The CKS Library opened in 2001. Situated in Wat Damnak, a living Buddhist monastery in the heart of Siem Reap, the Library is the largest public academic library in Cambodia outside of Phnom Penh, and the second most important for the social sciences and humanities in the whole country. The library is separated in two buildings. The reading room is open to everyone, free of charge. The Library Collection is located in the new and large library building, which was built in 2010 for Academic studies. It has special collections on Cambodia, Indochina and Southeast Asia etc. Most of our collections focus on Southeast Asia and Indochina.
In addition to our physical library, CKS developed the Online Catalog. Our online catalog provides you with an overview of our collections at the CKS library and places hole those items before visiting our physical library. A number of full publications and articles are fully accessible online, and we are in the progress of expanding our e-resource collection.

The CAARI Library includes a growing collection of more than 9,000 monographs, 4,600 bound off-prints, 4,000 papers on Cypriot archaeology, and 100 periodical titles as well as comprehensive map and artifact collections and archival material. One unique holding is the personal library of the late Claude F.A. Schaeffer, a French scholar with extensive archaeological experience in Cyprus and the Near East. Schaeffer’s collection comprised of some 500 volumes of periodicals and 2,500 books and monographs of which 90% were out of print. The main focus of the library is on archaeology, art and art history. Learn more about the library and its resources here.

The CAARI Library includes a growing collection of more than 9,000 monographs, 4,600 bound off-prints, 4,000 papers on Cypriot archaeology, and 100 periodical titles as well as comprehensive map and artifact collections and archival material. One unique holding is the personal library of the late Claude F.A. Schaeffer, a French scholar with extensive archaeological experience in Cyprus and the Near East. Schaeffer’s collection comprised of some 500 volumes of periodicals and 2,500 books and monographs of which 90% were out of print. The main focus of the library is on archaeology, art and art history. Learn more about the library and its resources here.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has two libraries as well as an archive. The Blegen Library was founded in 1888 and focuses on classical studies and archaeology. Its collection, covering aspects of Greek civilization from earliest prehistory to late antiquity, includes more than 120,000 books and periodicals. The Gennadius Library opened in 1926 with the 26,000 volume collection of diplomat and bibliophile Joannes Gennadius, the Gennadius Library houses today 145,000 titles of rare books and bindings, research materials, manuscripts, archives, and works of art that illuminate Hellenism, Greece, and neighboring civilizations from antiquity to modern times. Rare maps of the Mediterranean, early editions of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and a laurel wreath belonging to Lord Byron are just some of the unique items to be found here. Learn more about the history of the Library. 90,000 research titles freely available in open stacks offer since 2019 the opportunity for registered researchers to explore this unique resource for the history of Greece through the ages. 

AIIS operates two world-renowned research centers—the Center for Art and Archeology (CAA) and the Archives and Research Centers for Ethnomusicology (ARCE). 

CA&A maintains images, maps and plans for more than 7000 monuments and ancient buildings. These resources were primarily created by CA&A professional staff, but also include materials contributed by research scholars. The archives hold photography and papers of leaders in the field including Fredrick and Catherine Asher, Carmel Berkson, Grace Morley and Walter Spink. In addition, the archives house surveys of 350 museum collections in India, commissioned and funded by central and state governments and documented by CA&A staff. 

The ARCE archives is a repository of voluntarily deposited collections from scholars and collectors of all nationalities. The collections have all been meticulously documented, and are complemented by a superb library that includes books, journals, and dissertations relevant to the field of ethnomusicology in general, with a particular focus on India.

The AIFIS library and reading room in Yogyakarta has a diverse and expansive collection of hundreds of books and journals. Due to its size and variety, no such collection has previously existed in Jakarta or anywhere else in Indonesia. AIFIS is currently collaborating with the Library of Congress representative in Jakarta, to further expand their collection of print offerings. In terms of special collections, AIFIS helped in the establishment of Ben and Nafsiah Mboi Library located at one of their institutional partners the Atmajaya Catholic University in Jakarta. The library boasts collections not only of books, but also many rare and important documents from the Dutch colonial period and from the New Order dictatorship era. The library also has JSTOR access for those who visit the library in person.

The Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library contains 172,000 volumes in the fields of classical studies and the history of art and architecture (chiefly Italian, medieval, and Renaissance) with strong collections in ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology, classical literature, ancient topography—including the history of the city of Rome—and related fields such as epigraphy, numismatics, and papyrology. Each year the library adds about 2,500 volumes to its collection and subscribes to approximately 600 current periodicals and scholarly publications in the Academy’s core areas of interest. Learn more about the library and other research resources here.

AIAR's library collection contains more than 24,000 volumes, including 266 journal titles relating to all aspects of ancient Near Eastern studies, with a concentration in Levantine archaeology and Semitic languages and literature. There are also extensive map, microfiche, offprint, and slide collections, as well as a cross-indexed catalog for the 6,720 items in the institute’s artifact collection. The main reading room of the library has twelve carrels and the lower library, eleven. The library is open to residents and fellows 24/7 as well as to visitors by prior appointment.

The ACOR contains more than 45,000 volumes and periodicals; with a focus on archaeology, anthropology, Arabic language and culture, art and architecture, conservation, history (Jordan and Near East), and Near Eastern studies. The Library also offers an excellent collection of more than 1,500 maps covering Jordan’s topography, geology, and archaeological sites, as well as regional maps, rare topographic maps of Palestine, and a rare complete Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. It also houses an impressive collection of more than 100,000 slides and images of Jordanian archaeological sites, excavations, and artifacts, including slides documenting our Petra Church Project, from its inception to completion. The Library provides important research resources unavailable elsewhere in Jordan. 

The ACMS Library website includes visitor information about the library in Ulaanbaatar, access to the online library catalog, a collection of online databases and digital archives, and research guides on a variety of topics related to the study of Mongolia. The ACMS library collection is one of the best in Mongolia, containing over 5,000 volumes of books related to Mongolian Studies and disciplines with an active presence in the region such as anthropology, archaeology, economics, public health, political science, and biology, and includes hundreds of rare and important books that span from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Most of the items in the collection are written in English, but also includes items written in Mongolian Cyrillic, Mongol Script, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, and other languages. The library in Ulaanbaatar also has JSTOR access for those who visit the library in person. Learn more about the ACMS library and their resources here.

The TALIM Research Library is one of the most important libraries specializing on Morocco. It consists of 13,000 works: 40% in English; 30% in French; 10% in Spanish and 5% in Arabic  as well as a collection in Portuguese. The library is comprised of books, theses, monographs, periodicals, microfilm, maps, newspapers, and photographs. The collection also includes more than 100 antique maps on the Mediterranean region, a bound newspaper collection covering the period 1884-1960, American consular correspondence with the Department of State (1797-1906), foreign travel accounts (17th to the 19th century), the official bulletin of the Protectorate period (1913-1942), a section on Operation Torch (the Allied landings in North Africa in 1942), and the Western Sahara Issue. In Morocco the TALIM Research Library is considered a primary reference library for university faculties in the area. The library also offers JSTOR access to those who visit the library in person. Learn more about the library here.

The library offers access to scholarly works on Myanmar Studies published overseas that are not readily available in the country, this includes original works published on neighboring Southeast Asian countries and textbooks on various fields of social sciences and humanities. INYA also has a digital archive of a collection of endangered Shan Buddhist artifacts identified throughout successive field research projects in eastern Myanmar where Shan communities, together representing one of Myanmar’s largest ethnic groups, reside. The library is open to anyone conducting research or interested in fostering their research and methodological skills and offers free internet. Learn more about the library here.

The AIPS Resource Library (ARL) houses open-source resources created by scholars of Pakistan Studies, including AIPS fellows and other grantees, and can be accessed via the AIPS website. For in person attendees, the library offers JSTOR access.

The WARC library holds many publications on current African issues, African history, environmental, and development issues as well as a collection of rare African films. WARC also holds an African Language Materials Archive (ALMA), which is a collaborative project initiated by WARC, WARA, UNESCO, and Columbia University. The ALMS project includes a web-based archive of original materials published in African languages including e-books in Wolof, Pulaar, and Mandinka, collected from authors in Senegal and the Gambia.

JSTOR access via the ARISC libraries is available in all three countries in Baku, Tbilisi, and Yerevan for the scholarly community through the support and cooperation of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), American Center (Baku), American Corners (Yerevan), Center for Social Sciences (Tbilisi), as well as of Ilia State University (Tbilisi). ARISC also has a ‘Resources’ page with multiple sections including, ‘Libraries’, which is dedicated to displaying new information on library resources related to the Caucasus region, ‘Online Journals’, which is a list of online journals specializing in the South Caucasus, and others including ‘Online Publications’, ‘Research Links’, 'Bibliographies’, and ‘Maps’. This list of extensive resources also includes a ‘Publications’ page which hosts papers, reports and presentations from ARISC Fellows.

The AISLS library includes more than 1,500 books and a research guide on research libraries in Sri Lanka. The resources include works on Sri Lanka in the humanities and social sciences as well as theoretical works and comparative studies, particularly from other parts of the South Asian and Indian Ocean regions. Its coverage is most comprehensive in History, Anthropology, Religious Studies and Politics and a large majority of the holdings are in English, but there are some works in other languages, especially Sinhala. The collection also includes dictionaries, reference books and language instruction materials for Tamil, Sinhala and Pali. The library offers JSTOR access for those who visit in person. AISLS staff maintain an up-to-date guide to specialist humanities libraries in Sri Lanka and arrange for visiting fellows to get access to these libraries.

Both the Ankara and Istanbul centers have their own library website and online catalog. The Ankara library holds more than 13,000 books, pamphlets, and journals focused on the archaeology, history, and art of Anatolia and the Near East.  The library provides online access to JSTOR, the digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. The holdings in archaeology include the library of Professor Machteld J. Mellink. The Istanbul Library located at ANAMED contains around 10,500 monograph titles.  The holdings cover the Byzantine, Ottoman, and modern Turkish periods and include the library of Dr. H. Kenneth Snipes, a strong collection for study of the Byzantine era. Learn more about the ARIT local and online library resources here.