DRC Open Session DRC Open Session: Can we find lingua franca between the US libraries and Japanese database providers? Tomoko Y. Steen, Ph.D. The DRC Chair Science, Technology and Business Division Library of Congress

Search of Lingua Franca…. lingua franca Any given language normally becomes a lingua franca primarily by being used for international commerce, but can be accepted in other cultural exchanges, especially, diplomacy lingua franca The term lingua franca is also applied to international auxiliary languages meant specifically for communication between speakers of different native languages.

Second Open Discussion Session Participants National Institute of Informatics (NII) Nikkei Asahi Newspaper Net Advance

Q&A Feel free to ask any questions to presenters!

Introducing the Next DRC Chair Ms. Keiko Yokota-Carter Japanese Studies Librarian at the University of Washington and the Chair of the CEAL Committee on Japanese Materials Please support Ms. Yokota-Carter for the next three years!

My Final Messages… Each one of you needs to be involved. Without everyone’s involvement, there is no success! Please send your messages to the DRC at:

Thank you very much DRC Committee members! Advisor to the DRC Professor Syun Tutiya Members Mr.Robert Britt Mr. Yuki Ishimatsu Ms. Michiko Ito Dr. Beth Katzoff Ms. Haruko Nakamura Ms. Kiyoyo Pipher Ms. Eiko Sakaguchi as.harvard.edu/~ncc/drc/drcco mmitteemembers.html