Job opening at Duke University Libraries
Dear Colleagues,
Duke University Libraries seeks an engaged and knowledgeable librarian for Japanese studies.
4th Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies Conference
Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies (BAAS) is calling for submission of panel/paper proposals to the fourth BAAS conference that is going to take place at Vytautas Magnus University in March 5-7th, 2020.
Workshop on Rare Materials for Japanese Studies Librarians and Researchers
The National Diet Library, Japan, is offering a workshop for Japanese Studies Librarians and Researchers held in March 2020 at Tokyo.
This workshop is for librarians, mainly subject librarians, or researchers outside Japan who are expected to engage in reference services or research on Japanese rare materials. The program aims to foster understanding of the rare materials collections owned by the NDL and other research institutions, and to improve skills in utilizing both physical materials and digital content.
Dates: March 2 to March 6, 2020
Kuzushiji seminar in Paris February 2019
A blogpost by Kaoru Baba and Marie Preziosi about the Kuzushiji workshop organized at the Collège de France in February 2019:
NDL: Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries
The NDL is now accepting applications from overseas institutions for approval to receive the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries. Patrons at libraries subscribing to this service will be able to search and browse digitized versions of the more than two million books, periodicals, rare books and old materials that comprise the NDL Digital Collections, including about half a million materials which are also available on the website.
2019 conference scholarships
The European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) especially wishes to encourage the participation to its conference of resource specialists and young scholars from institutions with limited financial means or that have seldom or never attended an EAJRS conference.
Member publication: Rekihaku
Two publications edited by The National Museum of Japanese History (国立歴史民俗博物館), both freely available:
Job opening at Princeton University Library
Princeton University Library is seeking candidates to lead a newly-combined team of professional experts and highly-skilled support staff in the creation and management of metadata critical to the effective use of the Library’s collections.
Job Opening at the Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS)
The Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS) would like to invite applications, following the below procedure, for the post of Fixed-Term Full-time Researcher.
Detailed information is available on the official website of the HIJAS:
https://hijas.hosei.ac.jp/en/news/hijas_bosyu.htmlEhon/emaki symposium at Chester Beatty
Ehon/emaki symposium at Chester Beatty, Dublin, 7-8 March 2019
More information in the pdf below and/or on their website