ISKC 2012
Background and Outline
Shigeo Sugimoto
Research Center for Knowledge Communities
Faculty of Library, Information and Media Studies
University of Tsukuba

Symposium Outline• Symposium Title: Linking Resources andPeople across Communities and over Time• Sessions– Information Science Workshop 2012 (ISW 2012)– RCKC Report– Information Schools Collaboration– Digital Archives and Metadata– Roundtable Discussion

Information School• Trends of “information Schools (iSchools)” from 1990s– from L-School to I-School• Weakness of the traditional LIS– Hesitant to adjust to the new networked information environment– Low visibility for the public, especially in Japan• Strength of the traditional LIS– Strong connection to professional society and user communities– Long and rich history– “Information” as the central subject of research andeducation• Libraries and computers are containers of information resources(but not information)• Information and knowledge resources and information about
them as central components of research and education
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People and Community

Information
ICT

Contents
Information
Resource
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People and Community
Books

Computers
Characters
Paper
Printing
Classification

ICT

Information

Serials
Contents
Resources

NovelsScholarlyArticles

MusicPicturesNetworkInformation Retrieval
Records
Metadata Digital
Sensed Data
Multimedia
Database Document
Statistical Data
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People and Community

Past

Books
Characters

Information

PaperPrinting

ICTClassification

Metadata
Limited Variety of Information
Technology

Serials
Contents
Resources

NovelsScholarly
ArticlesMusic

Pictures

Records
Sensed Data
Statistical Data

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People and Community

Past

ICT

Infrastructure to transfer, store
Informationand share information andknowledge resources
Contents
Resources

Libraries as information andknowledge infrastructure
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People and Community

Past

ICT

Infrastructure to transfer, storeInformation
WideRecognitionoftheand share information andImportance andValue ofknowledge resources
Contents

Libraries as InformationandResources
Knowledge Infrastructure

Libraries as information andknowledge infrastructure
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People and Community

PresentBooks

Computers
Characters
Paper
Printing
Classification

ICT

Information

Serials
Contents
Resources

NovelsScholarlyArticles

MusicPictures
Network
Information Retrieval
RecordsMetadata Digital
Sensed Data
Multimedia
Database Document
Statistical Data
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People and Community

PresentBooks

Computers
Characters
Paper
Printing
Classification

Network-based
Communication andInformation Sharing

ICT

InformationSerials
Contents
Resources

NovelsScholarlyArticles

MusicPictures
Network
Information RetrievalWide Variety
andHuge
RecordsWideVarietyofAdvanced
Metadata Digital
number ofSensed
NetworkedData
Information Technology
Multimedia
Information
Resources
Database Document
Statistical Data
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Significant Growth andPeople and Community Increase of the volumeof Information shared
among communities

PresentInformation
ICT

Libraries:
Contents Relative loss ofpresence
as information
Resources
and knowledge
infrastructure

Infrastructure to transfer, store and share
information and knowledge resources

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People and Community

PresentInformation
ICT

ContentsResources

Information as the central piece
for information schools
12Information Schools Collaboration• Organizations of Information Schools– iSchools.org: Consortium of Research Oriented Schools• North American Origin and World Wide
• University of Pittsburgh, University of Michigan, …
• iConference as a forum for iSchools to get together– CiSAP.asia: Consortium of information Schools in Asia-Pacific• Voluntary organization, 24 members from 11 countries• Why Collaboration?

– Knowing the diversity and difference of information
environment– Difference creates something new and interesting– Understanding the difference promotes global development No one-way communication• English tends to be a barrier

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CiSAP: Consortium of information
Schools in Asia Pacific• Platform to promote collaboration amonginformation schools in Asia-Pacific– Inclusive– Do not raise the bar to participate• Membership– 5 faculties (FTE) or more
– Participation in a CiSAP meeting at least once in threeyears• 24 members 11 countries as of August 2012
– Connection to ICADL and A-LIEP conferences• ICADL: Int’l Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries• A-LIEP: Asia-Pacific Conference on LIS Education and Practice14

CiSAP activity• First steps– Knowing the difference - - - Collecting Information– Light-weight collaborative activities– Events for exchange --- CiSAP meetings, Workshops• Next steps– Students and Faculty exchange– Collaborative research– Collaborative courses• CiSAP as a platform for collaborative activities amongmembers– Collaborative research and education program
development– Students and faculty exchange

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Background• Lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake– Loss of cultural heritage, regional information resources– Some regional communities are facing danger of their sustainability• Information is a key for those people who had to move fromtheir homeland to keep their community alive– Sharing information and memories among people and in thecommunity• Information is a key to keep community memories and records
for the future– Physical objects are easily lost– Keeping resources in a secured digital archive• Crucial areas: Information Technologies, Social Systems andEnvironments, and People and their Communities
 Cross-disciplinary activity is required Information Schools have crucial roles
16Sessions• Friday Afternoon sessions: Discussion on
information schools – knowing each other anddiscuss for our future collaboration• Saturday Morning session: Discussion on
digital archives and metadata issues, which
are crucial component for keeping ourmemory safe for the future• Saturday Afternoon session: Open discussion
for our future collaboration and research17

Hope you enjoy this event!