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Updated East Asian Library Hours and Reference Services: 
Effective February 1, 2025, the East Asian Library’s service hours will be temporarily adjusted for the remainder of the year.
Library Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Reference Service Hours: Monday to Friday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
For information on visiting the library as a member of the public, external researcher, or visitor, please visit: https://east.library.utoronto.ca/member-public

Notice: Temporary Suspension of Access to Rare Book and Archival Collections
Due to limited operational capacity during the month of July 2025, access to the rare book and archival collections at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library will be temporarily unavailable. 
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. 

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East Asian Library News

  • Exhibition artifact, endicott detroy the bombs, not the people

    Virtual Exhibit - Education for Troubled Times: The Life and Legacy of James G. Endicott (1898-1993)

  • Asian Heritage Month 2025, features a landscape illustration of mountians clous, in teal-green colours. A boat with coconut tree at the bottom, "Asian Heritage Month".

    Celebrating Asian Heritage Month at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

  • Newsletter cover January 2025. To open and read the a pdf file of the newsletter, visit the URL:  https://east.library.utoronto.ca/sites/default/public/others/2024-2-EAL-Newsletter-1.pdf

    NEW! Read the January 2025 issue of our Newsletter, now available online!

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East Asian Library Newsletter

2025 January news letter

January 2025

Volume 25, Issue 1

Events

Curated and developed by students from the FAH465 Exhibiting China course (2020, 2023, and 2025) Led and supported by Dr. Jennifer Purtle, Associate Professor, Department of Art History Rose Ting-Yi Liu, PhD Candidate, Department of East Asian Studies

Chinese Art Masterpiece in Print: History, Lineage, Legacy

Date:
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time:
1 p.m.
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
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