Documentation of Oral History: Experiences at South Asian Oral History project at the University of Washington Libraries

Speaker Name : Dr. Deepa Banerjee, South Asian Studies Librarian, University of Washington Libraries

About Speaker : Deepa also has publications, conference presentations and projects to her credit. One of her projects " South Asian Oral History Project" has received national acclaim and led to a book publication titled " Roots and Reflections : South Asians Map the Pacific Northwest" by University of Washington Press co authored by Dr Amy Bhatt and Dr Nalini Iyer based on the project. Publication is due in September 2012.

Deepa has worked in a variety of library settings in Australia, Canada and US prior to her current position. Deepa has an MLIS from Australia and a PhD from India.

About Topic : South Asian Oral History project at the University of Washington which captured the history of South Asian Immigrants to Pacific Northwest. through Oral History interviews. The interviews are now part of National Museum of Immigration in Ellis Island and a book " Roots and Reflections: South Asian Map Pacific Northwest" by the oral historian Amy Bhatt and Nalini Iyer is being published by University of Washington Press (Publication due 2012) based on my project. http://content.lib.washington.edu/saohcweb/index.html

About the Speaker: Dr. Deepa Banerjee joined University of Washington Libraries in 2006 as a South Asian Studies Librarian and has been working closely with the faculty and students from South Asia programs at the University of Washington. As a general Reference and Research Librarian, she assists students with their wide ranging research needs from various subject areas through individual consultations, virtual chat and working at the reference desks. She plays an active role as a member of various local and national library committees. Examples include Scholarly Communications Committee, Diversity Committee, CONSALD (Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation), Association of American Libraries, ACRL / AAMES (Asian African and Middle Eastern Division). She has served as a Chair of the AAMES Publication Committee and AAMES Conference Planning Committee. She has also been the editor of AAMES newsletters.