May 27, 2021
Learning to Read in Republican China: Illustrated Character Cards
Shuqi Ye I have recently had the chance to work as an intern with Chinese Cataloging and Metadata Librarian Jian Ping Lee on a project to back-catalog a collection of early- to mid-twentieth century Chinese books, among which I have found many interesting titles. One day I encountered a delicate box of color-illustrated Chinese character…
May 5, 2021
Passion, Dedication, and Action: Yeen-Mei Wu and Tateuchi EAL’s Taiwan Studies Collection
Zhijia Shen In June 2001, a group of donors from the Taiwanese community in Seattle worked in a very short time to establish and provide basic funding for the Taiwan Collection Endowed Fund at the UW Libraries’ East Asia Library (today’s Tateuchi East Asia Library). Ms. Yeen-Mei Wu, then Chinese Studies Librarian at the East…
March 9, 2021
Winter 2021 Tateuchi East Asia Library Newsletter
Read our Winter 2021 TEAL Newsletter to catch up on library news over the last few months. See here for all Newsletter issues.
December 12, 2020
Mapping Maps: Cataloging UW’s Gaihōzu Collection
Ross Henderson This summer, I had the pleasure of working as a Student Specialist at the Tateuchi East Asia Library, assisting Japanese subject librarian Azusa Tanaka and cataloger Keiko Hill with various projects. The libraries, like most parts of the University, were closed because of COVID. Unfortunately this meant that I worked remotely for the…
November 18, 2020
A New Normal: Korean Collection Cataloging during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Heija Ryoo (Korean Cataloger, Tateuchi East Asia Library) Back in March, when our campus and its libraries first closed their doors, we had no idea the pandemic would keep us working remotely for so long. How can we cataloging staff do our work with little or no access to physical books? The answer has been…
October 17, 2020
Returning to TEAL: The First Few Steps
After six months away, a limited number of staff have been working on-site at the University of Washington’s Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL). Throughout the COVID-related closure, TEAL staff have been hard at work providing our users access to ebooks, databases, and other electronic resources. Nevertheless, we’re glad to have the opportunity to provide you…
August 31, 2020
An Enlightening Look at TEAL Spaces
No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people’s eyes, to reveal the marvels around. –Paulo Coelho. The Witch of Portobello. While many details are still up in the air, planning for the upcoming renovation of the Tateuchi East…
April 17, 2020
Envisioning the TEAL of Tomorrow
The team responsible for steering the Tateuchi East Asia Library’s upcoming renovation has been hard at work drafting a design for the library. Here are five principles that are guiding the renovation planning process: Enhance user space: Our number one priority is meeting the needs of our users. We want the allocation of space within…
February 25, 2020
Renovation Plans Coming Soon
A committee made up of representatives from UW Libraries, UW Facilities, and an architecture firm have been meeting regularly to discuss plans for our upcoming renovation. The development of these plans has been driven by data that we have collected, feedback solicited from users and staff, and a desire to preserve the classic feel of the…
February 4, 2020
February 3, 2020: Text Analysis
Text analysis and text mining are increasing in popularity in social scientific and humanities scholarship, including in East Asian studies fields. Some workshop participants were already incorporating such methods in their research, either personally or through collaboration with others, while others were interested in learning more. UW eScience Institute Natural Language Processing Specialist Varun Panicker…
