Japanese Collections

After 3 years in Ackerman Road, we’re back on campus in the beautifully renovated Thompson Library — Room 350-B (see below)!! East Asian stacks are on 3M, while the reference books are now on 2 (outside the Grand Reading Room).

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I’ll be teaching a course in the spring quarter with my colleague, Miriam Conteh-Morgan, on What Is the Global Information Society? It is listed in the Spring ’09 course list for International Studies —

Intl Stds 501, T R 11:30-1:18 (course # 12207-1)
Prerequisites: None

** Our goal is to introduce critical thinking about the knowledge creation process in its global and societal contexts. We believe this course will give students an advantage in academics and, especially, in the job market — as well as in their future professional lives.
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During the month of June — on Tuesday and Thursdays all month! — 37 films examining the portrayal of Asians in classic movies will be featured on TCM in a festival series, Race & Hollywood: Asian Images in Film. Continue reading

Kyoto University started Open Courseware on Youtube last month. The page is about the projects on the interactive connections among users, computer, and zen in sansui artwork. English.

https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=ZENetic_Computer

I don’t know which category this entry should go…Maybe Japanese literature?

https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Japanese_plants

This page has links to the websites of Japanese colors.

https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Japanese_colors

CEAL Committee on Japanese Materials
“Japanese Collections as Learning Centers: Connecting Users with Libraries through Web 2.0 Technologies”
Maureen Donovan & Shirin Eshghi
Atlanta, April 3, 2008
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There’s a fascinating series of postings about library blogs at the Infobib blog, including a review of Biblioblogs in Japan by Sho Sato and katz3 that includes links to a list of 51 Japanese biblioblogs. All I can say is “Wow!”

Today I was specifically looked for blogging by Japanese studies librarians. I quickly found Shirin Eshghi’s blog at UBC Continue reading

Getting ready for my upcoming presentation at the Council on East Asian Libraries on “Scholarly Communication and Patron Services,” I set out today to see who’s blogging at East Asian collections. Continue reading