Report on Summer Institute on Chinese Studies Librarianship

Report on Summer Institute on Chinese Studies Librarianship in the Electronic Environment University of Washington, Seattle Zhijia Shen University of Washington

§ July 19 - August 1, 2008, § Post-curriculum Field Trip to China, Oct. 1624, 2008 § University of Washington § 37 Trainee librarians § 20 Senior librarians and faculty members from libraries, library Schools, China studies program in the U. S. , Mainland China, and Taiwan taught or spoke at the institute

Summer Institute was one of the only three in-depth training programs that had a focus on Chinese studies librarianship in the past twenty years.

Summer Institute for East Asian Librarianship, U Washington, Seattle, 1988

Luce Summer Institute at U of Pittsburgh, 2004

Photo of summer institute here

The summer institute focuses on the electronic environment and working with the hybrid Library.

Three components of the Summer Institute: §Two-day Pre-conference symposium §Two-week on-site Class-room instruction §Post-curriculum Field Trip to China (optional)

Pre-conference Symposium: Chinese E-Publishing and CNKI Database Standards, July 20 -21, 2008 § Twenty senior East Asian Librarians and database specialists, faculty as power user spoke §All trainee librarians participated §Discussion and new-working continued on the half-day boat tour on the Puget Sound §Positive Feedback from participants

Pre-conference symposium

Pre-conference symposium discussion

Participants of the Pre-conference Symposium

Discussions and networking continued on the Puget Sound

Two-week Class-room Instruction: Curriculum §State of the field of Chinese studies and publishing trends §Developing collections of electronic resources for Chinese language materials while balancing the print collection §The latest development in information technology pertinent to the Chinese language §Current developments and accessibility of new electronic resources, virtual reference, faculty liaison, and library instruction, research methodology for Chinese studies using electronic resources §management and leadership skills

Opening Ceremony Opening Speeches üDean of UW Libraries üDean of i. School üDirector of Jackson School of International Studies üPhil Melzer, CEAL immediate past president üPeg Waltet, Information Officer, U. S. Embassy in Beijing Dr. Ching-Chih Chen, keynote lecture

“Student Life” and Local Cultural Experience § group work § dorm experience § local tours § visit to Microsoft

Home of 2 Weeks: “The Harry Potter House”

Dancing

Singing

Relaxing

Class in session

Microsoft Visit

Beautiful scenery; beautiful people

Website: http: //www. lib. washington. edu/eastasia/institute/ins titute. html Communication Curriculum Course materials Final project Field trip Final report Donor honor roll

Closing Ceremony Commencement Speeches: Betsy Wilson, “Leadership of Research Libraries in the 21 st century” David Knechtges, “Traditional Scholarship in the Digital Age” Harry Bruce, “ i. School and the future of LIS education” Eugene Wu, “Improved Means to an Improved End: Observations on the Development of East Asian Libraries and Training of EA Librarians in North America”

Closing Ceremony Graduation Faculty Representative speech: Mr. Tim Jewell Trainee Librarian speech: Mr. Ting Ye Presentation of Diploma: Dean Betsy Wilson

Graduation

At Closing Ceremony: “Thank you, Betsy!”

“Thank you, CCM and UW EAL!”

Post-Curriculum Field Trip to China, October 16 -24 q Beijing q. Shanghai q. Journal from the trip

In Beijing

Journal of the Field Trip

Feedback and Comments: Evaluation thirty-two surveys were collected. Surveyfeedback very positive. The overall Most useful: the information and training on the development of Chinese electronic collections and services in China and Taiwan, the technology and best practices employed in developing digital projects and organizing digital materials, copyright and licensing; trends in Chinese studies and the opportunity to interact with China studies faculty about their concerns and expectations as library users. opportunity to network with their peers through group discussions and group projects; the practical skills that they could immediately apply to work at their home institutions constructive suggestions for future trainings: class schedules can be relaxed to allow more time for discussions and socialization. More group projects instead of individual assignments would be more helpful. All suggested such training be offered regularly and many suggested every three years.

http: //blogs. ubc. ca/jingliu/category/summer-institute-for-chinese-studieslibrariship/page/2/ Jing Liu’s Blog documenting the classes

Explore a Sustainable Model of Training Ø We believe that in the global library, training of its workforce must be institutionalized and periodically provided to librarians as part of their job training and free of charge Ø There was the Japan Foundation supported NCC model Ø The Korean Foundation model Ø We hope the summer institute will help inspire exploration for a sustainable model of professional training for Chinese and all East Asian librarians

Last but not the least, we want to thank the people whose generous support and participation made this excellent program possible

Management: Support and Participation of Dean of UW Libraries and other UW Leadership § Management Team: §Betsy Wilson, Dean of UW Libraries § Harry Bruce, Dean of UW i. School §Anand Yang, Director of UW Jackson School of International Studies

Special Thanks Go to Our Advisory 1. Eugene Wu, Committee Harvard-Yenching Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard University 2. James Cheng, Harvard-Yenching Librarian, Harvard University 3. Hwa-wei Lee, Chief of Asian Division, Library of Congress 4. Tai-loi Ma, Director of the East Asian Library and Gest Collection, Princeton University 5. Eugene Wu, Harvard-Yenching Librarian Emeritus, Harvard University 6. Peter Zhou, Director of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, UC Berkeley

Excellent Team of CCM Task-force: Instrumental in Turning Plans to Reality §Su Chen, U of Minnesota §Anne Moreau, U of Washington §Michael Meng, U of Washington §Zhijia Shen (chair), U of Washington §Amy Tsiang, UCLA §Anna U, U of Toronto §Cheng-zhi Wang, Columbia U §Dianna Xu, U of Wisconsin, Madison §Kuang-Tien Yao, U of Hawaii

CEAL Leadership Its Vision, Support and Participation ensured the success of the program.

Profound Appreciation to our Donors and Grant Organizations: §Grants received: § 21 st Century Grant from UW Libraries §Henry Luce Foundation Grant §CCKF grant §Private Donors from All Over the World

Private Donors: • China International Book Trading Corporation • Oriprobe Information Services/Wanfang Data • Super. Star D-Library Information Technology Co. , LTD • Apabi Technology Limited • Starmark International, Inc. • China National Publishing Industry Trading Co. • Transmission Books & Microinfo Co. , Ltd. • Pan Asian Publications, Inc. • China Education Publications Import and Export Co. • Sino Economic Books Import & Export Corporation • National Library of China • People's University in China

Thank you!