Thursday, March 22, 2012

Japanese Romanization Taskforce Update



On March 21, 2012, the Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division announced that it will begin to follow recommendations of the CEAL Japanese Romanization Task Force, with the following message:

Implementation of Apostrophes in Japanese Romanized Cataloging and
Proposed Revision of the ALA-LC Japanese Romanization Table

The Library of Congress recently announced its interest in clarifying the use of apostrophes in romanized Japanese cataloging. Comments about the announcement were overwhelmingly in favor of using the apostrophe rather than the alif.

Based on this feedback, the Library of Congress will immediately align the use of the apostrophe in Japanese romanized cataloging with the published ALA-LC Japanese romanization standard. LC will also update headings in its bibliographic and authorities databases to reflect this decision. PCC member institutions are asked to adjust Japanese romanized cataloging records accordingly as they are encountered.

The announcement about apostrophe use in Japanese romanized cataloging revealed that additional revisions to the Japanese ALA-LC romanization table were needed. LC’s Policy and Standards Division is posting a revision proposal to the Japanese romanization table [PDF, 190 KB], along with a separate document [PDF, 36 KB] that enumerates changes in the revision proposal. These documents are available for download on the Library of Congress website at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman_japanesediacritics_Mar2012.html .

Comments on this proposed revision should be sent to Bruce Johnson in LC’s Policy and Standards Division ( bjoh@loc.gov ) no later than June 13, 2012.

CEAL Election 2012 Results


Dear colleagues,

It was a pleasure to see many of you in Toronto. Hope you had a pleasant trip back to your home. For those of you who were unable to attend the annual meeting, I am sharing with you the election results.
  • Ms. Ellen Hammond of Yale University has been elected Vice President/President-elected 2012-2014
  • Mr. Kenneth Klein of University of Southern California has been elected Secretary with a three-year term 2012-2015.
  • Ms. Hee-sook Shin of Columbia University has been elected Treasurer 2012-2015
  • Ms. Toshie Marra of UCLA and Ms. Wen-ling Liu of Indiana University have been elected Members-at-Large 2012-2015
Congratulations to all these five newly elected EB members. We trust that they will make invaluable contributions to our organization.

This year, we received 19 nominations, among which 10 were selected as the candidates for the five seats on the Executive Board. For the election, we distributed 146 ballots to current CEAL members, and received 109 finished ballots at a 75% response rate. I want to thank again to those of you who participated in the nomination and election.

I also want to thank my teammates for their dedicated work in making the election another success. My teammates include--
  • Election Committee members - Mikyung Kang and Setsuko Noguchi
  • Ex-officio members-Joy Kim, Peter Zhou, and Beth Katzoff
  • Treasurer -Ai-lin Yang
  • The Chair of Membership -- Hikaru Nakano
  • The Chair of Library Technology – Robert Britt.
See you next year in San Diego.

Regards,
Ying

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Research Librarian for Asian Studies
University of California Irvine Libraries
P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557
Phone: 949.824.0489
fax: 949.824.0605
Email: yingz@uci.edu
Web: http://libguides.lib.uci.edu/asian_studies
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Friday, March 9, 2012

CCM Forum on Chinese Digital Content: PPT Files

PowerPoint presentations for the CCM Forum on Chinese Digital Content are available on the CCM Annual Meeting and Forum 2012 webpage (click to view; see links near the bottom of the page to the presenations noted below).

OR, go  directly to the PowerPoint presentations using the links below.
1. Chinese Classic Text database by Erudition
中国基本古籍库及分库
Yang Jidong, University of Michigan

2. Later Qing and Minguo Periodicals full-text database
晚清民国期刊全文数据库
Martin Heijdra, Princeton University

 3. The Chinese Cultural Revolution & Anti-Rightist Campaign Database
中国文化大革命及反右运动数据库
Yongyi Song, California State University at Los Angeles

4. Dragon Source 龙源 / Shen Bao 申报
Cathy Chiu, UC Santa Barbara / Susan Xue, UC Berkeley


Call for Topics: Small Collections Roundtable 2012


Dear Colleagues,
Small Collection Roundtable will be held on Thursday (3.15) evening from 9:30 to 11 at Peel. We'll be discussing issues related to our particular situations. 
Just a reminder that if you plan to attend but haven't filled out this survey, you still have time to do so before your departure.

To Submit a Topic in our Google Group, Please Click Here

We look forward to seeing you in Toronto! 

Xi Chen
Sharon Domier 
Julie Wang

Thursday, March 8, 2012

NCC Open Meeting: Final Agenda 2012

Revised AGENDA (as of 3/9/12)
2012 Annual Open Meeting of the
North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC)
Thursday, March 15th, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Civic Ballroom, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Canada

12:30-12:40:        Brief report from NCC Chair, Keiko Yokota-Carter

12:40-12:55:        Report from the National Diet Library, Seiya Takashina and Terumi Fukushi:
National Diet Library 2011--- Launching New Services and
Building the Digital Archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake

12:55-1:25:          Reports from the National Institute of Informatics (NII) and NCC ILL/DD
                                Committee:
                                NII: Ikki Omukai and Mai Sekido,
NCC’s ILL/DD Committee: Michiko Ito, Co-chair

1:25-2:00:             Report and Discussion on New Collaborations in NCC’s Cooperative Collection
                                Development Efforts:
                                NCC Multi-Volume Sets Committee (MVS): Victoria Bestor for the MVS Committee
                                Cooperative Collection Development Working Group (CCWG): Azusa Tanaka, Chair

2:00-2:10              TEN MINUTE BREAK

2:10-2:30              Reports on International Collaborators and Groups:
European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists: Hamish Todd, EAJRS
Representative to the NCC
Rare Books: Toshie Marra, Group Chair

2:30-2:40              Activities of New Working Groups Affiliated with NCC:
                Disaster Preparedness Working Group (tentative name), Setsuko Noguchi  
Professional Development Working Group, Fabiano Rocha

2:40-3:30              Demonstration and Feedback on new Components of the NCC Website:
                                Project Introduction: Victoria Bestor, NCC Executive Director
                                New Navigational Options:  Tomoko Bialock

                   Introducing the first edition of the NCC Guide to Research Access in Japanese
                   Museums, Libraries, and Archives
日本研究のためのMLAアクセスガイド,
                   Victoria Bestor and Izumi Koide Yasue for the MLA Guides

                                Expanding NCC’s Social Networking and other New Content, Adam Lisbon,
NCC SNS Coordinator and Content Creator

                                Preview of Coming Attractions:
                                Chiaki Sakai, Fabiano Rocha, Adam Lisbon, and Victoria Bestor

CEAL 2012 Schedule Updated; Vendor Displays Start Friday

Updated CEAL 2012 Schedule
Exhibit Hall hours and list of vendors on the AAS website

The CEAL 2012 online schedule has just been updated (link above). Note that unlike other years, the Exhibit hall with vendor displays will not open on Friday (3/16), NOT Thursday.

According to the AAS website, the Exhibit Hall hours will be:
Friday, March 16, 10:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday, March 17, 10:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday, March 18, 9:00am – 12:00pm
 --Rob Britt



Forum on Chinese Digital Content: Agenda 2012


Forum on Chinese Digital Content

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 4:40-6:10 pm
Dominion Ballroom North, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
4:40 – 4:45 Opening remarks
Susan Xue, Chair of CCM, University of California at Berkeley
4:45 – 5:35
Database presentations. Forum attendees may want to review all the presentation PPTs online prior to the forum. During their 10 minutes, presenters will not go over their entire PPT slides but rather highlight their presentations and answer questions about the database.
Presentations will address these issues:
  • Content/coverage/value
  • Publisher/agent
  • Perpetual access or not
  • Pros and cons
  • Pricing and consortia arrangement if any
Database to be presented:
4:45 – 4:55 Chinese Classic Text database by Erudition 中国基本古籍库及分库
Yang Jidong, University of Michigan
4:55 – 5:05 Later Qing and Minguo Periodicals full-text database 晚清民国期刊全文数据库
Martin Heijdra, Princeton University
5:05 – 5:15 The Chinese Cultural Revolution & Anti-Rightist Campaign Database 中国文化大革命及反右运动数据库
Yongyi Song, California State University at Los Angeles
5:15 – 5:25 中国历代典籍总目分析系统
Chengzhi Wang, Columbia University
5:25 – 5:35 Dragon Source龙源 / 申报
Cathy Chiu, UC Santa Barbara / Susan Xue, UC Berkeley
5:35 – 5:50 A CEAL Libraries Self Study: Levels of e-Resource Affordability
Vickie Doll, University of Kansas
5:50 - 6:10 Q&A on databases, the CEAL libraries self study, and format for the future forum on digital content
This forum was organized and hosted by Committee on Chinese Materials

Chinese Materials Committee: Agenda 2012

View Agenda on CCM Website

2012 CEAL Conference
Committee on Chinese Materials
Annual Meeting

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 10:50 am - 12:20 pm

Dominion Ballroom South, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Theme: Collection Development for Chinese Studies in Digital Age
– Challenges and Strategies
10:50 - 10:53 Opening Remarks, introduction of Members
Susan Xue 薛燕, Chair of CCM, University of California at Berkeley
10:53 - 11:08 Overall Publishing Trends in Chinese Scholarly Resources
Li Wang 王立, Curator, East Asian Collection, Brown University
Abstract
11:08 – 11:20 Developing New Library Business Models for e-Books: The Beyond Print Initiative Undertaken by the Triangle Research Libraries (TRLN)
Hsi-Chu Bolick 黄熹珠, Librarian for East Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Luo Zhou 周珞, Chinese Studies Librarian, Duke University
Abstract
11:20 – 11:33 Collecting Non-Chinese Materials from China: Needs, Methods, and Issues
Jidong Yang 杨继东, Head of Asia Library, University of Michigan
Abstract
11:33 – 11:45 PDA: Are We Ready to Step into the River
Julie Wang 王晓燕, Librarian for Asian Studies, Binghamton University, SUNY
Haihui Zhang 张海惠, Chinese Studies Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
Abstract
11:45 – 12:00 Cooperation and Collaborations between CALIS and East Asian Libraries in North America – Services for Services
浅谈CALIS与北美东亚图书馆的合作意向: 以服务换服务

Yan Wang 王燕,, Manager of Portal Services, CALIS
Abstract
12:00 – 12:20 Questions & Answers
Announcement: Chengzhi Wang, Columbia University: Archival Resources of Republican China in North America

Thursday, March 1, 2012

NCC Open Meeting: Revised Agenda 2012


Revised AGENDA
2012 Annual Open Meeting of the
North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC)
Thursday, March 15th, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Civic Ballroom, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Canada


12:30-12:40:    Brief report from NCC Chair, Keiko Yokota-Carter

12:40-12:55:    Report from the National Diet Library, Seiya Takashina and Terumi Fukushi:
National Diet Library 2011--- Launching New Services and
Building the Digital Archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake

12:55-1:25:      Reports from the National Institute of Informatics (NII) and NCC ILL/DD
                        Committee:
                        NII: Ikki Omukai and Mai Sekido,
NCC’s ILL/DD Committee: Michiko Ito, Co-chair

1:25-2:00:        Report and Discussion on New Collaborations in NCC’s Cooperative Collection
                        Development Efforts:
                        NCC Multi-Volume Sets Committee (MVS): Mari Nakahara, Co-Chair
                        Cooperative Collection Development Working Group (CCWG): Azusa Tanaka, Chair

2:00-2:10         TEN MINUTE BREAK

2:10-2:30         Reports on International Collaborators and Groups:
European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists: Hamish Todd, EAJRS
Representative to the NCC
Rare Books: Toshie Marra, Sachie Noguchi

2:30-2:40         Activities of New Working Groups Affiliated with NCC:
            Disaster Preparedness Working Group (tentative name), Setsuko Noguchi  
Professional Development Working Group, Keiko Suzuki

2:40-3:30         Demonstration and Feedback on new Components of the NCC Website:
                        Project Introduction: Victoria Bestor, NCC Executive Director
                        New Navigational Options:  Tomoko Bialock
                Introducing the first edition of the NCC Guide to Research Access in Japanese        
                         Museums, Libraries, and Archives 日本研究のためのMLAアクセスガイド,         
                        Takumi Ohata, NCC Staff and Manager MLA Guides
                        Expanding NCC’s Social Networking, Adam Lisbon, NCC SNS Coordinator and Content
                        Creator

                        Preview of Coming Attractions:
                        Chiaki Sakai, Fabiano Rocha, Adam Lisbon, Takumi Ohata, and Victoria Bestor

Please share your experiences, and make recommendations to NCC during this session!