2019

Greetings from the Dean

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The Graduate School of Library, Informationand Media Studies at glance2

From Admission to Graduation

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Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science
International Activities

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Greetings from the Dean
Since the “Industry 4.0” was advocated at the Hannover Messe 2011, various
countries have proposed national strategies which are conscious of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution. The Japanese Cabinet approved the "Future Investment Strategy 2017",
proposing that the innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution based on IoT, Big Data,
Artiﬁcial Intelligence should be incorporated into industries and our social lives, in order torealize the "Society 5.0" (Super Smart Society) ahead of the world. Furthermore, in such asociety, one should acquire value as a professional and possess the "career ownership" toconstantly update and improve their own skills for continuous re-designing of the career.
The Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, the University ofTsukuba is a graduate school that explores knowledge and information. Our faculty
members are engaged in the research and education related to the circulation ofknowledge resources and creation and sharing of new knowledge, in order to support
human activities and social development based on knowledge and information. The Super
Smart Society is not a simple technology transformation, but it also aﬀects the social
structure and people’s way of thinking. The diverse research ﬁelds of the faculty membersof the Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies provide the core to realize
such the society. The research constitutes the base of the education at our graduate school,
and the graduates will possess high value of the professionals which is required in the
Super Smart Society.
We welcome anyone aspiring to contribute as a professional for the construction of the new society. Of course, people intending to update their skills to the latest andthe top of the ﬁeld, and those who aiming to re-design their careers, are also welcome to
the Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies.

Professor Shin-ichi Nakayama
Dean
Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies

Contents | Greetings from the Dean

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The Graduate School of Library, Informationand Media Studies at glance
What is the Graduate School of Library,
Information and Media Studies?

Human Resource
Development

The Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies hosts one

The Graduate School of Library, Information andof the seven Doctoral Programs provided by the University of Tsukuba. We adopt aMedia Studies aims to develop human resources who are

two-stage doctoral degree program system that consists of Master's and Doctoral

eligible to extend their studies on sharing social knowledge

programs.

by means of information media and to lead society into the
We are closely linked to the Faculty of Library, Information and Media

Science. Courses are taught and students are supervised by the member of the

new era, as researchers, university teachers, and highly
qualiﬁed specialists.

Faculty. Our corresponding undergraduate schools are the College of Knowledge
and Library Sciences and the College of Media, Arts Science and Technology, andboth are part of the School of Informatics.

Prospective Applicants

Doctoral Program at the Graduate School

Schools and Colleges(Undergraduate educational system)

The Graduate School of Library,
Information and Media Studies

School of Informatics
College of Information Science

Master’s/Doctoral Program in
Library, Information and Media Studies
Tsukuba Campus
Tokyo Satellite (Bunkyo School
Building, Tokyo Campus)

College of Media Arts, Scienceand Technology

College of Knowledge andLibrary Sciences

Faculty・Courses at other
University of Tsukuba
Graduate Schools(to a designatednumber of credits)

at the frontiers of the 21st century’s knowledge- andinformation-based society.

Doctoral Program

Media ﬁeld, and who possess the necessary knowledge
and intellect to pursue these themes.

Master of Sciencein Library andInformation Studies

Master’s theses

Master’s theses

Courses for the Master’s
Degree Programfor Informatics（Lectures, Seminars ）Courses for the Master’s
Degree programfor Library andInformation Studies(Lectures, Seminars)

Common Courses

Accreditation of the credits acquired
before admission (to a designated number of credits)2

their places as knowledge and information professionals

research themes related to the Library, Information and

Master of Sciencein Informatics

・Graduate General
Education Courses
ProgramOur ﬁeld of study is comprehensive andinterdisciplinary. We accept students who wish to take

We are seeking students who are focused on

Faculty of Library, Information andMedia Science

University of Tsukuba

Master's Program

The Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies at glance

University of Tsukuba
・Graduate General
Education Courses
Program・Courses at other
University of Tsukuba
Graduate Schools(to a designatednumber of credits)

The precursor to the University ofTsukuba’s
Graduate
Schoolof
Library,
Information and Media Studies was the Graduate
School of Information and Media Studies at the
University of Library and Information Science(ULIS). ULIS which opened in 1979, has roots in
the Ministry of Education’s librarian training
school, founded in 1921, which developed into
the Library College in 1964. In 1984, ULIS started
its graduate program that oﬀered a Master’s
degree in Library and Information Science. In
1999, this master’s program was extended to thetwo-stage program to oﬀer PhD degrees in the
Information and Media Studies at ULIS. In
October 2002, ULIS was integrated into the
University of Tsukuba, and the Graduate Schoolof Library Information and Media Studies wasfounded to develop this new ﬁeld of studies.

Educational Goals

Career-Up Program (CUP) and LIS English Program. CUP is designed forstudents with job experiences and/or full time positions as librarians andMaster’s Program

information professionals who would like to enrich their careers. All classes of
CUP are oﬀered at the Tokyo campus. English Program is designed for interna-

Our educational goal is to develop individuals

tional students who want to learn in English.

who are able to contribute to the information industry andinformational services by employing their highly profes-

Doctoral Program

sional expertise, those who have knowledge and creativity

The research-oriented curriculum of this program aims to confer onthat represents a sound balance between theory andstudents the competences to develop their research interests, perceive thepractice, those who have perspectives on future trends

nature of facts, create novel ideas, and obtain global perspectives. Each student

driving this fast-developing ﬁeld of information, and thosestudies under a main academic advisor and two sub academic advisors.

who continue to study in a doctoral program.

Overseas Research &Education Opportunities

Doctoral ProgramThis program is for developing researchers who
are able to open up the frontiers of the knowledge and

The Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies isinformation centric society, university teachers who canwidely recognized as a leading information school and has a strong network in

actively contribute to cultivating human resources promot-

the global community. This school is a member of the iSchools organization

ing cutting-edge research and the evolution of the ﬁeld,

which is a global consortium of research-oriented information schools and a

and highly qualiﬁed professionals who can play key roles inleading member of Asia-Paciﬁc Consortium of Information Schools (CiSAP). We

the global information community.

also have academic exchange agreements with seven institutes worldwide:

Curriculum Policy

School of Information at University of Michigan (USA), School of Computing
and Information at University of Pittsburgh (USA), Department of Information

Master’s Program

Studies, Faculty of Humanities at University of Copenhagen (Denmark), National
Library of Vietnam (Vietnam), Shanghai Library (China), and Department of

We oﬀer two Master’s degrees ‒ Master ofLibrary, Archive and Information Studies of the Graduate School, College of

Science in Informatics and Master of Science in Library andSocial Sciences at Pusan National University (Korea), Stuttgart Media University

Information Studies. The curriculum at our school is(Germany), Institute for History and Archives, Faculty of Archival Studies atorganized in accordance with these degrees, i.e., degree

Russian State University for the Humanities (Russia), Department of Interface

programs. Students can participate in lectures and seminars

Culture, Institute of Media Studies at University of Art and Design Linz (Austria),

in each of the degree programs, so that they can obtain

Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology

knowledge and skills crucial as specialists in the selected(Netherlands). Furthermore, we have close relationships with Department ofarea. In the program of Master of Science in Library andInformation Management at Peking University (China), Department of Informa-

Information Studies, we oﬀer two special programs ‒ LIS

tion and Computer Sciences Program at University of Hawaii (USA), Khon Kaen
University (Thailand) under the university-to-university exchange agreement.
These exchange agreements and consortium memberships foster our researchHighly qualiﬁed professionals

Researchers and teachers

activity and students exchange in the global information schools community.
Information Management Professionals, Librarians,

Doctoral Program

Information Engineers, System Planners,

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

in Informatics

in Library and Information Studies

Doctor of Philosophy

Master's Programs
MS Program in Informatics

Information System Facility Managers,
Creators of digital content and other specialized professionals

MS English Program

MS Program in Library andInformation Studies

・ Students who have studied in the ﬁeld of Knowledge Information, andcontent creation, management, distribution and regulation
・ Students who have studied at the School of Informatics, University of Tsukuba

MS Career-Up Programin Library andin Library andInformation Studies

Information Studies

International Students
with English proﬁciency

Librarians and those
who are working or haveworked as a professional

The Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies at glance3

From Admission to Graduation
Entrance Examination

Method of Examination
Master’s Program

Entrance examinations for the Master’s and Doctoral
Programs are conducted as shown below.
Program Examination Categories

For the recommendation-based examination of the examinaMonth

Quota

July

7

Recommendation-based Examination for Qualiﬁed Students
MS Program in Informatics
GeneralMS Program in Library
and Information Studies

Master’s General
MS Career Up Program
Program Entrancein Library and Information Studies
Examination
MS English Programin Library and Information Studies&

under supervision of a qualiﬁed faculty who is your expected academic
advisor. These documents and the results of your oral examination will be

30

Jan.-Feb.

comprehensively inspected for the overall assessment.

Jan.-Feb.

A few

*

A few

July

3

Recommendation-based Examination for Qualiﬁed Students
Generalhead of your institution, and a research plan which should be prepared

AugustSpecial Screenings
for the International Students’ Special Program

Doctoral GeneralSpecial Examination for Applicants
Program Entrancewith jobs and/or job experiences
Examination Screenings for the English Programtion, each applicant has to submit a letter of recommendation from the

For the general track, submitted documents, English ability
assessed using your TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS score and the results of your oral
examination will be carefully inspected for the overall assessment.

August&18

Doctoral Program

Jan.-Feb.
Jan.-Feb.

A few

*

A few

Special Screenings
for the International Students’ Special Program

A comprehensive assessment will be carried out on the
documents submitted and on the results of your oral examination.

* For the examination month, please refer to the Guidelines for Application or the website of
Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies.
http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/grad/english/index-e.html

Oral Examination

Non-Japanese applicants who apply for the Doctoral
Program are allowed to prepare their documents, including

The oral examinations last about 30 minutes for Master’s

research reports and other items, in English, and to take oral

Program applicants, and about 60 minutes for the Doctoral Program. You

examinations in English.

will need to give a presentation on your research plan and about what

There is no examination or admission fee for the

prompted you to apply to the Graduate School. Your presentation needs tograduate students of University of Tsukuba who are going to ﬁnish

be made based on a submitted report about your research. If you aretheir Master’s program and continue to the Doctoral program.

applying for the Master’s Program, you should allow seven minutes for yourDetails in English on the examination schedule are provided at thepresentation, and about 15 minutes if you are applying for the Doctoral

URL below.

program. The presentation will be followed by an interview.

http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp./grad/admission/index-e.html

For the Special Screenings for the MSc English Program for
Library and Information Studies, the Doctoral English Program and theSpecial International Programs, oversea applicants may take their oral
examination via Skype or other Internet communication tools.

Admission Qualiﬁcations

Doctoral Program applicants need to contact their expected
academic advisor prior to submission of application documents to receive

We welcome applicants from various research ﬁelds

advisory on the research topics and plans after admission.

who are highly motivated toward study at our graduate

Academic advisors of all Master’s Program students will be

programs, regardless of their research ﬁeld, background, age orassigned after admission.

nationality. Our graduate school doesn’t limit the background of
the applicant to Library and Information Science and neighboring areas. We welcome applicants from variety of subject areas

Records on Admission Screenings in 2018 & 2019

who want to study in the inter-disciplinary environment.

GeneralApplicantsStudents who have no bachelor or Master’s degrees
but are recognized as possessing equal or higher scholastic
Recommendation-based Examination

ability than university graduates and scholastic ability comparable to Master’s Degree holders are concluded eligible to apply
to the Master’s and Doctoral programs, respectively. Those whowish to apply in this category are requested to undergo prior

2018

MatureApplicantsEnglishProgram

Career-Up
programin Library andInformation
Studies

Total

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S.A.

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3

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ProgramRecommendation-based Examination

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57

21

2019

August40(10) 16(2)――qualiﬁcation screening by the Graduate School. The screening

February21(21) 10(7)

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5

2

6

2

53

21

will be done only by documents submitted from the applicants ,August

3

3

0

0

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3

3

February

3

3

1

1

3

2

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6

Recommendation-based Examination

2

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August

1(4)

1(3)

1

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February

2

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5

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and no fee will be required.

2018
Doctoral
Program

2019(A. = Applicants; S.A. = Successful Applicants)(Numbers in parentheses are the number of international students)

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From Admission to Graduation

Educational Programs
Master’s Program

Doctoral Program

Curricula are provided for two degrees: Master of Science in

To obtain Doctor of Philosophy in Informatics,

Informatics and Master of Science in Library and Information Studies.

Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Studies, orStudents are required to acquire 30 credits or more and to write aDoctor of Philosophy, students need to obtain four credits

Master’s thesis.

from lectures and six credits from practical seminars.

MS Program in Informatics / MS Program in Library and Information
Studies

Course List (Doctoral Program)Through the programs, students will seek to qualify as
information professionals with leadership potential by obtaining

Course Namepractical competences and an extensive knowledge of information

Credits

Lecturessciences. The programs are also planned to prepare future students forthe Doctoral program.

4 credits

Seminars

Information Media Special Seminar Ia

MS English Program in Library and Information Studies
This program is designed to cultivate researchers andInformation Media Special Seminar Ib

professionals who can work internationally in the ﬁeld of Library andInformation Studies in the future. A special focus is placed on acquiring

Information Media Special Seminar IIa

cutting-edge knowledge and skills, taking advantage of Japan’s highly

Information Media Special Seminar IIb

advanced information technologies that will assist in the management

6 credits

Information Media Special Seminar IIIa

and provision of information resources.

Information Media Special Seminar IIIb

Lectures and research instructions are conducted entirely inEnglish. This English program’s academic year starts in the Fall Semester every September, and lasts for two years.

Classes & Credits

MS Career-Up Program in Library and Information Studies
Targeted at active professionals with high expertise in

Periods

knowledge and information ﬁeld, the program is designed to facilitate
the ﬁnding of problems and solutions in their daily operations. The
curriculum centers on the general aspects of Library and Information
Studies, so students are able to both commence and restudy this ﬁeld.
They will acquire highly advanced knowledge and learn technologies
useful for analyzing, modifying, expressing, conveying, providing andutilizing their knowledge and information.

Course List (Master's Programs)
ProgramName
CourseName

Lectures

Seminars

MS Program inInformatics

MS Program in Library
and Information Studies

MS English Programin Library andInformation Studies

MS Career-Up Programin Library andInformation Studies

Obtain more than 20
credits. Of these, 12 ormore credits must befrom the lectures in the
MS Program inInformatics.

Obtain more than 20
credits. Of these, 12 ormore credits must befrom the lectures in the
MS Program in Library
and Information
Studies.

Obtain more than 22
credits. Of these, 12 ormore credits must befrom “Research
Methods in Informatics”
and the other lecturesin the MS English
Program for Library andInformation Studies.

Obtain more than 20
credits. Of these, 12 ormore credits must befrom lectures for the
MSc Career-Up
Program for Library andInformation Studies.

Information Media
Seminar A (Informatics),
Information Media
Seminar B, C andSpecial Seminar(Informatics) a,b

Information Media
Seminar A (Library andInformation Studies),
Information Media
Seminar B, C andSpecial Seminar (Library
and Information
Studies) a,b

Practical Seminar A
Practical Seminar B
Synthetic Seminar on
MS Research a,b

10 or more credits from
Information
Presentation, Research
Guide, Survey Analysis,
Literature Reading I,
Literature Reading II
and Special Seminar a,b

Hours

1st period

8:40 - 9:55

2nd period

10:10 - 11:25

3rd period

12:15 - 13:30

4th period

13:45 - 15:00

5th period

15:15 - 16:30

6th period

16:45 - 18:00

7th period

18:20 - 19:35

8th period

19:45 - 21:00

The University of Tsukuba’s academic calendar
runs on the semester system: the Spring Semester (April ‒September) and the Fall Semester (October ‒ March). If you
attend one course lasting 75 minutes 10 times, you willobtain 1 credit.

Graduate School Open Campus
For details, please refer to the following webpage:
http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/grad/english/admission/opencam
pus-e.html

From Admission to Graduation

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From Admission to Graduation

Tokyo Satellite
The Career-Up program for Library and Information Studies gives lectures on weekday evenings andweekends. The classroom for the program is available at theTokyo Satellite (the Bunkyo School Building, Tokyo Campusof the University of Tsukuba).
You will be able to access the same campus
network environment at the Tokyo Satellite that is available
at the Kasuga Area on the Tsukuba Campus. Through thisnetwork, you can access the University of Tsukuba’s
networked resources including all of the University Library
resources online.

University of Tsukuba Bunkyo School Building, Tokyo Campus

Research Environment
In the Kasuga Area, our graduate school provides
individual graduate students with study space with a desk.
Acquiring a computer account will allow you to use ane-mail address and give you access to webpage space,extensive computer and other electronic resources.

Research environment

Conference Participation Support

TAs, TFs & RAs

Financial aids are available to encourage andAt the graduate school, there is a system forsupport graduate school students to give presentations at

providing eligible students opportunities to work andconferences held both in Japan and abroad. Funding

contribute to the University’s education and research

typically covers travel expenses and registration fees to theprograms. TAs (Teaching Assistants) attend and assist atconferences. More than 60 Graduate School students

undergraduate and Graduate School lectures and seminars.

beneﬁtted from this system in Academic Year 2018.

TFs (Teaching Fellows) participate in lectures under the
instructions of professors. RAs (Research Assistants) may
conduct research in collaboration with professors.
In Academic Year 2018, 64 Master’s Program
students, and 8 Doctoral Program students were appointed
as TAs to assist with undergraduate education, including 1
student appointed as TFs. 9 Doctoral Program students wereappointed as RAs.

Presentations at conferences

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From Admission to Graduation

Careers after Program Completion

Entrance &Tuition Fees Exemption

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Admission fees in AY2018
Entrance fee

JPY 282,000

Tuition fee

JPY 535,800
For academically talented students who are

Public services, libraries,
schools, etc. 16

Continued study at thegraduate school 19

Others 14

suﬀering ﬁnancial diﬃculties, there is Tuition Exemption

Industries

Program. Students can be approved for receipt of full or half

6

101

tuition exemption.

Total

Scholarships

156

Career Path AY2015-AY2017 (Master's Program)

1) Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho : MEXT) Scholarship
There are several ways in which the Japanese
Government (Monbukagakusho : MEXT) scholarships can beapplied. Most of them are applied through the Japanese
embassies or consulates general in the applicant's homecountries.

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2) Scholarships or Other

Public services, libraries,
schools, etc 46Local governments, international associations andprivate foundations provide scholarships for outstanding
international students. Visit

Others 6

h t t p : / / w w w. t s u k u b a . a c . j p / e n / s t u d y - t s u k u b a / c a m p u s life/scholarships
for more details.

Total

16

Career Path AY2015-AY2017 (Doctoral Program)

Honorable Recognition
Master's

Programstudents

who

write

an

outstanding Master’s thesis, and Doctoral Program students
who achieve important research outcomes may receive an
Honorable Recognition at the postgraduate commencement ceremony. Students who have received a JASSO
Scholarship Loan Type I and achieve noteworthy results thatare highly commended by external organizations and areentitled to apply for scholarship repayment exemption.

From Admission to Graduation

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Information Pirnciples and Design
GOTO Yoshihiro (Professor) : Intellectual History of Communication, SocioInformation Studies

KATO Makoto (Associate Professor): Information Retrieval, Web Mining,
Data Search
MORISHIMA Atsuyuki (Professor) : Data Engineering, Databases
NAKAI Hisashi (Associate Professor) : Compiler Construction, Programming

OHBA Ichiro (Assistant Professor) : Library and Information Science
SAKAGUCHI Tetsuo (Associate Professor) : Information Science
SHIRAI Tetsuya (Professor) : Local History in Japan, Historical Materials,
Archival Science

TAKAKU Masao (Associate Professor) : Information Retrieval, Scholarly
Communication, Special Library

YOSHIKANE Fuyuki (Professor) : Bibliometrics, Informetrics

OOSAWA Fumito (Assistant Professor) : Educational Technology
SUZUKI Nobutaka (Associate Professor) : Structured Documents, Database
TERUYAMA Junko (Assistant Professor) : Cultural anthropology, medical
anthropology

TOSHIMORI Atsushi (Chair, College of Knowledge and Library Sciences;
Professor) : Behavioral Modeling

TSUJI Keita (Associate Professor) : Reference Service, Book Recommendation
UDA Norihiko (Associate Professor) : Information Resource Management,
Digital Library

WAKABAYASHI Kei (Assistant Professor) : Statistical Machine Learning,
Dialogue System, Social Media analysis

Media Innovation
FUJISAWA Makoto (Assistant Professor) : Computer Graphics, Physics
Simulation

HASEGAWA Hidehiko (Professor) : High Performance Computing,Numerical Linear Algebra

KIM Sangtae (Associate Professor) : Art & Design, Information Design,
VR/AR Content Production

MATSUBARA Masaki (Junior Assistant Professor) : Artiﬁcial Intelligence,
Cognitive Science, Sound and Music Computing, Educational Technology

MATSUMOTO Makoto (Professor) : Computational Physics, Computer

YE Shaoyu (Assistant Professor) : Social Informatics, Media Communication

Simulations

YOKOYAMA Mikiko (Associate Professor) : Philosophy, Knowledge Theory

MIKAWA Masahiko (Associate Professor) : Robotics, Interface, Robot vision
MORITSUGU Shuichi (Professor) : Computer Science

Information Circulation
BARYSHEV, Eduard (Assistant Professor) : History of International Relations,Comparative Social History, Archival Studies

IKEUCHI Atsushi (Associate Professor) : Library and Information Science
ITSUMURA Hiroshi (Professor) : Academic Library Management, Scholarly
Information Systems, Information Search Behavior

MIHARA Tetsuya (Junior Assistant Professor) : Metadata, Digital Archiveand Liked Data for Manga and Pop-culture
NAGAMORI Mitsuharu (Assistant Professor) : Information Science

OCHIAI Yoichi (Associate Professor) : Real World Oriented Computer
Graphics, Human Interface, Media Art

SHIMAKAGE Keisuke (Assistant Professor) : Design research, Inclusive
design, Speculative design
TERASAWA Hiroko (Assistant Professor) : Acoustics, Sound Synthesis,
Computer Music, Music Psychology

TEZUKA Taro (Associate Professor) : Machine Learning, Signal Processing
TOKII Maki (Assistant Professor) : Computational Physics
TSUJI Yasuaki (Professor) : Video media, Video archive, Video content
distribution over the internet

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Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science

Information and Society

Human Information Interaction
HIRAGA Yuzuru (Professor) : Cognitive Science, Artiﬁcial Intelligence,
Music Information Processing

INOUE Tomoo (Professor) : Social Computing, HCI, Educational
Technology, Knowledge Science

JOHO Hideo (Associate Professor) : Information Retrieval, Information
Seeking Behavior, Reference Science

MAESHIRO Tetsuya (Associate Professor) : Knowledge Structure and

DONKAI Saori (Professor) : Library and Information Science, Library History
HARA Atsuyuki (Assistant Professor) : Library and Information Science,
Library History

HIRAKUE Yuji (Professor) : Library and Information Science, School Library
KOIZUMI Masanori (Assistant Professor) : Library Management, Public
Governance, Public Sphere

Manipulation, Computational Biology

MATSUMURA Atsushi (Assistant Professor) : Informatics

MATSUBAYASHI Mamiko (Assistant Professor) : Information Behavior,

MIZOUE Chieko (Dean, Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science;Media Studies

Professor): Policy of Higher Education, Cultural Policy

MORITA Hiromi (Associate Professor) : Experimental Psychology, Cognitive

MURAI Maiko (Associate Professor) : Intellectual Property Law, CopyrightPsychology

Law

NAKAYAMA Shin-ichi (Dean, Graduate School of Library, Information and

WATANUKI Toyoaki (Professor) : Japanese Literature, Japanese Books

Media Studies; Professor) : Applied Informatics

YOSHIDA Yuko (Professor) : Library and Information Science

SANNAMI Chihomi (Assistant Professor) : Technical Communication,

Knowledge and Information Study

SARCAR Sayan (Assistant Professor) : HCI, Ageing and Accessibility, User
Interface Optimization
SATOH Tetsuji (Chair, Master's and Doctoral Programs of Library,

Information and Media Studies; Professor) : Information Access, Data
Engineering

SEKI Yohei (Associate Professor) : Information Access Technologies,
Natural language Processing

SUZUKI Kanae (Associate Professor) : Social Psychology, Educational
Engineering, Social Information

YU Haitao (Assistant Professor) : Intelligent Information Science, Library
and Information Science, Interactive Information Retrieval

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science9International Activities

I

Global Cooperation for Identifying New Trends
in Education and Research at Information Schools

In today's highly networked society, education and research

als to the community, to a range of knowledge and informa-need to keep up with global trends and must be able totion resources, and to provide them with comprehensive andtransmit information to global communities. Using our

integrated

long-standing Library and Information Science as a jumping-established Library and Information Science schools haveknowledgeof information

technology. The

off point, the Faculty of Library, Information and Media Sciencedeveloped a rich set of knowledge and skills that link individu-

and Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies

als, the community and information resources. The Informa-

have been seeking opportunities internationally to spot newtion Schools are adding new aspects to the traditional

trends in education and research at information schools.
The Faculty of Library, Information and Media
Studies has exchange agreements with the University ofPittsburgh's School of Information Sciences, the Royal School

knowledge and skills to realize a highly networked society andto connect people and communities by information acrossboundaries.
The Faculty of Library, Information and Mediaof Library and Information Science at University of Copenha-

Science and Graduate School of Library, Information and

gen in Denmark, and other universities and national libraries

Media Studies are always quick to spot the most novel trends

worldwide. The Pusan National University Department ofin research and education. In 2012, we joined iSchools, theLibrary, Archive, and Information Studies in Korea, Renmin

international organization of Information Schools: we are theUniversity in China and our Faculty of Library, Information andfirst member from Japan. This international organization,Media Science have co-hosted international conferences

originating in North America, now boasts a federation of moreannually since 2008. Holding international seminars andthan 60 highly research-oriented member universities. In

hosting overseas researchers and librarians are examples ofaddition, the Consortium of Information Schools (CiSAP) was

how the Research Center for Knowledge Committee and thefounded in December 2008. Twenty-four universities from 11

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science work

nations are now participants. As a core member since its

together proactively to realize international exchanges.

foundation, the Faculty of Library, Information and MediaThe explosive development of the Internet has

Science and Graduate School of Library, Information andbrought major changes to the information environment thatMedia Studies have been working to foster interchanges and ishave impelled leading graduate schools of library and informa-promoting collaborations among member institutions in thetion studies in North America to repurpose themselves as

Asia Pacific Region.

Information Schools to maintain their relevance in an increasingly

information-networked

world.

In

contemporary

networked information society, it is crucial to connect individu--

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