Univ of Washington East Asia Library: Welcome Charlene Chou

Dear Colleagues:

I am delighted to announce that Ms. Charlene Chou will join the University of Washington Libraries as Head of East Asia Library Technical Services and Chinese Cataloger on October 1st, 2013. Charlene will be responsible for overall EAL technical services operations including acquisitions, cataloging, binding and other processing, as well as providing original cataloging for Chinese languages materials.

Charlene came to UW Libraries from Columbia University Libraries where she held various positions in Central Technical Services and departmental libraries for twenty years. Since 2007, she had served as the Chinese Cataloger at the Starr East Asian Library and was the Acting Head of the Starr East Asian Library Technical Services between January and August in 2008. Charlene is a seasoned cataloger and technical services librarian. She is also an experienced trainer in serial and monographic cataloging, and recently RDA training. She is an international speaker on a broad spectrum of tech service related topics. Currently she serves as president of OCLC CJK User Group Board (2012-2014) and was the lead trainer for the RDA & CJK Workshop team in 2012-13. Charlene received her MLS from University of Maryland, College Park in 1988. She also has an MA in Organizational Psychology from Teacher's College, Columbia University, and BA in Library Science & Humanities from National Taiwan University. 

We are very excited about Charlene’s joining us at the East Asia Library at University of Washington Libraries. Her rich experience in all areas of technical services will enable her to make significant contributions to our East Asia Library and to the University Libraries as well. Charlene can be reached at:

Room 338 Gowen Hall
East Asia Library, Campus Box 353527
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195 

Phone: 206-543-6155
Email cc83@uw.edu.

Submitted by Zhijia Shen

Director of East Asia Library University of Washington Libraries

New Japan Studies Librarian (Univ. of Washington)

Dear Colleagues:

I am delighted to announce that Ms. Azusa Tanaka has joined us at the East Asia Library of the University of Washington in Seattle as our Japan Studies Librarian as of July 1st, 2013. Ms. Tanaka received her MLS degree from Syracuse University in 2008 and her MA in Korean Studies from the Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington in Seattle in 2005.

Prior to moving to UW, Ms. Tanaka served from 2009-2013 as the Japanese catalog/subject Librarian at the East Asia Library at Washington University in St. Louis. Ms. Tanaka has been actively involved in the National Coordinating Committee for Japanese Library Materials (NCC) and Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) committees.

The combination of her library experiences in Japanese cataloging, reference and library instruction services, and collection development, as well as her subject training in other areas of East Asian Studies will enable her to make significant contributions to our East Asia Library at the University of Washington Libraries and the university community.

Ms. Tanaka will be responsible for Japanese studies collection development, library instruction and reference services, and faculty and student liaison on campus, and she will actively participate in community outreach and all other professional activities and services associated with her primary job responsibilities as Japan Studies Librarian.

Ms. Tanaka can be reached at the East Asia Library by phone or email at 206-543-7051; azusat@u.washington.edu.

We are very excited to welcome Ms. Tanaka to join us at the University of Washington and look forward to working with her to further strengthen our collections and services.

Zhijia Shen
Director
East Asia Library
University of Washington Libraries