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Mission

The mission of NCC’s Outreach Working Group is to support faculty researchers and independent scholars of Japan, particularly those who are affiliated with small institutions or are otherwise without access to comprehensive Japanese library resources. We work to facilitate connections between these researchers and needed resources with partners in North America and Japan.

In June 2019, we conducted a survey (Outreach Working Group Survey Results) in order to hear your thoughts on how we can best support you. This Outreach Working Group Libguide has been created in response to the survey. It includes online resources that are either free and publicly accessible, or those that offer individual subscription options.

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Working Group Members

Kuniko Yamada McVey, Librarian for the Japanese Collection, Harvard-Yenching Library, Co-Chair

Cheryl Crowley, Professor, Emory University, Co-Chair

Toshinori Egami, Librarian, International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Kyoto

Tsuyoshi Harada, Japanese Studies Librarian, University of Iowa

Kana Jenkins, Curator, Gordon W. Prange Collection; East Asian Studies Librarian, University of Maryland

Regan Murphy Kao, Head of EAL Special Collections; Curator, Japanese Collection, Stanford University Libraries

Naoko Kato, Independent scholar, British Columbia

Wei Yu Wayne Tan, Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, Hope College

Eric Buckenmeyer, Collection Strategist Librarian and Librarian Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University

DRC/OWG liaison

Ayako Yoshimura, Japanese Studies Librarian, University of Chicago

Advisor

Toshie Marra, Japanese Studies Librarian, University of California, Berkeley

Action Plan

  1. With these constituencies in mind, we design, build, and manage the LibGuide -- part of NCC portal -- as a communication and dissemination tool for the Working Group.
  2. We form a group that represents faculty members, independent scholars, and librarians in North America and Japan.
  3. We invite faculty researchers and independent scholars to work with us in the following ways:
  • contact us directly through this website with queries or comments
  • take part in our survey to help us understand your needs
  • stop by to meet us at the annual AAS conference
  • network with our representatives at regional AAS conferences
  • answer our call for volunteers to join our advisory group (we are particularly interested in representation from younger scholars at small institutions - time commitment is very small)

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北米日本研究資料調整協議会
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