 Advertising A Dream: Movie Posters From Post-War Korea
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The display features posters from 11 Korean films. As South Korea recovered from the war, so did its film industry. Melodramas like "Hongdoya Ujimara" ("My Dear Sister Hongdo, Do Not Cry!" 1965) and "Chikekkun" ("An A-Frame Coolie," 1963)" 'allowed millions of South Koreans to vent their collective feelings and look to the future', according to the Korea Society. The exhibition also includes South Korean posters for 12 American classics, among them "Gone With the Wind" (1939), "The Sound of Music" (1965), and "Roman Holiday" (1953). These films offered South Koreans a glimpse into the land of starlets and leading men. The exhibition will run in conjunction with the spring 2007 course "Introduction to Korea", taught by Ebru Türker, visiting professor of Korean language, linguistics, and pedagogy in Pitt's Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures.
The display is in the Hillman Library's outer foyer area glass cases. A reception will be held on January 17 at 3pm in 272 Hillman Library, free to the public.
The East Asian Library has prepared a bibliography of selected books on Korean film studies, as well as a list of korean movie videos available at the University Library System. Copies of the bibliograpy and list are available from the bins attached to the display cases. For the online version of the bibliography, please click here. For the list of movie videos, please click here |
Chinese Papercutting Art |
An exhibit highlighting Chinese papercutting art is on display at the East Asian Library Reference Area. The exhibit features about 50 Chinese paper cuttings in a variety of styles and designs, all beautifully framed. They are put on top of the Reference shelves for easy and close examinations. Please stop by and enjoy! |
Exhibit on Chinese Nationality Dolls |
Many years ago, people wondered what it would look like if all nationality groups in China, dressed in their traditional costumes, walked out of deep mountains and forests and got together?
An exhibit of dolls featuring China’s 56 nationality groups is currently on display at the Hillman Library ground floor lobby area.
Each nationality doll is decorated with representative costumes and personal ornaments. The dolls are donated to the East Asian Library by Hong Xu and Haihui Zhang. When display cases become available, they will be displayed permanently at the East Asian Library.
Please stop by and enjoy! |
The Many Faces and Origins of Japanese Dolls |
The long and creative course of Japanese history has given rise to many styles and varieties of dolls. To name just a few of these charming little hand-made effigies: there is the Kimekomi doll, the Ish¯o (clothing) figure, and assorted Kokeshi characters.
The attributes of some Japanese dolls may be unique to a particular region of Japan, for example the Echizen bamboo doll or the Hakata doll, while others were fashioned in celebration of a special event, such as the Hinamatsuri observed on March 3rd and the Tango no sekku celebrated on May 5th.
This exhibition displays dolls loaned to us by members of the Japanese community living here in Pittsburgh. We express special thanks to Etsuko Good, John, Mitsuko and Norimi Wilkins, and Tomokiyo family. |
纪念郑和下西洋600周年
In Commemoration of the 600th Anniversary of Zheng He’s West Voyages (1405-1433) |
The year 2005 marks the 600th anniversary of the western voyages of China’s great maritime explorer, Zheng He. Between 1405 and 1433 AD, Zheng He utilized the most advanced nautical technology of his time to lead huge fleets of Chinese sailing ships on seven major transoceanic expeditions. With great vision and uncompromising courage, he led his crews to reach as far as the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa, establishing mutually beneficial trade and diplomatic relations with over thirty Asian and African countries and regions.
The exhibit features 22 photos highlighting Zheng He's life story and footsteps left by him and his crew during their explorations of the world. The exhibit is located in ground floor lobby display cases by the entrance to the Hillman Library. |
Exhibition on the Origins of Chinese Script |
An exhibition showing the origins and evolution of Chinese characters—which represent the only ancient written language still in use today—will be on display from June 5 to middle August at the University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Sponsored by the University Library System and Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, it is free and open to the public.
“Chinese Script—From Oracle Bones to Computer Bytes” features 80 panels and approximately 40 material objects. In addition to depicting the origins and evolution of Chinese script, the exhibition will show the structure of Chinese characters, examples of Chinese calligraphy, and the use of Chinese script in The Information Age.
Oracle bone inscriptions, the earliest Chinese writing scripts, are the ancient Chinese characters carved on tortoise shells and animal scapulas more than 5,000 years ago. In contrast, computer software today allows one to type at a keyboard and have the words encoded into Chinese characters using either the characters’ shape, pronunciation, or both.
“This exhibition will allow the local community to appreciate the historical development and the beauty of Chinese script, as well as the magnificence of cultural relics,” said Hong Xu, head of Pitt’s East Asian Library.
The exhibition items are provided by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York City, N.Y. For additional information, call 412-648-8184.
Click here to browse photo album.
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 Visit of the Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China
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On November 2-4, 2006, Mr. Liu Biwei, Consul-General, the Consulate-General of People’s Republic of China in New York, and his delegate visited the University of Pittsburgh. During their stay in Pittsburgh, they visited the East Asian Library of the University Library System. Dr. Rush Miller, Director of the University Library System, and Dr. Hong Xu, Head of the East Asian Library, briefed the delegate on the partnership and cooperation between the University Library System and libraries and research institutions in China.
For Mr. Liu’s visit and activities at Pitt, please refer to the news at the website of the Consulate-General in New York: http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/chn/lgxw/t278890.htm |
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Dr. Kim Hakjoon's Visit |
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On October 18 2006, Pitt Alumnus KIM Hakjoon visited the East Asian Library in conjunction with his designation as a 2006 Legacy Laureate, an honor bestowed by Chancellor Nordenberg on a selected few alumni who have achieved exceptional success and whose personal and career achievements inspire by their example.
Dr. Hong Xu, head of the East Asian Library, met Dr. Kim. She briefed Dr. Kim with the Korean Collection development at Pitt, and partnership that Pitt has established with Korean and Chinese libraries concerning collecting Korean materials. Dr.Kim was very impressed by the significant progress of the collection in recent years. He donated his latest book, North and South Korea: Internal Politics and External Relations since 1988, to the East Asian Library. He also donated the book to 18 other libraries in the United States, and the East Asian Library help distribute them.
At the meeting were Ms. Eileen Weiner, the Director of International Advancement, University Center for International Studies, Ms. Xiuying Zou, the Public Services Librarian, and Ms. Donghee Sinn, the Korean specialist at the East Asian Library . |
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East Asian Library Interacts with Community Users at Local Events |
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The 2006 Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival was celebrated on Saturday, September 16th at Southside Riverfront Park. The festival featured dragon boat races with teams from around the country, stage performance of Asian songs and dances, artist drawings, delicious food, and much more.
As in the past, the University Library System in cooperation with the Asian Studies Center set up a display booth showcasing the resources and services of the East Asian Library and the Asian Studies Center. Staff from the East Asian Library were there from 10am-6pm, talking and interacting with people from local communities and other parts of the country. In addition to introducing our resources and services, we held various cultural activities such as calligraphy for the transliteration of people’s names, and teaching and demonstrating paper folding art (popularly known in Japanese as Origami), East Asian culture quizzes for people to answer and win various prizes such as beautifully-made bookmarks. It was a day of great of fun! Click here to see pictures from the event. |
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Cosponsored by the Asian Studies Center, East Asian Library, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, the Asian Karaoke Night was successfully held 7-10:30pm, September 29, at Kurtzman Room, William Pitt Union. The Asian Karaoke Night was part of the International Week coordinated by University Center for International Studies , Office of International Services, and Student Affairs (www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu).
Following an exciting talk on adult karaoke learning in Japan at Asia Over Lunch by Dr. Watanabe, Assistant Professor from William Paterson University, the Koraoke Night featured fabulous Asian food and snacks, and attracted 217 visitors to sing along, 18 solos and 8 groups to participate in the contest. 3 individual prizes, 3 group prizes, and 4 honorary prizes were awarded.
The East Asian Library set up a table to display materials, brochures, art-crafts, etc. East Asian Library staff participated in organizing the event, serving as one of the judges for the contest, and introducing the East Asian Library services and resources. Click here to see the photo. |
PROJECTS |
The Luce Summer Institute for East Asian Librarianship—China Focus |
The Luce Summer Institute for East Asian Librarianship—China Focus was held at Hillman 272 from August 2 to August 13.
Twenty-eight participants and most of the faculty members are from more than 30 university libraries and other institutes in North America. Two faculty are from China.
Click here to Luce Website.
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Luce Fellows Visit China in October, 2004 |
From October 16-23, Dr. Hong Xu, the Head of the EAL led a group of 14 Chinese Studies librariansin North America to visit major book vendors, electronic resource developers, libraries, archives, and museums in Nanxun (Zhejiang), Shanghai and Beijing. The field trip is part of the training program at Luce Summer Institute for East Asian Librarianship-China Focus.
NEH Project Overview
The University of Pittsburgh Library System received two-year NEH funding for the preservation microfilming of 3000 acidic and rare volumes from the Chinese Collection, which is part of the East Asian Collection at the University of Pittsburgh.
These collections include publications produced during the Cultural Revolution from 1966-1976 and monographs published before 1949 that give insight into the political, economic, and educational conditions of China.
Modern China Studies
In addition to preservation microfilming, 36 titles of pre-1955 texts that document aspects of the modern China period were selected to mount a pilot digitization project. The airm of the project is to offer enhanced access and investigate the adaptation of new methodologies, tools and techniques for creating, processing, indexing, and searching digital library content for foreign language materials.
The books are divided into two main categories (Primary Sources and Reference Tools), then subdivided by subjects. Subjects within the primary sources consist of history, law, literature, political science and social science. The reference tools contain ibliographies, chronologies, directories, handbooks, statistics, and yearbooks. A browse page provides primary access to the digital texts.
Please click Modern China Studies website for more information.
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SERVICE UPDATE
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| The East Asian Library recently made a research guide to using Chinese local history / gazetters at the East Asian Library. The gudie briefly introduces the definitions, types, contents, and functions of Chinese local gazetteers, lists major catalogs and reference works about Chinese local history, and most useful to users, tips on locating and accessing the Chinese gazetteers held by the East Asian Library. Please click Here to read the guide. |
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| The guide covers print and electronic resources such as majors statistic yearbooks, reference works, CD-ROM databases, Online databases that are available at the East Asian Library, and how to locate and access them both on and off-campus. Please click Here for more information. |
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| The guide covers general reference books, primary sources, CD-ROM titles for Japanese history that are available at the East Asian Library. It also lists major online databases for Japanese history. Please click Here for more information. |
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| This guide lists major reference works that are available at the East Asian Library to help users answer questions such as how to find Chinese characters, how to locate citations of classic Chinese books, how to locate materials in Chinese newspaper and periodicals, how to locate biographical materials, how to find geographical information, how to convert Chinese and Western time, how to find statistic information, etc. |
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With the rapid growth and development of Chinese Studies programs in American universities and colleges, more and more schools feel the pressing need for collecting books and journals in the original Chinese language, and providing faculty and students with essential reference tools, primary sources, and archival materials in the original Chinese language. This guide is made with this purpose in mind, and is meant to serve as a starting point for those institutions that are starting a Chinese collection from scratch.
Korean Document Delivery Service launched
July 1, 2004, Korean Document Delivery Service (KDDS) Launched, EAL, Hillman Library, Pitt
We are pleased to announce our new KDDS at East Asian Library. The KDDS at Pitt is focused on Korean academic publications not held by or available from libraries in the United States. We will provide this service in collaboration with KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), one of prestigious IT schools, in Asia. It operates strictly under the copyright laws of the United States and Korea. Any Pitt faculty/students who need full-text Korean academic journal article(s) for their research/teaching may request documents via the Web.
Click to visit the EAL East Asian Gateway Service.
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Travel Grant
Travel Grant for Calendar Year 2007
The East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce travel grants for the 2007 calendar year. The purpose of these grants is to support scholars who wish to do research at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. They are sponsored by the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. The grants are available at the range of $250-$500 for each candidate depending on the need and the location of the individual. Special consideration will be given to those researchers in Pennsylvania and the nearby region who have no major East Asian collections.
The East Asian Library at Pitt consists of over 376,000 volumes in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The primary focus of the collection is on humanities and social sciences. For further information about the East Asian Library and its collection, please visit our web site at http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/eal/Resources.htm.
To apply, please send a letter of application with a brief description of your research topic, a curriculum vitae, the type/subject of materials you need, and an estimated budget to:
Hong Xu, Head of the East Asian Library
207L Hillman Library
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Email: hgxu@pitt.edu
The application deadline is February 25, 2007. Grants will be awarded on March 16, 2007. The awards must be used before July 18, 2007.
2007 Travel Grant Recipients
The East Asian Library is pleased to announce the recipient of two travel grant recipients:
Dr. Lisa Yun
Co-founder of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program
Binghamton University, SUNY
Dr. Yun will be using the East Asian Library for her research on Chinese immigration to Cuba in the 19th century. Yurong Yang Atwil
Asian Studies Lbrarian
University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University
Ms. Atwill will be using the East Asian Library for her research project on compiling a sourcebook of Chinese documents that supports multidisciplinary courses in Chinese studies.
Travel Grant for 2006 Receipients
Dr. Yu Jiang
Assistant Professor of Art History, Wilkes Honors College
Florida Atlantic University, Florida
Dr. Jiang researched the library materials on his project " Filial Piety in Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions and Confucianism in Early China".
Dr. Paul H. Noguchi
Professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Dr. Noguchi researched the library materials on his study of negative social impacts of cell phones in Japan.
Travel Grant 2005 Recipients
Three NRC travel scholarships were awarded to:
Dr. David G. Atwill
Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
Dr. Atwill did his research project on Lin Zexu.
Dr. R. Anderson Sutton
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Wisconsin.
Dr. Sutton's research project was on Korean music and art.
Dr. Ying Yong
Art Department,
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 16444;
Dr. Yong's research project was ancient Zhou dynasty and new publications of Chinese women and art.
Travel Grant 2004 Recepients
Two NRC travel scholarships were awarded to:
Mr. Zhiqiang Zhang
Visiting Scholar of Harvard-Yenching Institute
Professor of Nanjing University
Ms.Ying Wang
Assitant Professor,
Department of Art History,
Unviersity of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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STAFF UPDATES
Sachie Kobayashi assumed her new position
Ms. Sachie Kobayashi has joined us at the East Asia Library of University of Pittsburgh as the Japanese Cataloger starting from June 15, 2007.
Ms. Kobayashi received her bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Maryland and MLS from the same university. She had worked as a contract cataloger at the National Library of Medicine for three years for the Japanese History of Medicine project and created bibliographic and authority records of the Library's Japanese rare medical books published between the 15th and 19th century. From 2005 to May 2007, being a contract cataloger for Kinokuniya, she cataloged records for the Library of Congress and university libraries in the U.S. Ms. Kobayashi’s rich cataloging experience will be of great benefit to the East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh.
Ms. Kobayashi can be reached at the East Asia Library by phone (412-648-8842) or email (pikos3@pitt.edu). |
Hong Xu, Xiuying Zou, and Hiroyuki Good Attended the IFLA Conference in Seoul |
In August 2006, Hiroyuki Good, Hong Xu, and Xiuying Zou attended the World Library and Information Congress 2006, 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council, held in Seoul, Korea. Hong Xu and Xiuying Zou presented a research paper on East Asian Gateway Service user studies at the preconference entitled Scholarly Information on East Asia in the 21st Century. The preconference was sponsored by the Asia and Oceanic Section of IFLA, and the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL).
During their stay in Seoul Korea, they visited various libraries, including the National Library of Korea, Yonsei University Libraries, and the Science Library of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the partner library for Korean East Asian Gateway Service at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh.
The conference trip was sponsored by the University Library System, and the Japan Council of the Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh. Click here to see the photo. |
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Dr. Hong Xu Visited Chinese Partner Libraries |
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Dr. Hong Xu, the Head of East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh, took a trip to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China from April 18 until May 31, 2006. The main highlight of the trip was to attend a symposium in Taiwan from April 20-23, 2006, lecture at the Jiangsu First Sino-US Library Forum held at Nanjing University, visit the Gateway partner libraries in China, and to visit the Hong Kong Chinese University and the United Board Asian Program. At the symposium in Taiwan, besides Dr. Hong Xu, four other head librarians attended from Berkeley University, Stanford University, the Library of Congress, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Among Dr. Xu’s many fruitful visits is the visit to Yanbian University, Yanji, China, the new exchange partner on gifts, printed materials, and librarians exchange program of the University of Pittsburgh Library System. She attended the signing ceremony on behalf of Dr. Rush Miller, University Librarian, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
While in China, Dr. Hong Xu and Dr. Rush Miller, the Director of University of Pittsburgh Library System, also visited the Superstar Digital Library.
Other Chinese partner libraries that Dr. Xu visited include: Beijing University, Guangxi Normal University, Nanjing University, Qinghua University, Shanghai Life Sciences Library of Chinese Science Academy, Sichuan University Library, and Wuhan University Library. News and pictures on Dr. Xu’s visits can be found:
http://waishi.ybu.edu.cn/show.php?newsid=86
http://www.gxnu.edu.cn/news/readMessage.shtml?news_id=1081
http://www.sibs.ac.cn/news-1.asp?ID=453058755
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Hiroyuki Good Assumed His New Position as the Japanese Bibliographer |
Mr. Hiroyuki Good has been appointed as the Japanese Bibliographer at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh, effective February 1. 2006.
Mr. Good holds a BA in Sociology from Soka University (Tokyo), MA in Asian Studies from California State University (Long Beach), and MLIS from UCLA. Prior to this position, Mr. Good was the Japanese Cataloger at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. In addition to his cataloging responsibilities, he has already so willingly assisted with the bibliographer duties for the past one and a half years.
Mr. Good can be reached by
Phone: 412-648-8187
Email: hng2@pitt.edu
Fax: 412-648-7683 |
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Welcome New Visiting Scholars |
The East Asian Library welcomes visiting scholars from East Asia:
Ms. Wei Pan for a six--month stay until July 2008. Ms. Pan is from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library, China. She is the Deputy Chief of the Institute of Library Science & Technology at the Library. She is interested in subject specialists/department liaisons services, information literacy, library services quality evaluation and control, and other areas.
Mr. Takeshi Kuboyama for a three-month stay until February 2008. Mr. Kuboyama is a Technical Librarian at the Electronic Library Section, Department of Information and Communication Technology Services of the Osaka University Library, Japan. Ms. Tao Luo for a six-month stay until July 2007. Tao is from Wuhan University Library. She is the Head of the Public Services.
Ms. Huili Fan for a six-month stay until July 2007. Huili is from Nanjing University. She is a librarian at the Department of Document Digitization.
Dr. Lin Luo, Associate professor of the School of Information Management, Wuhan University, from
Dr. Meifang Zhang, associate professor of the Department of Information Resources, Renming University of China (Beijing)
Ms. Fei Zheng, the Group Head of Information Retrieval, National Science Library (former Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
Dr. Ping Zhao, the Director of Information Reference Department of the Sichuan University Library, from December 2005 to May 2006.
Ms. Yongmei Li, the associate director of the Acquisition Department of Sichuan University Library, is visiting the ULS again from Feb. 15-June 15, 2006 (Yongmei was here in 2003). |
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Xiuying Zou Assumed Her New Position |
Please join me in welcoming Ms. Xiuying Zou to the Public Services Librarian position at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh, effective October 3. Xiuying received her MLIS from Pitt in 2002, and also holds an MA in Political Science, an MA in English, and a Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies. Before this position, Xiuying was an East Asian Studies Librarian/Bibliographer/Cataloger at Binghamton University (SUNY), where she was responsible for developing and managing the East Asian collections and providing public services. Xiuying's scholarly pursuits have led to multiple publications and presentations, and her broad experience will be of great benefit in providing public services to the East Asian Library users. Xiuying can be reached at 412-648-7781 or xiz42@pitt.edu.
Welcome, Xiuying!
Hong Xu |
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Dr. Hong Xu Assumed Her New Position
As the Head of the East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh Library System, starting on June 16, 2003. Dr. Xu holds the M.Ed. in Educational Psychology and Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 1997, she has been an Assistant Professor of Library Science at Pitt's School of Information Sciences. She has worked with us already on a number of projects including East Asian Gateway Services. As a solid scholar, she has published significant work in library and information science and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Electronic Library. She has also organized and moderated a number of conference/conference sessions and chaired International Information Issues (SIG III) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). She will continue to develop a Summer Institute for East Asian Librarians for the summer of 2004 sponsored by Luce Foundation grant.
You may reach her through:
Phone: 412-648-8184
Email : hgxu@pitt.edu
Fax: 412-648-7683
Mailing address:
207L Hillman East Asian Library
University of Pittsburgh
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