Presented at the NCC Open Meeting

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The Information Literacy Resources Portal Task
Force Report

• Presented at the NCC Open Meeting
• March 23, 2007

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Who We Are

• Sanae Isozumi, Japanese Studies Librarian,
  University of California, San Diego
• Chiaki Sakai, Japanese Studies Librarian,
  University of Iowa
• Asako Shiba, Japanese Catalog Librarian/Subject
  Librarian, Washington University in St. Louis
• Xiuying Zou, Public Services Librarian,
  University of Pittsburgh
• Dawn Lawson, East Asian Studies Librarian, New
  York University

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Credit Also Goes to

• Tokiko Bazzell, coordinator of the original
  portal and current NCC chair
• Victoria Bestor, NCC Executive Director
• Brigid Laffey, NCC Webmaster
• Toshie Marra, former NCC chair
• Yoko Okunishi, NCC Program Associate
• AND MANY OF YOU!

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The Portal Site
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Recent Activities

• Creation of ILR Discussion List
• Survey of AskEASL Guides
• Adding New Content
• Posting Links to Other IL-Related Sources

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NCC-ILR Discussion List

• A Google Group for the purpose of discussing
  information literacy issues, especially as
  related to East Asian studies
• Relevant messages forwarded from ALAs ili
  listserv
• Forty-nine members
• Low traffic to date please join us by searching
  for us on Google Groups or contacting any Task
  Force member!

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How to Join

• http//groups.google.com/group/NCC-ILR
• Or e-mail chiaki-sakai_at_uiowa.edu

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Survey of AskEASL Guides

• Reviewed more than 30 guides to resources of all
  kinds
• Assessed their currency and relevance to IL
• Moved to portal as is, requested permission when
  needed, designated for updating, or declared
  obsolete
• Updated guides include those to China Academic
  Journals and Nikkei Telecom 21 others are in
  progress

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New Content and Links

• Rob Britts comprehensive workshop on Japanese
  legal resources, a lesson plan with handouts
• Chiaki Sakais new CiNii guide
• Links to NDL Japanese-language guides
• Link to Harvards Introduction to Data Resources
  for Japan

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Going Forward

• Review all past workshops with the goal of
  obtaining materials appropriate for the site
• Continue updating former askEASL guides and
  soliciting guides to new resources
• Create a tutorial

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We Need You

• Dust off any lesson plans, exercises, workshop
  materials, guides, etc, you have created in the
  past and share them with us!
• Let us know when you develop new materials that
  we can post on the portal or link to.
• Give us your feedback on the portal site.

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Questions, Comments?

• Feel free to contact me or any member of the Task
  Force with your suggestions
• dawn.lawson_at_nyu.edu
• sisozumi_at_ucsd.edu
• chiaki-sakai_at_uiowa.edu
• ashiba_at_wustl.edu
• xiz42_at_pitt.edu