2009 CEAL Conference
Committee on Japanese Materials (CJM)
Thursday, March 26, 8:30-10:20
Sheraton Chicago, Ballroom 10
Chicago, IL
MINUTES
Part I
Part II
Introduction of Panelists (by Haruko Nakamura)
Panelists: Albert Hoffstädt
(Publishing Manager Asian Studies, Brill),
Kate Nakai (Editor, Monumenta Nipponica), Pat Crosby
(executive editor, University of
Part I-1
Nakamura introduced the current CJS members and expressed appreciation. She expressed condolences on behalf of the committee for Takako Gilmore and Frank Yorichika. She also announced the retirements of Kiyo Kanda and Sumiko Takaramura, and introduced newly appointed librarians.
Part I-2
Boussemart
introduced two consortiums organized by Japanese Studies libraries in
The other consortium is the European Consortium for Asian
Field Study, founded in 2007, it has more than 40 institutional members. For more information, see, www.ecafconsortium.com.
Part I-3
Takayamaintroduced the National Archives of
II
Hoffstädt asserted that it wasn’t financially feasible to
translate scholarly publications from
Nakai was absent and the manuscript was read Shirin Eshghi (Dr. Nakai’s paper).
Okamoto,
spoke on current publication trends in Japan : "Japanese academic publishing output and trends in relation
to library uses and demand outside Japan"【PPT】
Q&A session was followed. The audience
asked if publishers read blogs.
Another question was addressed to Okamoto, asking him to qualify
"additional value" which should be included in print monographs.
Okamoto stated publishers should do more than create print publications that
just replicate content that is readily available online. The additional value
can come in the form of commentaries, references, etc.
Another question was asked in terms of parallel publication (both print and
online).
2009 CEAL Conference
Committee on Japanese Materials (CJM)
Thursday, March 26, 8:30-10:20
Sheraton Chicago, Ballroom 10
Chicago, IL
MINUTES
Part I
Part II
Introduction of Panelists (by Haruko Nakamura)
Panelists: Albert Hoffstädt
(Publishing Manager Asian Studies, Brill),
Kate Nakai (Editor, Monumenta Nipponica), Pat Crosby
(executive editor, University of
Part I-1
Nakamura introduced the current CJS members and expressed appreciation. She expressed condolences on behalf of the committee for Takako Gilmore and Frank Yorichika. She also announced the retirements of Kiyo Kanda and Sumiko Takaramura, and introduced newly appointed librarians.
Part I-2
Boussemart
introduced two consortiums organized by Japanese Studies libraries in
The other consortium is the European Consortium for Asian
Field Study, founded in 2007, it has more than 40 institutional members. For more information, see, www.ecafconsortium.com.
Part I-3
Takayamaintroduced the National Archives of
II
Hoffstädt asserted that it wasn’t financially feasible to
translate scholarly publications from
Nakai was absent and the manuscript was read Shirin Eshghi (Dr. Nakai’s paper).
Okamoto,
spoke on current publication trends in Japan : "Japanese academic publishing output and trends in relation
to library uses and demand outside Japan"【PPT】
Q&A session was followed. The audience
asked if publishers read blogs.
Another question was addressed to Okamoto, asking him to qualify
"additional value" which should be included in print monographs.
Okamoto stated publishers should do more than create print publications that
just replicate content that is readily available online. The additional value
can come in the form of commentaries, references, etc.
Another question was asked in terms of parallel publication (both print and
online).