2008 CEAL Conference

Committee on Japanese Materials (CJM)

Hyatt Regency Atlanta, International Ballroom South

Atlanta, GA

Thursday, April 3, 8:30 a.m.- 10:20 a.m.

MINUTES

The 2008 annual meeting of the Committee on Japanese Materials (CJM) was called to order at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at International Ballroom South, Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

1. Greeting, update and report from Chair

Ms. Keiko Yokota-Carter, Chair of the CJM, welcomed the participants and introduced (1) the members of the committee, (2) retired members, (3) new members during the last twelve months, and (4) presented an update of the CJM activities as described below.

1. CJM members 
         Ms. Keiko Yokota-Carter, Chair (University of Washington)
         Ms. Tokiko Y. Bazzell (University of Hawai'i)
         Mr. Antony Boussemart (Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, France)
         Mr. Eiichi Ito (Library of Congress)
         Ms. Tomoko Kakehi (University of British Columbia) - retired and absent
         Ms. Haruko Nakamura (Yale University) - absent
         Ms. Ikuo Sasakawa (The University of Tokyo) – retired and absent
         Mr. Kenneth Kazuo Tanaka (University of Maryland) - absent

2. Passage
        Ms. Naomi Fukuda
        Ms. Emily Werrell

3. Retired members
        Ms. Yoshiko Doherty -- National Library of Medicine
        Ms. Katsuko T. Hotelling -- Arizona State University
        Ms. Tomoko Kakehi -- University of British Columbia
        Ms. Lynne Kutsukake -- University of Toronto Libraries
        Mr. Thaddeus Ohta -- Library of Congress
        Mr. Ikuo Sasakawa -- Tokyo University

4. New members
        Ms. Shirin Eshighi, Japanese Language Librarian -- University of British Columbia
        Mr. Talbott Huey, Asian Studies Librarian -- Michigan State University
        Ms. Sachie Kobayashi, Japanese Cataloger -- University of Pittsburgh
        Mr. Tao Young, East Asian Librarian -- Rutgers University

5. Report from Chair

Ms. Yokoto-Carter spoke of the late Ms. Naomi Fukuda who passed away in 2007, and her important contribution to the Japanese studies and its librarianship both in the North America and Japan. She also introduced the eulogistic article “How Naomi Fukuda (1907-2007) is Remembered in Japan” which was published in the newsletter of the North American Coordinating Council on the Japanese Library Materials (Spring 2008, Issue 21).

Ms. Yokota-Carter congratulated newly elected Chair of CJM, Ms. Haruko Nakamura, who will assume the three-year term in 2007-2010.

Ms. Yokota-Carter introduced the meeting schedule and speakers including the guest speakers from Japan, Ms. Hideki Takeuchi (National Diet Library), Mr. Yoji Kiyota (Information Technology Center, The University of  Tokyo).

2.  Report from Europe

Mr. Antony Boussemart (Ecole française d’Extrême Orient) reported on activities of the community of Japanese librarians in Europe over the past twelve months. Notable events were:

• The community of East Asian libraries in Europe is on the final stage of forming a consortium of Japanese libraries and collections to acquire Japanese databases. The participants currently includes The British Library, Ecole française d’Extrême Orient, De Universiteit Leiden, The University of Oxford, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and others from European countries.

• The European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) 2008 conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal on September 16-19, 2008. Mr. Boussemart encouraged the CJM members to attend the meeting.

3.  Report from Canada  --  Power Point Presentation

Mr. Fabiano Takashi Rocha (University of Toronto) reported on activities of the community of Japanese libraries and librarians in Canada over the past twelve months:

• There are several libraries with Japanese collections in Canada from British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.

• University of Toronto (170.367 vols) and University of British Columbia (153.149 vols) are the major ones. The collections of the others, namely University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Montreal, McGill University, the Japan Foundation Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum, range from 1.000 to 14.285 volumes; figures were extracted from CEAL Statistics 2007, Mariko Liliefeldt's survey, and from Japanese studies in the United States and Canada: continuities and opportunities. Tokyo: Japan Foundation, 2007.

• Canadian libraries subscribe to the following electronic resources: Nichigai MagazinePlus, Nichigai Who II, Japan Knowledge, Yomidas, CiNii, GeNii, and Kikuzo II (acquisition in process).

• The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, the Far Eastern Library at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Japan Foundation, Toronto are all located within walking distance from each other. The focuses of their collections are different, and therefore these three libraries' collections become complementary to each other.

• Japan-Related Information Specialists in Canada communicate via the Japan-Related Information Specialists in Canada Group (Google Groups). Currently there are 27 members, a mixture of librarians, library school students, and other information specialists.

• Current special events include:

• Genji Monogatari : Celebrating a Millennium of the Tale of Genji Exhibit held at the University of Toronto; organized by Fabiano Takashi Rocha (Japan Studies Librarian) and Kayo Sakemi (Visiting Librarian, Keio University)

• From Hanga to Manga (Toronto Public Library)

• Kara by Daisuke Takeya (Japan Foundation, Toronto)

4. Presentation of the National Diet Library, Japan. National Diet Library Digital Archive Portal - PORTA - : Gateway to digital information in Japan

Mr. Hideki Takeuchi gave a presentation of NDL's new development, Digital Archive Portal, PORTA.  --  Power Point Presentation

5. Presentations on Japanese collection in the age of Web 2.0

The following five invited speakers presented talks on the Japanese library in the Web 2.0 environment.

(1)   Fusion of Libraries and the Web: Subject-based Information Retrieval in the Web 2.0 Era.

Mr. Yoji Kiyota (Digital Library Research Division, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo)  --  Power Point Presentation

(2)   Faceted Navigation System: exploring Japan related classifications.

Ms. Hikaru Nakano (University of Florida Library) – Power Point Presentation

(3)   Challenges in moving towards a more inclusive library environment: a case study of citation databases with library catalogs and Japanese database

Ms. Setsuko Noguchi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

(4)   Japanese Collections as Learning Centers:Connecting Collections With Users Through Web 2.0 Technologies

Ms. Maureen Donovan (Ohio State University)  --  Power Point Presentation

Ms. Shirin Eshghi (University of British Columbia)

The meeting concluded at 10:20 a.m.

(Recorded by Eiichi Ito.)