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Course Descriptions for the Summer Institute
课程纲要Opening Keynote Lecture
Opening up Potentials: Use of Cutting-Edge Technology in Libraries with Chinese and Other Asian Collections
In this two-hour keynote lecture, Dr. Ching-chih Chen will discuss cutting-edge digital technology and how it can be used in Asian libraries to leverage their Chinese and other Asian language collections. She will address the large issues of the digital library, citing the successful examples of her multi-year NSF/International Digital Library projects, Global Memory Net (GMNet), to demonstrate how technology connects world-wide cultures, heritage and history. More than 130,000 pages of GMNet have been used by both professionals and general citizens from over 80 countries since the public launching of the site in July 2006. She will also discuss the challenges in developing her latest World Heritage Memory Net (WHMNet) in partnership with UNESCO/World Heritage Center. WHMNet will present multimedia and multilingual information on 851 world heritage sites of 141 countries. Of these, China alone has 35 world heritage sites. The theme is to open up potential and inspire creative thinking about the future of Chinese and Asian studies librarianship.
Collection Development in the Digital Age and Trends of Development in Chinese Electronic Resources
The goal of this two-session class is to address major issues about collection development for the hybrid library and discuss the publication trends for Chinese electronic resources. Each trainee will be asked to write a paper to discuss practical issues in their work and discuss them in class.
Evolving Models of Digital Library Services—Major Issues
This one-session class will introduce and analyze the evolving models and standards of Chinese digital collection management and services in North America; specifically, the focus will be case studies on related models and standards. Each attendee will be required to draft a digital collection and service plan that fits his or her local institution and discuss it during the class.
Developing Electronic Chinese Collections and Services in the Academic Library
Drawing on the experience of CALIS and Beijing University Library, this four-session course will discuss major issues of digital librarianship including theoretical approaches and practical strategies. It will present a comprehensive discussion in four major areas of the digital library. The topics of the four sessions are as follows:
- Session 1: Current Situation and Strategies in Developing Chinese Digital Collections
- Session 2: The Assessment and Preservation of Chinese Digital Resources
- Session 3: Description and Integration of Chinese Digital Resources
- Session 4: User Services for Chinese Digital Resources
There will be a 30-minute discussion at the end of each session.
Achieving Library Excellence: Employing Modern Management Principles and Practices
The presentation will focus on the progression of four best-known modern management principles and practices in libraries. They are Management by Objective (including Strategic Planning), Participative Management, Total Quality Management, and Knowledge Management (including the differentiation between information management and knowledge management). All these four inter-related and mutually complementing management tools, when carefully planned and implemented, can help libraries of all types and sizes to achieve excellence in management.
Through presentation, discussion, and group assignment, all participants are expected to gain a better understanding about the basics of these four management principles and practices and learn how they can be applied in daily library operations for best results.
Copyright Issues for Chinese Electronic Resources
This two-session class will give an overall introduction to Chinese copyright law and analyze some copyright risks facing US libraries regarding China publications. It will discuss several approaches to mitigate the IPR problem. The class will address (a): major discrepancies between Chinese and U.S. copyright laws, Chinese copyright law and publisher copyright policies related to libraries, ownership of copyright, fair use and infringement of copyright; (b) E-resource copyright issues including aggregated databases or e-resources on CD-ROM from China, “authorized uses,” loading stand-alone CD-ROM data or programs purchased from China on a US library’s local network, and making backup copies. (c)Fair use, interlibrary loan, and digitization issues including transfer of contents from print and electronic resources to other libraries for interlibrary loan purposes, Chinese publishers' and vendors’ analysis, digitization of materials held by libraries in China, and making English subtitles for Chinese films for educational purposes; (d) library copyright strategy and policies including vendor and publisher relations.
Becoming a Leader — Set Personal Career Goals and Develop Core Competencies!
This presentation will include common attributes of goals, setting personal career goals, overcoming racial barriers and stereotypes, valuing diversity in the workplace, and developing core competencies in leadership.
Organizing and Providing Access to Digital Materials
This class will address recent developments and trends in the organization of information in libraries. It will begin with an overview of recently adopted and draft standards such as FRBR, FRAD, FRSAR, and the updated Paris Principles drafted by the IFLA Meetings of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code (IME ICC). It will cover of the development of the new international cataloging rules, Resource, Description and Access (RDA). It will then explore principles and standards for cataloging digital materials. The class will provide practical exercises on cataloging digital materials and a list of future readings for trainees to further explore interesting issues on their own.
The Power of Library Fundraising
This class will focus on the importance of library fundraising, the necessary preparation, the types of fundraising activities, the variety of gifts, the general rules, and the ten basic fundraising principles. Through a PowerPoint presentation, all participants are expected to learn the basics of library fundraising and be able to undertake fundraising actions for his/her department/collection.
Digitizing Local Treasures: UW Digital Projects
This class will introduce the digital projects at the UW Libraries. It will discuss strategies and practices of digital initiatives at the local level, i.e. individual libraries, and the development of such local projects in relationship to commercial development of digital collections. It will discuss technical issues of digitization, including current technologies and workflows, as well as metadata creation and maintenance associated with digitization. Using the Korean book project at the UW as an example, the class will also address issues relating to CJK materials.
Digital Technology and Applications for Chinese Language Materials
This four-session course introduces core technology of the digital library and the creation and management of digital resources. Through classroom lecture and hands-on practice during and after class, trainees will learn the technology involved in developing a digital library of Chinese materials, as well as the preservation and organization of materials. The class will touch upon theoretical concepts and teach technical skills of digital librarianship including digitization standards and digitization of print and multi-media materials.
Licensing and Managing Electronic Resources
Session I: Licensing and Managing Electronic Resources: The Basics
In this session, we will review the basics of licensing for electronic resources and look at some of the trends and tools available for license support. Many licenses include business agreements, so we will also take a look at pricing models and business terms commonly found in licenses. Lastly, we will review some of the specialized tools and vocabulary developing around the management of electronic resources in libraries.
Session II: Licensing and Managing Electronic Resources: Practical Approaches
On the second day of our workshop, we will focus on the role of the Chinese studies librarian in negotiating, licensing, and managing electronic resources within the context of the academic library. We will discuss issues in budgeting and cost sharing, communication, and workflow management. We will also provide tips for China studies librarians on how they can most effectively work within their library systems and consortia to help acquire and support electronic resources.
Vendor Services in the Electronic Environment
This session will take the form of a seminar to discuss practical issues on how to make use of available vendor services in acquisition, cataloging, marking, and preservation of library materials. This topic has recently attracted much attention from our field. Two CEAL members have won an ACRL research award for their article on this topic. Using the successful experience of the University of Hawaii library and several other libraries, this seminar will invite vendors such as CIBTC and CNPIET to demonstrate how vendor services in processing library materials can be integrated into library workflow and will analyze effectiveness in terms staff and budget costs. The areas to be addressed include MARC record services, shelf-ready services, preservation and digitization services, and acquisition and online ordering including both print and electronic materials.
Virtual Reference 101
Virtual Reference 101 introduces options for providing online reference services to users. Concepts include planning and implementation of online services, product comparisons, collaboration, marketing, and best practices. The importance of the reference interview in the online environment will be discussed, as will differences and similarities between face to face reference and online reference. The course will feature lecture, demonstration, discussion, and interactive exercises.
Impact of Technology on Libraries
This class will address the impact of technology on academic libraries. It will discuss the impact of web 2.0 technology, Open Access technology and systems available for libraries, developments such as Wiki and Google, and the trends in the new technology and their application and operation model for libraries. The class will also address communication issues between library system departments and East Asian libraries and librarians in regard to the special needs associated with the CJK scripts, and other related issues.
Trends in Chinese Studies: Chinese History
This class will introduce the trends in scholarly research and teaching in the field of Chinese studies and the study of Chinese history in particular.
The Closing Ceremony (open to the public)
Betsy Wilson
Dean of UW Libraries
Leadership of the 21st Century Library
Dean Wilson will speak on the qualities of the 21st century library leaders, including strategic planning, team leading, leadership training, and inter-institutional collaborations and national and international outreach.
Eugene Wu
Harvard Yen-ching Librarian, Emeritus
Training a New Generation of East Asian Studies Librarians
Mr. Wu will speak about the importance of professional education and training for area studies librarians using the Chinese studies librarianship as an example. He will also review the road that librarians have traveled in the past decades to professionalize the practice of Chinese studies librarianship, as well as areas studies librarianship as a whole.
Harry Bruce
Professor and Dean of Information School at UW
ISchool and the Future of LIS Education
Dean Bruce will speak about the present and future of the Information School at UW and its position in the education of library and information science. It will address some trends and recommend next steps for information education and information research, as well as how the education on Chinese studies librarianship fits into the overall picture.
David Knechtges
Professor of Chinese, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, UW
Traditional Scholarship in the Digital Age: New Challenges for Libraries
Professor Knechtges will speak about how scholars of classic Chinese conduct research using materials of the most traditional type in the digital age. He will discuss the importance of developing balanced collections and services to meet the library needs of traditional scholarship.If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at chinlib@u.washington.edu. Last modified: Wednesday June 04 2008