Congratulations to the Success of 2025 Annual Meeting!

2025 Annual Meeting

This year’s meeting was hosted by Tohoku University in Japan from October 29th– 31st 2025. 

Meeting Details

Date: October 29th-31st, 2025 (JST, Japan Time)
Format: hybrid (in-person +  Zoom)
Host: Tohoku University Library

Theme
  • Preserving Culture, Driving Discovery: PRRLA Libraries in the Age of Digital and AI Innovations 
Annual Meeting Venue
Program
  • October 29: Opening – Presentation Session
  • October 30: Presentation Session – Business Meeting – Closing
  • October 31: Half-day excursion around Sendai City
  • Program Schedule (Updated on September 26th, 2025)
 

 

 
 
Introduction of Tohoku University （The Movie Released 2025.4.15)
Program Committee

Hatsumi Sato, Tohoku University Library, Chair
Monica Ghosh, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
Hideyuki Seki, Keio University Library
Lei Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University Library
Benjamin Meunier, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library , Secretariat Chair
Angela Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, Secretariat Assistant
Linda Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, ex-officio
Yukinae Yoshida, Tohoku University Library
Aiko Watanabe, Tohoku University Library

We extend our heartfelt appreciation to our generous sponsors—Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter Brill, Gale, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley, for their invaluable support in the program.

        

2025 Presentations

Keynote Speech

Noriko Osumi, Tohoku University
Open Access in Japan: How We Try to Transform Scholarly Communication

Shinichi Suda, Keio University
The Current Landscape Surrounding University Libraries in Japan: Focusing on Library Cooperation

Digital Preservation

Tang Li, University of Southern California (Co-presenter: Dongyun Ni, University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Discovering the World of Sinophone Studies – A Digital Bibliography Initiative

Yeo Pin Pin, Singapore Management University (Co-presenter: Pimnapa Amaritworachai, Chulalongkorn University)
PRRLA Members Digital Preservation Landscape

Jeff Liu, Lingnan University
Preserving Colonial Heritage: A History of Film Exhibition and Reception in Colonial Hong Kong (1897-1925)

Tomoe Hanzawa, Tohoku University
From Concept to Reality-The Establishment of ToUDA at Tohoku University

AI and Discovery Tools

Ivan Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Co-presenter: Teddy Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Enhancing Information Discovery in the Green Deck Digital Collection with AI Technology

AI and Cultural Exchange 

Mitsutaka Nakamura, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Merging Art with Literature: The Yamada Collection of Kuchi-e in Meiji and Taisho Literary Magazines

Digitization and Collaboration

Jin Young Cho, Seoul National University (Co-presenter: Ju Hui Lee, Seoul National University)
How we help users discover knowledge: Online Themed Book Exhibition


Win Shih, University of Southern California (Co-presenter: Hyunh Thi Trang, Can Tho University)
Fostering Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Insights from the Can Tho University and University of Southern California Workshops