Report onSummer 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. 16-24, 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 symposiumTwo-week on-site Class-room instructionPost-curriculum Field Trip to China (optional)

Twenty senior East Asian Librarians and database specialists, faculty as power user spoke All trainee librarians participatedDiscussion and new-working continued on the half-day boat tour on the Puget SoundPositive Feedback from participants

Pre-conference Symposium: Chinese E-Publishing and CNKI Database Standards,

July 20-21, 2008

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 trendsDeveloping collections of electronic resources for Chinese language materials while balancing the print collectionThe latest development in information technology pertinent to the Chinese languageCurrent developments and accessibility of new electronic resources, virtual reference, faculty liaison, and library instruction, research methodology for Chinese studies using electronic resourcesmanagement and leadership skills Group work and final project

Opening Ceremony

Opening SpeechesDean of UW LibrariesDean of iSchoolDirector of Jackson School of International StudiesPhil Melzer, CEAL immediate past presidentPeg Waltet, Information Officer, U.S. Embassy in Beijing

Dr. Ching-Chih Chen, keynote lecture

group work dorm experience local tours visit to Microsoft

“Student Life” and Local Cultural Experience

Home of 2 Weeks: “The Harry Potter House”

Dancing

Singing

Relaxing

Class in session

Class in session

Microsoft Visit

Beautiful scenery; beautiful people

Website: http://www.lib.washington.edu/eastasia/institute/institute.html

Communication CurriculumCourse materialsFinal projectField trip Final reportDonor honor roll

Closing Ceremony

Commencement Speeches:

Betsy Wilson, “Leadership of Research Libraries in the 21st century”

David Knechtges, “Traditional Scholarship in the Digital Age”

Harry Bruce, “ iSchool 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 JewellTrainee 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

BeijingShanghaiJournal from the trip

In Beijing

Journal of the Field Trip

Feedback and Comments: Evaluation Surveythirty-two surveys were collected. The overall feedback very positive. 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.

Jing Liu’s Blog documenting the classes

http://blogs.ubc.ca/jingliu/category/summer-institute-for-chinese-studies-librariship/page/2/

Explore a Sustainable Model of Training

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

There was the Japan Foundation supported NCC model

The Korean Foundation model 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 iSchoolAnand Yang, Director of UW Jackson School of International Studies

Special Thanks Go to Our Advisory CommitteeEugene Wu, Harvard-Yenching Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard UniversityJames Cheng, Harvard-Yenching Librarian, Harvard UniversityHwa-wei Lee, Chief of Asian Division, Library of CongressTai-loi Ma, Director of the East Asian Library and Gest Collection, Princeton UniversityEugene Wu, Harvard-Yenching Librarian Emeritus, Harvard UniversityPeter Zhou, Director of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, UC BerkeleyYuan Zhou, Curator of the East Asian Collection, University of Chicago.

Excellent Team of CCM Task-force: Instrumental in Turning Plans to Reality

Su Chen, U of MinnesotaAnne Moreau, U of WashingtonMichael Meng, U of WashingtonZhijia Shen (chair), U of WashingtonAmy Tsiang, UCLAAnna U, U of TorontoCheng-zhi Wang, Columbia UDianna Xu, U of Wisconsin, MadisonKuang-Tien Yao, U of Hawaii

CEAL LeadershipIts Vision, Support and Participation ensured the

success of the program.

Profound Appreciation to our Donors and Grant Organizations:

Grants received: 21st Century Grant from UW LibrariesHenry Luce Foundation GrantCCKF grant

Private Donors from All Over the World

Private Donors:•China International Book Trading Corporation•Oriprobe Information Services/Wanfang Data •SuperStar 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!