24Phonetics LaboratoryLibrary and ResourcesIn order to facilitate inter-university joint research, the Institute Library has been making every effort since its establishment in 1964 to collect materials and basic data indispensable for the study and research of languages and cultures of Asia and Africa.As of now, library holdings total 110,000 volumes, 1,220 titles of journals, 10,000 reels of microlm, 3000 sheets of microche, and other research materials (documents, maps, photographs, videos) in new mediums such as CD-ROMs. The library has holdings of several rare and hard to nd materials. One such example is the Khmer script version of the Tripitaka (the Buddhist sacred texts). The original texts have been lost during the wars in Cambodia. However, reproductions were made from the ones in the Institute Library, and then donated to the cultural and educational institution and temples in Cambodia. These reproductions of the texts contributed to the revitalization of Cambodian culture.The library also possesses a valuable collection by the late Prof. Erin Asai (1895-1969), a renowned scholar of Austronesian studies. The collection, acquired in 1970, includes land contract documents, videos, photographs, lexicon, linguistic material, eldnotes on the indigenous people of Taiwan. The Asai collection can be viewed on the Institute website (http://jcs.aa.tufs.ac.jp/Asai/).Among the other remarkable resources are:・A collection of theatrical posters in Ottoman period.・Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations ・et des recherches, 2nd ed.・Views in Cairo, a collection of lithographs depicting ・Cairo in 19th century by Robert Hay.・65 Iranian newspapers issued from the late 19th ・century to 1970.・Back numbers of the monthly Bengali literary ・・journals published during the 19th and 20th centuries.・A set of pictures describing sugar manufacture of the ・Qing period.・Picture book of people in Taiwan illustrating Taiwan ・folklore in Qing period.・The Mongolian Buddhism Texts of the Qing period・The Mongolian Bible (St. Petersburg, 1819) ・The Records of the Manzhouguo (Manchukuo) ・Legation in Thailand ・The Papers of Jisaku Shinoda, a Japanese colonial ・ofcial in the pre-Second World War’s Korea・The Korea’s Joseon Dynasty documents (ex-Prof. ・Hiroyuki Miura Collection) ・Qing Archival DocumentsThe Institute Library also houses personal collections of the following prominent linguists and historians: Kengo Yamamoto (the Manchurian language), Takashiro Kobayashi (the Mongolian history), Shinji Maejima (the Islamic studies), Ioketek Ong (the Taiwanese language and culture).For further details, latest information, and how to use materials in ILCAA, please see the following website: http://www.tufs.ac.jp/library/The phonetics laboratory of the Institute, under the supervision of IRC (p.22), has some basic equipment for the analysis of speech sounds such as the Computerized Speech Laboratory (CSL4500).The speech and language library attached to the phonetics laboratory holds important recorded materials on languages, folk tales and folk music obtained through eld studies. Recorded disks and tapes of various languages in the world are available for loan. A sound-treated recording room forms part of the phonetics laboratory. Using the latest solid-state sound recorders provided in the recording room, one can make high quality live recordings of speech samples from language consultants and process the recordings with the instruments provided in the laboratory.
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