Iris Yellum

South Asian and African Receiving and Copy Cataloging Specialist

I receive and process materials from South Asia and Africa. Stanford University Libraries acquires materials in Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Nepali, Tamil, Malayalam, Tibetan, and more. I create basic records for some of these materials, especially those we receive from Pakistan and Afghanistan. These materials are in Urdu, Shahmukhi Panjabi, Persian, and Pashto.

Iris Yellum

South Asian and African Receiving and Copy Cataloging Specialist

I receive and process materials from South Asia and Africa. Stanford University Libraries acquires materials in Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Nepali, Tamil, Malayalam, Tibetan, and more. I create basic records for some of these materials, especially those we receive from Pakistan and Afghanistan. These materials are in Urdu, Shahmukhi Panjabi, Persian, and Pashto.

Education 

  • PhD, South Asian Studies, Harvard University
  • MA, Ethnomusicology, UCLA
  • BA, Ethnomusicology, UCLA

Professional activities 

Association for Asian Studies

American Library Association

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