Mission

CONSALD (Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation) is organized as a committee of the South Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies. The primary objective of CONSALD is the development of North American library resources related to South Asia. The Committee shall facilitate library cooperation, collection development, bibliographic control, access, and preservation to benefit the use of South Asian research and teaching materials.

CONSALD Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), March 2021

CONSALD is committed to building, retaining, and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive collaborative organization that effectively supports a diverse membership and serves a multiplicity of communities and stakeholders. Read the DEI Statement

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CONSALD Statement on Collection Development, Access,
​and Equity in the Time of COVID-19, July 2020

The global pandemic has presented libraries with unprecedented challenges related to budgets and operations as these institutions seek to fulfil their missions to support academic research. Read the statement 

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Upcoming Meeting

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CONSALD's next meeting will tentatively be held on October 19, 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin in conjunction with the Annual Conference on South Asia. Information about the sessions will be distributed to the listserv.

​Membership​​

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Members of CONSALD are also members of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Go to the Association's Webpage to join.

​​CONSALD Listserv​

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For more about joining the CONSALD listserv, go to our listserv subscription page.

1. Books are for use.
2. Books are for all.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
​5. A library is a growing organism.
- S.R. Ranganathan's "The Five Laws of Library Science" (1931)