1 North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) Open Meeting San Francisco, California Friday, April 7, 2006, 7:00 to 9:50 p.m.

2 New Chair-Elect  Tokiko Yamamoto Bazzell, Japan Specialist Librarian, University of Hawaii at Manoa, elected as Chair-Elect –Chair-Elect: Jan.-Dec –Chair: Jan Dec. 2009

3 Librarian Professional Development Committee (LPDC)  Standing committee replacing Junior Librarian Training Advisory Committee  Serves the role of coordinating continuing education and professional development activities for Japanese and East Asian studies librarians who serve faculty, students, and other users in the Japan field

4 LPDC (continued)  Members: –Sachie Noguchi, Columbia University (co-chair) –Eiko Sakaguchi, University of Maryland (co- chair) –Cathy Chiu, University of California, Santa Barbara –Mari Suzuki, University of Michigan –Sumie Ota, New York Public Library –Kio T. Kanda, Library of Congress –Yasuko Makino, Princeton University (consultant)

5 Japan Project Advisory Committee (JPAC)  January 2006: Global ILL Framework (GIF) was declared independent from AAU/ARL/NCC Japan Project as a part of Global Resources Network (GRN) –Japan Project disbanded –Japan Project Advisory Committee disbanded

6Agenda  Report on NCC Chair-Elect Election (Sachie Noguchi)  Report on Global ILL Framework and ILL/DD Committee Activities (Sharon Domier, Chiaki Sakai, Ikuo Sasakawa, Osamu Inoue)  Multi-Volume Sets Committee Report (Haruko Nakamura)  Report on Japan Art Catalog Project Western Art Catalog Collection (Amy Heinrich)  Digital Resources Committee Update and Discussion on Current Issues regarding Japanese Digital Resources (Tomoko Steen, Robert Britt, Members of the DRC) –What can CiNii & Webcat Plus do? (Ayano Hattori, Mai Sekido)

7 Agenda (continued)  Update and Future Plans of NCC’s E-Resource Training Initiative: –Electronic Resource Training Workshops (Victoria Bestor) –Information Literacy Resources Homepage: Knowledge Mine for Information Literacy in Japanese Studies (Tokiko Bazzell, Yoko Okunishi)  2005 Japan Foundation-National Diet Library Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies (Dawn Lawson, Fabiano Rocha)

8 Agenda (continued)  New Stage of the Digital Library of the National Diet Library of Japan: Digitization of Japanese Books and Digital Archive Portal (Kazuharu Honda)  "Hojinka: The Evolving Information Environment in Japan" (Tokiko Bazzell)

9 Announcements from Japan Foundation  Japan Foundation Library Support Program Awarded to: –A1: Marion Carnegie Library –A2: Lake Forest College, West Texas A & M University –B1: University of California, Irvine, and University of Colorado, Boulder  Japan Foundation Reception: Tonight 9-11 p.m., Club Room, Atrium level

10 NCC Awards Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Ikuo Sasakawa NCC awards Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Ikuo Sasakawa, University of Tokyo Library, in recognition of his distinguished leadership in improving communication and information access between the United States and Japan

11 NCC Awards Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Ikuo Sasakawa (Cont.) By:  Developing and implementing the Global ILL Framework (GIF), an interlibrary loan and document delivery service between Japanese and North American Libraries,  Encouraging Japanese university libraries to become more proactive in initiating collaborations with North American university and research libraries,  Fostering a spirit of open communication and cooperation among US and Japanese librarians, and,  Promoting face-to-face communication between US and Japanese librarians