NCC’s 25th Anniversary: 2018 AAS Events

NCC's 25th Anniversary Celebration and Related Events at the AAS Conference

NCC's Open Meeting was held on March 22 (Thursday) at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
Title: “The Next Decade of Information Resource Sharing in Japanese Studies: Celebrating NCC’s Past and Envisioning the Future”
Keynote Speaker: Robert Campbell, Director of the National Institute of Japanese Literature
Tara McGowan, NCC executive director
Setsuko Noguchi, NCC chair, Japanese Studies Librarian, Princeton University

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Our AAS Panel Session was on March 24 (Saturday) 10:45-12:45 under the title: “The Future of Digital Japanese Studies: NCC’s Evolving Role as a Catalyst for Collaborative Research” 
Panelists included:
    Robert Campbell, Director of the National Institute of Japanese Literature
    Thomas Conlan, Professor, Princeton University
    Robin Le Blanc, Professor, Washington and Lee University
    Toshie Marra, Librarian for Japanese Collection, UC Berkeley
    Regan Murphy Kao, Head, EAL Special Collections, Curator, Stanford University
Moderator:
    Cheryl Crowley, Associate Professor, Interim Chairperson for Department of Russian & East Asian Languages & Cultures, Emory University

Presentations:

• Thomas Conlan: Part1 and Part2
• Regan Murphy Kao: "IIIF, APIs and Robust Use of Digital Archives"
• Toshie Marra: "Collaboration Surrounding UC Berkeley’s Japanese Collection to Provide Global Acces"

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NCC-Japan US Friendship Commission Joint Reception was held in the evening of March 24 (Saturday)  at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

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