Workshops on Using Visual Images from Japan Offered by the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources
Venues for 2009-2010 (as of March 2009)
FRIDAY, March 27, 2009:
Japanese Images: Using Them to Support Japan Studies Internationally, introducing the NCC's new
Guidelines to the Best Practices for Accessing Visual Images from Japan. [AAS Workshop: # 61]. Discussants include publishers, museum specialists and faculty who answer questions from potential users of visual images and to discuss successful strategies employed.
The IUP Guidelines are a set of freely and bilingually to be published on the NCC Website to include:
- Best Practices for locating and requesting images from Japan for teaching, research and publications;
- Permission letter templates and photo release forms for publication;
- A list of related contacts and links to important sites and organizations in Japan.
April 29-30, 2009: Symposium in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Gordon W. Prange Collection at the University of Maryland, College Park. April 29, 2009 Keynote lecture by MIT Professor John Dower (title TBA) followed by a reception in honor of the Prange's 30th Anniversary. April 30, 2009 Workshop on
Using Japanese Visual Images: to Support teaching, research and publications in Japan studies, the first in a national series of workshops for faculty and students in applying the
NCC Guidelines to the Best Practices for Accessing Visual Images from Japan.
July 13-16, 2009: Workshop on
Using Japanese Visual Images: to Support teaching, research and publications in Japan studies in conjunction with the Japanese Studies Association of Australia at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Exact times and panel participants to be announced.
September 16-19, 2009: Workshop on
Using Japanese Visual Images: to Support teaching, research and publications in Japan studies in conjunction with the European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists Annual Meeting at the Sainsbury Institute, Norwich, England. Final time slot and participants list to be announced.
To learn more about hosting an NCC Workshop on electronic resources or the use of visual images from Japan at your institution please contact NCC Executive Director, Victoria Bestor at
vbestor@fas.harvard.edu.
Japanese electronic resources workshops to be offered during 2009-10:
July XX, 2009: Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA), University of New South Wales, Sydney: An International Workshops on
Using Japanese Visual Images: to Support teaching, research and publications in Japan studies, the first in an international series of workshops for faculty and students in applying the
NCC Guidelines to the Best Practices for Accessing Visual Images from Japan. Coordinated by Michelle Hall
hall@unimelb.edu.au
August XX, 2009: International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Milan, Italy An International Workshops on
Using Japanese Visual Images: to Support teaching, research and publications in Japan studies, the second in an international series of workshops for faculty and students in applying the
NCC Guidelines to the Best Practices for Accessing Visual Images from Japan to their work. Coordinator TBD.
September xx, 2009: European Association of Japanese Resources Specialists (EAJRS) at the Sainsbury Institute, London, England: An International Workshops on
Using Japanese Visual Images: to Support teaching, research and publications in Japan studies, the third in an international series of workshops for faculty and students in applying the
NCC Guidelines to the Best Practices for Accessing Visual Images from Japan to their work. Coordinator TBD.
Other workshops for 2009-10 are currently being planned and will be announced shortly. For more information on the NCC's E-Resources Initiative, on past workshops in this series, and for lesson plans and other resources, please visit the NCC's Information Literacy Portal at
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ncc/eresources/index.html. To take part in one of the above workshops please contact the local coordinatorss listed for each venue. To propose a future workshop for this series please contact Victoria Bestor, NCC Executive Director at
vbestor@fas.harvard.edu. The NCC's ongoing E-Resources Workshop series is made possible by a grant from the Japan Foundation with additional support being sought from other funders. Local co-funding and project coordinators handle registration and all local logistics.
