1. Area Studies Collections: Bringing the World to Your Library Jade Alburo Librarian for Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands Studies Charleston Conference  November 6, 2015 Qajar lacquer bindings, Exhibit collection of Near Eastern manuscripts, 1492-1848. Collection 1656

2. Sacramento Bee article, 11/3/15 35 million Californians Only 56% over the age of 4 speak only English at home Of 44% who speak another language, 2/3 speak Spanish In LA region, 54% speak a language other than English at home 185 different languages spoken (2 nd highest in the country) Most spoken non-English language in California: Spanish: 10.1 million residents Chinese: 1 million Tagalog: 764,743 Vietnamese: 521,534 Korean: 372,742

3. About UCLA Royce Hall, UCLA Ranked 23 rd nationally, according to US News & World Report (2015-16) But 8 th in its global rankings (2016) 5 th in New York Times’ College Access Index, ranking the top schools doing the most for low- income students

4. 5,765 freshmen 3,326 transfer

7. UCLA International Institute > 700 affiliated faculty spanning all disciplines 10 graduate & undergraduate degree programs 392 undergraduate & 23 graduate degree recipients in 2013 More than 250 study abroad programs 3 federally-funded Title VI National Resource Centers: Latin American Institute, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Asian Institute Federally-funded Language Resource Center, first of its kind in US: National Heritage Language Resource Center

9. The Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA Consistently ranked among the top ten academic research libraries in North America Over 11 million titles, close to 12 million 7 th in number of volumes (ARL) 2 nd in number of distinct titles (ARL) 416 different languages and dialects represented UCLA Library

10. Area studies periodicals Foreign-language books

11. One of the UCLA Library’s Digital Ephemera Projects

13. Strategic Planning Diversity Plan Moving Forward

14. Jade Alburo Librarian for Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands Studies UCLA Library jalburo@library.ucla.edu