CEAL/CCM 2013 Pre-conference Workshop

Title: Discover the mystery of Chinese local gazetteers: what to get and how to use
Time: 7-10 PM, March 19, 2013
Place: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, California (Room TBD)

This workshop is to address the needs from librarians who would like to learn about Chinese local gazetteers but have limited access to and use of such materials in their institutions. Contents to be covered include: a brief history of old and new gazetteers; compilation styles and layout; types of gazetteers (administrative levels, subjects, professionals); tools of using gazetteers; and research value of local gazetteers as special primary sources. The workshop will be conducted in English and Chinese. Materials used for training require reading knowledge of Chinese. To allow effective interactions during the workshop, seats are limited to 30. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Tang Li at tang.li@yale.edu by December 21, 2012.

Trainer:
Dr. Ming-sun Poon
Reference librarian and Chinese area specialist, Library of Congress

Haihui Zhang
Chinese bibliographer and cataloger, University of Pittsburgh

Annual Meeting 2013 Schedule

2013 Annual Meeting Schedule

Dear CEAL Colleagues, 
Please click the link above to view the current draft schedule for the 2013 annual meetings of the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL). The draft schedule is intended to assist members in making travel arrangements. I expect to send you the final programs with full details in a month or two after all committees finish their agendas and meeting arrangements. 

Peter Zhou, PhD 
President, Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) 

Assistant University Librarian Director
C.V. Starr East Asian Library 
University of California, Berkeley 
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 

Tel: (510) 643-6579 
FAX: (510) 642-3817 
pzhou@library.berkeley.edu 

CEAL RDA Workshop Registration Open

Dear all,

On behalf of the CEAL Committee of Technical Processing, I am pleased to announce that CTP will sponsor two pre-conference workshops on RDA cataloging on Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 18-19, 2013 in conjunction with CEAL 2013 annual meeting.

For Workshop description and registration information, please click http://www.eastasianlib.org/ctp/2013%20CEAL%20RDA%20CATALOGING%20WORKSHOP.pdf

Happy Thanksgiving Holidays! –Shi


Shi Deng
Chair, CEAL Committee on Technical Processing
Head, Chinese Japanese Korean Acquisitions/Cataloging Unit
Metadata Services Department, UCSD Libraries
9500 Gilman Drive, 0175K
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Tel: (858) 822-2104
Fax: (858) 822-0349
Email: sdeng@ucsd.edu

Click to view the updated schedule for the 2013 CEAL annual meeting.

The ACMS Library Fellowship

Forwarded from ALA ACRL AAMES (Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Section) Listserv. -- hn

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The ACMS Library Fellowship supports US advanced graduate students, faculty members, or professionals in library and information sciences from colleges and universities to conduct short-term library development projects and/or research in Mongolia for a period of up to 12 weeks between May and October 2013.

Applicants must be US Citizens. The fellowship is supported with funding from the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through a grant by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. The ACMS Library Fellowship program is intended to help support the development of the ACMS Research Library and build stronger connections among local library partners through specific defined projects designed to enhance collection content, resource accessibility, and training. Fellows are hosted by the ACMS and will conduct projects that have measurable positive outcomes for the scholarly community served by the ACMS. Fellows spend a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of 12 weeks onsite in Mongolia at the ACMS library. Prior experience working in Mongolia is not a requirement. Applications are due by February 15, 2013. More information is available at: www.mongoliacenter.org/librarian.

American Center for Mongolian Studies

1155 Observatory Dr. Rm. 333

Madison, WI 53706

Email: apply@mongoliacenter.org

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RDA Workshops at CEAL 2013

CEAL 2013 Schedule

Dear all,

The CEAL Committee on Technical Processing (CTP) is planning to offer two workshops on RDA Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 18-19, 2013.

Creating CJK RDA Bibliographic Records

Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 18-19, 2013 (one and half days)

Prerequisite: For better results, please do self-study using the LC RDA training materials. The course table includes 9 modules, and takes about 3 hours.
Click to view the LC RDA training course table.

CJK RDA NACO

Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013 (half day in afternoon, after the first workshop)

PREREQUISITE: Only for NACO catalogers who have participated in LC RDA NACO training, either with the CJK NACO Project or with your institutions. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR BEGINNERS.

This announcement is only intended to help you plan your conference arrangement (i.e. budget planning, hotel reservation, etc.). We are still working on finding the workshop venues, trainers, and deciding on the contents. I will provide the workshop details once we have everything in place.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Best,

--Shi

Shi Deng

Head, Chinese Japanese Korean Acquisitions/Cataloging Unit

Metadata Services Department, UCSD Libraries

9500 Gilman Drive, 0175K

La Jolla, CA 92093-0175

Tel: (858) 822-2104

Fax: (858) 822-0349

Email: sdeng@ucsd.edu

2013 LC-CEAL Cataloging Internship Program

Internship Announcement (PDF)

Dear CEAL Members,

On behalf of the Committee on Technical Processing, I am pleased to announce that we are going to continue the LC-CEAL Cataloging Internship Program for the year 2013.   CEAL developed this Internship Program partnership with the Library of Congress in order to provide training opportunities to those who may not have access to adequate cataloging training support in their own institutions, or to those who have been assigned to catalog materials in a language with which they are not entirely conversant.  The interns selected will receive substantial training at the Library of Congress from LC’s Catalogers.

Logistics of the Program

• Up to three internship positions are available in the calendar year 2013, each for up to three months in duration.  Each intern selected will directly negotiate the length of the internship, its timing and general content with the Library of Congress. 

• The Library of Congress will supply training materials, workspace, training and review by experience catalogers in one or more aspects of cataloging East Asian materials.  All other expenses (travel, lodging, meals, and incidentals) are the responsibility of the intern and/or his/her employer.

• CEAL will provide each intern with a scholarship of up to $1,000 upon successful completion of the program.

Procedures

The application process will be overseen by the members of the Subcommittee on LC-CEAL Cataloging Internship Program: Yue Shu (Chair), Yoko Kudo and Erica Soonyoung Chang.  The Subcommittee will recommend candidates according to a set of pre-determined selection criteria, and the Library of Congress will make final decisions.  The application deadline is December 17, 2012, and the interns selected will be announced before or at the CEAL meeting in March 2013. 

Selection Criteria

The Subcommittee members will prioritize applications according to the following criteria:

The Candidate:

• Non-US citizens must be in a visa status that permits them to participate in the program;

• Is a CEAL member in good standing;
• Is recommended by his/her employer or university with a formal letter of recommendations;
• Has significant responsibility for East Asian resources and experience in cataloging;
• Lacks in-house training support or language proficiency with which he/she isn’t entirely conversant.

 To apply, please fill out the attached application form and send it as an email attachment to all three Subcommittee members:  Yue Shu (shuyuex@si.edu); Yoko Kudo (yokokudo@ucr.edu); and Erica Soonyoung Chang (syoungc@hawaii.edu).  The application deadline is December 17, 2012.  For questions, please feel free to contact the Subcommittee members.

I look forward to seeing many applications!  

Sincerely yours,

Yue Shu

Chair, Subcommittee on Internship

Subcommittee Members

Yue Shu (Chair)

Yoko Kudo

Erica Soonyoung Chang

Yue Shu 舒悦

Assistant Librarian

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

shuyuex@si.edu

202.633.0479

PO Box 37012, MRC 707

Washington DC 20013-7012

Package and courier deliveries:

1050 Independence Ave SW

Washington DC 20560

Annual Meeting 2013 Draft Schedule

The draft schedule for the 2013 CEAL annual meeting is now posted on the CEAL website (click to view). The current version is a tentative, planning document. As time for the meeting nears, the information will be updated.

This year, the schedule is posted as an "embedded" MS Excel file. The file can be downloaded and viewed in Excel, either on your desktop or online, in Microsoft SkyDrive. To download, click the Excel icon near the bottom of the window. You can then save a copy, print, etc. The online version (linked above) will be kept up-to-date until the annual meeting.

Let me know if you have questions.
Rob Britt
CEAL Library Technology Committee Chair
rrbritt@uw.edu