The 2017 annual meeting will be held at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China from October 17-20. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang University Library is one of the oldest university libraries in China, tracing back to 1897.
VISIT THIS LINK FOR MEETING INFORMATION: https://pacificrimlibraries.org/2017-business-meeting/
Meeting Presentation
Challenges and Opportunities: PRRLA Libraries as Strategic Assets for Research
Session 1
Digital scholarship/initiatives
- Taking a step forward from building a Digital Scholarship Lab – Growing Digital Scholarship Service at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library | Louisa Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
- A strange but ideal library at Korea University: How has CJ Creator Library been implemented successfully? | Kim Seongcheol, Korea University (Korea)
CHAIR: Su Chen, UCLA
Session 2
Digital humanities and digital repositories as resources for research
- Serving Buddhist studies scholars worldwide: The Digital library and Museum of Buddhist Studies at National Taiwan Library | Muh-Chyun Tang, National Taiwan University (China)
- Practice and Developing Project of Digital Humanities on Folk Historical Documents: A case study of Huizhou Documents in Sun Yat-sen University Library | Cheng Huanwen, Sun Yat-sen University (China)
- Smart Library: A Framework for Real Individualized Service | Wang Shuqing, Fudan University (China)
- Hathitrust and its history, contents and tools for research: in the case of Chinese, Japanese and Korean materials | Todd Grappone and Su Chen, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
CHAIR: Louisa Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Session 3
- Xi Chen, UC San Diego—2016 recipient
- Feng Yikang, National University of Singapore—2017 recipient
CHAIR: Lorelei Tanji, UC Irvine
Session 4
Unique collections and strategies for sharing these collections among PRRLA member libraries (Part 1)
- Wasan (Traditional Japanese Mathematics): digitalization of unique collections at Tohoku University Library | Toshiya Ueki and Tomoo Sasaki, Tohoku University (Japan)
- What is Local Has Global Impact: Focusing Digital Strategies to Extend Research Capabilities | Haipeng Li and Emily Lin, University of California, Merced (USA)
CHAIR: Tian Ji, Zhejiang University
Session 5
Libraries in the research workflow (Part 1)
- Host presentation: Zhejiang University Libraries and CADAL project: Retrospection & Prospection | Huang Chen, Zhejiang University (China)
- The University of Victoria Libraries “Grants Menu”: Building Faculty Research Partnerships | Lisa Goddard, University of Victoria (Canada)
- Research Data Management at the University of Hong Kong Libraries | Y.C. Wan and Antonia Yiu, University of Hong Kong (China)
- PolyU Library: a strategic partner for the University | Janice Chia, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China)
CHAIR: Haipeng Li, UC Merced
Session 6
Libraries in the research workflow (Part 2)
- Demonstrating Library’s New Values in the Research Workflow at HKUST | Kevin King Man Ho and Diana Lai Ha Chan, HKUST (China)
- NEVER STOP: Changing Roles in Support of Innovation and Research | Brian Flaherty, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
CHAIR: Nie Hua, Peking University
Session 7
Unique collections and strategies for sharing these collections among PRRLA member libraries (Part 2)
- PRL Redesign: Now and in the Future | Rosalie Lack and Todd Grappone, UCLA (USA)
- Collection benchmarking partnerships for understanding the value of print collections as research assets| Lisa McIntosh and Nancy Li, University of Sydney (Australia)
CHAIR: Brian Flaherty, University of Auckland