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 Collection Development, Access,
​and Equity in the Time of COVID-19

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 

Upcoming Meeting

The AAS Annual Conference is taking place online this year. Library meetings are scheduled for March 25, 2021, and will also be virtual. Information about the meetings will be sent out to the listserv.

​Membership​​

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

​​CONSALD Listserv​

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)

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