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

Japanese Romanization Task Force Report

Link to PDF Report

Dear CEAL colleagues,

On Sunday, January 22nd, the CTP/CJM Joint Task Force on the LC Proposal Regarding Japanese Romanization submitted a report to LC titled “CEAL Response to the Clarification of LCpractice concerning the use of diacritical marks in Japanese romanization,” based on the survey conducted early this month.

The Task Force is very grateful to those who responded to the survey. We received close to 60 responses in spite of the very short notice and the brief survey period. I would also like to thank some Japanese experts consulted by the Task Force. Based on the survey results, close examination of the proposed revision, and brief research on related topics by Task Force members (excellent jobs!), we have composed a seven page response (45 pages including appendixes). Click here to view the report (PDF file). We welcome further feedback.

Here is a summary:

• The CEAL community thanks LC for clarifying the long-standing issue of alif and apostrophe usage in Japanese romanization.
• CEAL members support the idea of adding a “Diacritic marks” section to the Japanese romanization guidelines, and suggested moving the section towards the beginning of the document
• The TF also suggested adding a section on macron usage, with examples, to further clarify usage in more complex macron cases.
• The TF requests that LC continue to review the guidelines, and to establish a timeline for further revisions of the Japanese Romanization Table beyond the alif/apostrophe issue. The TF identified 17 additional examples and one deleted section included on the LC website version of the table (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/japanese_table_111215.pdf), but not in the version attached to the original email to Eastlib on Dec. 14, 2011.
• The TF welcomes both LC’s and OCLC’s intention to work together with the CEAL community to do necessary cleanup work resulting from this change.
• The TF hopes that over time further improvements, bringing even more clarity to the ALA-LC Romanization Table for Japanese, will be made and that these improvements will be done in a collaborative and transparent way, with the participation of a range of stakeholders, including LC, OCLC and the CEAL community.

Please let Task Force members or me know if you have any questions or comments regarding our report. We intend to do follow-up work, including the review of any counter-response from LC, and further research on Japanese romanization, with the aim of improving the Japanese Romanization Table with broad input from the community. Please share your opinions, ideas, or insights on this issue. Also let us know if you notice any misunderstandings or inaccuracies in our report.

We are looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

- Keiko

For CEAL CTP/CJM Joint Task Force on LC Proposal to Japanese Romanization

Rob Britt

Yoko Kudo

Mieko Mazza

Hikaru Nakano

Keiko Suzuki, Chair

Shi Deng, ex officio (CTP Chair)

Setsuko Noguchi, ex officio (CJM Chair)

Ms. Keiko SUZUKI  鈴木啓子

Japanese Catalog Librarian, East Asia Library

Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University

P.O.Box 208240

New Haven, CT 06520-8240

Tel.: 203-432-2778 / Fax: 203-432-7231

keiko.suzuki@yale.edu

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

Subcommittee on Korean Studies E-Resources

Dear All,

I am pleased to announce that the Committee on Korean Materials (CKM) has appointed a Subcommittee on Korean Studies E-Resources.  

As many of you are well aware, Task Force on Korean E-Resources has played a great role in negotiating a group price deal for fast growing Korean E-Resources on behalf of participating institutions in North America. The CKM feels strongly that a subcommittee should be formally established with clear guidelines and charges to continue to carry out the TF’s tasks. Here’re details on the Subcommittee;

1.      Name: Subcommittee on Korean Studies E-Resources

Website: http://guides.library.duke.edu/korean_eresources

2.      Members:

Mikyung Kang (mlkang@fas.harvard.edu), Harvard University

Miree Ku (miree.ku@duke.edu), Duke University - Chair

Sun-Yoon Lee (sunyoonl@usc.edu), USC

Hee-Sook Shin (hs2148@columbia.edu), Columbia University

3.      Term of service: February 2012 – March 2014 (2 years)

I’d like to express my gratitude to the Subcommittee members who are willing to volunteer their time and efforts. Please contact the Subcommittee members if you have any questions on Korean E-Resources. Thank you.

Regards,

Yunah

Chair, CEAL Committee on Korean Materials

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Yunah Sung (성윤아)
Korean Studies Librarian / Coordinator, Technical Services

Asia Library, University of Michigan
414 Hatcher Graduate Library North
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190

Tel : 734-936-2408

E-mail: yunahs@umich.edu

Korean Collection: http://guides.lib.umich.edu/koreanstudies

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

CEAL Logo Committee Request for Proposals

As you recall, the CEAL Logo Committee is charged with soliciting proposals for a new design for the CEAL logo. The Committee has decided to distribute a "Request for Proposals" (RFP) to solicit designs. The RFP is now being sent to several university art and design departments. Anyone can submit a design based on the specifications in the RFP. Please feel free to download and forward the RFP pdf file to anyone who might be interested.
Click to view "Request for Proposals (RFP) for a New CEAL Logo Design"

--The CEAL Logo Design Committee--
Rob Britt (Chair)
Susan Xue
Setsuko Noguchi
Yunah Sung
Gail King
Peter Zhou (Ex-Officio)
Joy Kim (Ex-Officio)