WEB 2.0 & EAST ASIAN LIBRARIANS JIANG, SHUYONG

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1 WEB 2.0 & EAST ASIAN LIBRARIANS JIANG, SHUYONG ALA-AAMES June 27, 2010 Washington D.C.

2 East Asian Librarian Survey on Using Web 2.0 Tools It is to know how and what web 2.0 tools are used in promoting East Asian resources and providing services to East Asian communities.

3 1. General Information Area of studies Scope of responsibilities The training background

4 Multi tasks, multi languages almost 2/3 do not have web 2.0 training Instruction are not the major task for East Asian librarian

5 2. How and what web 2.0 are used Tools are used Used for what type of work or services To see how East Asian weaving into the entire library setting

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8 Using Web 2.0 to Promote Open Access Resources in East Asian Studies: The FOREASt Experience Tao Yang AAMES Annual Program June 27, 2010

9 FOREASt Experience A great irony Tremendous growth of free and open access scholarly resources on the web Open access journals Electronic theses and dissertations Disciplinary and institutional repositories Digital humanities & e-sciences Mass digitization Online government information But, can people find them? Library websites or OPACs provide only selective coverage Google may not be able to retrieve many free web resources the deep web problem

10 FOREASt Experience Surface web: Retrievable by general search engines Deep web: Not retrievable by general search engines Deep Web: The Iceberg Analogy

11 FOREASt Experience A radical proposition What if we build a virtual library consisting entirely of free and open access resources selected and organized in the same way as commercial resources? Pros: Can be used by librarians to conveniently choose most relevant resources to populate their subject guides Can be readily incorporated as a distinctive collection to supplement local print collection and fee-based e-collection Can benefit users in all types of institutions, small and big Can be easily accessed by users anywhere, anytime, barrier-free Cons:???

12 FOREASt Experience Project timeline 2005: Involved in internal discussions on what free resources to include on the library web site at Yale 2008: Started to talk about the idea with other East Asian librarians 2009-: Implementation April: built June: public announcement to CEAL (100 resources) August: built As of June resources (journals and databases) 25,000 pageviews (comparable to major East Asian library websites) incorporated into 20 library and scholarly sites all over the world

13 FOREASt Experience Browse Search

14 FOREASt Experience Explore

15 FOREASt Experience Slide show Resource list

16 FOREASt Experience Navigation Menu (same as foreast.org) Interactive features

17 FOREASt Experience foreast.org foreast.wordpress.com Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10 Monthly Statistics: Pageviews

18 Geographical origins of FOREASt.org visitors FOREASt Experience

19 FOREASt Experience Use cases Librarians select resources from FOREASt to populate their own subject guides Librarians introduce FOREASt to their own users via web sites, database lists, and/or blogs Scholars incorporate FOREASt on their own web sites Librarians use FOREASt in their instruction sessions

20 FOREASt Experience A great irony Tremendous growth of free and open access scholarly resources on the web Open access journals Electronic theses and dissertations Disciplinary and institutional repositories Digital humanities & e-sciences Mass digitization Online government information But, can people find them? Library websites or OPACs provide only selective coverage Google may not be able to retrieve many free web resources the deep web problem

21 3.How East Asian Librarians feel about Web 2.0 Tools

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23 Summary Defining web 2.0 things The holistic nature of area studies librarians Working with others Lack of time Support from the institute

24 Chinese Studies in North America Scholarship and Resources One publication

25 Thank You! Shuyong Jiang, Ph.D. Chinese Studies Librarian, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tao Yang East Asian Librarian, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey