Library-Anthropology Resource Group (LARG)

LARG--the Library-Anthropology Resource Group--is a Chicago-based group of anthropologists and librarians devoted to the discussion of bibliographic needs in the field of anthropology and the development of useful reference publications.

LARG was founded in 1971 by the late Sol Tax, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, with considerable help from Jan Wepsiec, Social Sciences Bibliographer at the University of Chicago Library, and Francis X. Grollig, Professor of Anthropology at Loyola University of Chicago.

LARG publications include: Serial Publications in Anthropology, edited by Sol Tax and Francis X. Grollig (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973); Anthropological Bibliographies: a Selected Guide, edited by Margo L. Smith and Yvonne Damien (South Salem, N.Y.: Redgrave Pub. Co., 1981); Serial Publications in Anthropology, rev. ed., edited by Francis X. Grollig and Sol Tax (South Salem, N.Y.: Redgrave Pub. Co., 1982); Biographical Directory of Anthropologists Born before 1920, edited by Thomas L. Mann (New York: Garland, 1988); and International Dictionary of Anthropologists, edited by Christopher Winters (New York: Garland, 1991). LARG's major current project is Anthropological Resources: a Guide to Archival, Library and Museum Collections, edited by Lee S. Dutton (New York: Garland, 1999), a guide to the world's major non-artifactual resources in anthropology.

LARG welcomes interaction with individuals and organizations. Please address questions and comments to the e-mail address below.