26Phonetics LaboratoryThe 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 130,000 volumes, 1,600 titles of journals, 11,000 reels of microlm, 63,000 sheets of microche, and other research materials (documents, maps, photographs, videos) in new mediums such as CD-ROMs.The phonetics laboratory of the Institute, under the supervision of Information Resources Center (IRC), has some basic equipment, such as the Computerized Speech Laboratory (CSL4500), for the analysis of speech sounds. The speech and language library attached to the phonetics laboratory holds important recorded materials on languages, folk tales, and folk music obtained through field 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. With the high-end solid-state sound recorders provided in the recording room, high quality live recording of speech samples is possible, for example, of speech of language consultants. Moreover, processing the recordings with the instruments provided in the laboratory is also possible.http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en/projects/phonetic-lab/The library has holdings of several rare and hard to nd materials. Among them are: a valuable collection by the late Prof. Erin Asai (1895-1969), a renowned scholar of Austronesian studies; A collection of theatrical posters in Ottoman period; Views in Cairo, a collection of lithographs depicting Cairo in 19th century by Robert Hay.For further details, please see the following website:http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en/projects/library/Library
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