North American Coordinating Council
on Japanese Library Resources (NCC)
北米日本研究資料調整協議会
Updates and Initiatives
Fabiano Rocha
Japan Studies Librarian
University of Toronto
On behalf of the NCC
2019 Sep 20
EAJRS - Sofia

MVS Replacement
New Project
https://guides.nccjapan.org/mvs/newprojectInterlibrary Loan and Document Delivery (ILL/DD)- 1

Current transitions & expansion of scope:

https://guides.nccjapan.org/illdd/newsGlobal ILL Framework(GIF) Project ended in
March 2018
New Interlibrary Loan andPhotoduplication Service [遠隔複写サービス]started in2018 using NDL Online whichenables patrons to submit
their ILL and copy requests ineither Japanese or Englishinterface

Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery (ILL/DD) - 2

https://guides.nccjapan.org/illdd

Digital Contents Transmission Service for Libraries[図書館向けデジタル化送信サービス]
The ILL/DD sent a set of questions to the NDL in May 2019
Waiting for NDL’s response to the second set of questions
The service offered for overseas libraries is still limited to viewing only;
printing service to be added later
The ILL/DD has asked libraries to hold off on submitting applications until issues
are addressed in order to ensure a smoother application process for allLibrarian Professional Development Working Group-1

https://guides.nccjapan.org/2018princetonworkshop

Workshop on Digital Scholarship in Japanese Studies, Princeton University,
November 15-16, 2018
Focused on web archiving and IIIF (International Interoperability Framework)
Balance between theory and hands-on practiceSupport upon conclusion of the workshop as means to ensure success andevaluate progressOrganized by Setsuko Noguchi; logistical assistance by Fabiano RochaLibrarian Professional Development Working Group-2
Future Projects:
The LPDWG is planning the “Next Generation Librarian Workshop”to be held at the Harvard-Yenching Library and Reischauer Institute ofJapanese Studies in March 2020 (pre-CEAL confernce)
Target audience: Librarians with 5 or less years in the field Librarians who are not fluent in Japanese Librarians who do not have formal library training (MLIS)
This Workshop will be funded by the Toshiba International Foundation.

Image Use Protocol Working Group (IUP)
Ongoing activities:
The IUP Chair continued toanswer questions related tocopyright and image use
A number of entries wereadded to the section “FindingImages” where users can findimages freely available(public domain)
Future Projects:
Develop best practices forthe use of moving images (inonline publications)A taskforce similar to theoriginal IUP Taskforce will becreated to focus on movingimages

Digital Resources Committee (DRC) - 1
Advocacy Activities
In April 2019, following the CEAL meeting, the DRC submitted aletter to Nikkei Telecom to consider offering a group subscription tothe product (Nikkei Telecom 21)
The letter was drafted with input from several non-DRC members(current subscribers to Nikkei Telecom) and DRC members FabianoRocha and Ayako Yoshimura
The proposal has been accepted by the Tokyo Headquarters
Nikkei is currently working on the license agreement and contentsoffer

Digital Resources Committee (DRC) - 2
Future Projects

New chairs will be recruiting new members
The NCC Chair would like the DRC to work on developing bestpractices for the creation of metadata in web archiving
projects
Explore potential collaboration with Archive-It (Web Archiving
Services for Libraries and Archives)

DRC will conduct a survey
Future projects to be based on the responses

Cooperative Collection Development Working
Group (CCDWG) - 1https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSee_Wio5Pn1sYfxO
GcWPnzWK79dIV49iUQzRYnCl9hmRTfcJQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

Cooperative Collection Development Working
Group (CCDWG) - 2
A survey was posted on several listservs on August 20, 2018, including Eastlib,
European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS), EuropeanAssociation for Japan Studies (EAJS), and Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives
Conference (MARAC).
As of February 1, 2019, 15 collections are listed in the preliminary inventory,
based on survey responses.

This survey also discovered that University of Colorado, Boulder, holds over a 100
collections donated by the alumni of the US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language
School.
Because of the excessive volume of information for these collections, they are notincluded in the preliminary inventory. The CCDWG is planning to discussalternative ways to share information about these collections.
Many documents are held at Special Collections and not all of the information isidentified yet.

NCC Outreach Working Group (New!)-1
https://guides.nccjapan.org/outreachNCC Outreach Working Group (New!)-2
https://guides.nccjapan.org/outreachSurvey
57 researchers responded to the surveyFirst analysis expected to be completed by the end ofOctober 2019Membership
Prof. Cheryl Crowley (Emory, co-chair)Kuniko Yamada McVey (Harvard, co-chair)Toshinori Egami (Nichibunken, Kyoto)Tsuyoshi Harada (Iowa),
Sachiko Iwabuchi (Hawaii)Kana Jenkins (Maryland)
Naoko Kato (Independent scholar, British Columbia)
Ayako Yoshimura (Chicago)
Advisor: Toshie Marra (UC Berkeley)Japan Art Catalog Project・Asia Update
Reiko Yoshimura / Freer Gallery of Art Library
March 2019

1. Acquisitions: Received total of 9956 volumes
2. Added: 8773 volumes.
3. ILL: Received/fulfilled: 418 (as of October 2018)
 Requests are from Europe and Asia in addition toNorth America

We would like to thank the National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) for doing so much tofacilitate this project!

JAC-ASIA ILL statistics at a glance
JAC-ASIA ILL Total: 523
60504947444039363331303030292523222017141311101286301FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018

RLIN database was consolidated with OCLC, 2008-2009

Tribute to Donald Keene—link on NCC Homepage
Tributes will be added as they become available!

Japanese Library Studies Multimedia History
Project - 1
Going beyond oral history!
Not limited to audio
interviews
Upload audio and video
recordings to the Youtube
channelLinks to various kinds of
documents, images andpresentations

Japanese Library Studies Multimedia History
Project - 2

Japanese Library Studies Multimedia History
Project - 3

https://guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=922649&p=665
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Japanese Library Studies Multimedia HistoryProject – 4“And then I asked Tytler-san what was going on in
Europe and in Japan, and she said, well, we talked
with Professor Yamanaka. And we said, “Can wejoin them?” And she said, “Well, we’ll talk aboutit.” So, at that time, I’m not sure if Yamanaka
Sensei was at that meeting or not, but anyhow,
Tenri accepted participation from the UnitedStates. And so, we made a joint committee:
Tytler-san, Hamish, myself and Vande Walle
Sensei, maybe one more someone. So, weworked, and we asked NCC to be a burser, interms of money to distribute, so from that point ofview, North America really contributed, but that
establish was done by European colleagues. And atthat time, among 30, about 20 were Europeans, I
don’t remember exactly how many went but fromthe United States, only 6 of us, and from Europe
probably double of that number, and so this was
the first time that European librarians andJapanese librarians worked together. “For a comprehensive list of our members, please
see:
NCC Committee and Working Group Members

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