1 North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) Open Meeting Japan Information Center Auditorium Consulate General of Japan, Chicago, IL Friday, April 1, 2005, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

2 New Council Members  Dr. Tomoko Steen (July 2005-June 2008)—will replace Dr. Tomoko Goto; began to serve as Digital Resources Coordinator ( )  Prof. Susan Matisoff, Humanities Faculty Representative (July 2005-June 2008)—will replace Prof. Sally Hastings  Prof. Laura Hein, Japan Foundation American Advisory Committee Representative (2005-)— replaced Prof. Yoshiko Samuel

3 Agenda  Digital Resources Committee (DRC) Report and Information Exchange Session (Tomoko Steen, Robert Britt, and Members of the DRC) Digital Resources Committee Digital Resources Committee  Japan Art Catalog (JAC) Projects (Hiroyuki Good) Japan Art Catalog (JAC) Japan Art Catalog (JAC)  Multi-Volume Sets (MVS) Committee Report and MVS Project Application Strategies (Reiko Yoshimura and Members of the MVS Committee) Multi-Volume Sets (MVS) Committee Report Multi-Volume Sets (MVS) Committee Report –MVS Titles at Chicago, (Eizaburo Okuizumi) MVS Titles at Chicago, (Eizaburo Okuizumi)MVS Titles at Chicago, (Eizaburo Okuizumi)

4 Agenda (continued)  Update on the AAU/ARL/NCC Japan Project and ILL/DD Committee (Victoria Bestor and Sharon Domier) Update on the AAU/ARL/NCC Japan Project and ILL/DD Committee Update on the AAU/ARL/NCC Japan Project and ILL/DD Committee  Report on the Training the Trainers (T-3) Project and its Future Plans: –T-3 Committee Activities (Kristina Troost) –T-3 Workshops Report (Sharon Domier, Chiaki Sakai, Tadanobu Suzuki, and Yunshan Ye) –Electronic Resource Training Workshops Project— Discussion (Victoria Bestor) Electronic Resource Training Workshops Project— Discussion Electronic Resource Training Workshops Project— Discussion

5 Agenda (continued)  Presentation on the Japan Studies Information Specialist Training Seminar 2004 –Keiko Yokota-Carter Keiko Yokota-CarterKeiko Yokota-Carter –Michiko Ito Michiko ItoMichiko Ito  Presentation on NDL’s Reference Kyodo Database (Kiyoko Murakami) Presentation on NDL’s Reference Kyodo Database Presentation on NDL’s Reference Kyodo Database

6 News from Japan  National Diet Library: –Mr. Akio Yasue was appointed Deputy Librarian in mid-December, 2004 –Guests for today:  Ms. Kiyoko Murakami, Assistant Director, Domestic Materials Acquisition Division  Mr. Ryuichi Okawa, Assistant Director, Asian Resources Division, Kansai-kan

7 News from Japan (continued)  International House of Japan Library –Open for I-House Members only from April 2005-March 2006 during the remodeling of the I-House main building –Copy services to overseas libraries will continue –Ms. Keiko Higuchi, Librarian, left the Library as of March 31, 2004

8 Announcements  Japanese Publishers and Vendors Roundtable Session will be held tonight, April 1, 2005, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at Columbus Hall KL, Hyatt Regency Chicago  North American Japanese Company Histories (Shashi) Interest Group will host a panel discussion “Treasure Troves for Research: Japanese Company Histories (Shashi)” on Saturday, April 2, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. at Columbus Hall H, Hyatt Regency Chicago

9 Thank you for attending!