International exchange activities at
Keio University Media Center（慶應義塾大学メディアセンターにおける国際交流活動）

Seki Hideyuki （関 秀行）
Manager, Media Center Head Office
Keio University
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Outline of my presentation• Introduction of Keio University• Internationalisation at Media Center• International staff exchange activities2

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Introduction of Keio University• Established in 1858 (First private university)• 6 campuses (10 faculties, 13 graduate schools
and a hospital)• Students: Undergraduate 30,000/Graduate
5,000• Alumni: 300,000• Founded by Fukuzawa Yukichi

32016 EAJRS Conference in BucharestInternationalisation at the Media Center• Global standard in catalogue and system– MARC21 format (1998-)– Ex Libris’s Aleph & Primo (2010-)• Participation in activities– OCLC Research Library Partnership (2002-)– Google Books Library Project (2007-)– HathiTrust (2014-)• Incorporated 90,000 books, including 26,000 Chinese
books published in Japan• Books published before 1876 are in full view worldwide
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International staff exchange• International staff exchange scheme is toprovide opportunities for the members of staff
visiting libraries outside Japan for a certain
period to develop their global view.
• To dispatch its library staff, Keio needs to:– find partner libraries which can accept them for acertain period– select a member of staff to be dispatched– secure the fund to cover (a part of) travel expense
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International staff exchange:
History・First dispatch: University of Hawai’i in 1965
・Constant dispatch since 1985

6Libraries

Year

U. of Chicago
UC Berkeley

1985-1987
31988, 1994-1995 3

UC Los Angels
UC San Diego
U. of Toronto
Sainsbury InstituteU. of Washington

1988-1990
31992, 1999-2001 6
2002-2012, 2015- 820134
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Number of dispatches

International staff exchange:
Ongoing relationships• University of Toronto Libraries: 2002– Exchange agreement• Lisa Sainsbury Library, Sainsbury Institute for
the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures:
2012– Programme in the UK, based at Sainsbury Institute• University of Washington East Asia Library:
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International staff exchange:
Expectation toward library staff• Improving themselves through theirexperiences at libraries in foreign countries• Contributing to the partner libraries• Sharing their experiences with the colleaguesafter returning to Keio
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Okano Junko• 2013.9 – 2014.1 (4 months)• Where to visit:– Sainsbury Institute– University of Cambridge– University of Oxford– SOAS– BLDSC– University of Sheffield– Maison de la culture du Japon àParis– Collège de France, Institut deshautes études japonaises– Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Okano Junko (Sainsbury Institute)• What she learned– The situation of library systems in other countries (Aleph,Alma, Millennium, …)– The roles of Japanese studies libraries, especially incataloguing, in the UK and France– The importance of cooperation with Japanese studies
libraries and researchers overseas• What she contributed– Supporting library operation (cataloguing, stack
management and repairing Japanese binding books)– Providing and exchanging information about Alephsystem, especially related to customization in Japanese atKeio
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Kuramochi Takashi• 2015.9 - 2015.12 (3 months)• Where to visit:– Sainsbury Institute– University of Oxford– University of Cambridge– SOAS– British Library– Chester Beatty Library(Dublin, Ireland)– EAJRS conference (Leiden)
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Kuramochi Takashi (Sainsbury)• What he learned– The situation of Japanese materials, especially antiquarianmaterials, at libraries in foreign countries– The know-hows to manage special collections– How the libraries community in Japan is seen fromJapanese studies researchers and librarians overseas• What he contributed– Supporting development of Japanese antiquarian materials
catalogue at each library– Holding a workshop on Japanese antiquarian materials for
the UK librarians, and a lecture on “kuzushi-ji” for facultymembers and students at SOAS
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Suzuki Yuki
• 2015.10–2016.2 (5 months)• Where to visit:– University of Toronto– McMaster University– Japan Foundation Library inToronto– Legislative Assembly of Ontario– Harvard-Yenching Library– ALA midwinter meeting(Boston)– Ontario Library Association
Super Conference (Toronto)
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Suzuki Yuki (Toronto)• What she learned– Library operations in Robarts Library through joining theteam and experiencing “shadowing”, mainly on thecollection development, circulation and ILL– Changes in user services and selection workflow in thecontext of increasing e-resources– How the libraries community in Canada cooperate tocope with growing cost for e-journals• What she contributed– Correcting incomplete descriptions and character sets inJapanese catalogue records– Reviewing music score standing orders to find “not yetarrived” items
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Benefits frominternational staff exchange• Internationalisation in services and operations• Taking advantage of knowledge, ideas andhints, which can be directly applied to theircurrent work• Human network with librarians in othercountries
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Closing remarks

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