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West Meets EastNancy Deegan

Central Arizona College2009 Horner Fellow

Horner Fellowship

• Established and endowed in 1989 by Dr. Layton “Jack” Horner and his wife, Marian

• Exchange program between AzLA and JLA

• Foster cultural understanding and information exchanges

• Visits take place each year– AZ librarians visit Japan in odd

numbered years– Japanese librarians visit AZ in

even numbered years

What I Hoped to Learn:• How remote access to digital

collections is offered• How technology is being used

to provide library services and instruction– Especially mobile technologies

and social networking

• If information literacy issues exist

• How they deal with these issues

Itinerary

• 11/8/09 – 11/28/09• 17 institutions

visited in 9 days

Where I WentTokyoNational Diet LibraryChiyoda City Public LibraryGoethe Institut Library Library Fair & ForumInternational Library of Children’s Literature

University of Tokyo LibraryWaseda University Library Chuo University High School Library

Meiji University High School Library

National Institute of InformaticsMeiji University Library

NagasakiNagasaki University Library

KyotoKyoto Seika University Library

Doshisha University LibraryNational Diet LibraryOsaka City LibraryManga Museum

Technology Assumptions

• Progressive technology being used

• Availability of electronic materials– Journal databases– eBooks

• Remote access available

Reality

• Majority of library materials made available in print only– Foreign materials are the

exception

• Remote access is often limited• Most services provided face to

face.• WiFi available in limited areas

Technology

Digital Archives

Nagasaki University

http://www.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/search/ecolle/nagasaki-e.html

Int’l Library of Children’s Literature

Digital Picture Books

http://www.kodomo.go.jp/gallery/index_e.html

National Institute of Informatics

Japanese Institutional Repositories Online

http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/en/

http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/en/

National Diet Library

ResearchNAVI

Collaborative Reference Database

Mobile OPAC

Doshisha University

http://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/webopac/topmnu.do

http://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/webopac/topmnu.do

Meiji University Library

Custom Created Library “Portal” Service–Mobile OPAC– Reference

question form– Social

networking aspect

Information Literacy

Osaka School Library

• Research Project Contest• Open to the public• Exhibition for winning

projects

Senior Research Projects

Chuo University High School

Meiji University High School

Relationship Building

Meiji University High SchoolStudent Volunteers

Kyoto Seika University Book Cover Contest

Chiyoda City Library

Final Impressions

Digital vs. Print Culture

Trends leading to the all digital library

Hesitation to incorporate digital materials and services

Libraries should be the bridge between digital convenience and preservation of culture.

Questions?

Thank You!

• Nancy Deegan• Central Arizona College• [email protected]

du• 520-494-5279