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Library Overview

The Library of The Asiatic Society, Kolkata was founded in 1784 and is one of the oldest and most renowned research libraries in India with a focus on Oriental studies and the humanities. It has provided an opportunity to scholars and researchers of the intellectual and cultural heritage of Asia more than two hundred years. The Library owns famous multilingual collections and rare manuscripts and deals with such fields as history, philosophy, archaeology, and literature. Its digitisation and cataloguing projects increase knowledge access all over the globe and save invaluable resources. The Library still maintains its tradition as a learning and a cultural centre through research services, exhibitions and outreach.

Digitization:

The Digitization Programme of its rich collection of Manuscripts is in progress. Under the in-house digitization programme, a total of 273 manuscripts (30,914 pages) have been digitized during the period. During the same period, the outsourced agency of the Society has digitized a total of 3,278 manuscripts (1,44,075 pages) along with the creation of its metadata.

Digital Archive:

The Society is in the process of customizing & upgrading its digital archive platform – DSpace. At present 2,698 manuscripts, 769 microfiche collection materials, and 504 books are available on the internal server. The verified scanned documents are being progressively uploaded to the archive, leading to a gradual increase in the collection.

Web OPAC:

Web OPAC is active. The database is being updated regularly. It is being utilized very well by the members of the Society as well as by external researchers and scholars for searching catalogue entries.

Manuscript Resource Center(ASK MRC):

Eminent Visitors:

Journal

Journals details
S. No.	Name of Journal	Publisher	Print (P) / Online (O)	DOI
1	Acta Sociologica	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/asj
2	American Anthropology	Wiley	P	-
3	Anthropological Theory	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ant
4	Antiquity	Cambridge University Press	P	-
5	Archives of Asian Art	Duke University Press	P	-
6	Asian Perspective	Johns Hopkins University Press	P	-
7	Asian Philosophy	Taylor & Francis	P + O	https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/casp20
8	British Journal for the History of Science	Cambridge University Press	P	-
9	British Journal for the Philosophy of Science	Oxford University Press	P	-
10	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	Johns Hopkins University Press	P	-
11	Comparative Studies in Society and History	Cambridge University Press	P	-
12	Contemporary South East Asia	ISEAS	P	-
13	Contributions to Indian Sociology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/cis
14	Critical Social Policy	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/csp
15	Critical Sociology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/crs
16	Critique of Anthropology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/coa
17	Cultural Critique	University of Minnesota Press	P	-
18	Cultural Dynamics	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/cdy
19	Cultural Sociology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/cus
20	Culture & Psychology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/cap
21	Current Anthropology	University of Chicago Press	P	-
22	Discourse & Communication	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/dcm
23	Discourse & Society	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/das
24	Economic Development Quarterly	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/edq
25	English Historical Review	Oxford University Press	P	-
26	European History Quarterly	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ehq
27	European Journal of Cultural Studies	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ecs
28	European Journal of Social Theory	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/est
29	European Journal of Women’s Studies	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ejw
30	Feminism & Psychology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/fap
31	Feminist Theory	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/fty
32	Folklore	Taylor & Francis	P + O	https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rfol20
33	French Cultural Studies	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/frc
34	Gender & Society	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gas
35	German History	Oxford University Press	P	-
36	Historical Journal	Cambridge University Press	P	-
37	History of Science	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/hos
38	History of the Human Sciences	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/hhs
39	History Workshop Journal	Oxford University Press	P	-
40	Indian Journal of Gender Studies	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ijg
41	International Journal of Cultural Studies	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ics
42	International Sociology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/iss
43	ISIS	University of Chicago Press	P	-
44	Journal of African History	Cambridge University Press	P	-
45	Journal of Aging & Health	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jah
46	Journal of American Oriental Society	American Oriental Society	P	-
47	Journal of Asian and African Studies	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jas
48	Journal of Asian Studies	Cambridge University Press	P	-
49	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jce
50	Journal of Contemporary History	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jch
51	Journal of Economic History	Cambridge University Press	P	-
52	Journal of Environmental Sciences	Elsevier	P	-
53	Journal of Gender Studies	Taylor & Francis	P + O	https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjgs20
54	Journal of History of Biology	Springer	P	-
55	Journal of History of Ideas	Penn Press	P	-
56	Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History	Taylor & Francis	P + O	https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fich20
57	Journal of Indian Philosophy	Springer	P	-
58	Journal of Linguistics	Cambridge University Press	P	-
59	Journal of Social Work	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jsw
60	Journal of Sociology	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jos
61	Journal of South Asian Development	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sad
62	Language	Linguistic Society of America	P	-
63	Law, Culture and the Humanities	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/lch
64	Linguistics	De Gruyter	P	-
65	Linguistic Inquiry	MIT Press	P	-
66	Linguistics & Philosophy	Springer	P	-
67	Mind	Oxford University Press	P	-
68	Modern Asian Studies	Cambridge University Press	P	-
69	Modern China	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/mcx
70	Museum International	Wiley-Blackwell	P	-
71	Museum Management & Curatorship	Taylor & Francis	P	https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rmmc20
72	New Scientist	Elsevier	P	-
73	Philosophy and Public Affairs	Wiley	P	-
74	Religious Studies	Cambridge University Press	P	-
75	Science	American Association for the Advancement of Science	P	-
76	Science Communication	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/scx
77	Science, Technology & Human Values	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sth
78	Science, Technology & Society	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sts
79	South Asia Research	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sar
80	South Asian Survey	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sas
81	Studies in Conservation	Taylor & Francis	P + O	https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ysic20
82	Studies in History	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sih
83	The Medieval History Journal	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/mhj
84	Violence Against Women	Sage	P + O	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/vaw
85	World Archaeology	Taylor & Francis	P + O	https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rwar20

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