Tateuchi East Asia Library: News and Projects

US-Japan Library Exchange Program

A grant of $80,400 from the Tateuchi Foundation will enable the Tateuchi East Asia Library to expand our exchange relationships with Japanese libraries, building on an existing partnership with Keio University and contacts with other universities. Areas of exchange will include open access, digital scholarship, and instruction in library resources and research methods. Participating librarians’ experiences will advance their professional development and personal competency, and empower them to meet new challenges on either side of the Pacific.

The three-year project will include the following components:

1. Visit from Professor Takahiro Sasaki: A week-long visit by Professor Takahiro Sasaki, of Keio University’s Shido Bunko 斯道文庫, to assess TEAL’s Japanese special collections and our preservation processes for premodern Japanese materials. He will suggest optimal training paths for our staff to improve UW’s Japanese materials preservation work. He will also advise on a subsequent visit of UW preservation staff to Japan for a week’s additional training.

2. Visits by Keio University Library Management Personnel: We will invite two managers from the Keio University Media Center annually over three years for a one-week visit to UW Libraries to observe areas of interest in various UW Libraries departments, and to meet with the Dean of Libraries and representatives of the Tateuchi Foundation, including Mrs. Tateuchi.

3. Travel Grants for Library Science Professors and Professionals in Japan to visit UW: TEAL will establish three travel grants to be awarded over three years to scholars and library professionals in Japan, prioritizing applicants from Keio University. Grant recipients will travel to Seattle to conduct library research at UW Libraries. Visitors are required to publish their findings in English or Japanese in a peer-reviewed journal, government publication, or monograph within a year of their return.

Please contact us for more information.

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