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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.
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.
PHB Howard Braested (University of New England) PLB Lance Brennan (Flinders University)
[1995]
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