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Subject: Library of Congress Webinar: "African Set Maps Web Application"
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:22:22 -0400
From: Hoh, Anchi <[log in to unmask]>


[Apologies for cross-posting.]


FEDLINK invites you to a Library of Congress webinar, titled "African
Set Maps Web Application" on Thursday, March 22, 2012, 2-3pm.


This presentation is provided by CLIR Team, Geography and Map Division
of the Library of Congress.  CLIR Members include Morgan Cundiff,
Program Specialist; Clay Redding, Digital Project Coordinator; Amber
Gray, Library Technician; and Jonathan Costa, Library Technician.

The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress
(http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/) received a $240,240 grant from the
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to create a
geographical index of the Library's African Set Map Holdings.  The
Geography and Map Division is estimated to have 1, 800 African Set Maps
containing 125, 000 sheets.  This index will be searchable through the
Library's website and the coordinate information for each of the
processed sheets will be viewable in the geographic browser of the
researcher's choice.  Currently the Geography and Map Division has
processed 98,333 sheets of information, including 22,305 Arabic sheets
of Egypt.

The CLIR team consists of seven cartographic materials catalogers, one
project manager, one program specialist, two technicians, four interns
as well as several members of the collections management team.  The CLIR
team was assembled in 2009 and have collectively cataloged over 1, 900
African Set Maps and processed close to 100, 000 map sheets.  In
addition, the team has been able to weed several thousands duplicates
from the collection as well as research valuable information to help
determine coordinates for maps where the cartographer did not record
coordinates in standard degree format.



REGISTRATION INFORMATION:



This program is FREE however there is a maximum capacity so registration
is required.

The webinar will be recorded and available for later viewing if you are
unable to participate.

Please register by Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TVPLGJY .



For more information or to request ADA accommodations, please contact
Dr. Anchi Hoh, Program Management Specialist, at
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.







UPCOMING PROGRAM INFORMATION:
(A separate announcement and registration instructions will follow as
each webinar date approaches.)

Thursday, April 26, 2012, 2-3:30pm
Webinar: "Library of Congress Resources on Japanese Commerce, Economy,
Medicine, Science, and Technology"

Subtheme 1: Japanese economy and commerce information resources
by Eiichi Ito. Coordinator for the Japan Team. Asian Division

This presentation will focus on finding data for social science
research, particularly Japanese economy and commerce information
resources in digital and print available in the Asian Reading Room at
the Library of Congress as well as online. Government statistics,
economic and financial data, company data, and newspaper resources in
both Japanese-language and English-language will be included.

Eiichi Ito, Coordinator of the Japan Team, the Asian Division at the
Library of Congress, has been serving as one of the reference librarians
for the Japanese Collection since 2004. He currently coordinates
collection development of the Japanese monograph and periodical
collection, and reference services to the Congress, researchers and the
general public. Before coming to the Library of Congress, he managed the
library of Japanese language material at the Japan Foundation, Los
Angeles. He received a master's degree in library science from Indiana
University, Bloomington in 1996. He also taught Japanese language at
Yale University and Middlebury College from 1990 to 1994. Prior to
coming to the U.S. in 1990, he worked for a Japanese semi-government
agency of the Ministry of Construction from 1983 to 1990.

Subtheme 2: Introducing Hidden Treasures of Japanese STM at the Library
of Congress: Past to Present
By Tomoko Steen, Ph.D., MS, MA. Research Specialist (Genome, Asian
Science and Technology Policy). Science, Technology and Business Division

The presentation covers hidden collections of Japanese science,
technology and medicine (STM) at the Library of Congress (both in
Japanese and English).  As the largest library in the world and one of
the US Government Agencies, the Library of Congress holds countless
unique STM materials.  Many of these items and collections are, however,
practically unknown outside of the LC.  I will introduce a range of
materials, including, rare Japanese STM books from the Edo period
(1603-1858), original documents of Japanese weapons research during
World War II as well as the most recent technical reports from Japan's
leading national laboratories and science institutes.

Tomoko Steen is a Research Specialist at Science Section of the Library
of Congress.  Her expertise is in Genetics and Science Policy, with a
particular focus on Asian Science policy.  She has a Master's degree in
Pharmacology from Japan's Kyushu University, and worked as a clinical
pharmacologist at Tokyo University Hospital.  Upon moving to the US, she
studied and obtained a Master's and a Ph.D. degree in Science and
Technology Studies, as well as a joint Ph.D. in Genetics and Asian
Studies.  She also has done Postdoctoral Research at Emory University's
Department of Biology collaboratively with the CDC (Center for Disease
Control and Prevention), and then she became a Faculty member at Harvard
University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and History of Science.
Shortly before moving to the Library of Congress, Steen was also a
Research Professor at the George Washington University working with
world-class historian of science, Horace Freeland Judson.



Thanks!

Blane K. Dessy
Executive Director
FEDLINK