HOW WE BUILD KOREAN LANGUAGE COLLECTION WITHOUT A KOREAN LIBRARIAN BY DING YE ASIAN STUDIES BIBLIOGRAPHER JOSEPH MARK LAUINGER LIBRARY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, MARCH, 2015 Georgetown Story

Background of Georgetown University Founded in 1789—the oldest Jesuit university in US Jesuit mission of education:  Established in 1789 in the spirit of the new republic, the university was founded on the principle that serious and sustained discourse among people of different faiths, cultures, and beliefs promotes intellectual, ethical and spiritual understanding. We embody this principle in the diversity of our students, faculty and staff, our commitment to justice and the common good, our intellectual openness and our international character.

Center of Asia Studies Founded in 2012 Title IV Support Korea-focused MA program  Language requirements  Curriculum prerequisites  History  Social science  Public policy  Comparative politics  International relationship—East-Asia focused  Key faculty members

CJK Collection Total CJK collection: about 72,000  Chinese: 32,000  Japanese: 33,000  Korean: 7,000

How we manage Korean language collection? BEST Practices? Annual budget for Korean language collection?  Firm orders: $3,500  Approval plan: $2,000  Databases: $7,000  EKS  Nurimedia  NK PRO News  Support from Center of Asia Studies with Title IV grant: $1,000-$1,500

One-person Asia Studies library/collection Reference/Instruction Collection Development Liaison/Communication Cataloging Administrative duty: supervision of student assistants

CHALLENGES Minimum budget Limited staffing assistance Lack of language

How we manage challenges? MOST CHALLENGING: lack of language  communication  Outreach  Regular meeting—three to four times a semester Research and curricular needs Korean language press catalogs for selection  Recruiting of student assistants w/ language proficiency  Translation  Searching system  Copy cataloging

Collection Development Principles BE VERY SELECTIVE  Buy only those catering to curricular and research needs Utilizing FREE resources  KOFIC  FREE distribution of reference material  Grants from Korea Foundation on database subscription Seeking funds/support from Center of Asia Studies  TITLE IV

Handbook How grateful that we have this handbook: just like a GPS to driver in uncharted land!  Comprehensiveness  Language  Organization

Thank you very much!