Passing of Ms. Fujimori
2015 conference scholarships
Scholarship - call for applications
The European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) especially wishes to encourage the participation of resource specialists and young scholars from institutions with limited financial means or that have seldom or never attended an EAJRS conference. Therefore, with support from the Japan Foundation, the organizers of the 26th EAJRS conference in Leiden would like to offer three scholarships, which will include
Asian Conference on Literature, Librarianship & Archival Science
The International Academic Forum is organizing conferences in the coming months this year focusing on librarianship and literature in Japan. For more information see: http://iafor.org/conferences/librasia2016/
New Year's wishes 2016
Dear EAJRS members, dear friends,
I am writing this message on the morning of New Year’s Day. All is quiet on the human front of ambition and contest. Most of the revellers are still asleep, no traffic jams, no queues. Quietness is all around. I hope that you have spent a pleasant and peaceful Christmas and end of year, and have safely and happily made the transition into 2016.
Position Okinawa studies librarian Hawaii
The University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented librarian to join a team of library and information professionals. Under the general direction of the Head of the Asia Department, the Librarian for Okinawan Studies will work collaboratively to lead in collection development and management of all materials in all formats related to Okinawan studies, provide research assistance, and library instruction.
End of empire
Head of Japanese section at Cambrdge
Job opportunity: Head of the Japanese Section in the Division of Special Collections at the Library of the University of Cambridge.
Adventures in bibliography
On 8 August 2015 (15.30-17.00) Dr Ellis Tinios will deliver the keynote lecture for this year’s Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography. held at Emmanuel College in Cambridge (UK). The title of his keynote lecture is: "Adventures in bibliography: exploring Edo-period book histories". For details please visit https://wakancambridge.wordpress.com/keynote-lecture-2015/
NDL trainee program
海外日本研究司書研修のご案内
国立国会図書館では、海外日本研究支援のより一層の充実に資するため、海外日本研究司書を対象に研修を実施します。研修生が日本情報の収集、提供等に関する知見を深める場とするとともに、研修生同士、研修生と当館職員・関係機関職員との交流の機会とします。ぜひご参加ください。
平成28年 1月13日(水)~22日(金) ※土曜日および日曜日を除く8日間
国立国会図書館関西館For more information visit their webpage.