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1502
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: cc179@columbia.edu
Mr. Alexander Donovan   Library Assistant, Circulation
300 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-4318
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: ad2325@columbia.edu
Ms. Sarah S. Elman  Head, Technical Services
307 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-2579
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: sse2109@columbia.edu
Mr. Tsuyoshi Harada  Bibliographic Assistant, Japanese Acquisitions
306A Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-9162
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: th2394@columbia.edu
Mr. Rich Jandovitz  Library Assistant, Circulation
300 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-4318
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: rj105@columbia.edu
Mr. Yalun Luo  Bibliographic Assistant, Chinese Cataloging and Acquisitions
306B Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1893
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: yl59@columbia.edu
Mr. Hiroshi Kimura  Bibliographic Assistant, Japanese Cataloging
309A Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1900
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: hk278@columbia.edu
Mr. Hideyuki Morimoto   Japanese Cataloger
308 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1510
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: hm2106@columbia.edu
Ms. Jee-Young Park   Korean Cataloger
300 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1504
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: jp2891@columbia.edu
Ms. Sherry Pu  Bibliographic Assistant, Chinese Acquisitions
318 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-1503
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: xc16@columbia.edu
Mr. Tiean Wu  Materials Processing; Offsite Collections
300 Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-2627
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: tw40@columbia.edu
Ms. Hyun-Mi Young Choi  Bibliographic Assistant, Korean Acquisitions and Cataloging
309B Kent Hall
Tel: 212-854-8321
Fax: 212-662-6286
Email: hy2286@columbia.edu