Membership Committee Agenda 2012

Time: Wednesday, March 14, 9:30-11:00PM
 Location: Dufferin, the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.

1. Discussions on "Mobile Technologies/Social Media and Their Applications in the Library.” Guest speaker: Adam H Lisbon, North American Coordinating Council of Japanese Library Resources - Program Associate and State University of New York at Albany - Instructor of Japanese Studies. Enjoy the discussions regarding using cutting edge technologies to serve today's library patrons, such as developing library applications for mobile devices, using iPad for reference and collection development, e-books and patron driven acquisitions, using social media for outreach to faculty and students, and so on. If you have any questions, please contact Yunshan Ye, at yye@jhu.edu

2. “After one year greeting” “Meet and Greet for new mentors/mentees” hosted by Kazuko Hoki Thank you very much for those who are interested in serve as mentor/mentee. Even though you are unsure to be, your visit is more than welcome. If you are interested in being a mentor/mentee, but yet to send an application, please send it (available from CEAL website) to Kazuko Hoki at kazuko@uky.edu

3. “Get together! Paras!” hosted by Tomoko Kitayama Please join us as we start a conversation on the role of paraprofessionals and other non-librarian workers in Asia-related libraries. This is an opportunity for paraprofessionals and others to get to know each other and discuss such topics as: - Who are “paraprofessionals” in this field? What are common qualifications and certifications required for this role?

• What do we do? How does our work compliment and differ with professional librarians?
• How do we get training? What kind of expertise do we have?
• How do we pursue career development?
• What are the big issues facing paraprofessionals at this time?
• What is the future of paraprofessional work?

We welcome non-East Asian librarians’ and paraprofessionals’ participation as well. If you have any questions, please email tomoko.kitayama@ubc.ca.

The committee's goal is provide CEAL members with a place to discuss, exchange, and learn new ideas and practices as such. So, these are rather informal and inviting. So, please feel free to just stop by. Just bring your body! Please also spread the word about this initiative to your colleagues who may have an interest in these issues.

If you have any general questions, please contact Hikaru Nakano at hnakano@ufl.edu

We look forward to seeing you in Toronto

CEAL Membership Committee
 Hioki Kazuko, Hikaru Nakano (Chair)
Yunah Sung,
Yunshan Ye

Open House at Toronto East Asia Libraries

Revised Invitation | Directions from Sheraton to: EAL | Royal Ontario Museum

Dear Colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce that the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of Toronto (http://www.library.utoronto.ca/east/ ) and the H. H. Mu Far Eastern Library at Royal Ontario Museum (http://www.rom.on.ca/collections/library/east.php ) would like to invite you for an open house event and reception in our libraries on Thursday, March 15 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm for the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, and 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm for the H. H. Mu Far Eastern Library. 

Please RSVP with Lucy Gan (lucy.gan@utoronto.ca ) for a visit to the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library. The director of our Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/index.html ) has also kindly offered to give a brief tour of the library (5:30 – 6:00). The tour is limited for 25 people in a first-come-first-serve manner. If you wish to visit the library, please indicate it in your RSVP to Lucy Gan.

Please RSVP to Jack Howard (jack.howard@utoronto.ca ) for your visit to the H. H. Mu Far Eastern Library. Due to space limitations, the visit to this library will be limited to 40 people on a first come, first served basis.

The RSVP deadline is March 2, 2012.

The instruction maps from the conference hotel to our libraries are linked here (and above) for your convenience:
Revised Invitation | Directions from Sheraton to: EAL | Royal Ontario Museum

We look forward to meeting with you in our libraries soon!

Stephen Qiao

Acting Director

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

University of Toronto

Jack Howard

Senior Librarian

H. H. Mu Far Eastern Library

Royal Ontario Museum 

Stephen Qiao

Acting Director

China Studies Librarian

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

University of Toronto Libraries

130 St. George Street

Toronto, Ontario

Canada, M5S 1A5

Speakers Wanted: Mobile/Social Media Roundtable

CEAL 2012 Schedule

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of Membership Committee, I am calling for speakers for our Roundtable Discussion at this year’s CEAL/AAS Conference (9:30pm – 11:00pm, Wednesday March 14th). The particular roundtable I will be hosting is on the theme of Mobile Technologies/Social Media and Their Applications in the Library. If you have any level of work experience in this area and would like to share and exchange ideas with interested colleagues, please contact me off the list for becoming one of our speakers at the roundtable. For those who are new, the roundtable is a very casual, informal opportunity for information sharing and free discussion, led by our appointed speakers and monitored by the host. There will be no formal presentation or lecture.

Thanks and look forward to seeing you all in Toronto!

Yunshan Ye
Email: yye7@jhu.edu

East Asian Studies Librarian
Johns Hopkins

Plenary Program Agenda (Update)

Annual Meeting Schedule | Annual Meeting Page | Plenary Program (PDF) |

 Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)

Association for Asian Studies

Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, March 12–18, 2012

***Plenary Program***

Organizational Changes in Research Libraries and 

Their Impact on East Asian Collections:
CEAL’s Strategic Position

Wednesday March 14, 2012

10:30–12:00 noon

Dominion Ballroom South, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

For almost a decade, we have been witnessing major organizational changes in research libraries. Unfortunately, East Asian libraries sometimes are on the receiving end of these changes. Decision makers do not always seek the opinions of CEAL members, even though their decisions will inevitably impact how the libraries operate. This year’s plenary program aims to provide a study of some of the organizational changes impacting East Asian libraries in North America, in order to help CEAL members take the initiative to formulate a strategic position on issues critical to our services and operations.

Agenda

• 10:30–10:35
  Welcome and Introductions
  Joy Kim, University of Southern California
• 10:35–1:55
  The Future of Libraries and Area Studies Collections
  Larry Alford, Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries
• 10:55–11:10 Strategic Directions at Harvard Libraries
  James Cheng, Harvard University 
• 11:10–11:25
  New Horizons and Boundaries: Discussions at the University of California Libraries
  Peter Zhou, UC Berkeley
• 11:25–11:40
  Reorganization of Technical Services at  Princeton
  Tai-loi Ma, Princeton University
• 11:40–12:00
  Q & A

CPS/CTP Joint Program Agenda 2012

Dear all,
The CEAL Committee on Public Services and Committee on Technical Processing are pleased to announce the CPS/CTP Joint Program:

“Discovery, Delivery, and Dissemination of Information In a Multilingual and Multicultural Environment"  

Wednesday, March 14 

1:20-4:30 P.M. 

***To be held at the***

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Dominion Ballroom South

 Please click here to view the schedule (PDF)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Jidong Yang, Chair, CEAL CPS
Shi Deng, Chair, CEAL CTP

Agendas: CCM; Forum on Digital Content

Dear Colleagues,

The Committee on Chinese Materials (CCM) cordially invites you to attend its 2012 annual meeting and the forum on digital content at CEAL in Toronto. Please visit CCM website for full agenda for these two events: http://www.eastasianlib.org/ccm/Program2012.html

Brief information on time and location:

CCM Annual Meeting

10:50 am -12:20 pm, Thursday, March 15, 2012

Dominion Ballroom South, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Forum on Chinese Digital Content

4:40-6:10 pm, Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Dominion Ballroom North, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

We look forward to seeing you at CCM annual meeting and the forum.

 

Committee on Chinese Materials:

Vickie Doll 傅玉波 (U of Kansas)

Tang Li 李唐 (Yale U)

Ming-sun Poon 潘銘燊 (LoC)

Zhijia Shen 沈志佳 (U of Washington)

Ping Situ 司徒萍 (U of Arizona)

Susan Xue 薛燕, Chair (UCB)

Haihui Zhang 張海惠 (U of Pittsburgh)

Susan Xue

Head, Information and Public Services

Electronic Resources Librarian

C.V. Starr East Asian Library

UC Berkeley

510-643-6327

Small Collections Roundtable 2012: Topics?

The Google poll.

 **Call for discussion topics for the Small East Asian Collections Roundtable at CEAL 2012**

Happy New Year of the Dragon! It's about time to meet and chat again! The Small Collections Roundtable is scheduled for Thursday, March 15, 9:30-11:00 P.M, in the Peel Room at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel (click to view the CEAL 2012 schedule).

As usual, we would like to invite interesting topics for discussion at CEAL 2012. Based on the topics received, we will do a Google poll to pick a few for the roundtable discussion this year. We'd love to hear from you!
Please click here to fill out the online Google poll.

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Please visit the Small Ea Collections group page (click here to view). If you are interested in joining the group, please send request to Xi Chen (xi.chen@oberlin.edu) or Julie Wang (jwang@binghamton.edu)

2012 CEAL Fellowship Dinner Information

Registration Form (PDF) | Directions from Sheraton to Mandarin (PDF)

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I am pleased to announce that 2012 CEAL Fellowship Dinner will be held at Mandarin restaurant in uptown Toronto on Wednesday, March 14, 7:00-9:00 pm, 2012. Mandarin is located at 2200 Yonge Street (phone number: 416-486-2222), about six subway stops away from Sheraton Hotel downtown. The restaurant is right above the Eglinton subway station for your convenience. It may take 20-30 minutes by taxi depending on traffic.  

Buffet will be served at the restaurant, with a variety of food selection, including many vegetarian choices. The cost of the dinner is $33 per person (either Canadian or US dollar). There are bigger and small tables in the area we reserved for the event to give us certain flexibilities.

All the CEAL members are more than welcome to join the gathering.  Please complete the reservation form (as attached) and  mail it with your check or credit card information to Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library (The deadline for reservation is February 20, 2012): 

Lily Yip

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

University of Toronto

130 St George Street, 8th Floor

Toronto, ON, M5S 1A5, Canada

If your check amount covers more than one participant, please ensure the amount and also include their names in English on the form.  If you decide to cancel your reservation, please inform us no later than February 20 for a full refund.  All the receipts will be sent electronically (cash payers can get their print receipts on March 14).  Please do not send cash with the form.  Participants paying by credit cards shall send their forms by mail due to security concern.
We also prepared a direction guide (another attachment) to help you find the venue.  If you have any further questions regarding the CEAL dinner, please email Lucy Gan at lucy.gan@utoronto.ca.
We look forward to seeing you all in our fellowship dinner.
Sincerely,

Stephen Qiao

 

Stephen Qiao

Acting Director

China Studies Librarian

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

University of Toronto Libraries

130 St. George Street

Toronto, Ontario

Canada, M5S 1A5

Annual Meeting Schedule: Toronto March 2012

Keep up-do-date with planning for the 2012 CEAL Annual Meeting in Toronto by checking the 2012 CEAL Annual Meeting Schedule, here (updated as information comes in).