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South Asian Newspapers in Australian Libraries: a Holdings List (1994)

As this list is no longer updated, information in it may now be inaccurate. For current holdings of South Asian newspapers, search Libraries Australia.

Introduction

This bibliography of South Asian newspapers in Australian libraries aimed to provide a current list of what was available to those with an interest in the field - students, academics, tourists and businesspeople. It was necessary because libraries rarely provide a subject heading containing a form of publication and country. 'Newspapers - India' for instance gives information about books discussing the press in India rather than the actual holdings of newspapers published in India. It is easy to find an individual title, but it would be useful to be able to peruse a complete list of titles, or a list of titles published in a particular country or city. From the bibliography it is possible, using the computer programme, Endnote, to create specific lists such as the holdings of a library, or newspapers published in particular places, or in different languages. The National Centre for South Asian Studies (then part of La Trobe University but now part of Monash University) was responsible for maintenance of the list.

Academic libraries on the mainland were surveyed during 1994 and Tasmanian libraries were to be visited in April 1995 although Tasmanian holdings are not included in this listing. At the end of 1994 those libraries which had been surveyed were given their individual lists for checking. The libraries marked with an asterisk in the list of abbreviations verified that their holdings were listed accurately. Some libraries were being forced to discard holdings, hard copies in particular, of items rarely used, because of a shortage of shelf space.

Abbreviations

INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARIES

ANL         National Library of Australia, Canberra                     
ANU         Australian National University, Canberra                    
NMQU        Macquarie University Library, Sydney                        
NSL         State Library of New South Wales, Sydney                    
NU          Sydney University Library                                   
NUN         University of New South Wales, Sydney                       
NUNE        University of New England, Armidale                         
QU          *Queensland University, Brisbane                            
SFU         *Flinders University, Adelaide                              
SSL         *State Library of South Australia, Adelaide                 
SU          University of Adelaide                                      
VLU         *Latrobe University, Melbourne                              
VMOU        *Monash University, Melbourne                               
VSL         State Library of Victoria, Melbourne                        
VU          University of Melbourne                                     
WCU         *Curtin University of Technology, Perth                     
WCX         Edith Cowan University, Perth                               
WLB         State Library of Western Australia, Perth                   
WMDU        Murdoch University, Perth                                   
WU          University of Western Australia, Perth                      

* The holdings listed in this bibliography have been checked by the library concerned.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

PHB        Howard Braested (University of New England)                 
PLB        Lance Brennan (Flinders University)                         

[1995]

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