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Number 141 February 2007
From the President i
Articles
Lily Chia Jen Kecskes On the Caravan Route to Urumqi: A Glimpse of Current Chinese Ethnic Minority Language Publishing at the 16th Chinese National Book Fair 1
Mei-Yun Annie Lin How Helping Chinese ESL Students Write Research Papers Can Teach Information Literacy 6
Jianye He Acquiring High Quality Chinese Research Materials: A Case Study of Irregularities in Current Chinese Publishing 11
Judy Lu The Contemporary China Collection in the Asian Divion, the Library of Congress 19
East Asian Library Pioneers: A Continuing Series 29
Reports Report on the 2006 IFLA Preconference 35
NCC September 2006 Meeting Report 42
2005-2006 CEAL Statistical Report 51
New Appointments 79
In Memoriam 80
Book Reviews 81 Guo Jian, Yongyi Song and Yuan Zhou. Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Lanham, Maryland & Oxford UK: The Scarecrow Press, 2006. Hezao Zhou
Indexes 83
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
The 2007 CEAL Conference will be held in Boston from Tuesday, March 20 through Thursday, March 22 at the Boston Marriott Copley Square Hotel. The conference will officially open with the Plenary Session at 8:30 on Wednesday, March 21 in Salon A-C (where standing committee meetings will also be held).
Attendees will hear a presentation by Dale Flecker on the Google Books Project, the implications of the project for libraries, and its relationship to CJK materials. Mr. Flecker is Associate Director, Planning and Systems, Harvard University Library.
The chairpersons of standing and special committees have been working with the members of their committees to plan presentations on topics of timely professional interest. The Small Collections Round Table and the new Genealogy and East Asian Diaspora Group will hold meetings on Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon respectively. New members and librarians who have recently entered the field are encouraged to attend the meeting called Talking with Experienced Librarians, which will be held on Wednesday evening. The Executive Board plans to hold two meetings, one on Tuesday evening and the other on Thursday afternoon.
Related meetings of interest to conference attendees include the Korean Collection Consortium of North America Annual Meeting, the Japanese Company Histories Meeting, the NCC Open Meeting, an RLIN-OCLC Transition Meeting, and the annual meeting of the OCLC CJK Users Group.
James Cheng, Head of the Harvard-Yenching Library, has kindly made arrangements for this year’s Fellowship Dinner, which will be held on Thursday, March 22 at 6:30 PM at the China Pearl Restaurant. The Harvard-Yenching Library will also host a reception on Friday afternoon. Tours are being arranged for that library and other Harvard libraries that may be of interest to conference attendees.
The agenda for the CEAL conference and related meetings has been posted on the CEAL home page at: http://wason.library.cornell.edu/CEAL/CEAL2007.htm
At-Large Executive Board members Hong Xu and Kuniko McVey will soon be contacting CEAL members with instructions for how to cast ballots in this year’s election. Members will vote for the chairperson of the CEAL Membership Committee, as well as two At-Large Executive Board positions.
Best wishes to all,
Philip Melzer President, Council on East Asian Libraries
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ON THE CARAVAN ROUTE TO URUMQI: A GLIMPSE OF CURRENT CHINESE ETHNIC MINORITY LANGUAGE PUBLISHING AT THE 16TH CHINESE NATIONAL BOOK FAIR
Lily Chia Jen Kecskes Chinese/Mongolian Team Asian Division, Library of Congress
In June 2006 I took an acquisitions trip to China, and there I also attended the 16th Chinese National Book Fair, held June 16 to 22 in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. I was joined by two US colleagues, Wen-ling Liu, Librarian for East Asian Studies, Indiana University and Qi Xie, Chinese Studies Librarian, New York Public Library, as well as Zhang Ying, Vice Manager of Books Export Department, China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation, our library’s major book vendor.
The book fair was impressive not only in its size and breadth. It had several distinct features. One of them was the choice of the location, the city of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China, which has a population of 20.10 million, 60% of them minorities, occupies an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, one-sixth of the entire country’s land, and borders eight countries, with a borderline extending 5,600 kilometers. Despite the distance, higher costs and slower communication the national and local officials and organizers of the book fair selected the city as the site of the book fair, with a clear mandate to promote minority publishing and emphasize its importance. It was the organizers’ hope that a well-organized and successful book fair could promote the minority language publishing industry, strengthen and unite the Chinese ethnic minorities and stimulate cultural and economic development in the minority areas. Also, officials in Xinjiang wanted earnestly to showcase the region’s new image and to assume a leading role in minority publishing and set an example for other cities in the western regions of China. Indeed, during the book fair the entire city displayed a festive atmosphere. The press coverage both by national and local media was extensive and unprecedented, just to name a few: Zhongguo tu shu shang bao 中国图书商报, Zhongguo xin wen chu ban bao中国新闻出版报, Xinjiang ri bao 新疆日报，Xinjiang jing ji bao 新疆经济报, and even a local military daily Bing tuan ri bao 兵团日报. To reach more audience the book fair also spilt over to other cities, such as Kashi, Yining, Altay, and Turpan.
The Urumqi Convention Center with 1045 display booths was filled to its capacity. It accommodated more than 400 Chinese publishers, who displayed more than 100,000 titles, all 2001-2006 publications, in all formats, including electronic products. The exhibits were selected both for the quality of their contents and their handsome layouts. Notably thirty booths were designated to 70 or so publishers from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan with more than 3,000 publications, their first-time participation in a national book fair in the mainland.
Another distinct feature of the book fair was the emphasis on minority publishing. Ten special display booths, along with the liveliest music, were assigned to 35 minority publishers, free of charge, for 4,000 publications in 23 languages. This was the most comprehensive assembly ever of books published in minority languages. One of the brochures found in just one of the display booths was a catalog of selected titles of books submitted by publishers in autonomous regions, which listed 45 titles in Uighur, 84 in Chinese, 15 in Kazakh, 3 in Mongolian, 4 in Kirghiz, and 2 in Sibo, a Manchu-Tungusic language, covering various subjects.
The focus on minority publishing was also reflected in the programs of several well-organized and well- attended forums. One of them entitled “Accelerate Minority Publishing Industry” featured three speakers from three minority publishers in Beijing, Sichuan and Xinjiang. Another forum, entitled “How to publish outstanding books: experiences and views,” was an experience exchange session for the publishers. The by-invitation-only opening session, entitled “High-level Forum on 2006 Chinese Publishing,” featured several high-ranking government officials, among them Wu Shulin, Vice Director of the State Press and Publishing Administration, who gave a brief account of current Chinese publishing, calling for improvement and reform. In defining the significance of the publishing in China, Mr. Wu emphasized the publishers’ responsibility to present China’s achievements globally and to elevate the country’s position in the world.
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He also called for improvement of the quality of publications and the need to help minority publishing, such as management restructuring, technological innovations, and importing of “any things that are beneficial to the development of the country”1.
According to Mr. Wu, even though China’s annual publication output in the previous year was 220,000 —as opposed to 70,000 in the United States-- only 130,000 of these were new titles. The quality of these publications also lagged far behind. The circulation and distribution present another major problem, with millions of books remaining unsold and languishing in storage. Bottleneck occurs when the bookstores cannot sell enough books, therefore cannot pay the publishers who, in turn, are unable to pay the authors. China’s membership of the WTO has necessitated a series of changes within the publishing industry. The Chinese publishers must now deal with challenges of free trade, global economic freedom, and modern management. They must abide with internationally agreed laws, such as intellectual property rights, copyright, and world standards in publishing. China is also facing an unprecedented influx of foreign products, which has greatly impacted on the publishing industry and challenged it to compete internationally in production cost, quality, price and distribution. One of the responses made by the Chinese publishers was to form publishing syndicates (chu ban ji tuan 出版集团) to meet the challenge of market economy and adjust to world competition.
Minority publishers have even more pressing needs to step up their efforts and to overcome the difficulties facing them. Prior to the founding of the PRC there was little minority language publishing. Since then publishers such as Xinjiang People’s Press and Yanbian People’s Publishing House have come into existence, sparsely at first during the 1950s and mushrooming in the last two decades. There are now more publishers who specialize in minority language (min wen 民文) works. They have become an integral part of Chinese publishing industry, played a role in promoting and enriching the economic and cultural life of the ethnic minorities and, raising these peoples’ ideological, scientific and cultural quality, and enhancing social development in these areas. A basic system of press, publishing, and distribution is already in existence. Regional and provincial government minority press and publishing bureaus have been set up to ensure quality publications in minority languages and to formulate a contingent of minority language publishers.
According to Zhongguo chu ban nian jian 2005, 中国出版年鉴 2005, there are currently 573 publishing houses in China, 238 of them located in Beijing, the nation’s capital. 220 of them are at national level. Out of the 573 publishers 37 are engaged in minority language publishing, spreading over 14 provinces and regions.2 However, they do not exclusively publish minority language works. Minority publishing, though an integral part of the Chinese publishing industry, nevertheless occupies only a very small portion of the entire industry. In 2004 the total publication output was 208,294, out of which 5,457 were minority language publications. Statistics on three largest areas, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet will serve as an illustration. Xinjiang has twelve presses, with the first one, Xinjiang People’s Press, founded in 1951 and Xinjiang Electronic and Audio Publishing House the latest founded in 1999. These publishing houses put out an average of 3,000 printed books, 70% of them in minority languages, and about 240 electronic products a year mostly in Chinese, Uighur, Kazakh, Mongolian, Kirghiz, and Sibo. The total output in 2004 was 3,933 books in more than 82 million volumes, among them 2,296 were new titles and 1403 textbooks, 204 journal titles, among them 98 in minority languages, and 99 newspapers, with 40 in minority languages. There are seven publishers in Inner Mongolia. Their output in 2004 was 2,329, among them 1032 in Mongolian, 1,165 new titles and 577 textbooks; 149 journals, 44 of them in Mongolian3, and 60 newspapers, 13 of them in Mongolian. The two publishers in Tibet issued 574 publications in 2004, among them 138 new titles, 34 journals (9 in Tibetan) and 21 newspapers (13 in Tibetan).
With a mandate for the 21st-century publishing, minority publishing in China is facing many challenges. One of the speakers at the forums, Abudureheman Aibai 阿不都热合曼·艾白, deputy director of Xinjiang People’s Press, gave an informative, illuminating paper.4 It provided valuable information on minority publishing in Xinjiang, one of the five autonomous regions of China. Xinjiang is a region of multi-ethnicity and diversity of languages. Among the population there are 9 million Uighurs, 8 million Han Chinese, 1.35 million Kazakhs, 170,000 Mongolians, 170,000 Kirghiz, and 40,000 Sibos. There is a relatively small and limited book market and readership with relatively low educational background, lower income and lower
2 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February 2007 living standard, thus weak purchasing power. Even in the capital, Urumqi, the average annual personal spending on books is 80 yuan ($10.00). It is much lower in other parts of the region. Minority publishing has a number of internal problems as well, such as poor quality of the publications and high percentage of reprints. According to a 2000 statistics, 58% of the total output of publications were popular works while publications on economics, education and science consisted only of 1.7%, 5.3% and 1.7%, respectively, which failed to meet the region’s needs. The percentages for publications on economics, education and science and technology have increased in recent years, but there is still a great need for improvement. Within the industry most of the minority publishers are still operating in the old manner of the planned economy era, with outdated multi-layered and overlapping organizations, overstaffing, and uneven and un- coordinated fund allocations, which have resulted in duplication of publications and random selection of subjects. Compounded by rising costs of printing and printing materials is the sluggish system of circulation and distribution and lengthy distribution cycle, which leads to slow recovery of capital. There is also a lack of training of publishing personnel. Because of artificially set low prices, there has been very little or no profit in these minority publishers. The substantial government subsidies have been used to pay salaries and administrative overheads. And ironically, with the improvement of education and the compulsory schooling system as the young receive their education in Chinese language, more and more ethnic minorities, especially the young generation, elect to read in Chinese.
To face these formidable challenges, Mr. Aibai proposed to forcefully restructure and fundamentally change the existing minority publishing industry, modernize it and transform it to the needs of market economy. Nationally on the average one publishing house serves 2.3 million people, but Xinjiang has one for every 820,000 people. Ten of the twelve publishers, along with Minority Publishing House in Beijing, all publish books in Uighur language. There are two publishers that publish Sibo language books for a total population of 40,000. He questioned the need to have more than one publisher publishing Sibo language materials and more than ten publishers publishing Uighur language books. Such unplanned and uncoordinated publishing would further lead to duplicate titles while valuable resources are often ignored. A conglomeration of coordinated functions would centralize available fund, rationally distribute resources, including human resources, and systematically coordinate the selection of book titles, thus eliminating duplicates.
He also called for modern management and the publishers’ ability to compete. Government subsidies must be used to publish books, not be used to pay salaries and administrative overheads. Currently the minority publishers rely a great deal on government support and favorable status in taxation to relieve their burden. Among the twelve publishers in Xinjiang only two (Xinjiang Educatin Press and Xinjiang Electronic and Audio Publisher) are self-supporting. Nine of them receive partial funding, and one is supported entirely by government subsidy. For years the State Press and Publishing Administration and the Ethnic Affairs Commission have established publication funds to support publication of outstanding minority works. Since 2002, 102 projects in 11 languages have been funded a total of 3,350,000 yuan. As the gap between developed publishing enterprises and minority publishers is widening, Mr. Aibai called for joint cooperative projects with inland and more successful publishers. He also proposed to establish a bureau, within Xinjiang People’s Press, equipped with new ideology and management skills, to deal with fund allocations, centralizing and fully utilizing available resources, including publishing personnel, coordinating and selecting appropriate publication subjects, thus avoiding overlapping and duplication of publications and wasting money. In addition, he also proposed to establish a special publication fund, or a foundation. The funds should come from the central and local governments’ subsidies for minority language publishing and out of the profit of the publishers themselves. Xinjiang is not only rich in oil, natural gas and minerals, but also has rich cultural resources. With economic progress and higher living standards that Great Development of Western Regions has brought to the region, there will be new demands for education, cultural cultivation, and preservation of the minorities’ heritage. The minority publishers must be ready to meet the demands.
Despite the difficulties and problems described by the speakers at the forums, the book fair highlighted an impressive parade of minority publications. Some of these leaned heavily towards politics, as would be expected, since one of the mandates of the minority publishing is to spread the party and government policies and to educate politically the ethnic groups living in the minority areas.
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One could find many publications in political science. Since its founding in 1953, the Minority Publishing House in Beijing has published selected works of Marx , Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping; reading materials for understanding “Three Represents,” a policy developed by Jiang Zemin for the Chinese Communist Party; and documents and proceedings of the congresses of the Party, the People’s Congress, and the People’s Political Consultative Congress, as well as legal documents. Some of them were published in various minority languages, such as Mongolian, Tibetan, Uighur, Kazakh and Korean. Political literature could also be found, written originally in Chinese but translated into minority languages, with titles, such as Ba yi qie xian gei dang把一切献给党 [Dedicate all to the party], Hong yan 红 岩 [Red rocks], and Qing chu zhi ge青春之歌 [Song of youth].
In a concerted effort to protect and preserve the diverse ethnic minorities’ heritage the Chinese publishers have tapped rich cultural resources, such as historical manuscripts, documents, official records, music, etc. and these were systematically collected, carefully arranged, researched, translated and published. Decades of studies have resulted in an impressive number of titles covering a wide range of subjects. Already in 1983 a planning group to collect, arrange and publish ancient works of Xinjiang minorities was formed and by 2002, eight thousand works of research value had been collected, among them rare and single editions, covering history, language, literature, philosophy, religion, astrology, and medicine. More than 100 titles were published during the late 90s, including works in Uighur, Mongolian, Kirghiz, and Manchu, such as Fu le zhi hui福乐智慧 , a translation of a Uighur work Ќutadģu biliğ, published by Minority Publishing House in Beijing. Other works included Zang chuan li suan xue da quan 藏传历算学大全 [Sources of Tibetan Astrology], published in 1998; Yi wen jing ji wen hua ci dian 彝文经籍文化词典 [Dictionary of Yi classics]; and the 100-volume Zhongguo shao shu min zu gu ji ji cheng 中国少数民族古籍集成 [Collected ancient works of Chinese minorities], published in 2002. Already in 1997 a project to compile a bibliography, in multiple volumes, of these collected ancient works, entitled Zhongguo shao shu min zu gu ji zong mu ti yao中国少数民族古籍总目提要, was launched, with each volume dealing with one minority. Another large project was the compilation and publication of five series, in 403 volumes, on minorities in China, entitled Zhongguo shao shu min zu中国少数民族 [Chinese minorities]; Zhongguo shao shu min zu jian shi cong shu中国少数民族简史丛书 [Brief histories of Chinese minorities series]; Zhongguo shao shu min zu zi zhi di fang gai kuang cong shu中国少数民族自治地方概况丛书 [Surveys of the Chinese minority autonolous regions]; Zhongguo shao shu min zu yu yan jian zhi cong shu中国少数民族语言简志丛书 [Brief histories of Chinese minority languages series]; and Zhongguo shao shu min zu she hui li shi diao cha zi liao zongkan中国少数民族社会历史调查资料丛刊 [Surveys of the Chinese minority social histories]. Three thousand staff have been working on the project, engaged in researching, compiling, and translating the materials.
The rich cultures in minority areas provide inexhaustible resources for the publishing industry. There were works on minority languages, folk culture, folk religion, and medicine, most notably the three famous epics, Epic of Gesar in Tibetan, Epic of Jangar in Mongolian, and Manas, an epic poem in Kirghiz. Funded by the government, all three works were first researched by distinguished scholars who collected, researched, edited, and translated the materials. Studies focusing on minorities in Tibet, Mongolia, Western Regions, and other parts of the country, such as the Yi people, have also brought researchers from abroad. With ever increasing flourishing tourism in these areas the cultures of the minorities have received further exposure and intense interest, prompting scholarly research both nationally and internationally. The minority publishers have realized that they must explore these resources and turn their attention to the international market as well. Vice Director Wu aptly phrased in his speech such an opportunity by using a humorous slogan, Zhuan lao wai de qian 赚老外的钱 (Make profit off the foreigners.)
Among other impressive publications at the book fair were several literary works in Chinese and minority languages of famous Chinese and ethnic minorities. We could see Lu Xun wen ji 鲁迅文集, in the first Uighur edition; works by Liang Heng 梁衡, who lived in Inner Mongolia, and by Zhubaibai 朱巴拜, a Kazakh author. Other works on literature were Weiwu’er wen xue da dian 维吾尔文学大典 [Anthology of Uighur
4 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February 2007 literature], and the just-published Weiwu’er min jian wen xue da dian维吾尔民间文学大典 [Anthology of Uighur folk literature]. Among the books on history and collected historical documents were Zhong Ya tong shi 中亚通史 [History of Central Asia], Gu dai Weiwu’er wen xian xuan 古代维吾尔文献选 [Selected ancient Uighur documents], and Zhongguo Xinjiang : li shi yu xian zhuang 中国新疆: 历史与现状 [China’s Xinjiang: past and present], which was also published in English, French Russian, German, Japanese, Arabic and Turkish and has been translated into Uighur and Kazakh. A much talked about and admired publication at the book fair was Faguo guo jia tu shu guan cang Dunhuang Zang wen wen xian 法国国家图书馆藏敦煌藏文 文献 [Tibetan language documents from Dunhuang in the collections of the French National Library], jointly compiled by Chinese Northwestern Minority University, Shanghai Classical Books Press and Bibliothèque nationale de France, containing 10,000 records from the eighth to ninth centuries in Tibetan, Uighur, Sogdan, Sankrit, and Hebrew languages, which had been studied and authenticated by experts. It is considered a great resource for the study of the history of Central Plains and Turpan. Other publications worth mentioning here were the 150-volume Zhonghua da zang jing 中华大藏敬; Han Wei ci dian 汉维词典, published by Xinjiang People’s Press; and Meng yao xue蒙药学 [Mongolian medicine], which received a prize at the 2nd international conference of traditional medicine.
I was particularly charmed by three popular collections on minorities and/or by minority authors. They were Bian jiang hua yu 边疆话语 [Conversations on the borders], masterminded by Wang Zu 王族, a poet in Xinjiang and published by Xinjiang Art Press; Xinjiang xiao xiang新疆肖像 [Portraits of Xinjiang], published by Xinjiang People’s Press, with 320 paintings and photographic images, and Xiyu feng yue西域风月 [Romance of Western Regions], also a publication of Xinjiang People’s Press, on women by five women authors of Xinjiang.
1.Based on my notes taken during his speech.
2.Zhongguo chu ban nian jian 中国出版年鉴 2005 [China publishers’ yearbook].—Beijing : Zhongguo chu ban nian jian she, 2005. p. 695.
3 Ibid. p. 169, 257, and 695.
4 “Guan yu Xinjiang shao shu min zu chu ban gong zuo xian zhuang yu fa zhan chu lu de si kao 关于新疆少数民族出版工 作现状与发展出路的思考” [ On current situation of Xinjiang minority publishing and thoughts on the way of its development], 10 p. (distributed at the forums)
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HOW HELPING CHINESE ESL COLLEGE STUDENTS WRITE RESEARCH PAPERS CAN TEACH INFORMATION LITERACY
Mei-Yun (Annie) Lin University of California—Davis
Introduction A primary problem of Chinese ESL (English as second language) college students is their lack of understanding of American educational style—in other words, how to be an independent learner. A study by Wyn F. Owen found that many foreign students who come to the United States, particularly from the Asia, are not all well acquainted with the American academic system and have a very difficult period of adjustment. These students must learn American academic practice and self-reliance (Owen, p. 2). Self-reliance, the ability to direct one’s own learning, is prized in America. Information literacy is the key to independent learning, and it is here that the East Asian public service librarian can help ESL students from China adapt to the American college environment.
An independent learner understands the value of information literacy. An information literate individual has the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information for their lifelong needs. Take the example of writing a research paper, required for college students. From determining the paper topic to completing the paper in writing, the process is initiated and pursued by the students themselves. Although assistance from the instructor or librarian is available, it is the student’s responsibility to find and ask for it. Most importantly, students need to use analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate resources for accuracy and reliability.
In this paper I will focus on two groups of Chinese ESL college students. One group is made up of new undergraduate Chinese students who speak English with close to native speaker facility; the other group is made up of graduate students, foreign-educated adults with some knowledge of English. Since the late 1990s the little written about library services for native Chinese students has not addressed information literacy for Chinese ESL college students or integrating information literacy with the curriculum. In this paper I propose to discuss how helping Chinese ESL college students write research papers can teach information literacy. I will also touch on other support that a Chinese librarian provide.
What is Information Literacy? From the perspective of Chinese students, the ability to read, write, and function within social contexts associated with daily living is literacy. However, the meaning of information literacy in American educational style is beyond these basics. In America, information literacy is an ability to think and reason, a way of living, and a means of looking at the world we know, and how we behave in the world (Li, P. 13).
The Association of College and Research Libraries has defined that an information literate individual is able to determine the extent of information needed, access the needed information effectively and efficiently, evaluate information and its sources critically, incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base, use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose, understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally (Information, p.3).
Moreover, information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning (Information, p.2). Other educational institutions around the world agree that Information Literacy is an essential element for lifelong learning (Australian, p. 1).
The Chinese ESL college students The undergraduate Chinese ESL students who speak English fluently came to this country in their teens and speak Chinese at home with their parents and with their peers. Many learned English first in ESL classes in high school. By that time, he/she may be beyond his/her optimal learning stage for concepts crucial to information literacy, or the opportunity to learn them may be limited. Thus, even though these students
6 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, Feb. 2007 may graduate from high school, be admitted to a college, and speak English very well, they lack essential academic preparation. This may lead them to either mandatory remediation or difficulty with college-level courses.
The graduate Chinese ESL students are foreign-educated with some knowledge of English. They are often well educated in their native lands, with good native language skills; they have studied English as a foreign language and have good grammar and reading knowledge in English. Nonetheless, they may need to improve their listening, speaking, comprehension, and writing skills in English as well as learning critical thinking in order to succeed academically.
Both groups’ students have similar strength and weakness. They are intelligent, diligent, conscious students who respect instructors; as a result, they are often the faculty’s favorite students. On the other hand, they are not risk takers or critical thinkers. Most important for our context, they are passive or dependent learners. Thus, they are struggling to understand information literacy and to become independent learners. Their problems in English combined with social and culture unfamiliarity and their past educational experiences also contribute to difficulties of their adjustment in American educational style.
How can helping Chinese ESL college students write research papers teach Information Literacy? Learn to become an independent learner: The primary problem of Chinese ESL college students is lack of understanding of American education style-independent learning. Writing a research paper requires students to take charge of their own learning; thus, writing a research paper can help Chinese ESL college students learn the style of American academic learning. The author of a study of American post-secondary education for Chinese students cites the story of a Chinese Ph.D. student at Harvard (Qian, p. 82). The student was unprepared for the independent learning style that was in contrast to his native land style of dependent learning. Chinese students often received well-structured instructions and memorized them; then, they took in information and gave it back. They were not given the opportunity to define the question, define the information requirement of the question, determine the range of possible resources, and evaluate the different possible resources to determine priorities. The student felt that his whole academic world collapsed when he first started at Harvard University.
In the process of writing a research paper, students learn to use their skills in selecting available material, in determining those facts and ideas that are immediately pertinent to students’ topic, in organizing and documenting student’s information properly, and in presenting it clearly, logically, effectively, and correctly. Although assistance from instructors or librarians is available, it is also dependent on the student to find and ask for it. The lesson of writing research paper helps Chinese ESL college students to master essential skills as a true independent learner and an opportunity to understand information literacy.
Learn to be a critical thinker: The crucial part of writing a research paper is using critical thinking skills that seek to differentiate truth from falsehood, fact from fiction (National, p 30). Take a simple example of writing a history subject paper. The student needs to consider the questions, such as, “Why are things the way they are now? What happened in the past and why? What was it like to live then? How has it influenced us now? What kinds of historical events are most significant and why? How do I learn what happened in the past? How do I reconcile conflicting accounts?” and “Is the world getting better?” (Paul, p.595-96.) All these questions and thinking are a set of skills that encompass observation, classification, summarization, and interpretation.
Chinese ESL college students grew up in a society in which they believed everything to be unassailably right. Even when they disliked some events, they rarely questioned the rationality of their existence; everything was perfectly justified (Qian, p. 90). In addition, their education also placed too much emphasis on learning basic knowledge. Such learning could build a solid foundation for the student, but when carried to extremes, it could stifle creativity (Qian, p.83).
In contrast, exploration is deemed as part of the learning process in America. American students were taught to judge the information they read and learned problem-solving process to conclude their
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knowledge even in grade school. Chinese ESL college students need to develop skills in critical reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This is a core skill of writing research paper. It is also the important element of information literacy: how to evaluate information and its sources critically, and incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base.
Learn to write in Western writing: Writing research papers is one of the requirements that each college student must fulfill in the American educational system. The Chinese Ph.D. student at Harvard mentioned earlier said that education in China lacked basic training in writing. He further said that Chinese students’ essays are often filled with vague concepts without a well-defined context and with inadequate discussion and verification of a hypothesis (Qian, p. 83). In addition, the Chinese students often spent most of their times selecting words and polishing structures rather than speculating, questioning, and exploring ideas, and they do not necessarily cite the original sources (Wang, p. 99). Such different perspectives on writing cause Chinese students difficulty in producing good writing according to Western writing criteria. By learning how to write a research paper, students not only fulfill the college requirement, but also learn how to find and use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose, and understand how to use information ethically and legally as an information literate person does.
Learn to use Library as their learning laboratory: Finally, another purpose of writing a research paper is to test the student’s ability to discover and make use of the library’s resources in gathering materials on given subject, as well as student’s ingenuity in finding other sources. Again, a Chinese Ph.D. student at Harvard said he was unaware of many available branches of interdisciplinary resources in the library for his research. He was surprised to learn that statistical data and their analysis had become a routine method of research in social sciences in America, while verification through “pure theory” was still the norm in China. Furthermore, he learned that the cross-disciplinary research had become commonplace in America, whereas research still meant the studying of a single book for a lifetime in China (Qian, p.82). Clearly, Chinese students are not accustomed to use library as their learning laboratory.
The library’s resources are an indispensable tool for the success of every research paper. As soon as students choose a research paper topic, they will have to use the library to find, gather, evaluate, and use information for their specific topic. Libraries have a systematic way of cataloging information, so researchers can locate their desired information. Librarians can also assist researchers in numerous ways. It is a learning process through the “learn by doing” method (Winkler, p. 4). Thus, Chinese ESL college students need to familiarize themselves with library organization, library resources, and learn to use them efficiently by going through the process of writing a research paper. An information literate person is able to determine the extent of information needed and knows how to access the needed information effectively and efficiently. The library is essential part of the research process.
What other support can a Chinese Librarian provide? The basic goal of having a Chinese librarian assist Chinese ESL college students with writing research papers is to acquaint them with the U.S. educational style, including using library as their learning laboratory. Since Chinese librarians work as library professionals and have the advantage of acting as a bridge between two different educational systems, they can stand at the forefront to assist ESL Chinese college students. From my public services experiences, I found that most ESL Chinese college students felt the difficulties of writing a research paper. The Chinese Librarian can help minimize Chinese ESL college students’ frustrations and difficulties in writing research paper and help them experience being an independent learner who understands information literacy.
Be part of library orientation for foreign students: To write research papers, students need to use the library. Many libraries offer library orientation for foreign students to help them get acquainted with the library. However, there are very few Chinese librarians in the orientation session. The Chinese ESL college students still have difficulties in English oral expression and they are reluctant to ask for help from unfamiliar adults (Working, p.61); thus, having a Chinese librarian in the library orientation can reassure Chinese ESL college students that there is someone they can communicate with in their native language. Also, the presence of a Chinese librarian can make them feel more at ease in speaking up in
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the library orientation. As a result, the Chinese ESL college students may learn more than just attending this session. Hold an extended orientation on the Chinese collection: This is an opportunity not only for the Chinese ESL college students to get acquainted with the Chinese collection and Chinese librarian. It is also a follow-up library orientation for them. The Chinese librarian can repeat the orientation on the library organization, such as reference desk services, using library’s web pages, online catalogs and electronic databases, and the location of such things as books, periodicals, newspaper, and reference resources. The Chinese librarian can further introduce them to commonly used library terms in Chinese, such as LC subject heading, LC classification, index, call number, circulation, Interlibrary Loan. This approach can eliminate and prevent the need for subsequent remedial services for Chinese ESL college students who may have difficulties in understanding library functions.
Hold a library research skills session for Chinese students: The Chinese librarian can prepare a Chinese subject topic that Chinese ESL college students are familiar with and then guide them through research techniques by using the library’s resources. For example, they should learn to use the library’s searching tools, like online catalogs, reference works in print or online, electronic databases, and other forms of resources, and how to best use of these tools. Also, they should learn to interpret the data information, such as title, author, imprint, call number, how to locate the resource, and who to ask for assistance.
Ms. Bick-har Yeung, East Asian Librarian at the University of Melbourne, has taught this kind of class for Chinese ESL college students. She found that those students learned quickly and gradually polished their research skills for their academic needs. Research skills certainly are major part of writing research paper. Having the assistance of a Chinese librarian will eliminate their frustrations in writing research papers.
Hold a class or online session for an introduction to information literacy: The Chinese librarian can guide Chinese ESL college students on the skills of critical thinking in writing research paper and information literacy. For example, the East Asian Library at the Australian National University has offered “Information Skills Training” for researching essays or theses in Asian focus. The classes guide students to learn how to analyze a topic and identify appropriate resources for their research. Other East Asian libraries, such as the Australian National University, University of Melbourne, and University of British Columbia, also have offered classes for the Asian students to introduce information literacy.
In addition, at the University of Sydney, the librarian of Health Sciences created online learning guides, including critical research skills and information management (including information literacy.) At the University of Melbourne, the East Asian librarian also provided online tutorials for ESL students in academic writing in Asian subjects. Such online information research skill modules are proving very popular with students, particularly ESL students who like to learn at their own pace or who find it difficult to attend the library’s face to face information research skills program. These examples show that it is critical for the Chinese librarian to engage students in their learning process toward information literacy.
Be prepared to tutor them through the whole process of writing a research paper: Chinese ESL college students are accustomed to a structured and passive learning style, so individualized attention is very important for them. The Chinese librarian can help them to sort through all the information sources, teach them how to use new tools, answer their questions, and keep track of their progress until they complete their research paper for the first time. As the old saying says, if you give man a fish, he will be fed for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he will be fed for a lifetime. The purpose is to guide them through the whole process of writing a research paper correctly, in the hope they will become an independent learners as well as lifelong “fisherman.”
Encourage them to ask questions: One of the primary purposes of any research paper is to answer a question or examine and analyze a disputed issue (Lester, p. 5). For example, probing an issue by questioning inevitably narrows the subject and refines it to a manageable topic. Unfortunately, Chinese
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ESL college students were taught to listen, not to ask. The Chinese librarian should remind them to continue asking questions. This is the way to stimulate their minds for more intelligent and critical thoughts so they can become independent learners who understand information literacy.
Conclusion
According to the 2006 Statistical Portrait of the Nation’s Asian and Pacific Islander Populations at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, an official U.S. Census Information Center (2006 statistics, web page), there were 8.7 million U.S. residents who were born in Asia (1/4 of the nation’s total foreign-born population) in 2006, and of them, 1.8 million were born in China. At the University of California, Davis, in the fall of 2005 (University, p. 5) 35% of International students were of Chinese origin. As the population of Chinese ESL college students grows, information literacy lessons must be provided to help them to reach their educational goals.
The process of writing research papers is a practical way for a student to learn what it means to be information literate, through research planning, finding information, using information resources (libraries and the internet), evaluation, citation, and general writing skills (Riedling, p. vii). It also helps Chinese ESL college students learn to be independent learners and thus be able to function well in an American educational institution. Personal assistance from a Chinese librarian is crucial to the Chinese students. The Chinese Librarian can guide them in learning to use library resources and help them become familiar with the library—a necessary laboratory of academic education. In fact, the value of writing research papers is enormous for Chinese ESL college students. The methods learned in writing research papers can serve them in business, in the professions, and in any civic and social activities they may pursue (Turabian, p. 1-2).
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ACQUIRING HIGH QUALITY CHINESE RESEARCH MATERIALS: A CASE STUDY OF IRREGULARITIES IN CURRENT CHINESE PUBLISHING*
Jianye He University of California, Berkeley
Introduction Throughout the last decade, experienced librarians for Chinese studies in the United States have made great efforts to provide historical overviews of Chinese book publishing and exporting practices. They have introduced different methods of acquisition, identifying and evaluating print and online resources, and discussed problems commonly faced by academic libraries. Representative studies include W.S. Wong’s “Acquiring Library Materials from the People’s Republic of China,”1 H.Z. Tao & C. Cole’s “How to Acquire Chinese Materials from the People’s Republic of China: An Easy way to Solve the Mystery,” 2 C.R. Chan’s “Acquisition of Chinese Language Materials,”3 and K.T. Wei’s “Selecting and acquiring library materials for Chinese studies in academic libraries.”4
With China’s rapid economic growth and its now active role on the international stage, Chinese studies programs have been expanding to meet the increasing research needs of US universities. However, Chinese publishing is undergoing great changes that challenge the acquisitions efforts of research libraries. In particular, electronic publishing and related copyright issues have caught the attention of librarians and other researchers. Representative studies include Frank Cheng’s “Copyright in the US and China: Differences in Policy and in Practice,”5 Richard Kuslan’s “Pirated Editions and American Copyright Law: Implications for Libraries Building a Chinese Language Collection,”6 and Chuanfu Chen & Kuei Chiu’s “Copyright Issues Regarding China Publications Used in U.S. Libraries.”7 Since print resources still play a critical role in library collections, this study focuses on print materials, trying to identify the prominent problem of irregularities in current Chinese publishing and discuss its implication for research library acquisitions.
Irregularities in current Chinese publishing With the flourishing of the Chinese publishing industry, the major challenge facing overseas Chinese librarians is the shift from the difficulties in obtaining Chinese material of any kind to selecting high quality material from a huge and chaotic market. According to China Industry Development Report, the total number of Chinese publications has been increasing rapidly in recent years.8 Since 2004, over 200,000 volumes of books have been published annually by about 570 publishers.9 At the same time, the Chinese publishing industry is undergoing major institutional reforms. On March 25, 2004, the State Department of China announced the founding of the first publishing enterprise: The Chinese Publishing Group Co. (中国出 版集团).10 Since then, many publishers have joined in this institutional transition. This transition has brought more energy and competition to the publishing industry, and has affected publishers’ marketing strategies and planning. This is especially true since the profits from the publishing industry are considerable.
Overseas librarians for Chinese collections now find it more challenging to select high quality Chinese research materials. This is due to the irregularities in current Chinese publishing practices: pirated and fabricated research materials, repeating or overlapping publishing, and publishers’ misleading sale strategies, to name just three.
* This article is a revision of a talk originally presented at the annual meeting of the East Asian Academic Librarians of California, held Sept. 21, 2006, at the University of California Santa Cruz.
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Pirated and fabricated research materials Popular best sellers and materials of general interest used to be the target of pirated editions. In recent years, pirates have also moved into limited distribution research materials and scholastic works targeted to specific audiences because of the growing demand for these resources and their relatively high price. Even those strictly protected “gray materials” can be the victims of piracy as well. One example is the newly published series of “Xian dai xi jian shi liao shu xi” (现代稀见史料书系/东方出版社, 2004). The works authored in this rare historical series are by eight politically controversial figures in Chinese modern history; some of the works have never been released to the public. This set was marked for limited distribution and for research only. Although the publisher requested designated book stores “not to publicize” (不公开), “not to shelf” (不上架), “not to advertise” (不宣传), pirated editions were still being sold publicly in other bookstores. The General Administration of Press and Publication has to issue an urgent confiscation notice to protect the publisher’s interest11.
Publication of the Chinese Communist Party or the Chinese government used to be regarded as the most authoritative materials, but surprisingly, even these cannot avoid duplication by pirates. In a recent counterattack in Beijing, 48 titles (over 10,000 volumes) of pirated editions were exposed and confiscated, including Dang de shi liu jie wu zhong quan hui (jian yi) xue xi fu dao bai wen (党的十六届五中全会（建议 ）学习辅导百问), Zhong gong zhong yang guan yu zhi ding guo min jing ji he she hui fa zhan di shi yi ge wu nian gui hua de jian yi fu dao du ben (中共中央关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十一个五年规划的建议辅导读 本).12
Because of the considerable profits in reference works, this type of material is often the victim of pirating. It was reported that more than 3,000 sets of pirated editions of the 1991 edition Cihai (辞海，上海辞书出版 社) were confiscated in 2002 in Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi provinces.13 The Commercial Press (商 务印书馆)’s “Xian dai han yu ci dian” (现代汉语词典) had over 100 pirated editions being marketed.14
With the rapid spread of digital resources, more lawsuits and disputes about pirating e-resources have arisen. In 2001-2002, one such debate took place between two designers of online Chinese classic texts database: Han ji quan wen jian suo xi tong (汉籍全文检索系统) and Guo xue bao dian (国学宝典). Because of the complexity of these kinds of disputes, and the weakness of relevant legislation, no resolution has yet been achieved.15
The other conspicuous pirating phenomenon involves some conventional publishers and printers. In the aforementioned Cihai case, the 4 printers from Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong are all licensed regular printers. Recently, Xi’an chu ban she (西安出版社) was also sued by Shangwu chu ban she (商务出版社) for copying the design of its award winning reference work “Gu han yu chang yong zi zi dian”(古汉语常用字字 典); they were convicted by the Beijing Intermediate Court on June 1, 2006.16
In 2004 alone more than 85,050,000 pirated items were confiscated, of which nearly 1/4 (18,690,000 volumes) were books.17 Considering the quantity, complexity, and influence, we can foresee the struggle with literary pirates in China will require a long-term commitment. On the other hand, in recent years there have been increasing efforts by the Chinese government to reinforce legislation and implementation.
In addition to pirated editions, fabricated (or forged) books also disarrange the Chinese publishing market. Book forgery has a long history in China, and verifying the authenticity of early works has long been a part of Chinese intellectual history. Representative scholastic works were Hu Yinglin (胡应麟 1551-1602)’s Si bu zheng e (四部正讹), Yao Jiheng (姚际恒 (1647-1715)’s Gu jin wei shu kao (古今伪书考), Zhang Xincheng (张 心澂)’s Wei shu tong kao (伪书通考), Liang Qichao (梁启超1873-1929)’s Gu shu zhen wei ji qi nian dai (古书 真伪及其年代), and Zheng Liangshue (郑良树 1940-)’s Xu wei shu tong kao (续伪书通考) etc. Most ancient fabricated books took advantage of the real author’s fame by adding to or bowdlerizing the original work
12 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, Feb. 2007 for personal or political reasons. These tactics can still be found in current fabrications. For example, the forged book, Zheng shuo Yuan Ming Qing di wang (正说元明清帝王) used the name of the famous scholar of Qing studies, Yan Chongnian(阎崇年).18 Another title, Shi jie wen ming shi (世界文明史, 3 volumes, 学苑出 版社, 1998), was criticized for plagiarizing similar works.19
Forgery methods are getting more complicated. The forger cannot only claim fake authorship, but also fabricate book reviews to advertise the product. One example is Wang Shan (王山), the real author of one best seller, Di san zhi yan jing kan Zhongguo (第三只眼睛看中国, 山西人民出版社, 1994). He hid his authorship by claiming to be the translator of an original work by a German author Luoyiningge’er (洛伊宁 格尔) that never existed. In the Hong Kong and Taiwan editions, there were also fabricated book reviews claimed to be by Chinese leaders.20
With more western works being introduced into China and becoming best sellers, some publishers also claim their books are imported, or written by famous scholars. These books are now the most popular form of forgery. One example is the best seller on economic management Zhi xing li (执行力, 长安出版社 2003).21 In January 2005 alone, more than 106 such fabricated books were found in one city of China, and about 20 publishers were involved.22
It is probably more confusing for both librarians and scholars that proven fakes or questionable works are still being reprinted today. An example is Jingshan ri ji (景善日记), the unreliability of which was addressed by Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) of Oxford University in his book A Hidden Life: The Enigma of Sir Edmund Backhouse.23 This diary was first published by Shen zhou guo guang she (神州国光社, 1950s), and it was again included in the recent series Zhongguo jin dai shi zi liao cong kan (中国近代史资料 丛刊，上海人民出版社, 2000, vol.1).
Sometimes more textual research is necessary to detect the authenticity of disputed works. When the published manuscript of the Italian Jew, Jacob D’Ancona (b. 1221), The city of light (translated and edited by David Selbourne) was introduced to Chinese scholars (Chinese version: 光明之城：一个犹太人在刺桐的见 闻录. 上海 : 上海人民出版社, 2000), it triggered much debate. It was the travel notes of Jacob about his journey to China (especially the city in the south Quanzhou) in the late 13th century, just prior to Marco Polo. Based on textual studies and historical facts, many scholars reached the conclusion that the authentication of the source was questionable. At the very least some descriptions of the customs and social life of 13th century Quanzhou have proven unreliable.24 Because of the scarcity and complexity of this type of material, it is rarely found in current Chinese publishing.
Unlike pirated editions, over 90% of the forged popular books had ISBN and CIP data on the verso of the title page, and were printed by regular publishers. 30 out of the approximately 570 Chinese publishers were involved in producing these books.25 Because of the deceptiveness of forged books, they are likely to end up in libraries. It is reported that, among 32 Chinese academic libraries that were surveyed, 29 have found forged books in their collections.26
In is encouraging to see that corporations and individuals involved in book piracy or forgery are being brought to justice through the legal system. Several laws and regulations can be used to protect publishers or consumers’ interest, such as “Copyright Law” (著作权法), “Advertisement Law”(广告法), and “Publishing Administration Regulations” (出版管理条例), etc.
Repeating and overlapping publishing Another prominent irregularity in current Chinese publishing is repeating or overlapping materials. Because of their lasting value and the public’s sustained interest, reprinting classic works is one of the strategies that publishers often use to guarantee profits. This results in overproduction. For example, the
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“four literary masterpieces” (四大名著) were reprinted more than once every year over the last decade. The Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦) alone had 53 editions.27
Another phenomenon is the ‘follow-up’ publication. Publishers tend to target topics that are of potential general interest. In recent years, there has been an increase in publications that reflect large changes in contemporary Chinese economic, political and social life. These publications are heavily duplicated because of the intense competition among publishers. One example is the frequent publication of works on Chinese rural problems (known as “Sannong”三农 publications). About 3,000 titles of this type are published annually now.28 Another incentive for follow-up publications is the involvement of public media in China. The televised popular drama or talk show on history or literature also results in best sellers, such as the series on the Qing emperors.
Compared to duplicated monographs, overlapping of large sets is more problematic and more challenging for librarians in terms of budget management. One example is the Quan Song wen (全宋文) set. In 2006, this 360 volume set was finally published by Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社) and Anhui jiao yu chu ban she (安徽教育出版社). For libraries that already owned 50 volumes of the unfinished 1988 edition (by Sichuan University Press), it is not an easy decision to buy the new edition. Another example is the two editions of collected Dunhuang scripts held by the National Library of China. One is Dunhuang bao zang (敦煌宝藏, 140 volumes, 台湾新文丰出版社, 1981-1986), the other is the new series Guo jia tu shu guan cang Dunhuang yi shu (国家图书馆藏敦煌遗书, 150 volumes as planned, 北京图书馆出版社， 2005-), there is much overlap in the core collection part of the two editions. It is even more confusing that Jiangsu gu ji chu ban she (江苏古籍出版社) also started this publication in 1999 but ended up with only 7 volumes.
Publishers’ misleading sale strategies In addition to pirated and fake books, overlapping publications, one more irregularity in current Chinese publishing has much to do with publishers’ misleading sale strategies. This is confusing to library acquisition staff, and likely to result in library duplicates.
Here are some examples of publishers’ sale strategies:
• Reprints, with title changes:
Luo Zhitian. Zai zao wen ming zhi meng: Hu Shi zhuan. Chengdu : Sichuan ren min chu ban she, 1995. 罗志田. 再造文明之梦：胡适传. 成都 : 四川人民出版社, 1995. Luo Zhitian. Zai zao wen ming de chang shi: Hu Shi zhuan. Beijing : Zhonghua shu ju, 2006. 罗志田. 再造文明的尝试：胡适传. 北京 : 中华书局, 2006.
Wang Hongbin. Zhang Zuolin he fen xi jun fa. Zhengzhou shi : Henan ren min chu ban she, 1989. 王鸿宾. 张作霖和奉系军阀. 郑州市 : 河南人民出版社, 1989. Wang Hongbin. Zhang zuolin yu feng xi jun fa. Zhengzhou shi : Henan ren min chu ban she, 2006. 王鸿宾. 张作霖与奉系军阀. 郑州市 : 河南人民出版社, 2006. • One ISBN corresponds to several books
The 8 books below were all published by Zhongguo wen shi chu ban she (中国文史出版社) in 2006, with the same ISBN number—7503417714.
Chen Hui. “Xing yu tian tao”: Dai Dongyuan zhe xue yan jiu. 陈徽.“性与天道”: 戴东原哲学研究.
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Luo Xiongfei. Yu Yue de jing xue yan jiu ji qi si xiang. 罗雄飞. 俞樾的经学研究及其思想. Zhou Quanhua. Ru jia dao de zhe xue. 周全华. 儒家道德哲学 Qu Qunzhen. Qu hua qi yu feng xian tou zi rong he lun. 瞿群臻. 孵化器与风险投资融合论. Xie Li. Hengshan lu you yan jiu. 谢莉. 衡山旅游研究. Ke Shoukun. Ke chi xu fa zhan: yi ren wei ben de xing wei fen xi yu zhi du an pai. 葛守昆. 可持续发展：以人为本的行为分析与制度安排. Cai Zhiliang. Zhi ye lun li xin lun. 蔡志良. 职业伦理新论. Liu Guihua. Gu dai ci xue li lun de jian gou. 刘贵华. 古代词学理论的建构. • Same title, different author and publishers
Xu Guangyuan. Zheng shuo Qing chao shi er hou fei. Beijing : Zhonghua shu ju, 2005. 徐广源. 正说清朝十二后妃. 北京 : 中华书局, 2005. Li Jingping & Gu Min. Zheng shuo Qing chao shi er hou fei. Beijing : Nong cun du wu chu ban she, 2005. 李景屏, 谷敏. 正说清朝十二后妃. 北京 : 农村读物出版社, 2005. Boerjijite. Zhuolike et al. Zheng shuo Qing chao shi er hou fei. Beijing : Jin cheng chu ban she, 2005. 博尔济吉特•卓力克 等. 正说清朝十二后妃. 北京 : 金城出版社, 2005. Zhang Kai. Zheng shuo Qing chao shi er hou fei. Beijing : Xin shi jie chu ban she, 2005. 章凯. 正说清朝十二后妃. 北京 : 新世界出版社, 2005.
Xu Yan. Sulian chu bing Zhongguo dong bei ji shi. Xianggang : Xianggang tian di tu shu you xian gong si, 1993. 徐焰. 苏联出兵中国东北纪实. 香港 : 香港天地图书有限公司, 1993. Jin Dongji ed.& trans. Sulian chu bing Zhongguo dong bei ji shi. Chengdu shi : Sichuan ren min chu ban she, 2005. 金东吉编译. 苏联出兵中国东北纪实. 成都市 : 四川人民出版社, 2005. • Republishing monograph(s) in new series
Zhan Chengxu et al. Yongning Naxi zu de a zhu hun yin he mu xi jia ting. Shanghai : Shanghai ren min chu ban she, 1980. 詹承绪 等. 永宁纳宁族的阿注婚姻和母系家庭. 上海 : 上海人民出版社, 1980.
This title was included in the new series of “Shi ji ren wen xi lie cong shu” (世纪人文系列丛 书), 上海人民出版社, 2006.
• Recompilation of previous publications
Gu dai zhuan ming wen hua kao zheng ji cheng (古代砖铭文化考证集成， 北京缩微中心，2005) was based on Lu Xinyuan (陆心源)’s Qian pi ting gu zhuan tu shi (千甓亭古砖图释), also with addition of Li Xuanbo (李玄伯)’s Han Jin shi qi zhen xi gu zhuan ta pian tu (汉晋时期珍稀古砖 拓片图).
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Another newly published collected administrative law of five Qing Dynasties (大清五朝会典， 北京线装书局，2006) is also an example of recompilation of 5 collections of administrative laws and civil service institutions from Kangxi to Guangxu. More than half of the sources in this set already existed.
• Inverted publishing
Fangshan shi jing (房山石经) is the print version of the well known Buddhist stone inscriptions in Fangshan County, Beijing. In 1986, the publisher Zhongguo fo jiao tu shu wen wu guan (中国佛教图书文物馆) published the Liao Jin part of the inscriptions (23 volumes) as planned, and later Huaxia chu ban she (华夏出版社) joined in the publication of the rest parts of Ming, Sui, Tang Dynasties. It was not until 1999-2000 that the whole set was finished.
• Irregular monographic sets
Because in China ISBN numbers are allocated to publishers proportionally to their size and number of editors, publishers tend to publish more books with limited ISBN numbers, which results in many irregular monographic sets, such as monographic serials without fixed frequency (such as publications bearing the words“集刊”，“丛刊”,“论丛” or “论集”), series that are published over many years with changed plan (such as “司马迁与华夏文化丛书”, 1995- ). Sometimes publishers deliberately separate one item into two parts to protect it from being pirated, such as Yu Hua 余华’s Brothers 兄弟, v.1 published in 2005, v.2 published in 2006.
Some irregular continual monograph’s publishing pattern is even harder to predict, such as Zhongguo zhi du bian qian de an li yan jiu 中国制度变迁的案例研究 (北京则天经济研究所编. No.1 published by Shanghai ren min chu ban she, No.2 published by Zhongguo cai zheng jing ji chu ban she). The recently appeared many types of “color books” (皮书) and reports are also very confusing to overseas librarians in terms of the scope, frequency and authority.
Implications and summary There are many factors that contribute to the irregularities in the Chinese publishing market: ISBN allocation system and the trade of ISBNs, the academic review system and intermingled scholastic publications, popularizing trends in scholastic publications, lack of standard book review institutions, etc. These problems are already well recognized by Chinese scholars.29 The aforementioned examples may help overseas librarians become aware of the problems and challenges for library acquisition.
As overseas librarians for Chinese collections, it is important to see through the chaos and consider the implications for library collections.
1. We must read widely to acquire the knowledge and skills to detect pirated or forged books, and to prevent them from flowing to the library or to weed them out in time. For disputed or forged books, try to acquire sufficient background information to warn users to be cautious when using the resource.
2. We should become familiar with our library collections thoroughly, especially those important large sets of materials. For expensive new sets of resources, we should ask for more information than the “table of contents”, or detailed descriptions so as to check against existing library holdings. We should consult with faculty or specialists in relevant fields for in-depth investigations, when seeking to avoid duplication or overlap in library collections.
3. It is important to improve bibliographic control in pre-screen searches and ordering procedures so as to avoid possible duplication at the outset of acquisition. Select reliable vendors that provide accurate
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and specific catalogs and strengthen communication with them. Try to set up files with vendors in order to trace irregular monograph publications. It is also important to keep updating knowledge and information on Chinese publishing and current research trends in Chinese studies. All this requires strategic planning for building up strong Chinese collections in the future.
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THE CONTEMPORARY CHINA COLLECTION IN THE ASIAN DIVISION THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Judy S. Lu Head, Collection Services, Asian Division, Library of Congress
Beginning of the Chinese Collection in the Library of Congress
In June 1869 the Library of Congress (LC) received a donation of 10 works in 905 volumes of Chinese traditional stitch-bound books from the Tongzhi Emperor (同治皇帝) of China. This donation marked the beginning of the Library’s Chinese Collection.
In 1879, the Library acquired the personal library of 2,547 volumes on classical literature, politics, law, and medicine of Caleb Cushing (顾盛)1, the first U.S. minister to China who led negotiations resulting in the first treaty (Wangxia Treaty 望厦条约) between the United States and China in 1844.
The Development of China Collection in the Early 20th Century
The development of LC’s Chinese collection has gone through many stages. In the early period of the twentieth century, many note-worthy acquisitions were acquired. These are: 2
The William Rockhill Collection of 6,000 volumes was acquired in 1901-1902. Rockhill was an U.S. diplomat to China and a sinologist. The collection included many Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan books.
The Chinese Government, at the conclusion of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, presented to the Library a generous gift of 198 works in 1,965 volumes on the subjects of history, geography, phonetics, music, medicine, and a set of Imperial Encyclopedia of China (古今图书集成.)
In May 1909, the Library received a shipment of 291 volumes of Chinese books and maps from the city of Shanghai in exchange for the United States documents forwarded to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs at that city.3
The Dr. Hing Kwai Fung (冯景桂) Collection of 17,208 volumes was acquired in 1913-1915. It consists of works dealing chiefly with arts, archaeology, collective works, encyclopedias, lexicography, history, and physiography, etc.
Between 1915 and 1920, a Chinese scholar, Jiang Kang-hu（江亢虎), who possessed great knowledge of Chinese literature and was commissioned by the Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam, traveled to China frequently and collected over 2,000 volumes of local gazetteers, which have become one of the most valuable sources for the study of the early Republican period. Also, Mr. Jiang further expanded the gift- and-exchange of library materials between the libraries of the United States and China.4
Between 1915 and 1927, Dr. Walter T. Swingle, a botanist and an admirer of Chinese civilization, was instrumental in helping the Library to acquire some 413 official local gazetteers from China.
1 Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1901. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. p. 15. 2 Report of the Librarian of Congress and Report of the Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1915. Washington, DC: Government Print Office, 1915. pp. 38-43. 3 Hu, Shu Chao.（胡述兆 ) The Development of the Chinese Collection in the Library of Congress. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1979. pp. 53-54. 4 Wang, Peiwei (汪佩伟 ) 江亢虎研究 Jiang Kang Hu Yan Jiu. Wuhan: Wuhan Publishing House, 1998. pp. 152-153.
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The Library acquired 29 volumes of the very famous Yongle Dadian (永乐大典) in 1923. The other twelve volumes were acquired at a later time.
In 1928, the Oriental Collection of the John Crerar Library in Chicago was acquired. It consisted of 666 works in 12,819 volumes, of which 85% were in the Chinese language, with the remaining volumes being in the Japanese, Manchu, Tibetan and Mongolian languages.
Also in 1928, some 22,100 volumes of the Wang Shu-nan (王树楠) family collection in Tianjin were acquired through the generous donation of funds by Andrew W. Mellon. The Wang collection not only brought to the Library a splendid array of the finest literary works of China, but also greatly enriched the Chinese collection in the fields of medicine, agriculture, and botany, in which the Library already possessed many valuable materials.5
In the 1930s, many exciting events took place during Dr. Arthur W. Hummel’s tenure as the Chief of the Division of Chinese Literature (former name of the Asian Division.) Arthur W. Hummel’s visit to China in 1912 and 1913 aroused his interest in Chinese culture and civilization. He returned to China in 1915 to study Chinese language, and read extensively the Chinese gazetteers, which provided him with great insight into the history, geography, customs, and beliefs of the local Chinese people. Subsequently he taught Chinese history and civilization at the Yenching School of Chinese Studies in Beijing from 1924 to 1927.
During the period when Dr. Hummel was the Chief of the Division of Chinese Literature from 1928 to 1954, the Chinese Collection developed steadily. Statistics show that the Collection increased from some 100,000 volumes in 19286 to 291,000 volumes in 1954.7 For example, Mr. Hummel’s travel to China in 1934 resulted in the addition of 7,721 volumes to the Collection. Materials added during these years cover all subjects of China studies with major attention paid to gazetteers and rare manuscript maps and atlases. In 1962, Dr. Hummel donated manuscript maps from his personal collection to the Library.8
During the 1930s, notable acquisitions also included Emil Krebs’s private collection of 1,620 volumes in 1932 and 1,070 volumes of local gazetteers through Joseph F. Rock in 1937. Many of these local and regional gazetteers date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Another unique collection that came to the Chinese Collection in 1938 was 493 volumes of books printed by missionary printer William Gamble. Donated by Rev. Gamble’s family, this collection represents the early cultural contact between China and the United States through the missionaries of the American Presbyterian Mission who were active in Ningpo and Shanghai from 1858 to 1869.
The Library’s tireless acquisitions efforts in early years have created one of the most valuable Chinese rare book collections in the world, and have established a rich collection for modern China studies. The focus of this article, however, is not on these precious holdings. Instead, it is on the Library’s contemporary China collection.
The Development of the Contemporary China Collection
During the years of World War II, the U. S. Government Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisitions of Foreign Publications purchased some 5,000 volumes of Chinese publications in Chongqing in 1945 for LC,
5 Hu, Shu-chao.（胡述兆）The Development of the Chinese Collection in the Library of Congress. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1979. p. 82. 6 Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1928; Accessions to the Division of Chinese Literature. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1928. pp. 272-286. 7 Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, 1944-1963. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1963. p. 22. 8 Li, Xiaocong. (李孝聪) 美国国会图书馆藏中文古地图叙录. (Ancient Chinese Maps in the Library of Congress.) Beijing: Wenwu Publishing House, 2004. pp. 26-27.
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With the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, the method and source of Chinese acquisitions for the Library were drastically changed by the termination of U.S. diplomatic relations with China. Due to the lack of communication between mainland China and the United States, the Library experienced great difficulty in acquiring Chinese materials directly from the Mainland. For this reason, from 1950 to 1972, most PRC publications received by the Library were purchased through dealers in Hong Kong. These purchases averaged 1,000 to 2,000 volumes per year through the 1950s, and less than 1,000 volumes through the 1960s.
Before 1945, the major emphasis for acquiring Chinese materials was on the securing of old Chinese books or classical literature. During World War II, the Chinese Collection was inadequate to supply current material for the immediate needs of the various federal government agencies, and these agencies had to rely on their own resources for obtaining Chinese materials. Thus, when Luther Evans assumed the post of the Librarian of Congress at the end of the War, greater emphasis was placed on the securing of current publications rather than the old classics. 9
From 1949 to 1972, the closed-door policy of PRC made it very difficult to obtain Chinese materials from the Mainland just at a time when the Library had a shift of acquisition policy for the Chinese Collection by extending its efforts and avenues to obtain contemporary China materials.
After WWII, many federal government agencies had no more need for their Chinese materials. One of LC’s vigorous efforts to collect Chinese materials in this period was to urge these agencies to donate their Chinese collections to LC. Therefore, a large transfer of Chinese materials from these agencies to the Library took place. More than 27,547 volumes were donated to the Library. In 1960, again a substantial transfer of 30,000 volumes was received from other government agencies. These two collections contain substantial research sources on various studies of the history of the Republic of China as well as the early establishment of the People’s Republic of China, which added to the strength of the contemporary China collection.
Beginning in the early 1970s, after Nixon’s visit to China and the resumption of US foreign relations with the PRC, the Library has made continuous efforts to improve the contemporary China collection. Although the key emphasis of collection development is on social science studies of post-1949 China, studies of developments between 1900 and 1949 that influenced the rest of the twentieth century were also of critical interest.
Apart from monographs that were obtained from various sources, there are major sources on contemporary China studies in the Chinese Collection. The following categories are notable:
(1) The largest newspaper collection outside of China.
More than 1,200 titles of newspapers were listed in Chinese Newspapers in the Library of Congress; A Bibliography, compiled by Han-chu Huang （黄汉柱） and Hseo-chin Jen （任学勤), 1985. The scope of this bibliography includes Chinese newspapers published during the period from the 1870s to 1984. The publisher of these newspapers may be official organs of the national government, or representative organs of provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities. They may represent, or cater to, special groups, such as youth, women, minorities, or students; or they may specialize in certain subject fields, such as economics, history, education, commerce and trade, or science and technology.
(2) An unparalleled local gazetteer collection.
9 Evans, Luther H. “Research Libraries in the War Period, 1939-1945.” Library Quarterly. 1947: 17:241-262.
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According to the statistical records of the Library and the descriptions in A Catalog of Chinese Local Histories in the Library of Congress by Shih Chia Chu (朱士嘉), the collection had 3,479 titles in 1949 in more than 52,500 volumes. The efforts of several scholars and specialists in the early years have made this collection a most valuable source for the study of contemporary China.
(3) A comprehensive periodical collection.
In 1978, 6,400 titles were incorporated in Chinese Periodicals in the Library of Congress, lst edition, by Han-chu Huang (黄汉柱). All these periodicals were published from 1868 to 1975.
LC’s Efforts for Improvement
Growing internationalization, through corporate endeavors, political and financial restructuring, and networks of connecting technologies, makes it essential that the United States Congress develop and maintain a thorough knowledge and understanding of its world partners. The ability to interpret the histories and cultures of other nations, through their own languages, is critical in an interconnected world, especially with regard to Asia, whose languages pose particular challenges to native English speakers.
Emerging developments in China are already having a strong effect on the entire world. Being the congressional library as well as the national library, it is a part of the Congress’ mandate that the Library’s Chinese Collection remain a national resource for scholarship on China. Also, Congress ensures that the scholarship in the humanities and social sciences of LC’s contemporary China collection receives the support needed to further American understanding of China in every aspect. Therefore, under the direction of Librarian of Congress Dr. James H. Billington, the Social Science Studies on 20th Century China Case Study Team was established in 1993.10
The case study focused on the Library's Chinese collections policies related to social science studies of post-1949 China. The Case Studies Team was chaired by Robert Worden, LC’s Federal Research Division, with team members Chi Wang, head of the Chinese section, and representatives from the Law Library, Acquisitions, CRS, Scholarly Programs, and the Collections Policy Office. Its members also included China studies scholars such as Anna See-Ping Leon Shulman, Tai-loi Ma, June Teufet Dreyer, Madelyn C. Ross, James V. Feinerman, and Jonathan K. Ocko.
The focus of the Case Study Team was on the need for the Library’s Chinese collections policies to be responsive to China’s political and research trends, and in particular to anticipate the needs of congressional offices and other service units of the Library such as the Congressional Research Services, Federal Research Division, as well as those of other government agencies, and the scholarly community. The China Case Study Team had regular meetings, recruited local China studies researchers and scholars, and made strategic plans for the further development of LC’s contemporary China Collection.11
The China Case Study Team’s findings were issued on October 1, 1995. They stated that “Through its own efforts and those of six paid consultants and from the responses of numerous inside and outside observers, there was found much praise and some criticism of the modern China-related collections. The collections are comprehensive for historical research but are falling short of the needs of researchers needing extremely current and reliable data, especially in the fields of business, law, national security, human rights, and politics, both domestic and international.” 12
10 “Questions for Soliciting Information for Social Science Studies on 20th-Century China Case Study.” [A survey] Robert Worden. October 20, 1993. 11 “Survey and Assessment of the Library of Congress Holdings on Modern China Economic and Business Issues.” [A survey] Library of Congress. Social Science Studies on 20th Century China Case Study Team. July 10, 1995. 12 “Social Science Studies in Twentieth-Century China: A Case Study.” [A report] Library of Congress .Social Science Studies on 20th Century China Case Study Team. October 1, 1995.
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The major external and internal factors contributing to this shortfall, as were found by the Study Team, include the following:
• Emergence of China as major world economic and political player and the need for more library research and analytical coverage. • Publication boom in and about China and the need for more, better, and timely acquisitions and processing of these materials in all formats. • Decline of Library budgets and staff resources. • Inadequate coordination among Library staff involved in the acquisition, processing, maintaining, serving, and using of the China-related and Asia-related collections.
Immediately after the China Case Study Team’s findings, the reports of outside consultants such as Anna Leon Shulman, June Teufel Dreyer, James V. Feinerman, Tai-loi Ma, and Madelyn C. Ross were carefully studied by LC’s management and the China Area Specialists. Subsequently four strategic issues were identified: 13, 14
• Strategic Issue 1: Library-wide Needs
Identify and acquire materials in all formats supporting research on current as well as historical events about China.
• Strategic Issue 2: Integrated Library System, Digital, and Vernacular Information
Improve electronic access to and information about LC’s collections as well as access and links to resources available worldwide.
• Strategic Issue 3: Location of Reference Materials
Establish a comprehensive, multi-language reference collection on China in the Asian Division.
• Strategic Issue 4: Increase Use of Collections
Promote the knowledge and use of the collections through expanded outreach programs.
Among many major follow-up actions taken after the China Case Study Team’s findings, one was to establish a China Working Group with the authority to effect better coordination among the Library’s acquisitions, processing, curatorial, reference, and research staffs in regard to acquiring, processing, maintaining, serving, and using China-related materials, both in the Chinese language and in other languages.
On February 27, 1998, the China Working Group established ten priorities: 15
• Priority 1: (A) Improve acquisitions in specific areas, (B) Improve specific acquisitions techniques. • Priority 2: Undertake collection evaluations. • Priority 3: Improve automation support.
13 “A Survey and Assessment of Current Holdings in the Library of Congress Related to the Study of National Security Issues in Twentieth-Century China.” [Recommendation paper] June Teufel Dreyer. June 1995. 14 “An Assessment of the Current Holdings and Research Trends on Social Science Topics in Twentieth Century China.” [Recommendation paper] Ma, Tai-loi. (马泰来.) July 1995. 15 “Priorities Established by the China Working Group.” [Committee Recommendations] Library of Congress. China Working Group. February 27, 1998.
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• Priority 4: Foster a more cooperative working environment among those dealing with Chinese materials. • Priority 5: Identify new sources for acquisition of special collections. • Priority 6: Provide enough space for incoming materials added to collections. • Priority 7: Encourage use of/publicize collections. • Priority 8: Establish a cooperative program with other institutions for acquisitions/collection development. • Priority 9: Provide a structured fund for electronic materials. • Priority 10: Develop staff skills and make better use of existing and potential staff resources.
Chinese Local History Project
Another significant project for contemporary China studies worth noting is the Chinese local history project took place in 1995. The Library’s Chinese local history collection was well established in the earlier years, and this tradition was continued for collecting local gazetteers in the pre-1949 era. In 1995, Dr. Richard Howard, the retired Assistant Chief of Asian Division, began to work with the Asian Division to build the contemporary China local gazetteers collection. Dr. Howard’s efforts were continued after he left the project in 2003. This collection contains a wealth of information in regard to politics, society, geography, demography and economy of each locality in China in recent years. They are invaluable resources for the study of contemporary China.
Luce Foundation Contemporary China Project
After setting ten priorities in February 1998, immediate actions were taken by the top management of the Library. Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, searched for outside scholars to give accurate assessments of the Library’s contemporary China collection. In the spring of 1999, Dr. David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program, George Washington University, was invited to review the contemporary China social science collection with the focus on Chinese foreign policy and international relations, American studies and Sino-American relations, Chinese Communist Party, domestic politics, military affairs and national security. Shortly after Professor Shambaugh’s visit, Dr. Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, the Brookings Institution, was also invited to review the economics materials in the Chinese Collection. Both of these scholars submitted their evaluation and recommendations to the Library for consideration in 1999.16, 17
Dr. Shambaugh’s report thoroughly examined the above-mentioned subjects of the Library’s contemporary China social science collections. The LC officials, China experts, and area specialists studied it, and subsequently implemented it by taking various actions. Even today, these guidelines are followed for collection development of Chinese materials.
In May 1999, Judy S. Lu, and Mi Chu Wiens, Area Specialists of Chinese Section, Asian Division, proposed immediate action plans18 to improve the contemporary China collections via staff discussions within the Chinese Section, and made recommendations for a more effective collection development policy.
The recommendations and actions plans were made on August 16, 1999. They included the following areas:
• Acquire non-Chinese language materials about China and Chinese language materials not published in China
16 Shambaugh, David. “The Library of Congress’s Contemporary China Collection (Social Science): An Assessment with Recommendations.” [A report] March 15, 1999. 17 Lardy, Nicholas R. “An Evaluation of Chinese Economics Materials in the Library of Congress.” [A report] October 6, 1999. 18 “Memorandum: Action Plans for Improving the Contemporary China Collection.” Judy S. Lu and Mi Chu Wiens. May 20, 1999.
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• Develop a comprehensive, multi-lingual reference collection on China • Track serials and fill gaps • Use staff and outside scholars to purchase materials while in China • Develop science and technology collections by using the guidelines of China Working Group • Develop collections in law, politics, and economics collections by using the guidelines of China Working Group, • Develop yearbooks and Local History collections by using the guidelines of China Working Group • Review all recommendations of China Case Study and implement them as appropriate
The report of Dr. Nicholas R. Lardy evaluated the holdings of the Chinese language materials dealing with the various subjects of economics studies, with a particular focus on banking and finance and foreign trade and investment.
On January 21, 2000, in his letter19 to Senator Tim Hutchinson, Dr. Billington stated that the reports of both experts gave specific areas for improvement. While the assessments were favorable in many respects, they also pointed out some areas where additional resources were required. Both the internal and external experts agreed that, given the huge size of China and the difficulty of obtaining certain types of publications through normal acquisitions channels, the single most important step for the Library to take was to establish bibliographic representatives in six cities (Beijing, Shenyang, Wuhan, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou) located in six regions of China.
In this letter, Dr. Billington also mentioned that the Library had requested the Luce Foundation to fund this project, and if the Luce Project proved successful, the Library would need to ask for Congressional support to continue this effort after the Luce funding expired. Fortunately, the Luce Foundation came to our rescue with a generous grant of $500,000 to enable the Library to undertake a three-year pilot project.
Meanwhile, members of the Chinese Section set up a weekly implementation plan and goals to measure the collection development progress that was made. The staff of the Chinese Section and the members of the Chinese Acquisition Section also had regular brainstorming sessions to establish strategic plans for their acquisitions trips to China. The traveling costs were included in the Luce grant.
In 2001, three teams, with a China Area Specialist and an Acquisitions Specialist on each team, traveled to the six regions (each team traveled to two regions) to meet with the designated acquisitions associates and to discuss with them the subjects of interest and the terms of the contracts. The team members also used this opportunity to assess publishing trends in these regions. For the most part, the acquisitions associates were contemporary China studies scholars or library teams from universities such as Peking University, Wuhan University, and Zhongshan University20, while the other associates were think-tank scholars21 During the three-year period the three teams traveled to China each year to ensure the smooth operations of the Luce Project partnership.
An acquisitions procedure was set up so that recommended book lists were reviewed and titles were selected. The selected materials were ordered from our regular book dealers in Beijing and Hong Kong. At the end of the year, the specialists jointly produced analytical statistical reports to give a clear picture of the quality and quantity of covered subjects, level of efforts, number of out-of-scope items or duplications, etc. to measure the success of the Luce Project.
After four years’ operation with much planning, strategizing, monitoring, and analyzing, the Luce Project was completed successfully. The success of the project lay in the meticulous planning of the two responsible directorates of the Library of Congress, the generous funding from the Luce Foundation, the
19 “A Letter to Senator Tim Hutchinson.” James H. Billington. January 21, 2000. 20 Lu, Judy S, & Ho, Anna T. “Report on the South China Acquisition Trip of the Luce Contemporary China Project.” March 14, 2001. 21 Wiens, Mi Chu & Ristaino, Marcia. “Luce Project Report, 2001.” January 2001.
25 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February 2007 thoughtful choice of Luce Acquisition Associates in six regions of China, and the close cooperation in the execution of the plan by the Asian Division and the African/Asian Acquisitions and Overseas Operations Division (AFAOVOP).
Congressional Hearing
The next step was for LC to ask for support from Congress to continue this endeavor. But first, Congress had to be convinced that the Luce Project was a success.
On September 16, 2005, the U.S-China Economic and Security Review Commission held a Congressional hearing. The Chief of the Asian Division Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee and the Director of Collections and Services Dr. Carolyn Brown testified in the hearing. The five Commissioners inquired about every aspect of the collection development issues, from allocation of public funds to the format of resources. After the hearing, some of them came to review the newly acquired materials that were on display in the Asian Reading Room. They also observed online searching using several major Chinese full-text databases in the Asian Reading Room.
The collection maintenance aspect also interested them. They traveled to the book decks in LC’s Adams Building where the Chinese Collection is kept. After receiving informative replies in the congressional hearing from the Library’s officials, reviewing the large volume of books on display at the Asian Reading Room, and visiting the Chinese book decks, the Commissioners were mostly pleased with the updated information offered in the hearing and with the physical condition of the Chinese Collection stacks.
On September 16, 2005 the China Commission transmitted the hearing transcripts to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House. The transmittal letter contains the following recommendations to the Congress on the matter of the contemporary China collection:22
(1) The Commission recommends that Congress appropriate the funds requested by the Library of Congress to continue the successful Chinese language materials acquisition process that was initiated with the Luce Foundation grant, and/or that Congress appropriate funds for and direct the Library of Congress to establish an office in China, as it has done in six other developing nations, in order to facilitate critical acquisitions of materials that are available only within China's borders.
(2) Provide travel money for four acquisition trips to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan each year to be undertaken jointly by area specialists from the Chinese and Mongolian Area Team and the Chinese Acquisitions Section.
(3) Provide special acquisition funds for the purchase of contemporary Chinese publications and digital databases on nine major subjects.
The contemporary China collection of the Library endured the test of the congressional hearing. It reassured us that the current system for collection development and acquisitions works, but of course, there is always room for improvement.
Special Materials in the Contemporary China Collection
22 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. “A Transmittal Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House.” October 25, 2005.
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China experts and scholars realize that studies of contemporary China materials should not overlook sources from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. In fact, the Library has paid attention to these sources even during the early years. Apart from 200,000 volumes of monographs that have been acquired from Mainland China in recent years, there are special collections in LC’s Chinese Collection that are excellent sources for research:
(1) The early P.R.C. collection includes (a) 800 rolls of microfilm of newspaper clippings produced by the Union Press in Hong Kong and other sources recording the political and social changes of the period of 1949-1980. (b) 5,000 copies of government documents of the Chinese Government reflecting the government policies of 1966-1980.
(2) The contemporary Taiwan collection includes 45,000 monographs on all aspects of social studies of Taiwan that were published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and elsewhere in the past ten years. Additionally, a collection of Taiwan presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 that consists of unpublished “gray literature” was also added.
(3) The Hong Kong Ephemera Collection includes published and unpublished materials that recorded the historical event of the change of sovereignty of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China as well as social studies materials during that period. A large collection of local newspaper clippings covering the period of 1996 to 2002 was a gift to LC from the American Consulate of Hong Kong.
Electronic Resources
To meet present and future needs for contemporary China studies, seven major electronic resources have been subscribed.23 We have acquired Ren min ri bao dian zi ban (the People’s Daily Electronic Version), 1946-2006, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)’s China Academic Journals Database and China Core Newspapers Database, China Data Online, Wanfang’s Academic Conferences in China Database and Dissertations of China Database; access to a 100,000-title social sciences e-book database from Superstar Digital Library (超星数字图书馆), and an online version of Si ku quan shu，Wen yuan ge edition （四库全书 文渊阁版.)
In December 2005, the Asian Division acquired exclusive use of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) of Chinese Civilization in Time and Space (CCYS) and Taiwan History and Culture in Time and Space (THCTS) from the Academia Sinica (中央研究院) in Taiwan. These two databases give researchers a very useful online tool in locating geographic areas of China and their related local histories and links to other databases.
An Up-to-date Contemporary China Collection
Today, LC’s contemporary China collection has been developed to have unparalleled depth and breadth in all aspects of contemporary China studies from areas that include Mainland China, Taiwan, and Chinese overseas. It consists of 990,000 monographic volumes, 14,850 serial titles of which 4,033 are active titles, 19,000 rolls of microfilm that cover 800 entries of monographs, 500 periodicals, and over 200 newspapers, along with several major online resources. Currently, the collection is growing rapidly and has gained in stature as a national asset for the United States as well as one of the principal contemporary China collections in the world.
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Huang, Han-chu （黄汉柱）and David Hsu （胥浩功）. Chinese Periodicals in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1988.
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Hummel, Arthur W. The Growth of the Orientalia Collections. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1934.
Lee, Hwa-Wei （李华伟）. “Sinological Resources in the Library of Congress.” [Paper presented at] the International Conference on Sinological Resources in the Digital Era. December 7-9, 2004. Taipei: National Central Library, 2004.
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EAST ASIAN LIBRARY PIONEERS: A CONTINUING SERIES
THE ACCIDENTAL MEMOIRS OF AN ACCIDENTAL CATALOGER
Doris Seely
Even though I grew up on the plains of South Dakota, where I was about as far as one could get from any non-English speaking country, somehow I always had the idea that I wanted to study languages. This idea first surfaced when I was maybe thirteen or fourteen and borrowed an English translation of Les Misérables from the library. I grew more and more frustrated and annoyed as I read it because every time the text included a bit of poetry or a song or a quotation from the classics, it was not translated but left in the original French or Latin, and I wanted to be able to read those parts of the book too. This was around 1950 and there were no foreign languages taught in the grade schools or high schools in the small towns in my part of South Dakota at the time. The only way I knew to obtain a French textbook was to buy a Berlitz self-teacher from the Sears-Roebuck catalog, so that is what I did, and that is how my language studies accidentally began.
I accidentally decided to go to college one day when I was a senior in high school. I was talking with a neighbor woman and somehow we got to discussing Les Misérables. She was me telling about a project she and some of her college classmates had done to translate the entire work into English as a project for an advanced seminar in French. It was in this context that she eventually said, “I can tell from your scores on the standardized achievement tests that are published in the paper that you do pretty well in school and it’s a shame you can’t go to college, but of course it’s out of the question, because you don’t have any money.” If anyone else had said it, I would have agreed that this was certainly true, but when this particular woman said it so snidely I took exception and said to myself, “Not so, I can go to college if I want to!” and so I did.
I started at Yankton College, a small Congregational college which took its name from the town of Yankton, in the southeast corner of South Dakota. Because it happened that the first-year German class was in the morning when I was free to take it, while first-year French was in the afternoon, when I had to work, I accidentally majored in German, rather than French, as I had planned. Nevertheless I minored in French and took a year of Spanish and graduated in 1958 from the nearby University of South Dakota, (because Yankton no longer offered a German major and I had to transfer for my junior year). I wanted to go on to study a language outside the Indo-European family of languages. My advisor suggested Arabic or Chinese and I picked Chinese, thinking that maybe the Chinese worldview would be more compatible with my own, on the basis of what I knew at the time. Since what I knew at the time was virtually nothing, this was pretty much an accidental choice made because my advisor happened to be pushing Chinese that year.
I had grown up mostly on very isolated farms and was used to being very much on my own, so I had a little trouble adjusting during my first year in college, especially to living in the women’s dorm: there were too many other people there and it was too noisy for me to be quite comfortable. Yankton College being a very small school, my professors noticed, and one fine spring day toward end of my freshman year the Dean brought in the Superintendent of the nearby Yankton State Hospital to talk with me. He asked if there was anything in my life that needed changing and I said that I needed to get out of the dorm and also find a better job. He suggested that I work as a night ward attendant at the State Hospital. That way I could work nights and attend classes in the daytime and live in the much smaller and quieter employee dorms on the State Hospital grounds, which were actually quite beautiful--old stone buildings among trees and formal flower beds. That was how I accidentally got the job that allowed me to work my way comfortably through my last three years of college. I was still working there when I graduated and I kept the job for another year, until I saved what was to me the enormous sum of $1000. With that in hand, I quit in the spring of 1959 and went off to take an intensive summer course in Chinese at the Yale University Institute of Far Eastern Languages (IFEL). I enjoyed this course very much and did quite well in it. Near the end of it, an IFEL teacher/administrator gave some of us women students a ride back to our dorm after classes one afternoon. He asked us all what we intended to do after the course was finished. I said I would like to
29 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, Feb. 2007 stay at IFEL and study more Chinese, but I didn’t have any money (my $1000 was nearly gone). He said that would be no problem, he could give me a job at IFEL and I could study part time and work part time. I accepted the offer, and that was how I accidentally came to stay at Yale, studying Chinese and/or working at IFEL until December of 1965. Some of the Chinese courses I took were at the Yale Graduate School, rather than IFEL. Graduate students in Chinese languages and literatures were required to pass a reading exam in Japanese, which was how I accidentally came to study that language for two years.
For many years one of the main purposes of IFEL had been to teach Chinese to U.S. Airmen, but in 1965 the US Armed Forces consolidated all their language training at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey , California, and their Yale programs were shut down. The IFEL program I was working in, with all its teaching materials and the special IFEL teaching techniques and any staff members who wanted to go, was transferred to DLI. I moved with the program and so more or less accidentally found myself living and working in Monterey as of January 1, 1966.
I worked in our transplanted program at DLI for five years, but by the fall of 1970 I was ready to move on. I applied for a job at the Monterey Public Library, but didn’t get it. I did make the short list, however, and one of the librarians there, who had been impressed with my language skills, gave my name to the librarian at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). She knew that the MIIS library collected in about ten languages—English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan—and that I should be able to work with all but Russian; she thought that my skills would be better employed there. I didn’t know she had done this until one day the MIIS librarian called me at DLI and offered me a job as an acquisitions clerk there. I accepted and so accidentally found myself working in the MIIS library as of January 1971.
Early in June of 1972, the MIIS cataloger quit on two days’ notice. Shortly thereafter I asked the new MIIS librarian how she was going to find a cataloger who could work in all the languages MIIS needed. She said she wasn’t going to find a cataloger with those language skills but rather make a cataloger of someone already working in the library who had those skills. So, that summer I took the beginning cataloging course and the beginning reference course in the library science summer school at San Jose State University and in the fall of 1972 I began cataloging at MIIS. I went on working full time at MIIS and taking two library courses every semester and two every summer at San Jose State until I earned my MALS in 1976. That is how I accidentally became a cataloger, even though I didn’t really know exactly what a cataloger was until the librarian told me that I was about to become one. As it happened, this same librarian had taught cataloging for 20 years before coming to MIIS and she revised all my original cataloging for the entire eight years that I worked for her. This was tantamount to having my own eight-year private cataloging seminar, so I accidentally became not only a cataloger but a very well trained one. I also took two semesters of Russian at MIIS so that I could work with their Slavic materials, thus improving my language skills.
Of course, good language skills and good library training are never enough in themselves to insure good cataloging. A cataloger expected to catalog works in many languages from all around the world should theoretically know everything about everything in order to assign the proper call numbers and subject headings. I never know whether the next work I catalog is going to be a Russian star atlas, a Japanese work on the etymology of the word tantara, the name of an ancient Japanese metallurgical technique, or a Korean work on Internet usage. MIIS held only about 1000 Chinese and Japanese titles at the time, but I cataloged all of them, although sometimes very slowly. Especially when it came to the 100-volume set of Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei , there were often very long pauses while I read everything I could find about Japanese history or Buddhism or literary genres or art or whatever was required to finish with one particular volume and move on to the next. These pauses have become shorter and less frequent over the years, but throughout my cataloging career I have read and researched and learned everything I could to make the cataloging easier and better.
During the past several years, the most and the longest pauses have come as I have been learning to catalog East Asian films on DVDs. With Korean DVDs, there may be a pause of three or four days while I use the RLIN database as a pronouncing dictionary to look up every Korean word I will need to use in my record. One set of Hong Kong films was an especially interesting challenge. I managed to figure out which cast
30 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, Feb. 2007 members were Japanese and so had their name headings established in that language, and which had names established in Mandarin or Cantonese or in Anglicized versions. I thought I had managed to distinguish properly between two Cantonese actors with the same name who appeared in the same film. But then there was a statement that there were subtitles in Bahasa Indonesia, among other languages. I had never heard of Bahasa Indonesia and had no idea what it was. I wondered if it might be Chinese English of the kind used by the people who had given us packages of Chinese noodles labeled “alimentary paste”—correct perhaps, as far as dictionary definitions go, but not exactly idiomatic. The day after I had been pondering this puzzle was Thanksgiving and I somehow felt compelled to spend it reading Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, where I found a sentence that said that Bahasa Indonesia is the language in which all street signs and shop signs in Indonesia are written. So I apologized profusely in my thoughts to the Hong Kong DVD producers—it was my ignorance, not theirs, that had been the stumbling block, and I realized that my catalog records were now complete. The last mystery had been resolved and I felt I had something special to be thankful for that Thanksgiving Day. It is all these kinds of puzzles and the reading and research and learning involved in solving them that has made cataloging such great fun for me and made me realize what a wonderful accident it was for me that the MIIS cataloger quit so suddenly in June of 1972.
In the fall of 1981, although I wasn’t really job hunting, I accidentally came across a posting in American Libraries for a cataloger to work half time with East Asian materials and half time with Western language materials at the University of Minnesota. This position seemed tailor-made for me, so I applied and was hired and started work here at Minnesota in July of 1982.
By an accident of timing, I had just over a year to be trained and get settled in at Minnesota before the age of automation arrived for East Asian cataloging. We began cataloging our East Asian materials using the RLIN CJK enhancements in November of 1983, and since I was the only East Asian cataloger here, I became the first Minnesota cataloger to have an RLIN terminal virtually to myself and to do all my cataloging, both CJK and Western, directly on RLIN.
Our East Asian Librarian usually couldn’t attend the RLG East Asian Program meetings so I went in his place and also attended all the RLIN CJK users’ meetings. I often found myself taking minutes at these meetings and then wrote a short position paper on some of the RLIN CJK cataloging problems we were discussing. Karen Smith-Yoshimura noticed this and asked me in the fall of 1986 if I would come to RLG and work for her for a few months starting in January 1987, and in this way I accidentally became the first RLG Visiting Associate. From the beginning I had loved using the special RLIN component input system to create my CJK records directly in RLIN and I was very glad to have the opportunity to become more closely involved with the RLG CJK program. I especially liked helping to implement the online CJK thesaurus, which later became invaluable to me as a CJK pronouncing dictionary, since I could input a character by its component parts and retrieve Chinese, Japanese and Korean readings. For an East Asian cataloger like me, who was not a native speaker of any CJK language, this was really a godsend.
Meanwhile, back at the University of Minnesota, we had done retrospective conversion of all our Western language records in the mid-80s, and by October of 1988 the serials acquisitions staff was doing on-line check in for all Western serials. They wanted to do on-line check-in for East Asian serials too, but there were no on-line records because the vendor who had done our recon project couldn’t handle languages written in non-Roman scripts. I was asked to provide the records. There was no time to do full cataloging and classification in RLIN, count and barcode all the back volumes and record the holdings on-line; that would eventually take me about 3 years, working in the time I could spare from current cataloging. The serials people were thinking more in terms of three weeks, or preferably three days. So I searched all the East Asian serials titles in RLIN and passed any records I found, no matter how skimpy, into our local system. That satisfied serials for the time being, since they could hang check-in and items records on even the briefest of bib records, but having created all these skeleton records in our OPAC accidentally became the incentive for my getting an East Asian serials recon project done in both RLIN and our local system as soon as possible. That took until the end of 1991 and by that time the Libraries were planning to convert to on- line circulation in September of 1992. The East Asian Library was expected to go to on-line circulation at the same time, despite the fact that almost none of their monographs had on-line records and even fewer
31 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, Feb. 2007 of the volumes had barcodes. The Libraries had no plans for an East Asian recon or barcoding project, so I created my own project and worked with 4 students from January through August of 1992 to recon and barcode the East Asian monographs. We derived from any copy we found in RLIN and input our own records from the shelflist cards when there was no copy. Even though there was more and better copy for monographs in RLIN in 1992 than there had been for serials in 1988, this was still a very fast and dirty recon project and there were still about 3000 titles left which we had to do the next summer. Nonetheless, we got the bulk of the collection reconned and barcoded by September 1992 and the East Asian Library was able to go to on-line circulation along with the rest of the University Libraries, and Minnesota accidentally became one of the first East Asian Libraries in North America to get its entire collection on-line.
In 1993 I did mostly recon clean up and played catch up with the current cataloging which had ceased for the duration of the recon project, but there was one interesting and accidental new wrinkle that year. Some other CTS catalogers started a project to catalog materials for our Children’s Literature Research Collection (CLRC). When the boxes from CLRC began arriving in CTS, we found they included a number of East Asian books, most of them Japanese—several hundred were in the backlog as it turned out and more keep arriving even today. Once again I was recruited to catalog these East Asian books, and while they are great fun they have also turned out to be a great challenge. When I catalog children’s books I have to provide a summary of the plot and that means that I have to read the books. Because the Japanese courses I took were for students preparing to do academic research, I learned the Japanese words for things like history and culture and research institute. But children’s books deal with things like tadpoles and crabs and crocodiles and wolves and tables and chairs and doors and windows, and I didn’t learn the Japanese for any words like that. Many children’s books are written only in kana, or kana with a few kanji. I suppose this makes them easier for Japanese children to read, but it makes them much harder for me, because I don’t know any of the vocabulary and with no kanji I get no clues as to the meaning. The kana are often separated into phrases, but not words, so I have trouble telling where one word ends and another begins. Sometimes all I can do is look up the first kana in a dictionary and see if it forms a word by itself; if not, do the first and second kana form a word, and if so, does the word make any sense in a children’s book with a picture of a crab on the cover? And then there are diminutive and familiar forms for names and different verb endings when children and animals are involved. After a while I felt as if I was learning an entirely new language. I badly needed a course in Japanese Baby Talk 101 and I didn’t know of any school that offered one. At first it took me about three days to puzzle out one 32-page picture book, but after I had cataloged a few dozen I finally got it down to maybe an hour or two and felt that I had acquired another cataloging skill.
Early in 1994 Maureen Donovan, then CEAL President, called and asked if I would run for the newly-created position of CEAL Secretary. I had never been elected to anything and so supposed that I would just be providing her with a candidate who could lose gracefully. I was sure I could do that, so I said yes and then forgot about it, until I went to the CEAL Plenary Session that year and heard the announcement that I had been elected. I could only assume that this had been by way of some very strange accident indeed.
CEAL badly needed a new edition of its directory when I was elected Secretary and we had originally agreed that Sachié Noguchi, who had been elected CEAL Treasurer at the same time would be the editor, but before she could create a new directory she was elected Chair of the Committee on Japanese Materials and resigned as Treasurer, so the job of compiling a new CEAL Directory accidentally fell to me.
Just as I had been too retiring as a college freshmen to feel comfortable in the dorm, I was still too retiring as a cataloger to feel comfortable bothering the cataloger in the next cubicle with a question unless I was really, really stuck. So I felt quite apprehensive when I first took on this assignment. I knew the CEAL Directory included staff listings for about 100 East Asian collections in North America and about 60 others around the world and I wondered how on earth I was going to solicit directory entries from so many institutions. By the time I had finished editing not only the 1996 CEAL Directory but also the 2000 edition, I had found that I could do this through exchanges of snail mail, e-mail, faxes, telephone calls and personal interviews with no problem at all and I very much enjoyed being able to correspond with so many different people. I was surprised at how quickly and cheerfully most people responded to my requests for updates, and I had a lot of fun just noticing the different ways that people answered. Several people sent me
32 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, Feb. 2007 beautiful and flawless mockups of actual pages in the CEAL Directory, as if I had requested camera-ready copy. At the other extreme, some merely marked up their entries from the previous directory with additions and changes in an almost illegible scrawl with long arrows curving and zigzagging around the margins to show where things should be repositioned. Some sent e-mails so compressed and abbreviated as to be almost incomprehensible. I’m not complaining here, just reporting. I thought it was very good of busy administrators at places like the Library of Congress or the University of Chicago to take the time to answer my inquiries themselves, even though they could only afford the time for a hasty note or e-mail. These were just more entertaining puzzles for me to solve.
I was also delighted to receive prompt e-mail responses from several French librarians, even though I was an ignorant American who didn’t even know enough to address them properly using “la plus belle langue du monde” (as my French teachers always proclaimed, of course) and even though I was gauche enough to approach them in August, a month when, as everyone knows, all of France should be on vacation. I was also impressed by one French woman--I think she was at the Sorbonne--who replied with a hand-written letter, obviously written with real ink flowing from a real pen onto plain white paper with no letterhead. It had not occurred to me that anyone still corresponded in that fashion. Of course, it could have been just because her laptop had crashed that morning, but I didn’t think so.
The CEAL mailing lists which were to be used to produce the directory were in Foxfire, a relational database, but I didn’t know how to use it or how to convert the Foxfire file to MS Word, so I started from scratch inputting the information in Word, which was all I had available. The one small problem with that was that I had never used Word, which had just been installed for me, and since I was the first person in our library to get it, no one else here knew how to use it either. To produce camera-ready copy and then mail out the Directory I had to teach myself to do Word tables and columns and page numbers and headers and to put in indexing as I went along, so that Word would automatically generate an index for me when I was finished. Then I had to create mailing lists and print address labels. I think it may have taken me two or three days to input the first page of the main text of the 1996 Directory, but once I had learned on the tables for the Universities of Alberta and Arizona I was pretty much home free with Word tables. The same sort of thing happened with Word columns; it took me about three days create the first one, but once I finally got it right, the rest followed pretty easily; the same with the functions for creating mailing lists and labels.
Page numbers and headers were another matter. After I had completed the entire text and index of the 1996 Directory, it took me three more days just to do the page numbers and headers and the 2000 Directory didn’t go much better; I never did learn how to do them properly. I would struggle for half a day to get the page numbers right and then when I tried to do the headers that would mess up the numbers and when I redid the numbers the headers would get fouled up, etc., etc., etc. Aside from the numbers and headers, the 2000 Directory went much more smoothly than the first, or would have, except for the fact that, by popular demand, I was adding East Asian characters for personal names this time. It took me several months to find an IME that would let me use romanization to input Chinese characters, kana and hangul by turn, but I finally did find one and was pleased to have learned another Word skill.
I learned an enormous amount about information gathering and word-processing in the course of producing two CEAL directories, and the CEAL community has always been very appreciative of my efforts. I am very glad to have had the experience, however accidentally it all started.
Back at the University of Minnesota Libraries, another challenging project for me was the cataloging of the Sherlock Holmes Collection. The 15,000 titles included several hundred in East Asian or Slavic languages, mostly Japanese translations of the Holmes stories, with some in Chinese or Korean. Once again the catalogers assigned to the project recruited me to help out. The biggest problem was identifying the stories when the translators had changed the titles and given no clues about the originals. Since this is the kind of puzzle that makes cataloging fun for me, I was delighted to have the chance to get out my magnifying glass and go snooping and sniffing around for the tiniest clues, trying to out-Sherlock Sherlock Holmes in order to identify the stories. I was triumphant every time it worked.
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For example, the only clues in one Korean set were pictures of the main characters in each story, captioned with their names in hangul. I input the hangul by their components to search the RLIN CJK thesaurus for their pronunciations. Then I could sound out the hangul for each name and look for those names in the original English stories and so identify the translations. Another set of stories in a script I couldn’t read—Korean, or maybe Uzbek—had all the dates mentioned near the beginnings of the stories transcribed in Arabic numerals. I was able to identify the translations by going through the English texts and matching the dates. It turned out that the German word Gesellschaft occurs only in A Scandal in Bohemia, so it became a marker for that work. If an East-Asian title translated as Holmes, the Magician, that was always The Second Stain, a story in which Holmes makes a letter magically reappear in an official’s dispatch box. And so on.
When I started cataloging these books I had probably never read a Sherlock Holmes story, although I had seen many of the films with Jeremy Brett as Holmes on PBS. By the time I had finished tracking down all the clues, I had probably read each of the 60 Holmes stories at least half a dozen times, as well as many of Conan Doyle’s non-Sherlockian works and quite a bit of criticism of Conan Doyle’s writings. I had come to love the Holmes stories at least as much as the fanatical Sherlockians who donated their collections to the University of Minnesota Libraries and so involved me with the Holmes stories to begin with.
During the late 80s and all through the 90s, when we did so much East Asian recon and acquired large numbers of gift books and special purchases and I spent a lot of time compiling CEAL directories, I was still the only East Asian cataloger here and worked virtually fulltime on East Asian cataloging because the workload was so great. During the 2000s, East Asian acquisitions has sometimes eased off a little and I have sometimes had some help with East Asian cataloging. That has meant that I can occasionally go back to helping out with Western and Slavic materials for a while. It has been very good to do this, both for the variety and because languages not used are so soon forgotten.
During the last few years we have begun acquiring many East Asian films on DVDs and VCDs and, as I mentioned above, cataloging them has become the most challenging project now and for the foreseeable future. I took a local course in DVD and VCR cataloging in order to deal with them and so am learning yet another cataloging skill. I am beginning to think that by the time I am ready to retire I will actually have become quite employable.
In April of 2006, just after the AAS conference in San Francisco, I happened to be exchanging e-mails with the JEAL editor. Quite by accident, I mentioned that after AAS I had gone to visit a friend in San Francisco who seems to think that she is my mother, even though she is only maybe 78 or 79 and I myself was about to turn 70 in July. Our editor’s flattering response was, “Really!? You’re 70!? In that case, you must write your memoirs for JEAL, before you retire and lose touch. And so. . . . (Back to top)
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REPORT ON SCHOLARLY INFORMATION ON EAST ASIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY
IFLA Satellite Meeting in conjunction with WLIC Seoul, 2006 Friday, 18 August, 2006
by Joy Kim and Philip Melzer, Co-Chairs Special Committee for 2006 IFLA Seoul
1. Charges for the Committee
In March 2005, Abraham Yu, then Chair of the Council on East Asian Libraries, appointed the Special Committee for 2006 IFLA Seoul, with the following charges:
• Coordinate with the Korean Library Association (KLA) to organize a session during the conference • Promote participation from CEAL members and friends • Arrange tours for CEAL delegates to visit libraries, vendors, and utilities, etc. • Develop training programs with local libraries, if available • Make an interim report before the conference and a final report after the conference
2. Membership
The initial members appointed by Abraham Yu were: Wooseob Jeong, Mikyung Kang, Joy Kim (Chair), Philip Melzer, and Hyokyoung Yi. Later as the work of the Committee progressed, Philip Melzer became Co-Chair with Joy Kim, and more members were added to the Committee. The expanded membership was organized as follows:
Steering: Wooseob Jeong, Mikyung Kang, Joy Kim (Co-Chair), Philip Melzer (Co-Chair), and Hyokyoung Yi.
Fundraising: Mikyung Kang (Chair), Joy Kim, Zhijia Shen, Younghee Sohn, Hyokyoung Yi, and Keiko Yokota- Carter.
Logistics: Wooseob Jeong, Mikyung Kang, Hana Kim, Joy Kim, Sunyoon Lee (Chair), Wenling Liu, and Younghee Sohn.
Program: Gary Gorman, Wooseob Jeong (Co-Chair), Sunyoon Lee, Philip Melzer (Co-Chair), Akira Miyazawa, Zhijia Shen, Keiko Yokota-Carter, and Peter Zhou.
Publication: Gary Gorman, Hana Kim, Gail King, Wenling Liu, Philip Melzer (Co-Chair), Akira Miyazawa, Zhijia Shen, Hyokyoung Yi (Co-Chair), and Peter Zhou.
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3. The Conference Program
In June 2005, the Committee developed and submitted a proposal (attached) for a one-day pre-conference to IFLA which was approved. Several calls for paper proposals on various venues over the next few months generated over 30 paper proposals altogether. The Program Team selected 24 papers and one keynote address and developed a two track program as follows:
Program
08:00-9:00 REGISTRATION
MORNING SESSION 1
09:00-09:20 Introduction, acknowledgements
Keynote Address
09:20-09:40 Satoru Takeuchi: Early Book Paths as Preface to Library Cooperation
Digitization of nonroman scripts and digital collections; E-resource management
09:40-10:00 Xian Wu: Digital preservation: commitment and collaboration
10:00-10:20 Junglim Chae: Building digital special collections in Yonsei Library
Charlene Chou: Access to Chinese resources in global digital libraries: beyond cooperative 10:20-10:40 cataloging
10:40-11:00 Sun-Ah Key: E-resources management and user services with the YERM
11:00-11:20 MORNING BREAK
MORNING SESSION 2 (Session A) MORNING SESSION 2 (Session B) Publishing trends for scholarly information E-resources; Digital resources
Nanako Takahashi: Analysis of Korean author Taketoshi Ishikawa: NDL (National Diet 11:20- names in publications -- for considering Library, Japan) information services on Asia -- 11:40 headings for persons in NACSIS-CAT focusing on Internet information
Jung-ran Park: Global access to Korean Yuko Matsuzaki: Sharing East Asian economic 11:40- cultural heritage resources: examination of experiences: Shashi and transnational corporate 12:00 the current status of digitization practice in activities the National Library of Korea (NLK)
Yunshan Ye: Literature in the age of market Hideo Yamanaka: Image data as the 12:00- economy: new trends in Chinese literary bibliographic description for early Japanese 12:20 publishing books
Karen T. Wei: Academic publishing and 12:20- Cathy Chiu: East Asian E-Resources Training information service to China scholars in North 12:40 and Information Literacy America
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12:40- LUNCH 13:40
AFTERNOON SESSION 1 Collection Development and Collection Management
Hyun-Hee Kim: Building the management model for the national consortium of institutional 13:40-14:00 repositories
14:00-14:20 Amelia McKenzie: New directions for library collections on Asia
Glenda Lammers: Cooperative collection development for East Asian collections: 14:20-14:40 determining overlap and unique holdings
Gillian Currie: National Gallery of Australia implements project to integrate information 14:40-15:00 into collection management system
15:00-15:20 AFTERNOON BREAK
AFTERNOON SESSION 2 (Session C) AFTERNOON SESSION 2 (Session D) Cooperative reference service; Information service; Cooperative reference service; Information Document delivery service; Document delivery
Hong Xu and Xiuying Zou: Global document 15:20- Jiping Wu: Essential Democracy in Action -- delivery and user studies: the Gateway 15:40 Cooperative Cataloging of East Asian Material experience
15:40- Jing Liu and Jade Atwill: Bridging East and Shuyong Jiang: Is faster better? an observation 16:00 West with cooperative reference service of Chinese vendor records
Hiroshi Motoyoshi: The peculiarity of Chinese 16:00- Kyungmi Chun and Jaeun Ku: Collaborative and Japanese orthography, absence of word 16:20 virtual reference service for Korean studies division requires more flexible matching system (PowerPoint file)
Hideyuki Morimoto: JTKU bibliographic records Mihyang Park: The strategy and future plan for 16:20- loaded in RLG Union Catalog: their compatibility information service in the National Assembly 16:40 with LC practices for Japanese-language Library monographic title cataloguing
4. Sponsors
The conference was supported by the following sponsors: the Oceania Section of the IFLA which made it possible for the conference to be approved by IFLA; the Korean Education and Research Information Services (KERIS) which provided two banners and refreshments for the conference; the Korean Library Association which provided flowers for the conference site and dinner for the organizers; and the Yonsei University which provided the facilities, a banner, many volunteer workers, and all the logistical support. In addition, all the sponsors helped with publicity.
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5. Tours
Two tours were arranged: 1) The Seoul National University (SNU) on August 17 featuring the Kyujanggak (the Yi dynasty’s Royal Library), the Museum, and the Central Library; 2) Yonsei University on August 18 featuring the Central Library (various subject reading rooms, rare books, E-resources, the seating management system, the reference room, the Korean studies collection, etc.) and historic sites of the Yonsei campus, etc.
6. The Website
Wooseob Jeong and Sunyoon Lee developed a Website in spring 2006, featuring the conference program (with links to the full-texts or slides as they became available), the online registration form, logistical information, etc, at http://ohmyvocabulary.com/ifla/.
7. Attendance
• The Conference: Of the 132 people pre-registered online, 84 people actually attended. There were an additional 26 onsite registrants, making the total of registered attendees 110, not counting a few who attended without registering. The registered attendees represented 7 different countries: the United States (49), Korea (40), Japan (11), Australia (5), Canada (2), Singapore (2), and Nepal (1).
• The Tours: Approximately 10 people attended the SNU tour, and approximately 40 attended the Yonsei tour.
8. Dinner
The President of the Korean Library Association, Dr. Han Sangwan, hosted dinner for the Keynote Speaker Dr. Satoru Takeuchi and the planners from CEAL and Yonsei. CEAL funds provided dinner for the volunteer workers from Yonsei.
9. Financial Report
No registration fees were charged. The authorized CEAL funds (up to $500) were used as follows: • Business lunch with Yonsei organizers (8/14/06): $42.23 • Dinner for the volunteer workers (8/18/06): $140.65 • Name tags, Folders, Markers, etc.: $106.66 • Total Expenditure: $289.54
10. Publication
The Publication Committee has arranged to have a Korean publisher (Hanguk Haksul Chongbo, a leading database vendor and e-book publisher) publish the papers as a book in 2007. The contents will also be available as an e-book.
11. Evaluation
The Committee fulfilled all of its charges except for the following:
1) Arrange tours for CEAL delegates to visit libraries, vendors and utilities, etc.
The Committee did not include vendors and utilities in its tour program thinking that CEAL delegates could visit them at the IFLA exhibits. What we did not realize was that many CEAL members attended only the CEAL Pre-conference and not IFLA itself. In hindsight, it would have been good to have arranged a visit to a bookstore, a vendor or two, or KERIS, the Korean bibliographic utility. While it is
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regrettable that we missed a rare opportunity, CEAL members are reminded that the Committee on Korean Materials arranges meetings with Korean vendors each year during annual CEAL conferences. Those interested in Korean vendors are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity.
2) Develop training programs with local libraries, if available.
Local libraries capable of offering training programs were so heavily committed as hosts to various IFLA-related programs and tours that we did not want to impose additional burden on them. Instead, the CEAL Committee on Korean Materials and/or the Korean Collections Consortium of North America have plans to offer training programs to CEAL members in the near future.
12. Acknowledgements
We wish to acknowledge the following colleagues who worked exceptionally hard for local arrangements:
• Mr. Youngcheol Moon, Librarian at the Yonsei University • Prof. Seongbin Moon, Dept of Library and Information Science,Yonsei University and his students • Ms. Sunyoon Lee, Chair of the Logistics Team.
Attachment: Program Proposal to IFLA
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Proposal for an IFLA Satellite Meeting Scholarly Information on East Asia in the 21st Century
The Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL), an organization of librarians engaged in East Asian language collections in North America, proposes to host a one-day satellite conference session on the broad topic of scholarly information on East Asia in the 21st century. The program will be aimed at librarians and information technology professionals who provide bibliographic information and reference service about East Asia. The speakers, to consist of practicing librarians, library administrators, library school professors, technology experts, and service providers from various countries, will address the audiences’ common interests and concerns on collection development, technical processing, public services, and technology.
The objectives of this pre-conference are: • to share information and expertise about East Asian librarianship • to understand one another’s concerns • to understand commonalities, differences, and identify potential areas of future cooperation among different countries • to network
Specific topics we anticipate to emphasize include: • Cooperative collection development and global resource sharing on East Asia; • Preservation issues; • Publishing trends of scholarly information in East Asia; • Technical processing issues of non-roman language collections in the western world (e.g.,Unicode and romanization issues) • International cooperative cataloging and bibliographic standards; • Global cooperative reference service (around the clock virtual reference, chat, etc.); • Information literacy issues; • Outreach and user studies; • Challenges and opportunities of working with virtual collections on East Asia; • Information technology issues for East Asian materials
We anticipate that papers will range in length from 15 to 45 minutes, and that many presentations will feature Powerpoint and other creative visual aids. While striving to strike a balance in coverage among the cultures of East Asia, we particularly look forward to offering presentations that will feature recent advances and accomplishments of Korean libraries that have had significant impact on Korean librarianship globally.
AUDIENCE:
• Librarians who build and work with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language collections outside of these countries; • Librarians who serve users of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultural background who live outside of these countries; • Members of the library communities in China, Japan, and Korea who work with the materials in these languages; • Vendors and service providers who meet the needs of these library communities in and outside of their respective countries.
ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE:
We believe 100-150 people will attend the meeting.
LOCATION:
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We hope to secure a suitable conference room at the convention site. If it is not possible, we will work with our Korean sponsors to secure a site within Seoul or at a university in another city.
DATE:
We hope to hold our program on Saturday the 19th or Friday the 18th, 2006. If this is not possible, we will try to schedule one of the following days, in this order: Thursday the 17 th, Wednesday the 16 th, Tueday the 15th, or Monday the 14th.
CO-SPONSORS:
The program will be organized by the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), a North American professional organization for those involved in developing research collections in support of studying China, Japan, and Korea. The program has the following sponsors:
• The Asia and Oceania Section of IFLA; • Korean Education & Research Information Service (KERIS), a comprehensive educational information services provider • The Korean Library Association (KLA)
DISSEMINATION OF PAPER
We will work with Dr. Gary Gorman, Chair of the Asia & Oceania Section, and the Korean sponsors to find an appropriate publisher for the papers that are presented at this program.
ADDRESSING IFLA’S PROFESSIONAL PRIORITIES:
We envision our program addressing several of IFLA’s professional priorities, namely:
Providing Unrestricted Access to Information, by focusing attention on how information about East Asia is being collected, organized, and made available through creative Websites; by introducing databases freely available on the Internet, etc.
Promoting Resource Sharing, by speaking about ways and examples of collaborative collection development, international ILL or document delivery of East Asian materials, and also innovative approaches to collaborative web portal development and reference service; also, about the use of Unicode to facilitate the international exchange of information, etc.
Preserving Our Intellectual Heritage, by describing digitization and preservation projects.
Developing Library Professionals, by offering advice on ways that librarians and information professionals can keep current with developments in East Asian information sources.
Promoting Standards, Guidelines, and Best Practices, by sharing experiences in managing library operations in a rapidly changing environment; the creation and dissemination of bibliographic information in East Asian languages, particularly with reference to Unicode and romanization issues; also the use of standards to facilitate the exchange of information with East Asian countries, etc.
Representing Libraries in the Technological Marketplace, by describing the increasing availability of digital resources and metadata coming from East Asia via the Internet, and search strategies for finding information in East Asian languages.
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REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JAPANESE LIBRARY RESOURCES
University of Maryland McKeldin Library Special Event Room September 22-23, 2006
Unless otherwise noted copies of reports made at the September 2006 NCC Council Meeting may be found on the NCC Website at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ncc/meetingsandreports.html
Present: Officers and Executive Committee: Tokiko Bazzell, Chair-Elect, University of Hawaii; Victoria Bestor, Executive Director, NCC/Harvard University; Toshie Marra, Chair, University of California, Los Angeles; Susan Matisoff, University of California, Berkeley; and Kenji Niki, University of Michigan; Council Members: Jan Bardsley, NEAC University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (substitute for Samuel Yamashita); Sharon Domier, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Laura Hein, JF-AAC, Northwestern University; Hwa- Wei Lee, Library of Congress; Philip Meltzer, Library of Congress CEAL (substitute for Keiko Yokota- Carter),; Eiko Sakaguchi, University of Maryland; Miranda Scheur, University of Maryland (substitute for Michael Smitka); Tomoko Steen, Library of Congress; Syun Tutiya, Japan Liaison, Chiba University. Observers: Kia Cheleen, Japan Foundation; Osamu Inoue, Japan Association of National University Libraries/Global ILL Framework Coordinator, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Eiichi Ito, Library of Congress; Yuhei Kato, National Diet Library Washington DC Office; Margaret Mihori, Japan-US Friendship Commission; Akemi Noda, University of Maryland; Kenichiro Shimada, University of Maryland; Keiji Shono, Japan Foundation; Kenneth Tanaka, University of Maryland; Desider Vikor, University of Maryland; Reiko Yoshimura, Japan Art Catalog Project Asian Collection Curator, Library of the Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Welcoming Remarks: Meeting host Eiko Sakaguchi introduced colleague Desider Vikor, Director, Collection Management & Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries, who welcomed NCC on behalf of the University of Maryland. NCC Chair Toshie Marra then opened the meeting and welcomed guests, Jan Bardsley, substituting for Samuel Yamashita, Philip Meltzer, substituting for Keiko Yokota-Carter, Miranda Scheur, substituting for Michael Smitka as social science faculty representative, and Osamu Inoue representing the Japan Association of National University Libraries.
Toshie notified the Council of the letter received from Duane Webster, ARL Executive Director confirming ARL’s decision to no longer be represented on the NCC Council. She also noted that Mary Jackson, the former ARL representative to the NCC has recently left ARL. She reported that the Executive Committee recommended that the NCC observe the situation for the time being without attempting to find an organization replacing ARL in the Council membership. In the future the NCC plans to invite librarians from host institutions and other leaders in the field to address the NCC to keep it informed of new developments in the field. Also Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian of Congress has offered to be an informal advisor to the NCC. The NCC will continue to keep ARL informed of its activities and welcomes future opportunities to work with ARL and its staff.
Eiko Sakaguchi concluded the welcoming remarks with a brief report on the Prange Symposium held September 21, 2006.
Reports from Funding Agencies:
Margaret Mihori spoke on behalf of the Japan-US Friendship Commission. She noted that within the JUSFC’s priorities the needs of libraries are an important part of the funding to the field of Japanese studies. This began in the early 1990s, and of special note is their long support of the Multi-Volume Sets Project. The Commission had just had their fall meeting and Margaret noted that while no NCC requests were before the Commission at the most recent meeting they had funded a project from the American
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Association of Archivists (see JUSFC website for further details). Margaret also discussed the current redesign of the JUSFC web site being undertaken by the NCC's webmaster, Brigid Laffey.
Margaret also noted that CULCON XXII took place in July 2006 in Big Sky, Montana. She circulated the CULCON XXII Joint Communiqué. She provided a review of how the organization has worked towards establishing resources and providing support to build strong ties between the US and Japan. In addition, she discussed the ongoing development and issues facing the organization’s Cross Currents website.
CULCON’s Global Leaders Working Group provided a series of recommendations including to establish best practices for exchange programs and international activities with the goal of developing a global perspective, to establish a study which will track the impact of exchange programs, to examine US and Japan leaders to identify key elements of training which have helped them to be successful, and to enable exchange programs to gain a broad perspective and establish economies of scale through collaboration and cooperation.
A frank discussion regarding CULCON’s future was also held at the conference. It was agreed that the organization should work to evaluate past achievements, review its membership to ensure all members were committed to working together to increase CULCON’s visibility and to provide the activities necessary to sustain itself and its funding. Margaret noted that CULCON is currently looking for new projects that will reinvigorate its missions and is seeking suggestions from the field. Anyone with suggestions should contact Pamela Field the CULCON liaison officer.
Keiji Shono reported on behalf of the Japan Foundation, beginning by introducing the New York Office’s new program associate Kia Cheleen who has recently returned from several years living in Japan.
Mr. Shono reported that the 2006 Japan Studies Information Specialist Training (JSIST) program will only admit trainees from Europe and Africa and will focus primarily on basic training for librarians from developing countries. In the coming years there will again be a JSIST program that admits trainees from the US, Canada and other developed countries.
He also reviewed the revised guidelines for Japan Foundation Library Support grants which were announced to the field in an email from NY Director General Masaru Susaki on August 23, 2006. Those in the B1 & B2 categories will be limited to ¥1,000,000 and there will be no monetary awards. He also noted that JF will cover the shipping of materials.
The Japan Foundation’s new three-year funding cycle begins in April 2007 during which time he expects funding may continue to decrease, perhaps by as much as 20%. The Japan Foundation’s Directory of Japanese Studies in the US will be published in November or December 2006 by the University of Hawaii Press.
Toshie Marra spoke briefly on her meeting in August at Japan Foundation in Tokyo with Jun’etsu Komatsu and Tadashi Ogawa the new Director of Japanese Studies and General Coordinator of the Americas Division. She understood from them that the US would be able to apply for JSIST in 2007. Mr. Shono said that he understood it to be every three years and would double check on whether or not 2007 would be the next opportunity. Once he has clarified that detail Toshie plans to notify Japanese studies librarians of JSIST program change on EASTLIB.
A question was raised about the need for an image bank with a variety of graphic data to be used for teaching Japanese cultures and suggested the need for a guide to such resources. LC’s freely available images from the Print and Photography Division were mentioned. Miranda Scheur mentioned using the 1992 Pacific Century series and wishing it would be updated. Laura Hein mentioned Nagasaki University’s Bakumatsu Photos with bilingual captions. The need for more translations of captions and instructions to the use of websites and databases was noted and suggested as a possible project for CULCON.
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Susan Matisoff reminded Mr. Shono of the previous question about the Japanese Literature Database funded by the Japan Foundation. She asked if self-generated submissions will be accepted and will the database be updated. Mr. Shono reminded the Council that the Japanese Literature Database is a project of the Japan P.E.N. Club and he promised to check into these questions and to notify the appropriate lists.
Toshie Marra reminded Mr. Shono of the NCC’s request to receive a copy of the review report of the last JSIST program. Mr. Shono promised to obtain the report and to send a copy to the NCC.
Reports from NCC Representatives from Collaborating Organizations and Constituencies:
Laura Hein gave the report for the Japan Foundation American Advisory Committee (JF-AAC) noting that because money for library grants have been cut the JF-AAC relies all the more on the NCC’s guidance in recommending grants. She added that due to the Japan Foundation’s severe budget situation it would be unlikely for a long-term project such as the NCC’s current Japanese E-Resource Training Initiative to be funded in the future.
Library of Congress (LC): Hwa-Wei Lee, Chief of the Asian Division, provided the Council with an overview of some of the major changes and acquisitions taking place during the last six months. Among the most noteworthy, is the development of a new strategic plan to be implemented over a five-year period from 2008-2013. Under the leadership of Dr. Deanna Marcum, the Library of Congress will focus on 1) Collecting and preserving the record of America’s creativity and the world’s knowledge 2) Providing the most effective methods for connecting the Library of Congress user to the various collections 3) Deepening the general understanding of American cultural, intellectual and social life and of other peoples and nations; 4) Providing leadership for the library community and, 5) Managing for results.
The Asian Division has extended its hours, increased outreach programs through the Asian Division Friends Society, and is now open 8:30 to 5:00 Monday through Saturday (except holidays). They have initiated a pilot program to see if a shelf-ready cataloging service being offered by a Japanese book vendor would be a viable timesaving opportunity in which to invest. In addition, the Asian Division has done considerable work toward digitization; the 60-volume Genji Monogatari including its six supplemental volumes and LC has fully digitized over 2,000 Japanese woodblock prints as well. Dr. Lee hopes to be able to hire one new Japan-specialist librarian next year.
He mentioned that Carolyn Brown is now heading the Kluge Center Fellowships program and the Asian Division’s new boss is Jeremy Adamson. Dr. Lee also mentioned recent donations of Japanese maps to LC that are now available online. He also mentioned that Deanna Marcum gave a speech at NDL and the Council asked about getting copies.
The Council was also very appreciative of Dr. Lee’s announcement that LC has purchased Tsurunoya Kobori Tomoto Bunko 弦迺舎小堀鞆音文庫, a set proposed to MVS in 2006 for which MVS did not have adequate funding to cover.
Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Report: The Northeast Asia Council of the AAS was represented at the meeting by Jan Bardsley, who substituted for Samuel Yamashita. She gave a brief overview of the proposals that received NEAC funding in 2005-2006. NEAC supports three major areas of exchange: lectures by distinguished scholars and artists from Japan, Korea, and the US; summer seminars for specialized training; and workshops for Japanese and Korean language teachers. 2005-2006 awards for distinguished speakers went to SUNY-Buffalo and University of Rochester to invite E. Taylor Atkins (Blue Nippon); and Beloit College, Northern Illinois University, and Rockford College invited Susan Napier (Anime: From Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle). NEAC supported the following summer workshops: “The University of Chicago Summer Workshop: Reading Kuzushiji” led by Susan Burns; “University of Southern California Kambun Workshop” led by Joan Piggott and Professor Eiichi Ishigami of the University of the Tokyo Historiographical Institute; and “Stanford University Workshop on Japanese Paleography” led by Karen Wigen. Workshops for regional Japanese teacher associations in the Southeast (Georgia Institute of Technology) and the Midwest (Ohio State University) also received support. NEAC funded requests for
44 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February 2007 instructional materials from high schools, universities and public libraries. Several grants were awarded to faculty and doctoral students for travel to collections within the US and for short-term research in Korea or Japan; topics represented a diverse range of interests including philosophy, Buddhist art, labor practices, geography, and many more. NEAC is making a special effort this year to publicize the many grant areas open for application.
It was suggested that NEAC grant application guidelines should be revised to clarify the eligibility of librarians and museum curators for NEAC grants. Jan agreed to discuss possible revisions with NEAC Chair Susan Burns and other members of NEAC.
Philip Melzer, President of Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL), attended as Keiko Yokota-Carter’s substitute and reported on behalf of CEAL. He began by reporting on CEAL IFLA Pre-Conference Scholarly Information on East Asian in the 21st Century, which included 23 papers plus a keynote and was attended by 100 individuals. The papers will be available on the CEAL Website.
A new CEAL Special Committee on CJK Capabilities in Local Systems is being headed by Martin Heijdra of Princeton University. He also was happy to report that LC’s plan to offer internships in East Asian cataloging will begin shortly. The period of internships will range for 10-14 weeks and programs will be tailored to the needs of the interns. Grants of $500 will be given and the program will be evaluated in 2 years.
Philip Melzer added an update on the LC’s pilot shelf-ready cataloging outsourcing project. It has been observed that in reality a substantial amount of staff time has been additionally spent for this project.
Syun Tutiya provided the Japan Liaison’s Report. The process known as hojinka continues but its direction remains unpredictable with various plans and working groups all having certain roles or resources that impact university libraries, scholarly communication and computer networking, without enough guidance for individual libraries, in his impression.
In terms of staffing, the “localization policy” has begun to have a noticeable impact. The former “nationwide” system of human resources rotations controlled by Monbusho (MEXT) is no longer in effect. This change is particularly felt among senior staff who are now employed by the institution in which they were posted when the policy was implemented. In his opinion “It is obvious that this localization has stagnated the flow of librarians which was formerly feasible and successful.” He further noted that it appears that the way senior managers are negotiating this new system is by arranging to return and end their careers at the institution in which they began. He also reminded the NCC that the population bulge will result in the retirement of a large cohort of senior managers in April 2007.
He also spoke briefly about new developments at the National Institute of Informatics, the National Diet Library, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. With regard to copyright issues he mentioned changing guidelines for photocopying which are still evolving and he concluded by saying that the Global ILL Framework is proceeding well and functioning on a regularized basis.
NCC Committee and Task Force Reports:
Tomoko Steen presented the Digital Resources Committee (DRC) report which focused on reviewing the DRC website improvements, outlining new tasks and roles members of the DRC will commit to work on over the next few months. The DRC website has just been updated and revised to reflect new activities.
Tomoko Steen and Syun Tutiya together provided an overview of the Ad Hoc Meeting on Japan-US Digital Resources or so-called September 1st meeting held at the University of Tokyo Library with three Japanese newspaper vendors, namely Yomiuri, Nikkei, and Asahi, where significant inroads were made to gain a mutual understanding of the types of information and service relationships that would be beneficial to both database providers and academic libraries in Japan and the United States. The meeting was sponsored by the Japan Association of National University Libraries, NCC, CEAL, and the Private and Public University
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Library Consortia (PULC) and was attended by 27 librarians and scholars including 11 from the US. A full report on that meeting will be published shortly once fully reviewed by all participants.
Regarding the meeting, Syun Tutiya commented on the different agendas held by Japanese and US libraries, i.e., while Japanese libraries, having the organized structure in place, were attempting to talk to the newspaper companies about potential big business, for US libraries the primary purpose of the meeting was vendor education. In spite of this difference, the libraries from both countries were able to identify several important issues of common interest to convey to the vendors, and the meeting was generally perceived by all participants to have been extremely successful.
Susan Matisoff provided an update on the Multi-Volume Sets (MVS) committee, reporting that 8 grants had been awarded to 6 institutions in 2006 totaling ¥9,555,250. Susan reported that the JUSFC had agreed that institutions could charge regular ILL fees for MVS-funded sets. In conclusion, Susan asked the Council to discuss the Committee’s recommendation to set a policy of asking MVS committee members to refrain from applying for MVS funds during their terms on the committee. Vickey Bestor added that the Council had discussed the same issue several years before, and had decided not to adopt the policy out of the fear that such a policy might inhibit librarians from serving on the MVS Committee. The Council this time recommended the adoption of the Committee’s recommendation, and accordingly the Executive Committee was directed to seek new candidates willing to follow that rule. If it is found to be problematic the Council may review this rule in the future.
Eiko Sakaguchi provided the first Librarian Professional Development Committee (LPDC) report. The Committee, which was formed in March 2006, is charged with serving as a primary communication vehicle for professional development opportunities, screening applications for JSIST training, soliciting views on current professional development and training needs for librarians in the Japan and East Asian field and to serve as a clearinghouse for professional development in Japanese studies librarianship.
The LPDC has already conducted an online survey via Eastlib to establish a profile of training and professional development needs of Japanese studies librarians, and Eiko gave the Council a summary of the survey results. The Committee will further analyze the survey results also in light of results from the Japan Foundation survey of the field of Japanese studies to plan future training projects offered by or co- sponsored by the NCC. Eiko added that the Council should have a clear idea of the target librarian community for planning any training programs.
The ILL/DD Committee report was provided by co-chair Sharon Domier and highlighted the success the Committee has enjoyed this year in establishing a strong working relationship with the Japanese GIF team. A large part of this success is due to the new roles that have been established to handle the questions and administration on the North American side. Chiaki Sakai has been managing the NCC GIF Discussion Group through its Google Group and Yoko Okunishi has taken over the management of the registration process for members in North America. The Japan GIF team is now responsible only for maintaining the Japanese membership and for serving as the primary point of contact for questions relating to the OCLC-NII software interface. The North American side fields a large number of questions from ILL staffers who need help verifying holdings information because of the language barrier.
Currently there are 129 GIF project participants in Japan (69 of which are participants in the loan service) and 52 in North America (of which 27 are participants in the loan service). Sharon also reported that the ILL/DD Committee web page had been completed and the user guides for requesting materials have been uploaded and can be accessed from the NCC website.
Sharon Domier spoke briefly on behalf of the AskEASL Advisory Committee. Sharon noted that the project is once again in a slow phase and she questioned the need for the continuation of the project. She observes that researchers tend use more subject-focused listservs to ask their questions and often the kinds of questions AskEASL received were not what she had expected. A number of Council members expressed concern about Sharon’s proposal to end the AskEASL service. The Council recommended not to end the AskEASL project for the time being.
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Toshie Marra, Tokiko Bazzell and Victoria Bestor all reported on different aspects of the E-Resources Training Initiative. On behalf of Dawn Lawson, Information Literacy Portal Task Force Coordinator, Tokiko reported that the Task Force had established a communication vehicle among the members and a discussion group for people interested in issues related to IL. The Task Force members are currently migrating the e-resource guides from AskEASL to the NCC IL Portal, expanding the portal site with more materials developed by librarians, and investigating online tutorials for the portal site. Vickey Bestor presented a report on year 2 and reported briefly on the 17 E-Resources regional workshops that took place in 2006 all over the United States and one each in Canada and Japan. She also passed out a list of workshops and seminars planned during the third and final year of the project.
Tokiko Bazzell reported on her presentation in August at the Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance conference prior to the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference in Seoul, Korea where she spoke on the NCC’s efforts in information literacy and provided a demo of the NCC’s Information Literacy portal. Later in August Tokiko gave another presentation on the Information Literacy Portal site at Tohoku University as well.
Tokiko also reported on visits to several national institutions in South Korea and various programs relating to digitization. She found that both in Korea and China the national governments are very focused on promoting digital products and providing access to information pertaining to their cultural and intellectual heritage. She found that the governments heavily subsidize many of the digital projects and that the products are then offered to institutions at little or no cost. She also noted that many of the Chinese database providers are aggressively trying to market their products and to establish partnerships with vendors in the US. Tokiko also noted that the copyright restrictions that generally prevent much of the digitization in Japan from occurring are very loosely monitored and regulated in Korea, allowing virtually everything to be digitized.
Toshie brought up the request from Michiko Ito of Kansas University for NCC to consider hosting a workshop on JapanKnowledge and other Japanese databases during the next AAS annual meeting with target audience of “underserved” faculty members. Members pointed out that faculty have so many other obligations and agenda during the AAS meeting that it would not be a suitable venue for this purpose. Instead the Council recommended that Ms. Ito explore smaller scale hands-on training sessions which might be organized at major regional meetings such as the Mid-Western Council on Asian Studies.
Reiko Yoshimura provided the principal report on behalf of the Japan Art Catalog Project. She noted that the Freer received a donation of $25,000 from users of JAC to assist with speeding cataloging of the collection. The move of Western Catalogs to Columbia from Pittsburgh has been completed and Columbia has begun cataloging.
Toshie reported that NCC has received an inquiry on the status of JAC II from the new National Art Center, Tokyo which will open to public in January 2007. Vickey proposed that efforts be made to expand collaboration with the Japan Art History Forum to facilitate collection of US exhibition catalogs on Japanese art for the JAC II project, which Council approved. Concern was raised about the difficulty in getting US institutions to make donations of catalogs because of the high cost of publishing. Reiko Yoshimura noted that she now has to earmark a portion of her own budget to purchase Freer catalogs to maintain existing exchange relationships.
NCC Administrative Reports:
The administrative portion of the meeting (at the end of the day) began with an executive session for the election of new Council Members. The Report by the Executive Committee on the Nomination Process was followed by election of new members. The report noted that the NCC had very strong pools of candidates for all positions.
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The following individuals were elected to NCC positions. Professor Robin Le Blanc of Washington & Lee University in Virginia was elected the NCC social sciences faculty representative to serve a term from January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009. Three librarian members were elected with each being assigned a future committee responsibility. Chiaki Sakai, Japanese Studies Librarian at the University of Iowa, was elected to serve as the co-chair of the ILL/DD Committee and to succeed Sharon Domier in her term that ends on December 31, 2006. (Chiaki Sakai’s term will run from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009). Maureen Donovan, Japanese Studies Librarian at Ohio State University, was elected to a term running from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2010 and to serve as the co-chair of the NCC’s Librarian Professional Development Committee (LPDC). Hitoshi Kamada, Japanese Studies Librarian at the University of Arizona, was elected to a term running from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2010 and he will serve as a member of the Japan Foundation Library Support Program Advisory Committee (his term on that committee will begin immediately and run for three JF grant years). They will succeed Eiko Sakaguchi and Kenji Niki, respectively.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Administrative reports continued with an update on NCC’s publication and public information efforts, first highlighting the updates and redesigns to the NCC website. The use of more contrasting color for the navigation bar was suggested. With regard to the individuals email address information given on the website, it was suggested to use a different symbol for the place of @ in order to prevent from becoming easy target to receive spam mails. In addition, first edition copies of the NCC Council Handbook and a draft of NCC Staff Manual were circulated. Minor expansions of the NCC Council Handbook will be made before copies are printed and given to each council member. It was suggested that an electronic copy of the Handbook be given to substituting Council members prior to the meeting.
Vickey Bestor also presented brief financial updates on the previous fiscal year and the Japan Foundation Year 2 grant and answered questions from the Council.
The NCC’s revised Mission Statement recently re-written by the Executive Committee was reviewed and unanimously adopted by the Council, with only a minor change of order. Vickey was asked to revise and circulate the Mission Statement among the Council members by email.
Tokiko Bazzell presented the proposal from the Shashi Interest Group for affiliation with the NCC. A question on the definition of “affiliation” was raised and it was recommended that clarification be made with the Group regarding their intention. After a brief discussion it was proposed that a Council decision on that affiliation be deferred until the Round Robin Discussion at the end of the meeting. It was also proposed that the Council Handbook include a section on how groups affiliate with the NCC.
JANUL’s idea for a pilot project for sending discarded books from national university libraries to US institutions, known as the Re-Use Plan, was discussed. The roles to be taken by Kinokuniya were questioned and Toshie Marra was asked to reconfirm with Kinokuniya which may provide shipping and handling for materials. Further considerations of this project were passed to the Executive Committee and will be decided upon at a future NCC Meeting.
Suggestions made during the Round Robin Session included the following:
A special Round Robin session to discuss information needs in the field of Japanese studies was held to assist Tokiko Bazzell as new NCC Chair to plan new activities for the Council.
There is a need for a Guide to Permissions. Faculty are always interested in using illustrations in their teaching and publications and there needs to be a clear document on the process of getting permissions for use in various venues and formats. This is also an issue with translations and clearances for publication. There is a need for a set of form letters for permissions, also including permissions for electronic publications. There needs to be communications with major publishers to know what they require. Such a guide should have be bilingual with templates in both languages.
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The creation of tutorials geared toward 4th year Japanese language students was suggested.
Concerns were raised about email security and confidentiality with reference to OECD personnel data protection.
The creation of a list of reference specialists cross-referenced by specialty was suggested. It was mentioned that such a list bears a resemblance to the JUSFC’s online list of specialists in the field who can be consulted by the media known as “On the Record”.
Suggestions were made about strategies for inviting more faculty and students to attend NCC Meetings as observers. It was suggested that the NCC create some sort of “fellowships” for local faculty and students to attend their working meetings as observers (where they would learn a great deal).
Suggestions were made for additions to the NCC website and the IL Portal. Kenneth Tanaka and Akemi Noda have developed a guide to resources in Asian American Studies that they would like to link to the NCC site. The Council expressed enthusiasm and will refer this to the IL Portal Task Force.
It was noted that in many fields such as art history users are more reliant on English and it was suggested that there should be more basic translations on art historical resources. It was suggested that possibly a WIKI among art history scholars and buffs would be a useful resource an idea that should be discussed with the Japan Art History Forum.
There is need to organize more discussions with copyright holders. The Japanese library community has good communication with copyright holders and they meet 4-5 times a year in regular meetings between librarians and copyright holders. The question was raised as to how copyright holders can be involved in the discussions and how the point can be made that it is to their advantage to participate.
One member stated that user-service is the “real” and “only” job of librarians. In a digital world resource sharing only requires a server. At the end of the Round Robin discussion the Council re-emphasized the point that the NCC’s primary goal must continue to be Helping Users.
Several issues were referred to the NCC Executive Committee for further discussion, decisions or recommendations back to the Council. The Council recommended that the Shashi Interest Group be asked to define further their affiliation and their role with the NCC and that the NCC Executive Committee should make a final decision on that affiliation.
The next NCC Council Meeting will be at the University of Washington in Seattle on January 12-13, 2007 hosted by Keiko Yokota-Carter. Robert Britt will offer a workshop on digital resources for Japanese legal studies on Thursday January 11th open to NCC members and users from the region. That workshop will be part of the NCC’s Year 3 Japan Foundation Grant.
The NCC Open Meeting will be in the Tsai Auditorium of Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies on Friday March 23rd from 9 to noon. Following that will be a buffet lunch hosted by the Reischauer Institute offering tours of the new Fung Library where the Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan is housed as well as the collection of the John K. Fairbanks Center for Chinese Studies. Optional tours of Widener Library and/or campus walking tours will be available. From 2 pm the Harvard-Yenching Library will host tours of their collections followed by a reception.
Unless otherwise noted copies of reports made at the September 2006 NCC Council Meeting may be found on the NCC Website at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ncc/meetingsandreports.html
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Mission Statement The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources
The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) works to expand and improve access to library resources and other forms of information about Japan within the existing framework of North American library collections, through grant programs, and by working with collaborating organizations in North America, Japan and elsewhere.
The overarching goal of the NCC is to mobilize the resources of information providers, information users, and funding organizations in order to collaboratively develop comprehensive access to Japanese information in as wide a range of fields as possible – in the humanities, social sciences, and throughout the professional fields – -- for all current and potential users.
The NCC works to define and articulate the common concerns and needs both of libraries and users of Japanese resources. It autonomously develops programs and materials to address those needs, and articulates those needs to funding organizations in both the US and Japan. The NCC serves as a strong representative voice for institutions and individuals (including those with limited or no direct library access to Japanese materials) and its activities are carried out by the pro bono efforts of representatives of a range of libraries and institutions in the field of Japanese studies. The NCC works to provide two-way coordination between North American libraries and funding agencies; and to develop closer collaborations between North American and Japanese libraries, their staffs, and their users.
Specifically, the NCC: • Coordinates and develops projects that improve access to materials in all formats, coordinates and develops projects that cooperatively develop Japanese collections, improve access to materials in all formats, and educate librarians and users of Japanese resources; • Solicits recommendations from and articulates the collective needs of librarians, scholars and others in relation to information resources; • Expands the work of advising and collaborating with funding agencies in developing relevant and valuable programs; • Gathers and disseminates information with regard to these efforts and to educate users about new resources
The NCC, founded in 1991, is an independent 501-C-3 tax-exempt organization, a public charity in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and an international nonprofit organization fostering collaborations across a wide range of institutions.
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Council on East Asian Libraries Statistics 2005-2006 For North American Institutions
Collected and Compiled by the CEAL Statistics Committee, 2005-2006
Vickie Fu Doll, Chair University of Kansas [email protected]
Calvin Hsu University of Virginia [email protected]
Fung-yin Kuo Simpson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [email protected]
51 Table 1 - 1 Holdings of East Asian Materials of North American Institutions as of June 30, 2006 Total Volumes in Library Vols. Held June Vols. Added During Vols. Withdrawn Vols. Added During Vols. Held June 30, 2005 Year-Gross During Year Year - Net 30, 2006 Institutions CHNJPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL Alberta 39291 9990 1161 0 50,442 353 212 86 0 651 00 00 0 353 212 86 0 651 39644 10202 1247 0 51,093
Arizona 156290 44738 0 0 201,028 4352 498 0 0 4,850 15000 1370 0 0 16,370 -10648 -872 0 0 -11,520 145642 43866 0 0 189,508
Arizona State 54523 23298 2323 0 80,144 2594 408 744 0 3,746 00 00 0 2594 408 744 0 3,746 57117 23706 3067 08,389
Brigham Young 49169 14864 7788 0 71,821 873 224 411 0 1,508 00 00 0 873 224 411 0 1,508 50042 15088 8199 0 73,329
British Columbia 292466 142494 23404 76108 534,472 2776 5858 1509 55 9,598 00 00 0 2776 5858 1509 55 9,598 295242 148352 24913 76163 544,070
Brown 99191 15211 4851 0 119,253 1742 3163 0 0 4,905 00 00 0 1742 3163 0 0 4,905 100933 18374 4851 0 124,158
California, Berkeley 439945 356968 71078 17560 885,551 17104 6223 4588 280 28,195 3014017 17101 6223 4574 280 28,178 457046 363191 75652 17840 913,729
California, Davis 45262 27192 2566 0 75,020 1202 405 27 12 1,646 00 00 0 1202 405 27 12 1,646 46464 27597 2593 12 76,666
California, Irvine 59337 20833 11154 0 91,324 7141 1174 899 0 9,214 00 00 0 7141 1174 899 0 9,214 66478 22007 12053 0 91,706
California, Los Angeles 268449 167805 42777 0 479,031 13333 11503 1895 51764 78,495 19 6 7 0 32 13314 11497 1888 51764 78,463 281763 179302 44665 51764 557,494
California, Riverside 25034 2079 1799 14932 43,844 1230 15 55 2866 4,166 00 00 0 1230 15 55 2866 4,166 26264 2094 1854 17798 48,010
California, San Diego 76917 53844 5712 0 136,473 4648 1493 511 0 6,652 70 00 7 4641 1493 511 0 6,645 81558 55337 6223 0 143,118
California, Santa Barbara 90927 48544 1416 2028 142,910 3485 1102 137 0 4,724 00 00 0 3485 1102 137 0 4,724 94412 49646 1553 2028 147,634
Chicago 399690 203458 48604 0 651,752 10441 5779 3725 0 19,945 00 00 0 10441 5779 3725 0 19,945 410131 209237 52329 0 671,697
Columbia, Starr East Asian 369661 273522 64482 71416 779,081 8392 5054 4173 1346 18,965 00 00 0 8392 5054 4173 1346 18,965 378053 278576 68655 72762 798,046
Cornell 362904 140539 9089 75814 588,346 6784 3747 754 1496 12,781 00 00 0 6784 3747 754 1496 12,781 369688 144286 9843 77310 601,127
Duke 28668 51539 3147 79420 162,774 3410 3302 710 2771 10,193 0240 0 24 3410 3278 710 2771 10,169 32078 54817 3857 82191 172,943
Emory University 10814 3370 241 94293 108,718 1321 1229 48 1189 3,787 00 00 0 1321 1229 48 1189 3,787 12135 4599 289 95482 112,505
Far Eastern Research Library 28232 835 688 6322 36,077 4321 12 356 387 5,076 11 135 0 37 0 4310 -123 356 350 5,076 32542 712 1044 6672 41,153
Florida 21819 11795 613 2473 36,700 299 259 83 355 996 00 00 0 299 259 83 355 996 22118 12054 696 2828 37,696
Georgetown 27573 24059 4354 0 55,986 222 333 437 0 992 4067 3510 0 0 7,577 -3845 -3177 437 0 -6,585 23728 20882 4791 0 49,401
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jp 0 3485 0 4720 457 0 288 0 190 478 0 14 0 30 44 0 274 0 160 434 0375904880 8,639
Harvard-Yenching Library 641656 288726 124971 68710 1,124,063 14135 7021 3935 1240 26,331 00 00 0 14135 7021 3935 1240 26,331 655791 295747 128906 69950 1,153,295
Hawaii 147921 122643 58097 0 328,661 2938 5523 2484 0 10,945 00 00 0 2938 5523 2484 0 10,945 150859 128166 60581 0 339,606
Illinois-Urbana 165379 68132 14517 800 248,828 7718 2168 980 0 10,866 00 00 0 7718 2168 980 0 10,866 173097 70300 15497 800 259,694
Indiana 134838 68659 17095 50000 270,592 2261 1282 237 160 3,940 00 00 0 2261 1282 237 160 3,940 137099 69941 17332 50160 274,532
Iowa 99838 30827 4845 0 135,510 3574 1241 465 0 5,280 00 00 0 3574 1241 465 0 5,280 103412 32068 5310 0 140,790
52 Table 1 - 2 Holdings of East Asian Materials of North American Institutions as of June 30, 2006 Total Volumes in Library Vols. Held June Vols. Added During Vols. Withdrawn Vols. Added During Vols. Held June 30, 2005 Year-Gross During Year Year - Net 30, 2006 Institutions CHNJPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL Kansas 126693 74264 3739 37340 242,036 4283 1554 258 1536 7,631 35 00 8 4280 1549 258 1536 7,623 130973 75813 3997 38876 249,659
Library of Congress 979978 1149363 246173 398796 2,746,080 17873 5835 7046 14628 45,382 00 00 0 17873 5835 7046 14628 45,382 997851 1155198 253219 413424 2,791,462
McGill 55308 5851 797 0 61,953 4840 1147 101 0 6,088 31 00 4 4837 1146 101 0 6,084 60145 6997 898 0 68,037
Metropolitan Museum of Art 11618 10701 1089 0 23,408 4228 3733 643 0 8,604 00 00 0 4228 3733 643 0 8,604 15846 14434 1732 0 32,012
Michigan 387358 287408 18686 0 693,452 12523 3445 2829 0 18,797 00 00 0 12523 3445 2829 0 18,797 399881 290853 21515 0 712,249
Michigan State 26423 6165 465 55115 88,168 300 100 5 2500 2,905 00 00 0 300 100 5 2500 2,905 26723 6265 470 57615 91,073
Minnesota 101749 35178 2158 400 139,485 3573 1448 259 0 5,280 00 00 0 3573 1448 259 0 5,280 105322 36626 2417 400 144,765
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 11048 6230 646 8805 26,729 641 90 2 210 943 00 00 0 641 90 2 210 943 11689 6320 648 9015 27,672
North Carolina 129229 5719 375 23 135,346 2980 121 0 0 3,101 00 00 0 2980 121 0 0 3,101 132209 5840 375 23 138,447
Ohio State 156803 102345 4864 0 264,012 9632 3702 107 0 13,441 20 00 0 9630 3702 107 0 13,441 166433 106047 4971 0 277,453
Penn State 14752 6636 24 81 21,493 872 343 11 105 1,331 00 00 0 872 343 11 105 1,331 15624 6979 35 186 22,824
Pennsylvania 140741 65070 5175 0 211,244 5373 3486 0 0 8,859 00 00 0 5373 3486 0 0 8,859 146114 68556 5175 0 220,103
Pittsburgh 232024 114168 5170 12475 363,837 8200 2571 919 389 12,079 00 00 0 8200 2571 919 389 12,079 240224 116739 6089 12864 375,916
Princeton 461527 177032 16877 0 655,436 9476 3978 474 0 13,928 61 21 19 0 101 9415 3957 455 0 13,827 470942 180989 17332 0 669,263
Queens Borough Public Library 206906 3220 48224 0 258,350 20970 335 5659 0 26,964 46534 398 8670 0 55,602 -25564 -63 -3011 0 -28,638 181342 3157 45213 0 229,712
Rutgers 116690 9230 2308 0 128,228 2225 191 266 0 2,682 50 00 5 2220 191 266 0 2,677 118910 9421 2574 0 130,905
Southern California 43771 21124 46950 0 111,845 4152 3117 2914 0 10,183 00 00 0 4152 3117 2914 0 10,183 47923 24241 49864 0 122,028
Stanford 274758 178204 0 0 452,962 14778 5003 11250 0 31,031 00 00 0 14778 5003 11250 0 31,031 289536 183207 11250 0 483,993
Texas, Austin 77305 59372 3607 0 140,284 2181 1988 154 0 4,323 20 00 2 2179 1988 154 0 4,321 79484 61360 3761 0 144,605
Toronto 212342 164285 30041 4750 411,418 7547 3484 3829 8 14,868 00 00 0 7547 3484 3829 8 14,868 219889 167769 33870 4758 426,286
Virginia 32138 7624 382 40303 80,447 2299 236 52 0 2,587 00 00 0 2299 236 52 0 2,587 34437 7860 434 40303 83,034
Washington 253894 132957 83748 36588 507,187 3272 3615 2918 350 10,155 5 137 0 0 142 3267 3478 2918 350 10,013 257161 136435 86666 36938 517,200
Washington, St. Louis 85551 50880 1646 0 138,077 2650 412 52 0 3,114 00 00 0 2650 412 52 0 3,114 88201 51292 1698 0 141,191
Washington-Law 9034 25791 2074 6205 43,104 327 435 95 185 1,042 32 10 9 0 51 295 425 86 185 991 9329 26216 2160 6390 44,095
Wisconsin 126650 64676 3777 5157 200,260 4116 1750 183 0 6,049 00 00 0 4116 1750 183 0 6,049 130766 66426 3960 5157 206,309
Yale 444129 246687 10214 0 700,928 9379 4398 144 0 13,921 30 0 0 0 30 9349 4398 144 0 13,891 453478 251085 10358 0 714,819 53 Total Records 16,284,627 564,213 80,016 484,197 16,695,140
53 Table 2-1 Acquisitions of East Asian Materials from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006 Monograph Additions Purchased Rec'd but not Purchased Total Number of Monographs Titles Volumes Titles Volumes Titles Volumes Institutions CHNJPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL
Alberta 252 200 0 0 452 378 269 0 0 647 866 54 189 0 1,109 1177 60 221 0 1,458 1118 254 189 0 1,561 1555 329 221 0 2,105
Arizona 2985 256 0 0 3,241 4326 290 0 0 4,616 15 0 001526 0 0 0 26 3000 256 0 0 3,256 4352 290 0 0 4,642
Arizona State 1600 219 338 461 2,618 2050 395 466 464 3,375 804 0 00804857 0 0 0 857 2404 219 338 461 3,422 2907 395 466 464 4,232
Brigham Young 718 151 194 0 1,063 875 210 235 0 1,320 140 0 325 0 465 140 0 325 0 465 858 151 519 0 1,528 1015 210 560 0 1,785
British Columbia 000 0 02888 1333 892 485 5,598 0 0 0001244 2389 250 18 3,901 0000041323722 1142 503 9,499
Brown 1676 1995 0 0 3,671 3416 3831 0 0 7,247 210 29 20241295 39 2 0 336 1886 2024 2 0 3,912 3711 3870 2 0 7,583
California, Berkeley 8392 1903 2752 199 13,246 11974 4502 3432 199 20,107 0 0 0001135 502 605 3 2,245 8392 1903 2752 199 13,246 13109 5004 4037 202 22,352
California, Davis 718 321 0 0 1,039 1010 398 0 0 1,408 186 7 25 10 228 192 7 27 12 238 904 328 25 10 1,267 1202 405 27 12 1,646
California, Irvine 975 24 575 0 1,574 1346 192 867 0 2,405 74 538 97 0 709 78 568 144 0 790 1049 562 672 0 2,283 1424 760 1011 0 3,195
California, Los Angeles 3203 662 679 0 4,544 12696 10505 1249 51764 76,214 456 878 448 0 1,782 637 998 646 0 2,281 3659 1540 1127 0 6,326 13333 11503 1895 51764 78,495
California, Riverside 2450 17 0 0 2,467 2450 17 0 0 2,467 18 20 196 0 234 18 20 196 0 234 2468 37 196 0 2,701 2468 37 196 0 2,701
California, San Diego 000 0 02887 1726 0 0 4,613 0 0 000324 120 514 0 958 0000032111846 514 0 5,571
California, Santa Barbara 1697 252 0 0 1,949 2490 368 0 0 2,858 201 2 137 0 340 224 2 137 0 363 1898 254 137 0 2,289 2714 370 137 0 3,221
Chicago 6052 1878 2302 0 10,232 9971 5030 3275 0 18,276 371 485 352 0 1,208 470 749 450 0 1,669 6423 2363 2654 0 11,440 10441 5779 3725 0 19,945
Columbia, Starr East Asian 1455 1066 1402 647 4,570 5526 2661 3328 889 12,404 0 0 000561 458 562 0 1,581 1455 1066 1402 647 4,570 6087 3119 3890 889 13,985
Duke 2028 888 255 1630 4,801 2330 1884 341 2771 7,326 416 32 78 23 549 416 32 78 23 549 2444 920 333 1653 5,350 2746 1916 419 2794 7,875
Emory University 809 221 33 136 1,199 1321 1229 48 1189 3,787 0 0 000 00000809 221 33 136 1,199 1321 1229 48 1189 3,787
Far Eastern Research Library 3925 12 0 375 4,312 4321 12 0 0 4,333 346 0 356 12 714 387 0 365 12 764 4271 12 356 387 5,026 4708 12 365 12 5,097
Florida 86 150 0 348 584 141 258 0 355 754 158 1 83 0 242 158 1 83 0 242 244 151 83 348 826 299 259 83 355 996
Georgetown 146 247 309 0 702 222 333 437 0 992 0 0 000 00000146 247 309 0 702 222 333 437 0 992
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn 0 150 0 18 168 0 150 0 18 168 0 81 040121 081040121 0 231 0 58 289 0 231 0 58 289
Harvard-Yenching Library 7885 4385 2560 785 15,615 12041 5947 3715 824 22,527 1033 471 174 420 2,098 1312 1074 222 425 3,033 8918 4856 2734 1205 17,713 13353 7021 3937 1249 25,560
Hawaii 2455 428 1851 547 5,281 3204 609 2201 555 6,569 325 3918 437 570 5,250 436 4914 493 632 6,475 2780 4346 2288 1117 10,531 3640 5523 2694 1187 13,044
Illinois-Urbana 3806 898 584 0 5,288 4999 954 823 0 6,776 106 171 407 0 684 185 171 467 0 823 3912 1069 991 0 5,972 5184 1125 1290 0 7,599
Indiana 0 0 0 0 4,328 0 0 0 0 5,000 0 0 00431 0000551 00004,759 0 0005,551
Iowa 000 0 01984 1544 17 0 3,545 0 0 000 00000 0000019841544 17 0 3,545
Kansas 2895 1050 157 1411 5,513 3530 1284 202 1480 6,496 160 105 18 40 323 753 270 56 49 1,128 3055 1155 175 1451 5,836 4283 1554 258 1529 7,624
54 Table 2-2 Acquisitions of East Asian Materials from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006 Monograph Additions Purchased Rec'd but not Purchased Total Number of Monographs Titles Volumes Titles Volumes Titles Volumes Institutions CHNJPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL
Library of Congress 11756 3378 5832 11048 32,014 16086 5252 6341 13165 40,844 1306 375 648 1228 3,557 1787 584 705 1463 4,539 13062 3753 6480 12276 35,571 17873 5836 7046 14628 45,383
McGill 2980 122 0 0 3,102 3550 180 0 0 3,730 260 110 28 0 398 890 110 32 0 1,032 3240 232 28 0 3,500 4440 290 32 0 4,762
Michigan 7792 2886 2552 0 13,230 13068 4776 3322 0 21,166 228 83 671 0 982 349 147 818 0 1,314 8020 2969 3223 0 14,212 13417 4923 4140 0 22,480
Michigan State 200 90 0 2300 2,590 250 95 0 2350 2,695 100 10 0 200 310 120 15 0 220 355 300 100 0 2500 2,900 370 110 0 2570 3,050
Minnesota 000 0 02212 906 49 0 3,167 165 90 40 62 357 167 104 40 62 373 165 90 40 62 357 2379 1010 89 62 3,540
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 580 63 0 250 893 645 75 0 265 985 0 0 000 00000580 63 0 250 893 645 75 0 265 985
North Carolina 2262 6 14 91 2,373 2824 59 48 120 3,051 245 2 45256265 2 4 5 276 2507 8 18 96 2,629 3089 61 52 125 3,327
Ohio State 4300 0 90 0 4,390 5388 0 90 0 5,478 2131 0 0 0 2,131 3660 0 17 0 3,677 6431 0 90 0 6,521 9048 0 107 0 9,155
Penn State 351 158 1 20 530 780 257 2 21 1,060 0 0 000 00000351 158 1 20 530 780 257 2 21 1,060
Pennsylvania 000 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 000 00000 000000000 0
Pittsburgh 3675 600 588 19 4,882 5625 1366 955 32 7,978 1006 98 171 26 1,301 1314 100 178 32 1,624 4681 698 759 45 6,183 6939 1466 1133 64 9,602
Princeton 000 0 06325 3346 69 0 9,740 0 0 000624 52 322 0 998 0000069493398 391 0 10,738
Queens Borough Public Library 000 0 020970 335 5659 0 26,964 0 0 000 00000 00000 20970 335 5659 0 26,964
Rutgers 359 72 191 0 622 572 72 224 0 868 92 8 30 0 130 1653 8 42 0 1,703 451 80 221 0 752 2225 80 266 0 1,571
Southern California 1662 1783 2089 0 5,534 3645 3013 2646 0 9,304 378 93 228 0 699 507 104 268 0 879 2040 1876 2317 0 6,233 4152 3117 2914 0 10,183
Stanford 5707 2423 7879 0 16,009 9244 4194 9285 0 22,723 1754 122 1714 0 3,590 1952 127 1965 0 4,044 7461 2545 9593 0 19,599 11196 4321 11250 0 26,767
Texas, Austin 417 162 139 0 718 648 325 157 0 1,130 474 518 128 0 1,120 633 576 136 0 1,345 891 680 267 0 1,838 1281 901 293 0 2,475
Toronto 10110 2318 1079 0 13,507 11804 2354 1318 0 15,476 1232 112 3360 2 4,706 1450 122 3486 3 5,061 11342 2430 4439 2 18,213 13254 2476 4804 3 20,537
Virginia 1328 224 0 145 1,697 1560 248 0 0 1,808 160 20 35 0 215 176 22 41 0 239 1488 244 35 145 1,912 1736 270 41 0 2,047
Washington 1161 1711 1158 62 4,092 1665 2524 1302 70 5,561 532 14 324 94 964 565 17 371 100 1,053 1693 1725 1482 156 5,056 2230 2541 1673 170 6,614
Washington, St. Louis 959 149 31 0 1,139 2650 412 52 0 3,114 0 0 000 00000959 149 31 0 1,139 2650 412 52 0 3,114
Washington-Law 32 110 97 80 319 32 110 97 84 323 27 11 81460291 349 36 91 767 59 121 105 94 379 323 459 133 175 1,090
Wisconsin 7962 484 0 899 9,345 148 45 0 102 295 0 0 191 5 196 000007962 484 191 904 9,541 148 45 0 102 295
Yale 4643 2074 9 0 6,726 8955 4201 114 0 13,270 242 184 28 0 454 424 197 30 0 651 4885 2258 37 0 7,180 9379 4398 144 0 13,921 51 Total Records 222,169 432,558 38,973 61,018 261,142 492,576
55 Table 3 -1 Number of Serial Subscriptions and Non-purchased Serials Received as of June 30, 2006
Purchased Rec'd But Not Purchased Total Number of Current Serials Institutions CHN JPN KOR Non-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR Non-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR Non-CJK TOTAL
Alberta 63 15 00 7820 3 0 6 29 83 18 0 6 107
Arizona 176 44 0 0 220 47 9 0 0 56 223 53 0 0 276
Arizona State 75 53 1 89 218 53 6 0 28 87 128 59 1 117 305
Brigham Young 20 27 60 5361 4 1 0 66 81 31 7 0 119
British Columbia 170 388 98 12 668 459 1,118 31 38 1,646 629 1,506 129 50 2,314
Brown 97 21 2 140 260 47 13 2 23 85 144 34 4 163 345
California, Berkeley 0 0 00 0 000 0 02,168 1,572 431 234 4,405
California, Davis 0 1 01 2 800 3 11 810 4 13
California, Irvine 97 59 45 0 201 9555 0 69 106 114 50 0 270
California, Los Angeles 1,665 492 160 0 2,317 160 327 43 0 530 1,825 819 203 0 2,847
California, Riverside 23 9 00 32 940 0 13 32 13 0 0 45
California, San Diego 571 249 16 0 836 59 130 21 0 210 630 379 37 0 1,046
California, Santa Barbara 0 0 00 0 000 0 0 917 628 28 0 1,573
Chicago 0 0 00 0 000 0 02,031 1,872 625 0 4,528
Columbia, Starr East Asian 3,199 1,574 699 531 6,003 355 175 77 59 666 3,554 1,749 776 590 6,669
Duke 281 297 17 186 781 40 63 4 32 139 321 360 21 218 920
Emory University 48 7 02277 011 0 2 48 8 1 22 79
Far Eastern Research L brary 0 0 00 0312 2 5 25 344 312 2 5 25 344
Florida 45 32 1 50 128 119 183 36 47 385 164 215 37 97 513
Georgetown 32 28 70 6754 21 14 0 89 86 49 21 0 156
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn 0 73 01992 0 30 0 26 56 0 103 0 45 148
Harvard-Yenching Library 0 0 00 0 000 0 04,479 1,161 1,159 302 7,101
Hawaii 1,172 802 306 0 2,280 88 240 75 0 403 1,260 1,042 381 0 2,683
Illinois-Urbana 182 118 27 85 412 113 76 27 0 216 295 194 54 85 628
Indiana 0 0 0 0 548 0 0 0 0 362 478 241 97 94 910
Kansas 364 257 30 124 775 203 70 13 55 341 567 327 43 179 1,116
Library of Congress 519 252 72 38 881 58 28 8 4 98 577 280 80 42 979
McGill 55 23 01978 28 17 2 0 47 83 40 2 21 125
56 Table 3 -2 Number of Serial Subscriptions and Non-purchased Serials Received as of June 30, 2006
Purchased Rec'd But Not Purchased Total Number of Current Serials Institutions CHN JPN KOR Non-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR Non-CJK TOTAL CHN JPN KOR Non-CJK TOTAL
Metropolitan Museum of Art 40 10 10 5151 118 32 0 201 91 128 33 0 252
Michigan 1,002 919 88 0 2,009 241 250 50 0 541 1,243 1,169 138 0 2,550
Michigan State 200 700 0 1,000 1,900 100 60 0 100 260 300 760 0 1,100 2,160
Minnesota 0 0 00 0 000 0 0 000 0 0
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 122 42 8 85 257 343 4 14 125 46 11 89 271
North Carolina 83 7 16 97368 11 0 12 391 451 18 1 18 488
Ohio State 237 0 3 0 240 303 0 7 0 310 540 638 10 0 1,188
Penn State 28 14 13376 200 0 2 30 14 1 33 78
Pennsylvania 149 106 18 0 0 000 0 0 000 0 0
Pittsburgh 362 131 22 49 564 142 120 9 77 348 504 251 31 126 912
Princeton 2,085 1,117 88 155 3,445 000 0 02,085 1,117 88 155 3,445
Queens Borough Public Library 424 3 110 0 537 000 0 0 424 3 110 0 537
Rutgers 36 19 30 5871 22 21 0 114 107 41 24 0 172
Southern California 26 28 156 0 210 52360 43 31 30 192 0 253
Stanford 1,247 200 294 0 1,741 330 53 17 0 400 1,577 253 311 0 2,141
Texas, Austin 77 148 1 0 226 193 49 12 0 254 270 197 13 0 480
Toronto 139 145 61 11 356 136 20 23 2 181 275 165 84 13 537
Virginia 0 0 00 0 000 0 0 40 17 0 28 85
Washington 0 0 00 0 000 0 0 963 376 798 404 2,541
Washington, St. Louis 200 167 0 0 367 165 33 6 0 204 365 200 6 0 571
Washington-Law 87 174 26 45 332 29 39 6 38 112 116 213 32 83 444
Wisconsin 776 252 5 248 1,281 160 68 11 134 373 936 320 16 382 1,654
Yale 0 0 00 0 000 0 0 000 0 0 51 Total Records 16,174 9,003 2,373 2,948 30,754 4,601 3,424 598 713 9,698 31,702 18,826 6,091 4,725 61,323
57 Table 4 -1 Holdings of Other East Asian Materials in North American Institutions as of June 30,2006 Other Library Materials Audiovisual Materials Total Other Microform Cartographic/Graphic Mat. Audio Film and Video DVD Library Institutions CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL Materials
Alberta 1232 3100 0 0 4,332 113 231 0 0 344 45 15 9 06955 77 33 9 174 5 10 4 13 32 4,951
Arizona 765 143 0 0 908 0 00 0 0 28 11 0 03941 41 0 082187 5 0 0 192 1,221
Arizona State 0000 0 0 00 0 0 0120 01270007271 2 0 2 275 294
Brigham Young 0000 0 0 00 0 0 0000014 19 15 048 87 50 5 0 142 190
British Columbia 8521 16832 409 7803 33,195 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 300 0 33,195
Brown 0000 0 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 0
California, Berkeley 000063,633 0 00 010,412 0000 605 0000 10,965 0 000 0 85,615
California, Davis 17765 24652 2008 0 44,425 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 44,425
California, Irvine 0000 0 48 38 0 0 86 120 53 48 0 221 145 308 505 0 958 5 000 5 1,270
California, Los Angeles 8739 11333 268 0 20,340 30 14 0 0 44 311301748 31 40 0 119 515 0 0 0 515 21,035
California, Riverside 0000 0 0 00 0 0 13 28 3 04460 54 2 0 116 106 29 15 0 150 310
California, San Diego 3991 2244 680 0 6,915 0 00 0 0 274 150 55 0 479 401 307 140 0 848 1482 116 111 0 1,709 9,951
California, Santa Barbara 00002,028 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 2,028
Chicago 36164 7079 271 0 43,514 5 53 0 13 119 80 160 0 359 52673 0 104 5 13 48 0 66 44,056
Columbia, Starr East Asian 26437 32796 607 9837 69,677 713 108 383 915 2,119 120 305 30 13 468 100 340 2 198 640 0 105 6 72,910
Duke 337 3436 0 5824 9,597 33 135 34 818 1,020 51 86 27 42 206 225 149 52 211 637 1094 360 203 83 1,740 13,200
Emory University 3101 5 0 00 0 0 0000030003 8 404 16 24
Far Eastern Research Library 14020 16 0 00 0 0 35 0 15 05030003 0 000 0 69
Florida 2657 341 0 974 3,972 88 93 11 870 1,062 16 27 4 95670 139 0 35 244 181 76 2 7 266 5,600
Georgetown 30380 41 0 00 0 0 84525 07854 127 51 0 232 36 123 65 0 224 575
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jp 0000 0 0 00 0 0 0000003003 0 100 1 4
Harvard-Yenching Library 52317 45750 7539 4170 109,776 0 00 063,034 000000000 675 0 000 0 173,485
Hawaii 11766 8013 1734 0 21,513 0 11309 0 0 11,309 51 60 387 0 498 128 239 65 0 432 457 47 162 0 666 34,418
Illinois-Urbana 8566 1005 84 0 9,655 0 00 0 0 00505103 194 129 10 436 0 000 0 10,096
Indiana 1600 2368 50 389 4,407 0 00 0590 0000 177 0000 1,216 106 65 60 85 316 6,706
Iowa 349 11 2 0 362 26 21 4 0 51 130 39 11 0 180 666 485 8 0 1,159 1587 265 116 0 1,968 3,720
58 Table 4 -2 Holdings of Other East Asian Materials in North American Institutions as of June 30,2006 Other Library Materials Audiovisual Materials Total Other Microform Cartographic/Graphic Mat. Audio Film and Video DVD Library Institutions CHN JPN KOR N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL C J K N-CJK TOTAL Materials
Kansas 3655 3120 200 650 7,625 100 400 50 0 550 87 50 35 0 172 159 273 42 70 544 560 440 53 79 1,132 10,023
Library of Congress 707 319 89 7237 1,026 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 1,026
McGill 51200 53 0 00 0 0 140 107 3 0 250 185 193 8 0 386 545 370 42 0 957 1,646
Michigan 55254 20584 746 0 76,584 2 00 0 2 20 23 22 06595438 0 101 74 59 9 0 142 76,894
Michigan State 52000 52 50 55 1 0 106 20 10 4 100 134 20 20 3 45 88 60 45 6 25 136 516
Minnesota 0000 0 0 00 0 0 0000000000142 60 54 0 256 256
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 0006 30 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 30
North Carolina 10465 365 0 930 11,760 0 00 0 0 10 0 0 010606 7 0 0 613 152 1 0 0 153 12,536
Ohio State 11300 44093 300 0 55,693 0 00 0 0 50 156 21 0 227 300 559 25 0 884 1006 86 35 0 1,127 57,931
Penn State 6000 6 0 00 0 0 100011005629 36 9 20 94 107
Pennsylvania 0 126 0 0 126 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 126
Pittsburgh 7323 1418 0 758 9,499 4 167 0 0 171 72 0 11 083572 12 43 4 631 825 27 35 2 889 11,273
Princeton 30084 16891 334 0 47,309 0 00 0 0 11 0 3 0140014014 0 000 0 47,337
Queens Borough Public Library 0000 0 0 00 0 0 5464 117 3067 0 8,648 5259 355 2689 0 8,303 151231 914 6098 0 158,243 175,194
Rutgers 4175 820 93 0 5,088 0 00 0 0 0000012 3 5 020 18 570 30 5,138
Southern California 00240 24 0 00 0 0 0000000000 1 13 3 0 17 41
Stanford 28981 2681 0 0 31,662 0 00 0 0 00000389 78 0 0 467 225 22 0 0 247 32,376
Texas, Austin 0000 0 0 00 0 0 55 0 0 05548 0 0 048 14 010 15 118
Toronto 14114 13213 321 287 27,935 0 00 0 0 21 8 38 06790 18 9 0 117 0 000 0 28,119
Washington 036180 54 1 00 0 1 35 9 33 07778 33 0 0 111 329 56 39 0 424 667
Washington, St. Louis 3960 761 0 0 4,721 0 00 0 0 0000090009 0 000 0 4,730
Washington-Law 221 442 1 1599 2,263 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 2,263
Wisconsin 686 125 6 1215 2,032 111 37 3 0 151 19 2 4 025143 141 22 11 317 323 98 70 38 529 2,525
Yale 000075,393 0 00 0 0 0000000000 0 000 0 75,393 50 Total Records 807,246 91,065 13,391 31,760 172,680 1,115,613
59 Table 5 -1 Total East Asian Collections of North American Institutions as of June 30, 2006
Total Volumes Held June 30, 2005 Total Other GRAND Number of Unprocessed/Backlog Library TOTAL (From Table 1) Materials Materials MATERIALS HELD Institutions CHN JPN KOR NON-CJK TOTAL (From Table 4) CHN JPN KOR NON-CJK TOTAL
A berta 39,644 10,202 1,247 0 51,093 4,951 56,044 987 607 59 0 1,653
Arizona 145,642 43,866 0 0 189,508 1,221 190,729 2,500 0 0 0 2,500
Arizona State 57,117 23,706 3,067 0 8,389 294 8,683 1,793 67 38 0 1,899
Brigham Young 50,042 15,088 8,199 0 73,329 190 73,519 1,250 175 1,065 0 2,490
British Columbia 295,242 148,352 24,913 76,163 544,070 33,195 577,265 6,785 2,345 684 54 9,868
Brown 100,933 18,374 4,851 0 124,158 0 124,158 9,093 732 108 0 9,933
California, Berkeley 457,046 363,191 75,652 17,840 913,729 85,615 999,344 500 1,000 500 0 2,000
California, Davis 46,464 27,597 2,593 12 76,666 44,425 121,091 361 49 5 0 415
California, Irvine 66,478 22,007 12,053 0 91,706 1,270 92,976 172 4,915 637 0 5,724
California, Los Angeles 281,763 179,302 44,665 51,764 557,494 21,035 578,529 1,609 2,747 1,891 0 6,247
California, Riverside 26,264 2,094 1,854 17,798 48,010 310 48,320 8,211 388 37 0 8,636
California, San Diego 81,558 55,337 6,223 0 143,118 9,951 153,069 1,193 205 0 0 1,398
California, Santa Barbara 94,412 49,646 1,553 2,028 147,634 2,028 149,662 453 16 8 0 477
Chicago 410,131 209,237 52,329 0 671,697 44,056 715,753 14,883 850 1,497 0 17,230
Columbia, Starr East Asian 378,053 278,576 68,655 72,762 798,046 72,910 870,956 878 2,191 4,180 3,316 10,565
Cornell 369,688 144,286 9,843 77,310 601,127 601,127
Duke 32,078 54,817 3,857 82,191 172,943 13,200 186,143 3,053 828 57 0 3,938
Emory University 12,135 4,599 289 95,482 112,505 24 112,529 5200 7
Far Eastern Research Library 32,542 712 1,044 6,672 41,153 69 41,222 3,100 0 350 0 3,450
Florida 22,118 12,054 696 2,828 37,696 5,600 43,296 620 218 38 80 956
Georgetown 23,728 20,882 4,791 0 49,401 575 49,976 235 120 78 0 433
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn 0 3,759 0 4,880 8,639 4 8,643 0000 0
Harvard-Yenching Library 655,791 295,747 128,906 69,950 1,153,295 173,485 1,326,780 19,010 4,877 5,372 296 29,555
Hawaii 150,859 128,166 60,581 0 339,606 34,418 374,024 1,900 5,866 3,626 0 11,392
Illinois-Urbana 173,097 70,300 15,497 800 259,694 10,096 269,790 5,000 1,400 1,500 0 7,900
Indiana 137,099 69,941 17,332 50,160 274,532 6,706 281,238 0 0 0 0 700
Iowa 103,412 32,068 5,310 0 140,790 3,720 144,510
60 Table 5 -2 Total East Asian Collections of North American Institutions as of June 30, 2006
Total Volumes Held June 30, 2005 Total Other GRAND Number of Unprocessed/Backlog Library TOTAL (From Table 1) Materials Materials MATERIALS HELD Institutions CHN JPN KOR NON-CJK TOTAL (From Table 4) CHN JPN KOR NON-CJK TOTAL
Kansas 130,973 75,813 3,997 38,876 249,659 10,023 259,682 450 1,525 100 0 2,075
L brary of Congress 997,851 1,155,198 253,219 413,424 2,791,462 1,026 2,792,488 10,970 4,428 2,282 0 17,680
McGill 60,145 6,997 898 0 68,037 1,646 69,683 160 40 25 0 225
Metropolitan Museum of Art 15,846 14,434 1,732 0 32,012 32,012
Michigan 399,881 290,853 21,515 0 712,249 76,894 789,143 25,000 1,900 3,500 0 30,400
Michigan State 26,723 6,265 470 57,615 91,073 516 91,589 500 100 10 50 660
Minnesota 105,322 36,626 2,417 400 144,765 256 145,021 750 0 100 0 850
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 11,689 6,320 648 9,015 27,672 30 27,702 0000 0
North Carolina 132,209 5,840 375 23 138,447 12,536 150,983 6,378 207 108 0 6,693
Ohio State 166,433 106,047 4,971 0 277,453 57,931 335,384 3,000 1,000 200 0 4,200
Penn State 15,624 6,979 35 186 22,824 107 22,931 0000 0
Pennsylvania 146,114 68,556 5,175 0 220,103 126 220,229 0000 0
Pittsburgh 240,224 116,739 6,089 12,864 375,916 11,273 387,189 2,364 1,798 317 238 4,717
Princeton 470,942 180,989 17,332 0 669,263 47,337 716,600 2,300 1,200 1,100 0 4,600
Queens Borough Public Library 181,342 3,157 45,213 0 229,712 175,194 404,906 0000 0
Rutgers 118,910 9,421 2,574 0 130,905 5,138 136,043 2,000 450 200 0 2,650
Southern California 47,923 24,241 49,864 0 122,028 41 122,069 11,752 6,938 7,672 0 26,362
Stanford 289,536 183,207 11,250 0 483,993 32,376 516,369 3,620 1,324 16,065 0 21,009
Texas, Austin 79,484 61,360 3,761 0 144,605 118 144,723 1,215 650 429 0 2,294
Toronto 219,889 167,769 33,870 4,758 426,286 28,119 454,405 2,594 674 983 0 4,251
Virginia 34,437 7,860 434 40,303 83,034 83,034 4,000 300 0 0 4,300
Washington 257,161 136,435 86,666 36,938 517,200 667 517,867 0000 0
Washington, St. Louis 88,201 51,292 1,698 0 141,191 4,730 145,921 600 350 50 0 1,000
Washington-Law 9,329 26,216 2,160 6,390 44,095 2,263 46,358 0000 0
Wisconsin 130,766 66,426 3,960 5,157 206,309 2,525 208,834 0 0 0 0 319
Yale 453,478 251,085 10,358 0 714,819 75,393 790,212 10,500 5,000 300 0 15,800 53 Total Records 9,073,768 5,350,031 1,126,681 1,254,589 16,695,140 1,115,613 17,810,753 171,744 57,482 55,171 4,034 289,451
61 Table 6 -1 Fiscal Support of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006
Appropriations (US$) Total Appropriations Chinese Japanese Korean Non-CJK (US$) Institutions Mono Serials Other Mat.Elec Subtotal Mono Serials Other Mat. Elec Subtotal Mono Serials Other Mat Elec Subtotal Mono Serials Other MatElec Subtotal
Alberta $3,900.00 $6,600.00 $0.00 $0.00 $10,500.00 $3,900.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,900.00 $700.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $700.00 $3,900.00 $600.00 $0.00$0.00 $4,500.00 $22,600.00
Arizona $25,330.00 $12,623.00 $0.00 $0.00 $37,953.00 $28,070.00 $7,911.00 $0.00 $0.00 $35,981.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $73,934.00
Arizona State $25,284.00 $1,556.00 $2,263.00 $49,563.00 $78,666.00 $29,293.00 $6,431.00 $418.00 $1,051.00 $37,193.00 $1,318.00 $83.00 $0.00$0.00 $1,401.00 $24,057.00 $12,393.00 $42.00$0.00 $36,492.00 $153,752.00
Brigham Young $8,000.00 $1,400.00 $0.00 $3,000.00 $12,400.00 $9,000.00 $2,800.00 $0.00 $2,000.00 $13,800.00 $3,000.00 $900.00 $0.00$0.00 $3,900.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $30,100.00
British Columbia $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Brown $8,711.00 $16,252.00 $0.00 $0.00 $24,963.00 $8,475.00 $5,269.00 $0.00 $0.00 $13,744.00 $1,260.00 $258.00 $0.00$0.00 $1,518.00 $14,000.00 $15,857.00 $0.00$0.00 $29,857.00 $70,082.00
California, Berkeley $151,344.62 $72,896.00 $0.00 $35,000.00 $259,241.00 $225,769.66 $74,206.00 $0.00 $35,000.00 $334,976.00 $124,682.83 $18,902.00 $0.00$35,000.00 $178,585.00 $11,992.76 $4,763.00 $0.00$0.00 $16,756.00 $789,558.00
California, Davis $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $60,048.16
California, Irvine $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
California, Los Angeles $119,496.00 $47,446.00 $0.00 $19,210.00 $186,152.00 $181,439.00 $58,680.00 $0.00 $3,300.00 $243,419.00 $33,071.00 $16,675.00 $0.00$5,052.00 $54,798.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $484,369.00
California, Riverside $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $53,256.00
California, San Diego $31,977.00 $39,893.00 $7,090.00 $12,637.00 $91,597.00 $73,070.00 $33,968.00 $377.00 $4,306.00 $111,721.00 $3,721.00 $2,109.00 $607.00$0.00 $6,437.00 $32,818.00 $46,466.00 $0.00$30,878.00 $110,162.00 $319,917.00
California, Santa Barbara $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $53,714.00
Chicago $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $307,826.82
Columbia, Starr East Asian $43,748.00 $68,411.00 $33,942.00 $0.00 $146,101.00 $136,021.00 $109,071.00 $0.00 $0.00 $245,092.00 $21,864.00 $23,739.00 $0.00$0.00 $45,603.00 $56,040.00 $28,922.00 $18,831.00$0.00 $103,793.00 $540,589.00
Cornell $124,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $124,000.00 $191,300.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $191,300.00 $12,347.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $12,347.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $68,000.00 $395,647.00
Duke $18,902.42 $22,704.12 $0.00 $14,450.00 $56,056.54 $130,890.72 $46,872.77 $0.00 $1,620.89 $179,385.00 $843.63 $3,022.35 $0.00$0.00 $3,866.00 $26,218.91 $23,123.75 $0.00$2,975.00 $52,318.00 $291,626.00
Emory University $15,000.00 $2,000.00 $0.00 $2,400.00 $19,400.00 $15,000.00 $1,200.00 $0.00 $2,200.00 $18,400.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $15,000.00 $2,000.00 $0.00$1,600.00 $18,600.00 $56,400.00
Far Eastern Research Library $37,500.00 $15,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $52,500.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,000.00 $500.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $500.00 $10,000.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $10,000.00 $66,000.00
Florida $5,221.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $5,221.00 $12,544.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12,544.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $5,776.00 $24,569.00 $0.00$0.00 $30,345.00 $48,110.00
Georgetown $2,135.00 $882.00 $1,273.00 $0.00 $4,290.00 $6,661.00 $4,487.00 $2,802.00 $0.00 $13,950.00 $3,115.00 $256.00 $1,030.00$0.00 $4,401.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $22,641.00
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $4,500.00 $9,500.00 $0.00 $4,500.00 $18,500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $2,000.00 $2,500.00 $0.00$0.00 $4,500.00 $23,000.00
Harvard-Yenching Library $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $34,376.00
Hawaii $76,805.00 $40,000.00 $0.00 $5,256.00 $122,061.00 $93,839.00 $48,000.00 $0.00 $3,384.00 $145,223.00 $17,928.00 $43,932.00 $0.00$5,000.00 $66,860.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $334,144.00
Illinois-Urbana $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $142,437.76
Indiana $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $162,110.00
Iowa $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $82,853.48 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $76,963.13 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $1,338.11 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $161,154.00
Kansas $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $112,400.00
Library of Congress $128,950.00 $16,500.00 $80,000.00 $130,000.00 $355,450.00 $163,000.00 $22,000.00 $80,000.00 $0.00 $265,000.00 $49,800.00 $16,000.00 $50,000.00$30,000.00 $145,800.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $766,250.00
McGill $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,000.00 $22,000.00 $39,200.00 $10,000.00 $4,000.00 $500.00 $850.00 $15,350.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $10,000.00 $4,000.00 $0.00$0.00 $21,000.00 $75,550.00
62 Table 6 -2 Fiscal Support of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006
Appropriations (US$) Total Appropriations Chinese Japanese Korean Non-CJK (US$) Institutions Mono Serials Other Mat.Elec Subtotal Mono Serials Other Mat. Elec Subtotal Mono Serials Other Mat Elec Subtotal Mono Serials Other MatElec Subtotal
Michigan $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $686,543.00
Michigan State $14,000.00 $4,000.00 $700.00 $300.00 $19,000.00 $8,000.00 $2,000.00 $700.00 $300.00 $11,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $35,000.00 $14,500.00 $1,500.00$500.00 $51,500.00 $81,500.00
Minnesota $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $26,185.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $26,440.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $1,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $20,000.00 $73,625.00
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $26,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,700.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $29,700.00
North Carolina $23,752.00 $19,699.00 $23,046.00 $0.00 $66,497.00 $312.00 $626.00 $0.00 $0.00 $938.00 $216.00 $210.00 $0.00$0.00 $426.00 $5,436.00 $546.00 $0.00$0.00 $5,982.00 $73,843.00
Ohio State $59,116.00 $19,100.00 $0.00 $0.00 $78,216.00 $73,000.00 $34,440.00 $0.00 $0.00 $107,440.00 $13,077.00 $166.00 $0.00$0.00 $13,243.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $198,899.00
Penn State $9,170.01 $2,354.51 $1,039.25 $6,487.40 $19,051.00 $7,506.28 $3,766.84 $1,139.58 $0.00 $12,413.00 $106.60 $167.66 $161.75$0.00 $437.00 $543.78 $5,245.52 $2,000.00$960.00 $8,750.00 $40,651.00
Pennsylvania $120,772.00 $7,001.00 $0.00 $13,003.00 $140,776.00 $224,128.00 $24,202.00 $0.00 $8,044.00 $256,374.00 $38,973.00 $2,500.00 $0.00$0.00 $41,473.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $438,623.00
Pittsburgh $72,694.83 $19,187.36 $2,241.30 $2,579.12 $96,702.00 $63,435.31 $24,878.25 $0.00 $2,926.52 $91,240.00 $10,350.84 $4,765.50 $0.00$0.00 $15,117.00 $2,695.97 $13,203.12 $324.99$0.00 $16,224.00 $219,283.00
Princeton $249,505.00 $0.00 $0.00 $10,834.00 $260,339.00 $362,686.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $362,686.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$22,709.00 $22,709.00 $645,734.00
Queens Borough Public Library $209,123.00 $0.00 $0.00 $26,590.00 $235,713.00 $3,030.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,030.00 $95,342.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $95,342.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $334,085.00
Rutgers $16,950.00 $2,400.00 $0.00 $0.00 $19,350.00 $3,565.00 $3,261.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,565.00 $800.00 $363.00 $0.00$0.00 $1,163.00 $12,113.00 $2,316.00 $0.00$0.00 $14,429.00 $41,507.00
Southern California $12,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12,000.00 $112,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $112,000.00 $10,000.00 $11,322.00 $0.00$0.00 $21,322.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $124,000.00
Stanford $115,196.00 $48,758.00 $20,377.00 $11,869.00 $196,200.00 $299,320.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,382.00 $302,702.00 $162,808.00 $0.00 $0.00$15,345.00 $178,153.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $677,055.00
Texas, Austin $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $77,325.00
Toronto $129,029.99 $0.00 $0.00 $38,115.08 $167,145.00 $63,477.36 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $63,477.00 $37,612.80 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $37,613.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $268,235.00
Virginia $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $88,430.00
Washington $28,893.80 $70,035.20 $0.00 $0.00 $98,929.00 $63,624.00 $69,179.00 $0.00 $0.00 $132,803.00 $23,388.00 $36,102.00 $0.00$0.00 $59,490.00 $4,177.00 $7,905.00 $0.00$0.00 $12,082.00 $303,304.00
Washington, St. Louis $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $0.00 $74,500.00
Washington-Law $2,002.00 $6,553.00 $0.00 $0.00 $8,555.00 $4,735.00 $21,778.00 $0.00 $0.00 $26,513.00 $1,551.00 $4,915.00 $0.00$0.00 $6,466.00 $6,726.00 $14,834.00 $0.00$0.00 $21,560.00 $63,094.00
Wisconsin $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $110,377.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $82,934.00 $0.00 $1,173.00 $0.00$0.00 $1,173.00 $0.00 $528.00 $0.00$0.00 $528.00 $195,012.00
Yale $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $297,893.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $328,627.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $40,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00$0.00 $6,500.00 $673,020.00 52 Total Records $3,587,533.02 $3,913,323.13 $1,040,472.11 $686,587.00 $11,059,559.74
63 Table 6 -3 Fiscal Support of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006
Endowments Grants East Asian Program Total Acquisition (US$) (US$) Support (US$) Budget (US$)
Institutions CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL
Alberta $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $22,600.00
Arizona $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $73,934.00
Arizona State $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $8,031.00 $8,031 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $161,783.00
Brigham Young $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $30,100.00
British Columbia $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $222,095.00
Brown $531.00 $0 00 $1,023 00 $1,554 00 $56,637.47 $64,232.15 $8,049.06 $128,918 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $200,554.00
California, Berkeley $152,631.81 $48,316 36 $37,004.79 $237,953 00 $34,000.00 $0.00 $26,911.63 $60,912 00 $4,051.52 $0 00 $0 00 $148,524.66 $1,236,948.00
California, Davis $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $60,048.00
California, Irvine $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00
California, Los Angeles $18,866.00 $0 00 $0 00 $18,866 00 $18,112.00 $50,235.00 $8,381.00 $76,728 00 $8,664.00 $9,000 00 $2,340 00 $20,004.00 $599,967.00
California, Riverside $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00
California, San Diego $23,615.00 $30,641 00 $67 00 $54,323 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $374,240.00
California, Santa Barbara $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $5,000.00 $58,714.00
Chicago $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $142,882 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $101,786 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $90,994.87 $643,490.00
Columbia, Starr East Asian $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $279,237 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $63,048 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $38,500.00 $921,374.00
Cornell $26,600.00 $1,260 00 $3,111 00 $30,971 00 $0.00 $19,800.00 $0.00 $19,800 00 $19,460.00 $18,500 00 $5,623 00 $43,583.00 $490,001.00
Duke $1,287.25 $11,963 68 $872 83 $14,124 00 $41,958.00 $35,698.84 $2,047.74 $79,705 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $385,455.00
Emory University $40,000.00 $40,000 00 $0 00 $80,000 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $136,400.00
Far Eastern Research Library $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $66,000.00
Florida $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $45,000 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $93,110.00
Georgetown $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $22,641.00
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $23,000.00
Harvard-Yenching Library $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $556,605 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $547,282 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $12,000.00 $1,150,263.00
Hawaii $35,799.00 $4,000 00 $0 00 $39,799 00 $20,223.00 $15,000.00 $29,000.00 $64,223 00 $0.00 $0.00 10,500 00 $10,500.00 $448,666.00
Illinois-Urbana $3,500.00 $0 00 $0 00 $3,500 00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,000.00 $3,000 00 $5,482.00 $3,940 00 $6,650 00 $16,072.00 $165,010.00
Indiana $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $9,574 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $10,000.00 $181,684.00
Iowa $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $161,154.00
Kansas $3,000.00 $2,000 00 $0 00 $5,000 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $10,000.00 $127,400.00
Library of Congress $60,000.00 $0 00 $0 00 $60,000 00 $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $30,000.00 $50,000 00 $500,000.00 $300,000 00 00,000 00 $1,000,000.00 $1,876,250.00
McGill $15,000.00 $0 00 $0 00 $15,000 00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $0.00 $15,000 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $105,550.00
Michigan $45,579.85 $21,374 81 $0 00 $66,955 00 $0.00 $0.00 $20,000.00 $20,000 00 $26,600.00 $26,600 00 13,300 00 $66,500.00 $839,998.00
Michigan State $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $3,500.00 $2,500 00 $1,000 00 $7,000.00 $88,500.00
64 Table 6 -4 Fiscal Support of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006
Endowments Grants East Asian Program Total Acquisition (US$) (US$) Support (US$) Budget (US$)
Institutions CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL
Minnesota $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $100,000 00 $0 00 $100,000.00 $173,625.00
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $29,700.00
Nor h Carolina $31,787.00 $218 00 $1,000 00 $33,005 00 $2,247.00 $342.00 $311.00 $2,900 00 $4,579.00 $4,308 00 $0 00 $8,887.00 $118,635.00
Ohio State $0.00 $38,694 00 $0 00 $38,694 00 $0.00 $360.00 $0.00 $360 00 $8,000.00 $8,000 00 $4,000 00 $20,000.00 $257,953.00
Penn State $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $40,651.00
Pennsylvania $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $438,623.00
Pittsburgh $0.00 $11,456.72 $0 00 $11,457 00 $4,998.91 $4,994.80 $9,632.56 $19,627 00 $2,199.90 $2,013.15 $0 00 $4,213.00 $254,580.00
Princeton $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $62,000.00 $67,000 00 $0 00 $129,000.00 $774,734.00
Queens Borough Public Library $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $32,400.00 $1,700.00 $12,300.00 $46,400 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $380,485.00
Rutgers $0.00 $4,744 00 $0 00 $4,744 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $4,080 00 $4,080.00 $50,331.00
Southern California $0.00 $0 00 $162,122 00 $162,122 00 $40,000.00 $129,840.00 $0.00 $169,840 00 $2,000.00 $0 00 $0 00 $2,000.00 $457,962.00
Stanford $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $25,393.00 $26,900.00 $0.00 $52,293 00 $14,167.00 $10,167 00 14,667 00 $39,001.00 $768,349.00
Texas, Austin $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $1,175 00 $4,000 00 $5,175.00 $82,500.00
Toronto $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $30,000.00 $30,000 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $298,235.00
Virginia $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,500 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $91,930.00
Washington $10,475.00 $6,000 00 $0 00 $16,475 00 $0.00 $0.00 $20,000.00 $20,000 00 $10,000.00 $13,500 00 $7,900 00 $31,400.00 $371,179.00
Washington, St. Louis $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $2,500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,500 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $15,180.00 $92,180.00
Washington-Law $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $63,094.00
Wisconsin $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0 00 $6,775.00 $15,274.00 $0.00 $22,049 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $217,061.00
Yale $17,919.00 $108,767.00 $0 00 $126,686 00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0 00 $0.00 $0 00 $0 00 $0.00 $799,706.00 52 Total Records $2,009,526.00 $1,652,902.00 $1,837,614 53 $16,728,442.00
65 Table 7 -1 Personnel Support of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006 Professional Staff, FTE Support Staff, FTE Student Assistants, FTE Others Total FTE Institutions CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL FTE Alberta 0.4 0.4 0.2 1 1 0.8 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Arizona 1 1 020.50 0 0.50.250.10 0.35 0 2.85 Arizona State 1 1 02 10 0.49 1.49 0 0 0 0 0.25 3.74 Brigham Young 1.25 0.5 0.25 2 1 0 0 1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 0 3.7 British Columbia 2 1 0.5 3.5 2.5 0 0 2.5 1.14 0.23 0.23 1.6 0 7.6 Brown 1 0 01 01 0 1 1.25 0.25 0 1.5 0 3.5 California, Berkeley 4.1 1.7 1.7 7.5 4 2.5 1 7.5 0 0 0 6 3 24 California, Davis 0.75 0.25 01 10.8 0.2 2 0.1 0 0 0.1 0 3.1 California, Irvine 0 0 02 00 0 3.5 0 0 0 0.7 0 6.2 California, Los Angeles 1.5 1.25 0.5 3.25 2.52 1.7 1.5 5.72 0.82 0.74 0.67 2.23 0 11.2 California, Riverside 1 0 011.50 0 1.5 2.5 0 0.5 3 0 5.5 California, San Diego 2.82 1 0.18 4 2.45 2.95 0.15 5.55 1.23 0.075 0.007 1.3065 0.12 10.9765 California, Santa Barbara 1 0 01 10.5 0 1.5 0.5 0.25 0 0.75 0 3.25 Chicago 2.6 1.2 1.2 5 3.8 2.1 1.1 7 2 1.5 2 5.5 0 17.5 Columbia, Starr East Asian 3 3 17 53 1 9 2 1.5 1.5 5 9 30 Cornell 2.7 1 0.5 4.2 3.5 1 0.5 5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.9 0 10.1 Duke 2 2 042.11.3 0.1 3.5 0.4 0.2 0 0.6 0 8.1 Emory University 0.5 0.5 010.50.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Far Eastern Research Library 2.5 0.3 0.2 3 1 00 1 000 0 0 4 Florida 1 1 02 00 0 0 0 0.15 0 0.15 0 2.15 Georgetown 0.15 0.15 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1 Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn 0 1 01 00.8 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 Harvard-Yenching Library 0 0 014.10 0 0 22.9 0 0 0 0.4 0 37.4 Hawaii 2 2 26 12 0.5 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.25 1.25 0 10.75 Illinois-Urbana 2 1 1 4 0.75 0.75 0 1.5 0.5 0.25 0.25 1 1.6 8.1 Indiana 0 0 02 00 0 2.75 0 0 0 1.5 0 6.25 Iowa 2 1 03 10.5 0 1.5 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.75 0 5.25 Kansas 1 1 02 10 0 1 0.6 0.6 0.25 1.45 1 5.45 Library of Congress 28 18 11 57 19 10 7 36 7 1 2 10 11 114
66 Table 7 -2 Personnel Support of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006 Professional Staff, FTE Support Staff, FTE Student Assistants, FTE Others Total FTE Institutions CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL CHN JPN KOR TOTAL FTE McGill 0.6 0.3 0.1 1 0.6 0.1 0 0.7 0.2 0 0 0.2 0 1.9 Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 0 01 100 1 000 0 0 2 Michigan 0 0 07 000 4 000 2 0 13 Michigan State 0.5 0.1 00.60.20 0 0.2 0.1 0 0 0.1 0 0.9 Minnesota 1.5 0.5 022.51.5 0 4 2 3 0 5 0 11 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 1 0 01 100 1 000 0 0 2 North Carolina 0.7 0.2 0.1 1 2 0 0 2 2.3 0.2 0 2.5 0 5.5 Ohio State 1.25 1.25 02.50.52.5 0 3 0.5 0.5 0 1 0 6.5 Penn State 0.5 0.5 0 1 0.15 0.15 0 0.3 0 0.2 0 0.2 0 1.5 Pennsylvania 1 1 02 110 2 000 0 0 4 Pittsburgh 2.8 1.5 0.7 5 2.3 1.1 0.8 4.2 2.6 1.2 0.3 4.1 1 14.3 Princeton 4.75 2.75 07.584 0.5 12.5 0.75 0.75 0 1.5 0 21.5 Queens Borough Public Library 3 0.25 0.75 4 0.2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 Rutgers 1.5 0.5 0.2 2.2 0.9 0.1 0 1 5 0 0 5 0 8.2 Southern California 1.3 0.5 3.2 5 3 0.5 2 5.5 1 0.5 1 2.5 0 13 Stanford 2 1 144.54.5 1.5 10.5 0 0 0 1.6 0 16.1 Texas, Austin 0 0 0 1 0.75 1 0 1.75 0.18 0 0.2 0.375 0 3.125 Toronto 2 1 14 31 1.3 5.3 1.23 1.23 1.23 3.69 5.9 18.89 Virginia 0 0 01 000 1 000 0 0 2 Washington 2 1.5 1.5 5 1 1 0.5 2.5 0.37 0.12 0.75 1.24 7.17 15.91 Washington, St. Louis 1 1 020.60.4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 Washington-Law 0.75 1 0.25 2 0.15 0.35 0.05 0.55 0 0 0 0 0 2.55 Wisconsin 1.9 0.6 0.1 2.6 1.2 0.2 0.1 1.5 0 0.4 0.1 0.5 0 4.6 Yale 0 0 07 000 9 000 1 0 17 53 Total Records 98.32 56.70 29.33 218.45 91.87 51.80 20.59 207.41 38.26 16.00 11.79 82.24 40.04 548.14
67 Table 8 -1 Public Services of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006 Interlibrary Loans Number of Number of Number of Library Participants in Reference Total Lending Requests Borrowing Requests Presentations Presentations Transactions Circulations Requests Requests Requests Requests Institutions Filled Unfilled Filled Unfilled
Alberta 6 33 39 0 00 00
Arizona 13 979 0 4,377 00 00
Arizona State 0 35 61 0 00 00
Brigham Young 15 58 185 3,944 00 00
British Columbia 158 1,853 4,163 17,443 599 76 00
Brown 5 40 180 0 00 00
California, Berkeley 253 1,177 7,169 36,682 1,856 0 00
California, Davis 2 15 604 7,817 00 00
California, Irvine 0 0 0 0 00 00
California, Los Angeles 25 198 331 9,555 772 202 619 28
California, Riverside 0 0 0 0 00 00
California, San Diego 14 356 170 0 00 00
California, Santa Barbara 6 30 218 0 00 00
Columbia, Starr East Asian 9 46 424 0 00 00
Duke 7 101 380 0 431 59 00
Emory University 8 112 0 0 00 00
Far Eastern Research Library 0 0 82 920 31 12 79 0
Florida 1 10 58 0 00 00
Georgetown 0 0 0 0 00 00
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn 0 0 0 0 00 00
Harvard-Yenching Library 61 435 2,179 76,860 711 342 140 25
Hawaii 8 86 0 0 00 00
Illinois-Urbana 3 113 0 12,576 00 00
Indiana 33 252 0 0 00 00
Kansas 43 160 2,150 0 909 750 389 126
Library of Congress 860 1,824 42,810 15,236 2,932 912 00
68 Table 8 -2 Public Services of East Asian Libraries and Collections in North America From July 1, 2005 Through June 30, 2006 Interlibrary Loans Number of Number of Number of Library Participants in Reference Total Lending Requests Borrowing Requests Presentations Presentations Transactions Circulations Requests Requests Requests Requests Institutions Filled Unfilled Filled Unfilled
McGill 2 18 0 0 00 00
Michigan 45 118 1,125 0 929 349 00
Michigan State 2 50 140 0 00 00
Minnesota 6 0 779 11,399 519 0 00
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 8 150 4,001 8,894 358 161 2,142 289
North Carolina 2 5 339 0 00 00
Ohio State 0 0 0 0 2,161 108 559 4
Penn State 0 0 0 0 00 00
Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 00 00
Pittsburgh 10 101 1,035 13,481 1,858 397 604 101
Princeton 28 266 0 18,356 1,326 1,258 103 92
Queens Borough Public Library 24 73 0 5,313,926 00 00
Rutgers 2 40 361 5,646 51 0 00
Southern California 0 0 0 0 00 00
Stanford 25 136 1,720 12,416 240 0 00
Texas, Austin 1 10 51 24,514 656 0 387 0
Toronto 224 472 8,260 206,642 723 0 00
Washington 0 0 0 59,442 00 00
Washington, St. Louis 10 0 0 0 458 0 00
Washington-Law 0 0 0 0 00 00
Wisconsin 9 243 86 8,292 763 155 395 162
Yale 23 206 0 0 00 00 48 Total Records 1,951 9,801 79,100 5,868,418 18,283 4,781 5,417 827
69 Table 9 -1 Electronic Resources of East Asian Materials of North American Institutions as of June 30,2006 Computer Files Computer Files (one-time Accompanied One-time Gift Previous Total monographic purchase) Computer Files Computer Files Total Computer Files Computer Files
CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJKSubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal Institutions TCD TCDTCD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CDTT CD CD T CD T CD T CDTT CD CD T CD T CD
Alberta 12 193 10 12 0 0 69 28 214 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 6 97766 0 0192218 202 17 19 6 6 6 9 47 236 11 192 13 15 6 6 6 9 36 222
Arizona 43 0 0 0 0 0 00 43 0 20 0 00 0 0 0 2 0 0 00000 0 00045 0 0 00000 45 0 0 0 2 00000 2 0
Arizona State 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Brigham Young 000 0 0 0 00 0000 117 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 00000 0 0000 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 1 12
British Columbia 000 0 0 0 00 000 165 0 20 0 0 0 0 167 0 00000 0 0000 165 0 20000 0167 0 320 0 59 0 82 0 4 0 465
Brown 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
California, Berkeley 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 5 0 8 50000 135
California, Davis 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
California, Irvine 040 2 0 39 00 045 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 4 0 203900 045 0 0 0 00000 0 0
California, Los Angeles 000 0 0 0 00 00097 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 111 0 00002 0 0020 97 0 10 0 6 0 0 0113 51 368 24 236 5 83 0 0 80 687
California, Riverside 301 0 0 0 00 4072 0 83 01500017000 00000 0 00075 0 84 0150 0 0 174 0 6 0 1 00000 7 0
California, San Diego 000 0 0 0 00 00025 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 20 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 41
California, Santa Barbara 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 7 60 2 32211 1266
Chicago 317 1 23 2 16 00 65625 43 12 26 2 7 0 0 39 76 4 4152 2 4 0 076032 64 14 101 6 27 0 0 52 192 68 326 137 394 131 208 0 0 336 928
Columbia, Starr East Asian 7993 176 4 4 30 30 134 219 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0007 9 93 176 4 4 30 30 134 219 4 4 84 163 4 4 30 30 122 201
Duke 220 0 0 0 44 6625 25 22 23 0 0 0 0 47 48 0 01100 0 01127 27 23 24 0 0 0 0 50 51 69 113 106 352 20 25 636 760 831 1250
Emory University 1183 2 3 0 0 00 3186 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0001 183 2 30000 3186 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Far Eastern Research Library 32 47 0 0 0 23 00 32 70 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 00120 003232 67 0 003500 32 102 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Florida 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 9 195 1 10033 13199
Georgetown 20 176 6 24 10 17 00 36 217 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 00020 176 6 24 10 17 0 0 36 217 7 312 11 29 26 89 0 0 44 430
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn 007 11 0 0 11 812 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 03300 0 0330 0 10 14 0 0 1 1 11 15 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Harvard-Yenching Library 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Hawaii 000 0 8 8 00 8800 5 55 5 0 01010 0 00033440 03344 0 0 5 546570 0 51 62 115 317 36 348 53 79 0 0 204 744
Illinois-Urbana 003 3 2 6 00 5936 3 30 0 0 0 6 9 0 00011300 01130 3 6 6 613360 0 22 48 6 5 11 44 33 33 0 0 50 82
Indiana 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Iowa 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 00044 0 10 01000 55 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Kansas 000 0 0 0 00 00027 0 35 0 15 0 0 0 77 0 00000 0 0000 27 0 35 0 15 0 0 077 51 102 42 79 16 71 41 50 150 302
Library of Congress 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
McGill 240 0 0 0 00 2400 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0002 4 0 00000 24 9 33 3 30000 1236
70 Table 9 -2 Electronic Resources of East Asian Materials of North American Institutions as of June 30,2006 Computer Files Computer Files (one-time Accompanied One-time Gift Previous Total monographic purchase) Computer Files Computer Files Total Computer Files Computer Files
CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJKSubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal Institutions TCD TCDTCD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CD T CDTT CD CD T CD T CD T CDTT CD CD T CD T CD
Michigan 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 00092 153 10 90 0 0 0 0 102 243 314 1613 111 932 17 44 0 0 442 2589
Michigan State 0012 0 6 6 50 0 68 6 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 12 066500 68 6 0 0 12 040400 560
Minnesota 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 1 1 7 435 3 5 0 0 11 441
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 000 0 0 0 00 2000 0 00 0 2 0 2 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00020 20 2 0 1 01020 6 0
North Carolina 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 0040 42 0 00000 4042
Ohio State 030 0 333 0 0 00 0363 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 000 0 0000 40 0 333 0 0 0 0 0373 6 230 0 00000 6230
Penn State 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Pennsylvania 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 4 0 0 00000 4 0
Pittsburgh 45 83 5 5 0 0 00 50 88 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 0 078 0 0142852 103 5 57800 64 116 193 645 16 183 56 65 13 13 278 906
Princeton 036 0 0 0 0 00 036 061 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 78 0 20001 0 0030 99 0 16 0 2 0 0 0117 0 336 0 194 0 23 0 0 0 553
Queens Borough Public Library 59 0 0 0 0 0 00 59 0 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 00059 0 0 00000 59 0 5000 0 0 0000050000
Rutgers 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 025 25 2 222 0 0292925 25 2 22200 29 29 25 25 2 22200 2929
Southern California 2176 0 0 1 110 00 3286 00 1 0 186 0 0 0 187 0 0 0000150 00152 176 1 0 187 125 0 0 190 301 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Stanford 000 0 0 0 00 0090 90 35 35 0 0 0 0 125 125 0 00000 0 00090 90 35 35 0 0 0 0 125 125 101 297 1 26 0 0 0 0 102 323
Texas, Austin 000 0 0 0 00 00013 0 70 0 0 0 0 20 8 80000 0 0888 21 0 70000 828 69 339 24 155 10 10 0 0 103 504
Toronto 000 0 0 0 00 00112 214 2 16 8 11 0 0 122 241 0 00000 0 000112 214 2 16 8 11 0 0 122 241 117 424 32 67 75 109 3 4 227 604
Virginia 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Washington 000 0 0 1 00 01016 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 30 0 00004 0 0040 16 0 11 0 8 0 0 035 0 20 0 25 0 6 0 0 0 51
Washington, St. Louis 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0005 6 0 20000 5827 236 6 78 1 1 0 0 34 315
Washington-Law 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 5 6 6 6 15 7 4 4 30 23
Wisconsin 48 48 1 1 9 20 22 60 71 16 0 4 00 0 3 0230 5 50000 0 05569 53 5 192052 88 76 0 0 0 00000 0 0
Yale 000 0 0 0 00 0000 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 00000 00 0 0 0 00000 0 0 51 Total Records Title: 557 Title: 734 Title: 130 Title: 1,577 Title: 8,281 CD: 1,897 CD: 1,045 CD: 286 CD: 3,449 CD: 12,280
71 Table 9 -3 Electronic Resources of East Asian Materials of North American Institutions as of June 30, 2006 Electronic Databases and Serials Total Total CD-Rom Holdings Electronic Indexes and Electronic Full Text Electronic Subscriptions Reference Tools Periodicals Total Electronic Resources CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal
Institutions TCDTCDTCDTCD T CD Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Expenditures Alberta 29 394 30 34 12 12 12 18 83 458 110 57110 6 8 2 2 0 11 15 $3,000 00
Arizona 45 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 020 02000 0 0 0 2 0 02 $2,500 00
Arizona State 000000 00 0 0 500 05200 0 2 5 0 0 05 $49,563 00
Brigham Young 0022900 00 229 000 00110 0 2 1 1 0 02 $0 00
British Columbia 0 485 0 61 0 82 0 4 0 632 010 02906 0 159 2 6 017 $29,700 00
Brown 000000 00 0 0 000 00400 0 4 4 0 0 04 $0 00
California, Berkeley 508500 00135 000 016000 0 0 0 0 0 08 $14,032 00
California, Davis 000000 00 0 0 110 02300 1 3 3 1 0 15 $0 00
California, Irvine 040203900 045 15 2 0 01771 67 13 0 151 86 69 13 0168 $0 00
California, Los Angeles 51 465 24 246 5 89 0 0 80 800 521 21041250 309 326 240 $28,461 50
California, Riverside 81 0 85 0 15 0 0 0 181 0 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
California, San Diego 0200210 0 00 0 41 020 13510 1 6 0 0 0 00 $47,821 00
California, Santa Barbara 7602 3 2 2 11 1266 400 04000 0 0 5 2 0 04 $0 00
Chicago 100 390 151 495 137 235 0 0 388 1120 132 06314 0 8 4 4 6 014 $0 00
Columbia, Starr East Asian 11 13 177 339 8 8 60 60 256 420 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Duke 96 140 129 376 20 25 636 760 881 1301 160 18320 3 8 4 8 0 416 $21,750 00
Emory University 1 183 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 186 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Far Eastern Research Library 32 67 0 0 0 35 0 0 32 102 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Florida 9 195 1 1 0 0 3 3 13 199 300 47000 0 0 3 0 0 47 $2,700 00
Georgetown 27 488 17 53 36 106 0 0 80 647 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $871 00
Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn 0 0 10 14 0 0 1 1 11 15 040 04010 0 1 0 5 0 05 $0 00
Harvard-Yenching Library 000000 00 0 0 000 000 0 0 0 0 245 66 222 0533 $90,000 00
Hawaii 115 317 41 353 99 136 0 0 255 806 050 05126 0 9 1 7 6 014 $16,840 00
llinois-Urbana 9 11 17 50 46 69 0 0 72 130 010 01301 1 5 3 1 1 16 $28,330 50
Indiana 000000 00 0 0 010 2341080854 2 0 82 88 $0 00
Iowa 44 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 55 0 000 00000 0 0 2 0 0 10 $0 00
72 Table 9 -4 Electronic Resources of East Asian Materials of North American Institutions as of June 30, 2006 Electronic Databases and Serials Total Total CD-Rom Holdings Electronic Indexes and Electronic Full Text Electronic Subscriptions Reference Tools Periodicals Total Electronic Resources CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal
Institutions TCDTCDTCDTCD T CD Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Expenditures Kansas 51 129 42 114 16 86 41 50 150 379 620 816400 4 8 102 0 12 24 $12,401 00
Library of Congress 000000 00 0 0 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
McGill 11 37 3 3 0 0 0 0 14 40 000 33000 1 0 1 0 0 33 $0 00
Michigan 406 1766 121 1022 17 44 0 0 544 2832 600 06317 0 119 1 7 017 $48,366 58
Michigan State 0 0 24 0 10 6 90 0 124 6 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Minnesota 1 1 7 435 3 5 0 0 11 441 210 03000 0 0 2 1 0 03 $0 00
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 201010 40 8 0 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
North Carolina 40 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 42 120 14100 1 2 2 2 0 26 $0 00
Ohio State 6 270 0 333 0 0 0 0 6 603 020 02500 0 5 5 2 0 07 $0 00
Penn State 000000 00 0 0 000 001 0 0 1 2 6487.4 0 0 960 2 $7,447 00
Pennsylvania 400000 00 4 0 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Pittsburgh 245 748 21 188 63 73 13 13 342 1022 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $6,274.42
Princeton 0 435 0 210 0 25 0 0 0 670 50 10 3 5683331 0 0 0 3331 3381 10 3 5 3399 $59,632 00
Queens Borough Public Library 5059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5059 0 000 00215 0 0 0 215 215 0 0 0215 $26,590 00
Rutgers 50 50 4 4 4 4 0 0 58 58 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Southern California 2 176 1 0 187 125 0 0 190 301 00134 0134 0 0 4594 0 4594 0 0 4728 0 4728 $0 00
Stanford 191 387 36 61 0 0 0 0 227 448 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Texas, Austin 77 360 24 162 10 10 0 0 111 532 110 02000 0 0 1 1 0 02 $0 00
Toronto 229 638 34 83 83 120 3 4 349 845 743 014302 0 5 104 5 019 $28,889 80
Virginia 000000 00 0 0 100 12000 0 0 1 0 0 12 $2,040 00
Washington 0 36 0 36 0 14 0 0 0 86 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Washington, St. Louis 32 242 6 80 1 1 0 0 39 323 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Washington-Law 5666157 443023 000 00000 0 0 0 0 0 00 $0 00
Wisconsin 69 53 5 1 9 20 5 2 88 76 030 14100 0 1 1 0 0 05 $30,213 22
Yale 000000 00 0 0 000 000 0 0 0 0 43500 3908 0 1200 48608 $48,608 00
73 Table 9 -5 Electronic Resources of East Asian Materials of North American Institutions as of June 30, 2006 Electronic Databases and Serials Total Total CD-Rom Holdings Electronic Indexes and Electronic Full Text Electronic Subscriptions Reference Tools Periodicals Total Electronic Resources CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal CHN JPN KOR N-CJK SubTotal
Institutions TCDTCDTCDTCD T CD Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Title Expenditures 51 Total Records Title 9,858 Title 360 Title8,511 Title 57,993 $606,031.02 CD 15,729
74 Appendix 1 Participating Library Characteristics and Contact Information, 2006
Lib. Num. L brary Name Typ Reg Law Med Submitted by (Name) Position Title Phone E-mail Fax Sys. Vendor
200 Alberta c 10 Louis Chor East Asian Librarian (780) 492-1743 [email protected] (780) 492-3695 SIRSI
300 Arizona s 08 Hitoshi Kamada Associate Librarian (Japanese Studies) (520) 307-2772 [email protected] (520) 621-9733 Innovative III
400 Arizona State s 08 Katsuko T. Hotelling Japanese Studies Librarian (480) 965-7199 [email protected] (480) 965-1043 Innovative Interfaces
600 Brigham Young p 08 Gail King Curator, Asian Collection (801) 422-4061 gail_king@byu edu (801) 422-6708
700 British Columbia c 10 Lucia Park Korean language Librarian (604) 822-0840 [email protected] (604) 822-0205 DRA
800 Brown p 01 Li Wang Curator (401) 863-9344 [email protected] (401) 863-1272
900 California, Berkeley s 09 Peter Zhou Director (510) 643-6579 [email protected] (510) 642-3817
1000 California, Davis s 09 Mei-yun (Annie) Lin East Asian Librarian (530) 754-7658 [email protected] (530) 752-3148 Ex-Libris-USA
1050 California, Irvine s 09 Kevin Ruminson Director of Planning, Assessment, and Research (949) 824-4440 [email protected] (949) 824-2472
1100 California, Los Angeles s 09 Amy Tsiang Head, East Asian Library (310) 825-1401 [email protected] (310) 206-4960
1200 California, Riverside s 09 Kuei Chiu Asian Studies Bibliographer (951)827-3703 [email protected] (951)827-3285 Innopac
1300 California, San Diego s 09 Maria Reinalda Adams Administrative Assistant (858) 534-1413 [email protected] (858) 534-8526 Innovative III
1400 California, Santa Barbara s 09 Cathy Chiu Head, East Asian Library (805) 893-4082 [email protected] (805) 893-7706 Ex-Libris
1600 Chicago p 03 Yuan Zhou Curator (773) 702-8436 [email protected] (773) 753-0569 Horizon
1800 Colorado, Boulder s 08 Zhijia Shen Head, East Asian Library (303) 735-6215 [email protected] (303) 492-1881 Innovative
2000 Columbia, Starr East Asian p 02 Amy V. Heinrich Director (212) 854-1508 [email protected] (212) 662-6286 Endeavor (Voyager)
2200 Cornell p 02 Thomas Hahn Curator (607) 255-5759 [email protected] (607) 255-8438 Endeavor
2400 Duke p 05 Kristina Troost Head, International Area Studies (919) 660-5844 [email protected] (919) 684-2855 Ex libs
2500 Emory University p 05 Guo-hua Wang East Asian Studies librarian (404)727-0411 [email protected] (404)727-0408 Sirsis
2550 Far Eastern Research Library n 04 Jerome Cavanaug Director (612)926-6887 [email protected] (651) 796-0081
2600 Florida s 05 David Hickey Asian Studies Coordinator (352)392-9075 x312 [email protected] (352) 846-2746 Ex-Libris-USA
2800 Georgetown p 02 Ding Ye Asian Studies & Linguistics Bibliographer (202) 687-7609 [email protected] (202) 687-7503 Innovative
3101 Harvard Doc. Ctr. on Contemp. Jpn p 01 Kazuko Sakaguch Director (617) 495-8386 [email protected] (617) 496-8083
3100 Harvard-Yenching Library p 01 James Cheng Librarian (617) 495-3327 [email protected] (617) 496-6008 EX-LIBRIS-USA
3200 Hawaii s 09 Kuang-tien (K.T Yao China Specialist Librarian (808) 956-2311 [email protected] (808) 956-5968 Endeavor
3500 Illinois-Urbana s 03 Karen Wei Head, Asian Library (217) 244-2046 kwei@uiuc edu (217) 333-2214 Endeavor
3600 Indiana s 03 Wen-ling Liu Librarian for East Asian Studies (812) 855-9695 [email protected] (812) 855-8068 SIRSI
3700 Iowa s 04 Chiaki Sakai Japanese Studies Librarian (319) 335-5030 [email protected] (319) 335-5900 Ex-Libris-USA
4100 Kansas s 04 Vickie Doll Chinese Studies Librarian (785) 864-4669 [email protected] (785) 864-3850 Endeavor
75 Appendix 1 Participating Library Characteristics and Contact Information, 2006
Lib. Num. L brary Name Typ Reg Law Med Submitted by (Name) Position Title Phone E-mail Fax Sys. Vendor
9890 Library of Congress n 02 Judy Lu Head of Collection Services, Asian Division (202) 707-2385 [email protected] (202) 707-1724 Endeavor
4500 McGill c 10 MACY ZHENG EAS Bibliographer (514) 398-4792 [email protected] (514) 398-8919 EX-LIBRIS
9973 Metropolitan Museum of Art n 01 Min Xu CJK Cataloging/Reference Librarian 212-650-2437 [email protected] 212-570-3847 Innovative
5100 Michigan s 03 Michael Meng Coordinator of Public and Information Services (734) 764-0408 [email protected] (734) 647-2885 Ex-Libris-USA
5200 Michigan State s 03 Talbott Huey Asian Studies Bibliographer (517) 432-6123x242 [email protected] (517) 432-3532 Innovative
5300 Minnesota s 04 Su Chen Head, East Asian Library (612) 624-5863 [email protected] (612) 625-3428 ALEPH 500
5405 Montreal c 10 Li-Yu Wang Librarian (Chinese section) (514) 343-6111 x1913 [email protected] (514) 343-7716
9902 Nelson-A kins Museum of Art n 04 Jane Cheng Senior East Asian Catalog Librarian (816) 751-1231 [email protected] (816) 561-1229 SirsiDyxis
5800 North Carolina s 05 Hsi-chu Bolick East Asian Bibliographer (919) 962-1278 [email protected] (919) 962-4450 Millennium
6100 Ohio State s 03 Guoqing Li Chinese/Korean Studies Librarian (614) 292-9597 [email protected] (614) 292-1918 Innovative III
6600 Penn State s 02 Yurong Atwill Asian Studies Librarian (814) 865-1755 [email protected] (814) 863-7293 SIRSI
6500 Pennsylvania p 02 Alban Kojima Japanese/Korean Studies Librarian (215) 898-3205 [email protected] 215-898-0559
6700 Pittsburgh s 02 Xiuying Zou Public Services Librarian (412) 648-7781 [email protected] (412) 648-7683 Endeavor
6800 Princeton p 02 Martin Heijdra Head Public Services (609) 258-5336 [email protected] (609) 258-4573
9953 Queens Borough Public Library n 02 Fred J. Gitner Assistant Head, New Americans Program (718) 990-0892 [email protected] (718) 990-8626 DRA
7300 Rutgers s 02 Ying Zhang Librarian/Professor (732) 932-7161 [email protected] (732) 932-6808 SIRSI
7500 Southern California p 09 Ken Klein Head, East Asian Library (213) 740-1772 [email protected] (213) 740-7437
7700 Stanford p 09 Dongfang Shao Curator and Head (650)724-1928 [email protected] (650) 724-2028
8400 Texas, Austin s 07 Meng-fen Su Head Librarian, East Asian Library Program (512) 495-4323 [email protected] (512) 495-4296
8600 Toronto c 10 Lily Yip Secretary (416) 978-7691 [email protected] (416) 978-0863
8900 Virginia s 05 Ming Lung Librarian for Asian & Middle Eastern Lang. & Cul. (804) 924-4978 [email protected] (804) 924-1431
9100 Washington s 09 Zhijia Shen Director, East Asia Library 206-543-5635 [email protected] 206-221-5298 Innovative III
9300 Washington, St. Louis p 04 Tony H. Chang East Asian Studies Librarian (314) 935-4816 [email protected] (314) 935-7505 Innovative III
9101 Washington-Law s 09 William B. McCloy Assistant Librarian for East Asian Law (206) 543-7447 [email protected] edu (206) 685-2165 Innovative III
9600 Wisconsin s 03 Dianna Xu East Asian Studies Librarian (608) 262-1645 [email protected] (608) 262-4861 Endeavor
9700 Yale p 01 Ellen Hammond Curator (203) 432-1790 [email protected] (203) 432-8527 Endeavor Total Records 55
76 Appendix 2 CEAL Statistics Table Completion , 2006 Fiscal Monographic Other Personnel Public Serials Unprocessed Backlog Volume Electronic Library Name Support Acquisitions Holdings Support Services Materials Holdings
Alberta
Arizona
Arizona State
Brigham Young
British Columbia
Brown
California, Berkeley
California, Davis
California, Irvine
California, Los Angeles
California, Riverside
California, San Diego
California, Santa Barbara
Chicago
Columbia, Starr East Asian
Cornell
Duke
Emory University
Far Eastern Research Library
Florida
Georgetown
Harvard Doc Ctr on Contemp Jpn
Harvard-Yenching Library
Hawaii
Illinois-Urbana
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Library of Congress
McGill
Metropolitan Museum of Art
77 Appendix 2 CEAL Statistics Table Completion , 2006 Fiscal Monographic Other Personnel Public Serials Unprocessed Backlog Volume Electronic Library Name Support Acquisitions Holdings Support Services Materials Holdings
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
North Carolina
Ohio State
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Princeton
Queens Borough Public Library
Rutgers
Southern California
Stanford
Texas, Austin
Toronto
Virginia
Washington
Washington, St Louis
Washington-Law
Wisconsin
Yale
Total Records 53
78 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February, 2007
NEW APPOINTMENTS
University of Southern California East Asian Library: Tomoko Bialock joined the University of Southern California’s East Asian Library at the beginning of October 2006 as Japanese Studies Librarian. Prior to joining USC, Tomoko worked for several years in the East Asian Library of UCLA. She may be reached by email at [email protected], or by phone at 213 740- 8025. (From an Eastlib posting by Ken Klein, USC)
Asian Division of the Library of Congress Three new appointments have recently been made to the Asian Division of the Library of Congress: Dr. Anchi Hoh joined the Asian Division as the Assistant to the Chief, Dr. Ming-Sun Poon joined the Chinese and Mongolian Area Team of the Asian Division as a Reference Librarian and Chinese Area Specialist; and Ms. Kiyoyo Pipher joined the Japanese Area Team of the Asian Division as a Reference Librarian and Japanese Area Specialist. (Reported by Hwa-Wei Lee, Library of Congress)
Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University, welcomed two new staff members on January 3, 2007.
Charlene Chou joined the Starr East Asian Library as Chinese cataloger. Ms. Chou, who received her Master of Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1988, and a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology in 1997 from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, has served on numerous ALA cataloging committees and task forces. She comes to Starr from Columbia's Butler Library, where she was Serials Cataloger and served as Columbia's representative to the CONSER program. Her email address is [email protected] and phone number 212 854-1502.
Dr. Lauran Hartley is the new Tibetan Studies Librarian at Starr, where she will be responsible for acquisitions, reference, and cataloging for Tibetan materials. Dr. Hartley received her B.S. in Communication Studies and Political Science from Northwestern University in 1985, and her M.A. (1997) and Ph.D. (2003) from Indiana University in Tibetan Studies. She was previously a member of the Religion faculty at Rutgers University. Her publications include numerous writings on Tibet, such as Six Stars with a Crooked Neck: Tibetan Memoirs of the Cultural Revolution (Dharamsala: Bod kyi dus bab, 2001) and “Tibetan Publishing in the Early Post-Mao Period,” Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie 15 (2005):231-253. Dr. Hartley can be reached by email at [email protected] and by phone at 212 662-6286. (Based on an Eastlib posting by Amy Heinrich, Columbia)
Asian Library, University of British Columbia Helen Kim assumed her duties as Korean Librarian of the Asian Library, University of British Columbia, on February 1, 2007. After obtaining her MLS at Columbia University in 1986, Helen worked for a time in Canada in the counselling field before joining the Asian Library at UBC library in 2003 as the Korean derivative cataloguer. Her email address is [email protected]. (From an Eastlib posting by Eleanor Yuen, University of British Columbia)
Stanford East Asia Library Dr. Kyungmi Chun began work February 1, 2007, as new Korean Studies Librarian at the Stanford East Asia Library. Previously, from 1992, Kyungmi was the Korean Specialist Librarian for the University of Hawaii Asian Collection, where her responsibilities included collection development and management, reference, and public services for the Korean Collection. Kyungmi earned her doctoral degree in Information Science at the University of North Texas in 1999, an MLS degree from the University of Tennessee, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. (From an Eastlib posting by Dongfang Shao, Stanford University)
79 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February 2007
IN MEMORIAM
Peter T. H. Lu
Peter T.L. Lu, who spent 43 years working at the Library of Congress and was a senior acquisition specialist focusing on publications from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, died of leukemia September 9, 2006. He was 80.
Lu, a Washington resident, was born in Shanghai. His father, Joseph Lo Pa-Hong (1875-1937), prominent businessman, leading Christian philanthropist and a much-decorated Catholic layman, was assassinated in 1937 by two men disguised as orange peddlers in the French Concession during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai.
Peter Lu graduated in 1950 with a B.A. in political science from Niagara University, a Catholic university run by the Vincentian Fathers in Niagara Falls, New York. While at Niagara University he played on the tennis team. In October, 2005, he was presented with the Niagara University Dean’s Award for the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his career achievements and service to others. Following his graduation, he worked for the Catholic Church in Washington before joining the Library of Congress.
He is survived by a sister, Teresa Cheng of Providence, Rhode Island, and a brother, Michael Lo of Shanghai.
Sources: The Washington Post, Sep 12, 2006; _A1_37 (10): 44 (Nov. 2006); Niagara University website
Mayumi Koide
Mayumi Koide (1954-2007), the Japanese Cataloger at Indiana University Libraries, passed away the morning of January 9, 2007. She will be greatly missed by her family, friends, and colleagues.
Indiana University was very fortunate to have Mayumi as the Japanese Cataloger, a position she held since 1991. Exceptionally knowledgeable, reliable, precise, and witty, she was committed to doing the best for the Japanese Collection. Her familiarity with Japanese culture and literature as well as her outstanding computer skills were of inestimable value not only for selecting and cataloging Japanese materials, but also for devising a new workflow in the Unit and for answering Japan-related questions in the library.
In 2002 her skills in cataloging Japanese materials in all subjects earned her the position of Cataloger for the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, Library of Congress. The Japanese bibliographic records in IUCAT are proof of her excellent work.
Aside from the library work and her love of Japanese literature and birds, Mayumi was multi-talented. She acquired her Ph.D. in Neuroscience, UCLA, in 1988, and received her Master of Library Science degree in the mid-1990s. In addition, she earned a Certificate in Gemology in 1979, and studied five years of Chinese and two years of Korean.
A memorial service for Mayumi Koide was held on Tuesday, January 16, at 3:00 p.m. in the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington, Indiana.
From an Eastlib posting by Wen-ling Liu, Indiana University Libraries
80 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February 2007
BOOK REVIEWS
Guo Jian, Yongyi Song and Yuan Zhou. Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Lanham, Maryland & Oxford UK: The Scarecrow Press, 2006, lvii, 433 pp. ISBN: 08108-5461-9, 978-0-8108-5461-1. Hardcover, US$99.
It has often been said that the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76) took place in China but the study of the Cultural Revolution flourished outside of China due to the Chinese government’s restrictions on the study of this politically sensitive topic. However, the study of any major topic can always benefit from a quality subject dictionary or encyclopedia. The need for such a source is especially acute for the study of the Cultural Revolution not only because of the lack of such a source in English but also because of the strange and awkward Orwellian language of late Maoism, which was widely used during the Cultural Revolution and often defies comprehension and translation for those who did not live through that horrific era. A non-Chinese scholar studying the Cultural Revolution may find it frustrating to understand what “economism” (p.73) in the context of the Cultural Revolution is all about. On the other hand, a Chinese scholar already familiar with the Cultural Revolution parlance in its native language may be hard put to articulate many a Cultural Revolution expression in English. The task can just be too daunting for them for so many reasons.
This is where the Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution comes in handy. The three authors are well-respected Cultural Revolution researchers who are collectively and individually responsible for a great many publications on the Cultural Revolution including the recently published monumental Cultural Revolution Database Online. As such, they saw the acute need for such a subject dictionary and undertook the effort to compile this much-needed reference tool. The fruit of their labor is the first Cultural Revolution dictionary in English. This expansive encyclopedic dictionary has over 500 entries encompassing many important aspects of the Cultural Revolution and featuring significant persons, events, military affairs, and education, among many other topics.
Especially noteworthy are the important features that set this English dictionary on the Cultural Revolution apart from its Chinese counterparts. Its first distinctive feature is its remarkable objectivity in that the authors use a “just-the-facts” approach. The entries are free from the influence of the Chinese government’s official approach to the Cultural Revolution, e.g., blaming the “Gang of Four” for all the problems during the Cultural Revolution. In order to adhere to this fact-based approach and ensure objectivity, the authors chose to stay away from various controversial theoretical debates surrounding the Cultural Revolution, such as the cause and manner of the death of Lin Biao, Mao’s handpicked successor who turned against him, and whether or not the Cultural Revolution lasted three or ten years. Instead, they devoted their full attention to describing what actually transpired during the Cultural Revolution.
The second distinctive feature of the dictionary is its broad scope. The dictionary covers not only the familiar political figures and institutions, such as Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, and Revolutionary Committees, but also people and events that played highly significant roles during Cultural Revolution but were ignored by the Chinese government and neglected by many Cultural Revolution researchers. Among them are skeptics and critics of the Cultural Revolution and Mao himself such as Zhang Zhixing, Yu Louke, and Li Jiulian, all of whom were brutally executed by the Chinese government for their political beliefs and their courage to express them. These critically important individuals have largely fallen into oblivion in the mainstream Chinese press but have been given their proper space in the Cultural Revolution in this dictionary. The broad scope of the dictionary is also reflected in the hitherto little mentioned yet highly significant phenomena of the Cultural Revolution, such as the underground reading clubs and popular but illicit music of the educated youth.
The third distinctive feature of this dictionary is the accuracy. The authors carefully studied each and every entry and traced the history of many expressions, such as the origins of “Model Operas” and “Four Olds” to ensure accuracy and comprehensiveness. The authors have also taken pains to give accurate descriptions to significant players of the Cultural Revolution whose influence has been played down or simply omitted from official media. Famous among them are earlier followers of Mao, such as Wang Li,
81 Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 141, February 2007 who first fell out of favor with Mao after he outlived his usefulness for Mao and then fell into complete oblivion.
The appended section of the dictionary includes such valuable features as a chronology that covers Cultural Revolution related events that occurred between1965 and 1976, an introduction that fleshes out the chronology, a very practical pinyin-based Chinese-English glossary, and a comprehensive bibliography divided into fourteen categories, arguably the most updated English bibliography on the Cultural Revolution by far.
Its obvious strengths notwithstanding, the dictionary, being the first of its kind, could benefit from a few additions or changes. An index would facilitate use of this source by those who are not familiar with pinyin, among many other conveniences an index provides. The dictionary mentions Mao’s wife Jiang Qing, but it would be great if an entry for Xiaojinzhuang, the “model village” set up by Jiang, could be added too considering how closely associated it is with Jiang and its overall role in the Cultural Revolution. Furthermore, the glossary would be more helpful if a page number were attached to every listed item.
None of above minor issues diminishes the enormous value of this dictionary to the study of the Cultural Revolution. The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping sternly warned against examining the Cultural Revolution with a fine-tooth comb, as he knew that any close scrutiny of this “Chinese Holocaust” would necessarily reveal the skeletons in the closet, namely, one-party rule, lack of true freedoms, and ultimately the culpability of the CCP and its political system. The efforts undertaken by the three authors represent one of the first steps towards deconstructing the Cultural Revolution, destabilizing the official theory of this catastrophe, clarifying all important issues, and restoring and preserving historical truth about the Cultural Revolution. Highly recommended for both research libraries and individual researchers alike.
Zehao Zhou Schmidt Library York College of Pennsylvania
82 INDEXES
AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX
Acquiring High Quality Chinese Research Materials: A Case Study of Irregularities in Current Chinese Publishing He, Jianye, 11-18
The Contemporary China Collection in the Asian Divion, the Library of Congress Judy Lu, 19-28
He, Jianye Acquiring High Quality Chinese Research Materials: A Case Study of Irregularities in Current Chinese Publishing, 11-18 11 How Helping Chinese ESL Students Write Research Papers Can Teach Information Literacy, 6-10 Lin, Mei-Yun Annie, 6-10
Kecskes, Lily Chia Jen On the Caravan Route to Urumqi: A Glimpse of Current Chinese Ethnic Minority Language Publishing at the 16th Chinese National Book Fair, 1-5
Lin, Mei-Yun Annie How Helping Chinese ESL Students Write Research Papers Can Teach Information Literacy, 6-10
Lu, Judy The Contemporary China Collection in the Asian Division, the Library of Congress, 19-28
On the Caravan Route to Urumqi: A Glimpse of Current Chinese Ethnic Minority Language Publishing at the 16th Chinese National Book Fair 1 Kecskes, Lily Chia Jen, 1-5
SUBJECT INDEX
2006 IFLA Seoul, 35-41
Anchi Hoh joins Library of Congress Asian Division as Assistant to the Chief, 79
Annual statistical report, 51-78
Asian Division of the Library of Congress, new staff, 79
AskEASL Advisory Committee of NCC, 46
Bialock, Tomoko, new Japanese Studies Librarian at USC East Asian Library, 79
Book review, 81-82
CEAL Annual Statistical Report, 2005-2006, 51-78
CEAL Special Committee on CJK Capabilities in Local Systems, 45
Charlene Chou new Chinese cataloger at Columbia University Starr East Asian Library, 79
China Case Study Team at Library of Congress, 22-23
China Working Group at Library of Congress, 23 Chinese Collection in the Library of Congress, history, 19-20
Chinese ESL students, two types, 6-7
Chinese National Book Fair, 1-5
83 Chinese publishing, irregularities in, 11-16
Chou, Charlene, new Chinese cataloger at Columbia University Starr East Asian Library, 79
Chun, Kyungmi, new Korean Studies Librarian at Stanford East Asia Library, 79
Columbia University Starr East Asian Library, new staff, 79
Contemporary China Collection, Library of Congress, electronic resources, 27
Contemporary China Collection, Library of Congress, sources for study newspaper collection, 21 local gazetteer collection, 21-22 periodical collection, 22
Contemporary China Collection, Library of Congress, special materials early P.R. collection, 27 contemporary Taiwan collection, 27 Hong Kong Ephemera Collection, 27
Council on East Asian Libraries Annual Statistical Report 2005-2006, 51-78
CULCON Project, 43
C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University, new staff, 79
Digital Resources Committee (DRC) of NCC, 45-46
Doris Seely memoirs, 29-34
East Asian Library Pioneers Series, 29-34
E-Resources Training Initiative of NCC, 47
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, dictionary of reviewed, 81-82
Hartley, Lauran, new Tibetan Studies Librarian at Columbia University Starr East Asian Library, 79
Helen Kim new Korean Librarian at Asian Library, University of British Columbia, 79
Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, review of, 81-82
Hoh, Anchi, joins Asian Division of Library of Congress as Assistant to the Chief, 79
IFLA Satellite meeting, 35-41 Program proposal, 40-41
IFLA Seoul, 35-41
ILL/DD Committee of NCC, 46
Information literacy, 6
Information needs in the field of Japanese studies, 48-49
Irregularities in Chinese publishing, implications for librarians, 16
Japan Art Catalog Project of NCC, 47
Japan Foundation, 43
Japan Foundation American Advisory Committee, 44
Japan Liaison to NCC Report, 45 84
Japanese studies, information needs of, 48-49
Kim, Helen, new Korean Librarian at Asian Library, University of British Columbia, 79
Kiyoyo Pipher joins Japanese Area Team of Asian Division of the Library of Congress as Reference Librarian and Japanese Area Specialist, 79
Koide, Mayumi, obituary, 80
Kyungmi Chun new Korean Studies Librarian at Stanford East Asia Library, 79
Lauran Hartley new Tibetan Studies Librarian at Columbia University Starr East Asian Library, 79
Library of Congress, history of Chinese Collection, 19-20
Library of Congress internships, 45
Library of Congress new staff, 79
Library Professional Development Committee (LPDC) of NCC, 46
Lu, Peter T. H., obituary, 80
Luce Foundation Contemporary China Project, 24-26
Memoirs of Doris Seely, 29-34
Ming-Sun Poon joins Chinese and Mongolian Area Team of Library of Congress Asian Division as Reference Librarian and Chinese Area Specialist, 79
Minority publishing in China, 1-5
Minority publishing, restructuring of, 3
Multi-Volume Sets (MVS) Committee of NCC, 46
NCC Mission statement, 50
NCC September 2006 meeting report, 42-49
North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources Mission Statement, 50
North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources, Sept. 2006 meeting report, 42-49 E-Resources Training Initiative, 47
ILL/DD Committee, 46 Library Professional Development Committee (LPDC), 46 Multi-Volume Sets (MVS) Committee, 46
Northeast Asia Council (NEAC), 44-45
Pipher, Kiyoyo, joins Japanese Area Team of Asian Division of the Library of Congress as Reference Librarian and Japanese Area Specialist, 79
Pirated and fabricated research materials in Chinese publishing, 12-13
Poon, Ming-Sun, joins Chinese and Mongolian Area Team of Library of Congress Asian Division as Reference Librarian and Chinese Area Specialist, 79
Publishers’ misleading sale strategies in Chinese publishing, 14-
Publishing in Xinjiang, 2
85 Repeating and overlapping publishing in Chinese publishing, 13-14
Role of Chinese librarian in teaching information literacy to Chinese ESL sudents, 8-9
Scholarly Information on East Asia in the 21st Century Report, 35-41
Seely, Doris, memoirs, 29-34
Shashi Interest Group, 48
Special Committee for 2006 IFLA Seoul, 35-41
Stanford East Asia Library, Kyungmi Chun new Korean Studies Librarian, 79
Teaching information literacy through writing research papers, 7-9
Tomoko Bialock joins University of Southern California East Asian Library, 79
University of British Columbia Asian Library, Helen Kim new Korean Librarian at, 79
Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, book fair in, 1
Zhou, Zezao, review of Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 81-82
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