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[Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana] [Venezia e l'Oriente]

Name	Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
address	00120 Citta' del Vaticano
fax	+39-6-69884795
telephone	+39-6-69879495
e-mail	yu-dong@vatlib.it
foundation	1475
catalogue/library system	GEAC Advanced (not available for CJK yet)
special focus
library staff / contact	Yu Dong
(inter-library) loan	Not available
internet/www	http://www.vatican.va/library_archives/index.htm

last update: 12/07/2007

Name	Istituto "Venezia e l'Oriente", Fondazione Giorgio Cini
address	Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, 30124, Venezia
fax	+39-41/5238540
telephone	+39-41/5289900
e-mail	iveo@cini.it
foundation	1958
Professor(s)	Prof. Alfredo Cadonna
library holdings	East Asia+India+Near East: about 30000 volumes. 300 periodicals (in western languages)
catalogue/library system	card catalogue; computer cataloguing in progress
special focus	Classical China; Taoism; Buddhism. [India and Indian music: the personal library of Alain Daniélou]
library staff / contact	Ms Carla Bonò
internet/www	http://www.cini.it

last update: 25/3/98

address	Sinologisch Instituut (Bibliotheek) PO Box 2300, 9515 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
fax	0031-71-5272526
telephone	0031-71-5272533
e-mail	bibchin@let.leidenuniv.nl
foundation	early 1930s as an independent library within Leiden University
professor(s)	Barend J. ter Haar, Maghiel van Crevel and Axel Schneider
library holdings	ca. 300.000
catalogue/library system	Chinabase for more recent books and journals, otherwise cardcatalogue.
special focus	General library on all aspects of Chinese language culture, with a number of rare book collections, including the Robert van Gulik collection, the Go-collection and others.
library staff	Joyce Wu (head librarian), best through e-mail: j.y.t.wu@let.leidenuniv.nl
internet/www	http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/bibliotheek/index.htm
others	To access the CHINABASE catalogue (Chinese books): address: http://www.pica.nl/cgi-bin/ nph-wwwp3?DB=BES39.SYS1&LANG=NE&EXT=OFF

last update: 11/6/2002

address	Oslo University Library (Classical and Oriental Collection) P.B. 1009 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
fax	+47 22 69 65 71
telephone	+47 22 85 6714
e-mail	koenraad.wellens@ub.uio.no
foundation	1811
library holdings	Chinese books: app. 20,000 volumes
catalogue/library system	most Chinese holdings accessible in pinyin through Norwegian national on-line catalogue: Bibsys
special focus	congshu difangzhi from SW China
library staff	Koen Wellens - Ellen Ellefsen - Tone Sandøy
computer equipment	Mac/PC
internet/www	http://www.ub.uio.no/english/
others	the collections of the Institute of East European and Oriental Studies are integrated into the collections of the University Library

last update: 19/10/1999

Name	Östasiatiska Biblioteket, (Far Eastern Library)
address	Box 16381, 103 27 Stockholm, Sweden
fax	+46 8 519 557 55
telephone	+46 8 519 557 77
e-mail	helena.rundkrantz@ostasiatiska.se
foundation	Dec. 1985
catalogue/library system	Local Automated Library catalogue for monographs and periodicals.
special focus	Mainly in the Humanistic field (Archeology, Art, Philology, History, Literature Traditional Sinology, Japanology. Koreanology, etc.)
library staff / contact	Helena Rundkrantz
computer equipment	Pc and Mac
internet/www	Östasiatiska biblioteket

Name	Lund University. Asia Library
address	P.O.BOX 792, SE-220 07 LUND, SWEDEN
fax	+46 46 222 3041
telephone	+46 46 222 3043
e-mail	bibliotek@ace.lu.se
foundation	1999
library holdings	20 000 (10 000 in English, 8 000 in Chinese, 2 000 in Japanese)
catalogue/library system	VTLS: OPAC
special focus	The collections are interdisciplinary and holds books, journals, and databases in social studies, economics, politics, modern history, languages, literature, and cultures of East and Southeast Asia. Since 1998 the only Swedish member of the Asian Development Bank Library Depository Programme.
library staff / contact	Librarian: Anna Larsson (Anna.Larsson@ace.lu.se)
(inter-library) loan	Yes. Please use: bibliotek@ace.lu.se
computer equipment	PCs, a few Macs
internet/www	Asia Library
others	The Asia Library was established in 1999 after the merger of the libraries of the Department of East Asian Languages (Institutionen for ostasiatiska sprak)and of the Center for East and Southeast Asian Studies (Centrum for ost- och sydostasienstudier) at Lund University.

last update: 31/08/12

Name	Chinesische Bibliothek des Ostasiatischen Seminars, Universität Zürich
address	Zürichbergstrasse 4, 8032 Zürich
fax	+41 44 634 4921
telephone	+41 44 634 3567
e-mail	siblio@oas.uzh.ch
foundation	1941
Professor(s)	Dr. Robert H. Gassmann, Dr. Andrea Riemenschnitter
library holdings	monographs: 30 000 titles, 80 000 volumes; periodicals: 530 titles
catalogue/library system	card catalogues; modified Cambridge Classification's System, Allegro-C (will change to Aleph very soon)
special focus	classical and modern literature philosophy history linguistics reference works
library staff / contact	Mrs. Wu Chia-hsun, Mrs. Katharina Thölen, Mr. Marc Winter
(inter-library) loan	no
computer equipment	PC
internet/www	http://www.ostasien.uzh.ch
Last updated: 31/08/12

Name	Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Kantons-, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek
address	Zähringerplatz 6, 8025 Zürich
fax	+41 44 268 32 90
telephone	+41 44 268 31 00
e-mail	claudia.demorsier@zb.uzh.ch
foundation	1914
library holdings	3 millions
library staff / contact	Dr. Claudia de Morsier
(inter-library) loan	no
computer equipment	Pc windows
internet/www	http://www.zb.uzh.ch/

last update: 31/08/12

Name	Bibliothek des Museums Rietberg Zürich
address	Gablerstrasse 14, CH-8002 Zürich
fax	+41 44 206 3132
telephone	+41 44 206 3101
e-mail	Josef.Huber@zuerich.ch
Director	Dr. Albert Lutz
library system	Allegro-C
special focus	noneuropean art and ethnology exhibition catalogues
library staff	Josef Huber, Simon Hürlimann
others	collection Osvald Sirèn, collection Harold Mueller, collection Casal, Brasch, Leuzinger, Aschmann et al.
internet/www	www.rietberg.ch

last update: 31/08/12

address	Université de Genève - Faculté des lettres- Bibliothèque de chinois 3, place de l'Université, CH-12 GENEVE 4
fax	+41 22 3297795
telephone	+41 22 7057039
e-mail	Patricia.Albasini@.unige.ch
foundation	1979
library holdings	13'000 volumes (monographs and periodicals)
catalogue/library system	system alphabetical author & thematical classification; since 1992 computer catalogue (VTLS/VIRTUA)
special focus	Classical and modern literature, social and cultural history, philosophy and religion
library staff	1 librarian
internet/www	www.unige.ch/lettres/estas/chinois/index.html

last update: 31/08/12