ARL Libraries Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021

Last Updated on July 9, 2022, 9:45 am ET

The following list includes events, news stories, blog posts, resources, and exhibits from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Events | News and Blog Posts | Resources and Exhibits

Events

University of Toronto Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

• #Asian Heritage Month Series: Asian Canadians: A Snapshot of History on Facebook and Twitter
  Ongoing in May

University of Houston William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library

• Instagram Pop-Up for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  May 7

Tulane University Libraries 

• Tiana Nobile Reads, Discusses Debut Poetry Collection Exploring Her Experience with Transnational Adoption (video)
  Lunch Tray Series
  May 14

Library of Congress

• American Musicological Society Lecture: “ ‘A Gift to Be Simple’: Japanese American Influence in Appalachian Spring”
  May 19, 10:00–11:00 a.m. EDT, online

University of Toronto Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

• Mysterious Dreams: A Dialogue with Terry Watada
  May 19, 4:00–5:30 p.m. EDT, online

News and Blog Posts

University of Alberta Library

• Asian Heritage Month | Starting Points for Exploring Various National Cinemas

UC Berkeley Library

• “A Long Journey”: Richly Detailed, Fully Searchable Chinese Treasures Will Be Made Available for Free Online

Boston Public Library

• Bringing History Together: A Chinatown Collections Survey Project

UC Davis Library

• Launch of Bulosan Center’s Academic Journal, Alon: The Journal for Filipinx American and Diasporic Studies

Emory University Libraries

• Fighting AAPI Attacks and Discrimination
• The Social and Political Activism of the Asian American Movement

Florida State University Libraries

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Georgetown University Library

• Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Library of Congress

• Speaking through Images: Asian American Photographers and Printmakers at the Library of Congress

University of Michigan Library

• It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

National Archives and Records Administration

• Bringing the Past to Light through the Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files

NC State University Libraries

• New Asian and Asian American Historical Timeline

University of Ottawa Library

• Asian Heritage Month interviews with staff
• Stop Asian Hate statement and resources

Penn Libraries

• Diversity in the Stacks: East Asia Comics Collection
• Featured Books: Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

USC Libraries

• Eileen Chang Collection Featured in Hong Kong Magazine

University of Virginia Library

• Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Some Great Reads

University of Waterloo Library

• Asian Heritage Month 2021 Newsletter

 

Resources and Exhibits

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month website combining resources from the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Boston Public Library

• Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month 2021: 77 Books for Children, Teens & Adults
• Happily-Ever-Afters from East Asia: 13 Romances to Enjoy During Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

UCI Libraries

• Celebrate AA&PI Heritage Month: Fiction Books with Asian American Characters
• Unite Our Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Non-fiction Books about Asian Americans

Florida State University Libraries

• Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month resources

Library of Congress

• Behind Barbed Wire: Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers

LSU Libraries

• AAPI Heritage Month book display

University of Miami Libraries

• Asian American and Asian Diaspora Research Guide

National Archives and Records Administration

• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

New York Public Library

• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Reading List: Accessible Versions with BARD & Bookshare Links

UNC University Libraries

• Asian American Voices e-book collection

NC State University Libraries

• Historical State Timelines: Asian & Asian American Community

Penn Libraries

• Asian-American Studies: News, Popular Culture and Research Collections

Syracuse University Libraries

• Anti-Asian Hate Crime Exhibit

University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library

• Great Books and Online Exhibits by and about Asian and Pacific Americans