Council on East Asian Libraries
Association for Asian Studies
PLENARY SESSION
Town
and Country Resort & Convention Center, Garden Salon 1
Minutes
I. Welcome
and Introductory Remarks
President Abraham J. Yu opened the meeting by welcoming 180 attendees, many of whom came from overseas. He then introduced a new acronym for CEAL describing its roles and missions: Commit, Equip, Assist, and Link.
II. Election Results
Amy Tsiang, Chair of this year’s Nominating Committee, introduced the Committee members: David Hickey and Kris Troost. CEAL’s first online election was a big success, thanks to the hard work of Wooseob Jeong (programming), Sarah Elman (membership list), and Joy Kim (announcements and archiving). Of 169 members in good standing (those who hold membership for both AAS and CEAL) who received the electronic ballot, 101 returned their votes, a 60% return rate. Winners are:
Vice President/President Elect: Philip Melzer (Library of Congress)
Membership Committee Chair:
Jim Cheng (
Member-at-Large: Ellen
Hammond (
Member-at-Large with Korea Focus: Sun-yoon Lee (
III. CEAL Treasurer’s Report
Sarah Elman reported that as of February 25, 2004, the CEAL account
held $15,252.11, a net increase of $1,737.43 over the previous year. The full report is available at http://www.supervoca.co.kr/CEAL2004/Plenary/financial.htm .
IV. Report from the Library
of Congress
Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, Asian Division (AD) Chief, reported on the Division
activities. As part of the five-year
strategic plan, the AD is in the process of reorganization, which now has five
Area Collection Teams:
Personnel: the Division has added six new professionals,
one each for
Chinese Area: Henry Luce Foundation gave
a three-year grant for the Chinese Area Team, to experiment with a new
acquisition model in order to acquire many hard-to-obtain publications in six
major regions of
A day-long symposium was held to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of the Chinese Literature Division in the Library of Congress.
The highly visible Naxi Pictographic Manuscripts Project was
completed successfully. With a grant
from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation,
Professor Zhu Baotian of the
Dr. Wiens and Dr. Lee traveled
Japanese Area: Dr. Lee became a member
of the North American Coordinating Council for Japanese Library Resources. In November 2003, Dr. Lee spoke at the
one-day symposium, “New Horizon of Library Services: Toward the Better
Understanding of Asia,” held at the
Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library.
In the spring of 2001, the famous “Inoh Maps” – the first modern
maps of
Korean Area: During the National Book Festival on October 4, 2003, Sonya
Lee, Coordinator of the Korea Area Team, organized a major presentation
on the art of traditional Korean papermaking, wood block printing, and big
brush calligraphy. For the program,
Sonya successfully obtained support from the Minister of Korean Ministry of
Culture and Tourism, the Mayor of the City of
Other: As a part of its outreach program, the Asian Division has
established the Friends Society in January 2004, with Dr. Frank Joseph Shulman
as President and Dr. Jeremy Wu as Vice-President. CEAL members were encouraged
to join the Society or visit the Web site at http://www.lcasianfriends.org.
Dr. Lee’s full report is available at http://www.sois.uwm.edu/jeong/ceal/CEAL2004/Plenary/lc.htm
V.
Honoring Retirees and Those Who Came Before Us
A. Announcement of
Retirees
The following retirees were honored: Karl Lo (from UCSD), Wen Kai Kung (Yale), Mitsuko Inchinose (Yale), Mihoko Miki (Columbia), Annie Chang (UCB), Midori Oyama (Harvard Yenching), Pao-liang Chu (Harvard Yenching), Chia-Yaung Hu (Harvard Yenching).
B. Tribute to Departed
Colleagues and Friends
Tributes were paid to the following deceased colleagues: Raymond
Tang (UCB), Takayasu Miyakawa (Mitsubishi Research Institute,
VI. VEAL and the Tiger: a Few
Comments on Digital Library
Karl Lo gave an inspiring talk on Digital
Library. Jaded by the enormous successes
in bibliographic control during the 20th century, American
librarianship has boxed itself into a title-page machine that consumes most of
the library budget and energy. In the
meantime, commercial firms are spending billions and billions of dollars to
build innovative web-based multilingual and multimedia technologies. Not only are commercial search engines more
powerful and flexible, but they also challenge the traditional concepts of
literacy and authorship, as well as the traditional approaches to primary
education. To be responsive in the new
era, libraries must redirect some of their efforts from processing of title
pages and pool their resources for innovations and cost-effectiveness. The slides of his presentation are available
at: http://supervoca.co.kr/CEAL2004/Plenary/TIGER.ppt
.
VI. KLA
Report on the Planning of the 72nd (2006) IFLA in
Do-Mi Kim of KLA gave a presentation to
introduce the site of the 2006 IFLA.
With lavish booklets showcasing the superb conference facilities,
cultural sites and programs, the KLA representative promised a highly rewarding
experience at Seoul IFLA in 2006. CEAL
members were urged to plan ahead to attend.
The slides of her presentation are available at: http://supervoca.co.kr/CEAL2004/Plenary/IFLA.htm
VII.
Global Resources Network (GRN)
Eudora Loh, Co-Director of ARL Global Resources
Network, reported on the joint initiative of AAU and ARL, launched in 1994 to
develop cooperative strategies to address growing universe of scholarly
international resources. Project
activities include cooperative collection development and licensing,
digitization, bibliographic control for access, and promotion of collaboration
among constituents. The network
currently has 6 projects, including a “Japan Project”. The slides of her
presentation are available at: http://supervoca.co.kr/CEAL2004/Plenary/GRN.ppt
VIII.
Remarks by the President of the Association for Asian Studies
AAS President Woody Watson briefly addressed to
CEAL membership. He expressed his
pleasant surprise at the size of CEAL attendance. He welcomes comments on issues of interest to
CEAL. He can be reached by email at: jwatson@wjh.harvard.edu
IX.
Introduction of the Executive Board and its Projects
A. Executive Board Members
Abraham J. Yu introduced and thanked current and
newly elected Executive Board members.
He thanked the outgoing members and acknowledged their contributions:
Bill McCloy served as CEAL President for 5 years, including the years he had to
fill because of a vacancy; David Hickey
drafted the CEAL Bylaws revisions. Vickie
Doll completed her term as a Member-at-Large, but will stay as the Chair of the
Statistics Committee. The current roster of EB members is as follows: (http://www.sois.uwm.edu/jeong/ceal/CEALExecComm/CEALExecutiveCommittee.htm
):
OFFICERS |
COMMITTEE CHAIRS |
MEMBERS AT LARGE |
Abraham J. Yu (President, 2003-2006) ajyu@uci.edu |
Karen Wei (Chinese Materials,
2002-2005) kwei@uiuc.edu |
Robert Felsing (2003-2006) felsing@oregon.uoregon.edu |
Philip Melzer (Vice-President/President-Elect,
2004-2006) Library of Congress pmel@loc.gov |
Kuniko Yamada McVey (Japanese Materials,
2002-2005) kmcvey@fas.harvard.edu |
Kristina Troost (2003-2006) kktroost@acpub.duke.edu |
Joy Kim (Secretary, 2003-2006) joykim@usc.edu |
Hyokyoung Yi (Korean Materials, 2002-2005) hkyi@u.washington.edu |
Zhijia Shen (2002-2005) shen@spot.colorado.edu |
Sarah Elman (Treasurer, 2003-2006) Sarah.elman@yale.edu |
Wooseob Jeong (Library Technology,
2002-2005) wjj8612@uwm.edu |
Amy Tsiang (2002-2005) |
|
Gail King (Publications, 1996-2006) gail_king@byu.edu |
Ellen Hammond (2004-2007) ellen.hammond@yale.edu |
|
(Public Services, 2002-2005) sdomier@library.umass.edu |
Sun-Yoon Lee (2004-2007) sunyoonl@usc.edu |
|
Hideyuki Morimoto (Technical Processing,
2002-2005) hm2106@columbia.edu |
|
|
Vickie Fu Doll (Statistics, 2001-2006) |
|
|
Jim Cheng (Membership, 2004-2007 |
|
B. JEAL as a Refereed Journal
Abraham Yu reported that Gail King will chair a
task force to study the issue of making JEAL a Refereed Journal. The Task Force members are: Thomas Hahn,
Robert Felsing, Alban Kojima, and Joy Kim.
Gail will send out a survey in the near future to poll the opinion of
the CEAL membership.
C. Comprehensive Review of the LCSH and the NAR
Related to East Asian Headings
Abraham also reported that the Executive Board
asked Hideyuki Morimoto to chair a task force to study issues in conducting a
comprehensive review of East Asian-related LCSH and name authority
headings. The idea had been suggested
originally by Eugene Wu and Tai Loi Ma.
X.
Announcement: CEAL Fellowship Dinner
Jim Cheng announced that the CEAL Fellowship
Dinner will take place at the Todai Buffet Restaurant. UCSD will provide transportation to those who
made reservations for the bus.
(Recorded and respectfully submitted by: Joy Kim, Secretary)