Lecture: Timon Screech "Research in Collections of Japanese Art"
Two Lectures by Prof Tim Screech offered in hybrid format: register via Zoom via link below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83272565747?pwd=L1BwdmlIUC9TY0wzN1BYMUJxeDhEZz09
Two Lectures by Prof Tim Screech offered in hybrid format: register via Zoom via link below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83272565747?pwd=L1BwdmlIUC9TY0wzN1BYMUJxeDhEZz09
The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne seeks a librarian who will be able to work from 1. April 2023
More information (in Japanese):
https://www.jki.de/jp/service/aktuelles?tt_content%5Buid%5D=6524&cHash=6570b
Dear Colleagues,
The British Library is delighted to announce a new FutureLearn course entitled Travel Books: History in Europe and Japan which will run from 27 June 2022 for 3 weeks. The course looks at how books travelled between Japan and Europe from the 16th century and how this promoted cultural exchange and influenced individuals and society.
The course is a collaboration between Keio University and the British Library, featuring experts and treasures from both institutions.
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
(1) NDL User Satisfaction Survey of FY2022
From May 6 to October 31, 2022, we are now conducting a user satisfaction survey of FY2022. Your ideas and opinions are important to our library and will help us provide you with the best library services possible.
URL of the user satisfaction survey of FY2022
https://enquete.ndl.go.jp/632797/p/eajrs?lang=en
In this wide-ranging conversation with NIAS Director Duncan McCargo, Aike P. Rots, an associate professor of Japan Studies at the University of Oslo, explains the thinking behind an engaging March 2022 keynote address he gave to a conference at Copenhagen Business School on the topic of ‘Japan and Japanese Studies in the Twenty-First Century’.
https://nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast/podcasts/the-future-of-japanese-studies/
Dear colleagues,
The East Asia Department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin seeks an academic research librarian for the Chinese collection and CrossAsia. For details and further information please visit:
(in English) https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/stellenanzeige/artikel/2022/04/20/research-assistant-research-librarian.html
Dear Colleagues,
The National Diet Library recently held a webinar entitled Libraries and UN SDGs: IFLA supporting the libraries to achieve the SDGs, in which IFLA President Barbara Lison talked about the IFLA's strategy, examples of initiatives taken by libraries in some countries, and international cooperation from the perspective of achieving the SDGs.
A video of the webinar is now available on the NDL’s YouTube channel.
Playing with samurai, with Dr Laura Moretti
5.30-6.30pm, Tuesday 26th April 2022
Free event open to all. Hosted in-person at Cambridge University Library.
BOOK HERE
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings again from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
We would like to introduce three updates regarding NDL services.
(1) Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion)
The NDL made approximately 500 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) available for streaming online as of Feb 25, 2022.