Aiso Library

On the 10th anniversary of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the staff of the John F. Aiso Library renews our commitment to all of you our students, faculty, staff, retirees, and dependents with all of your backgrounds and experience. We celebrate those differences! You are always welcome here.

Aiso Library is CLOSED for Labor Day.Aiso Library is CLOSED for Labor Day.

Aiso Library will be CLOSED Monday, 5 July 2021 in observance of Independence Day. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Presidio of Monterey

Do you want to know more about John Aiso, the man for whom Aiso Library is memorialized? John Aiso was featured in Marlene J. Mayo's Oral Histories series which is available through the University of Maryland Libraries Archival Collections. Read about him in this blog post and follow the link to the YouTube video clip. The link to the full interview is available in the expanded video description. https://prangecollection.wordpress.com//an-interview-with/

Aiso Library has expanded hours! Visit our Patron Services page for more information. https://dliflc.libguides.com/patron_services/ Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center... Presidio of Monterey See more

Aiso Library will be CLOSED Monday, May 31st in observance of Memorial Day.Aiso Library will be CLOSED Monday, May 31st in observance of Memorial Day.

As part of AAPI Heritage Month, the PBS Twin Cities series The Minnesota Experience has an episode focused on the Asian American experience and the Camp Savage home of the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) during the 1940's. The MISLS is part of the history of the DLIFLC. Check the episode out here: https://www.tpt.org/armed-with-language/ More information about the history of DLIFLC can be found at the Command History Office webpage https://www.dliflc.ed...u/about/command-history/ Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Presidio of Monterey

Today we have beautiful verse in Farsi by poet Farug Farokhzad, shared with us by our wonderful colleague Golnaz. Please enjoy the poem: It is only sound that remains

Today's poetic offering is shared with us by our dear colleague Saliha. It is her favorite German poem by author and playwright Bertolt Brecht, Wenn die Untat kommt, wie der Regen fällt.

Today we share the beautiful poem with its English translation, The Word of the Wind. Please enjoy and explore more Korean poetry.

Today's poetic offering is stanbul’u dinliyorum by Orhan Veli Kanik and shared with us by our dear colleague Saime. English translations of the original Turkish poem vary and it may be found by title under both I Listen to Istanbul and I Am Listening to Istanbul.