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WEB 2.0 & EAST ASIAN LIBRARIANS
JIANG, SHUYONG
ALA-AAMES June 27, 2010 Washington D.C.
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.
1. General Information
Area of studies Scope of responsibilities The training background
Multi tasks, multi languages almost 2/3 do not have web 2.0 training Instruction are not the major task for East
Asian librarian
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
Using Web 2.0 to Promote Open Access Resources in East Asian Studies: The
FOREASt Experience
Tao Yang
AAMES Annual ProgramJune 27, 2010
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
FOREASt Experience
Deep Web: The Iceberg Analogy
Surface web:
Retrievable by general search engines
Deep web:
Not retrievable by general search engines
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:– ???
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 http://foreast.wordpress.com– June: public announcement to CEAL (100 resources)– August: built http://www.foreast.org
• As of June 2010– 300 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
FOREASt Experience
SearchBrowse
FOREASt Experience
Explore
FOREASt Experience
Slide show
Resource list
FOREASt Experience
Navigation Menu (same as
foreast.org)
Interactive features
FOREASt Experience
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500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10
foreast.org
foreast.wordpress.com
Monthly Statistics: Pageviews
FOREASt Experience
Geographical origins of FOREASt.org visitors
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
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
3.How East Asian Librarians feel about Web 2.0 Tools
Summary
Defining web 2.0 things The holistic nature of area studies librarians Working with others Lack of time Support from the institute
Chinese Studies in North America—Scholarship and Resources
One publication
Thank You!Shuyong Jiang, Ph.D.
Chinese Studies Librarian, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at [email protected]
Tao Yang East Asian Librarian, Rutgers the State University of New
