Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History

Librarians

EXPLORE What is the role of librarians in limiting or providing access? Did librarians offer to show certain special collection items based on their assessments of the library patrons, or only in response to specific requests from the patrons? 
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INTEGRATE Many books from the special collection (marked as "toku" next to their call number in the catalogue) were lavishly published volumes with reproductions, such as the Shinbi taikan (Selected Relics of Japanese Art), Nihon kokuhō zenshū (National Treasures of Japan), or the annual catalogues of the official salon in Tokyo. To view these books, a patron needed to obtain a special permission from the library's director and provide a justification (Taiwan sotokufu toshokan gairan, showa 13/1938 page 12).
 

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