Update on the Recent Activities Yumi Kitamura Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

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Update on the Recent Activities Yumi
Kitamura(Center for Southeast Asian Studies,
Kyoto University)

• International Meeting on Local Information
  Network Local Wisdom as Power to Social and
  Economic DevelopmentSeptember 11-12, 2008At
  Mahasarakham University

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Local Information and University Libraries in
Japan

• Two reasons for Local Information to be deposited
  in university libraries
• The history and the location of the university
  itself are unique deeply contexed in the local
  history (ex. Northern Studies Collection at
  Hokkaid University)
• Being considered as the safe place by the local
  community (ex. Kyoto University)

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Kyoto University and Library at Glance

• Kyoto University
• 10 Undergraduate Faculty
• 19 Graduate Faculty
• 26 Research Institute and Center
• Kyoto University Library Network A Network of
  over 50 libraries at Kyoto U
• Kyoto University Kyoto University Library Network
  holdings
• 6,228,385 Monographs, 89,012 Journal Titles
• CSEAS Library holdings
• 158,423Monographs, 1,278 Journal Titles

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Recent Activities at Kyoto U Library Network in
Dissemination

• Kyoto University Repository KURENAI (2006-)
• http//repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/
• Total no of records as of Sep 8 36833

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No. of Repositories by Country (http//roar.eprint
s.org/) Total 1122
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No. of Records by Country (http//roar.eprints.org
/) Total 10,661,792
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Distribution of Records in Japan
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Plan for the Kyoto University Visual Archive

• Kyoto University Field Work
• Accumulation of Visual Recordings
• Opening of Kyoto University Visual Archive
  (Soon!)

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Whats next for our project

• Book writing
• Definition of Local Information
• National Policy in Each Country
• Cases in Different Types of Libraries
• How to Utilize the Local Information for the
  Social and Economical Empowerment