Our Resource Sharing Committee will hold a virtual information-sharing session on the National Diet Library Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries. We're pleased to host librarians of N American universities recently successful with the updated application process.

Looking for models of ArcGIS & StoryMaps for narrative history? Revisit our Grand Prize winner for Best Overall Video for our CDDP Video Award Program: Dylan Siegel's “Digital Mapping & Presentation Tools: Fragments of the Incendiary Bombing of Japan”: guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

Who collaborate with the #IIIF consortium & what are some helpful use cases? 🤔💻 Learn about this tech from Kiyonori Nagasaki (International Institute of Digital Humanities) & Satoru Nakamura (University of Tokyo) at our 2018 Digital Scholarship Workshop! guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=889407…

If you’re interested in resources on the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, revisit this #NCCSpotlight on the development of a libguide & interactive map of materials!🗾🗺️ See “The CDDP Great Kantō Earthquake Project: A Collaborative Mapping Project” #関東大震災 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

We're delighted to host a #NCCSpecialist Spotlight highlighting the career path of Dr. Rebecca Mendelson, Japan Studies Librarian The Penn Libraries! Learn about her start in Buddhism & the fascinating collections & programming she supports in Japan/Korean Studies! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

What digital platforms are useful for scholars regardless of specialization? 💻📲 Christopher Erdmann (Harvard) introduced some of the fundamentals at our 2015 digital scholarship workshop in “Digital Platforms for all scholars”! You can find slides at: guides.nccjapan.org/2015harvardwor…

A lot goes into making sure you have access to digitized materials! Learn about NCC’s Pilot cases for digitization to learn more about the process via this talk by Steve W. Witt (@lllinoisLibrary) on our CDDP collaboration on the Hōrai no makimono! guides.nccjapan.org/cddp/pilot-cas…

Our Multimedia History Project interviews some of the field's founding specialists to gain insight from those who trained/mentored next generations! ✨ See our feature with Dr. Kristina Troost (former Japan Librarian @DukeLibraries & NCC Chair 1998-2001)! guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=922649…

Digitizing rare materials is an involved collaboration with specialists! If you want to learn about this process through the fantastical works of the Harvard-Yenching Library, revisit this #NCCSpotlight by Japanese Collection Librarian Kuniko Yamada McVey! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

If you’re familiar with our Japan Art Catalog Project to locate rare catalogs on Japanese art, what’s next? 🤔 Luckily our Image Use Protocol guide is designed to help seek publication permissions for Japanese images! 📝 Explore our templates & more! guides.nccjapan.org/imageuse

How did Edo elites engage in Heian nostalgia? What does it have to do with crickets?🦗👀 Revisit an #NCCSpotlight by Kiyoe Minami (honolulumuseum) “Exploring Heian Cultural Revival in Edo through the Jūban Mushi-awase Emaki at the Honolulu Museum of Art”! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

What digital resources are available to us for research and teaching? 💻 At our 2017 digital workshop, we featured a roundtable with Toshinori Egami, Nahoko Tsubouchi, Kazuaki Yamamoto, & Yasunao Kobayashi to showcase great databases & tools! See videos: guides.nccjapan.org/torontodigital…

What was the Multi-Volume Sets Project and how did it help establish library resources we use today? In our 1994 NCC Newsletter we provided information on how this grant program (from 1992~2018!) spread a wealth of books around North America!📚 Read more: guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=114214…

What goes into building a digital image collection? See slides from our 2015 Advancing Digital Scholarship in Japanese Studies: Innovations and Challenges workshop to learn about the image collection database from Paul Barclay & Eric Luhrs (Lafayette College)! 💻📸 guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=397542

NIJL & NCC’s Comprehensive Digitization and Discoverability Program Task Force are pleased to announce the recipients of our NIJL-NCC/CDDP Digitization Grants supporting the digitization of premodern Japanese materials held by North American institutions. guides.nccjapan.org/cddp/nijl-ncc/…

Who has been part of the founding of the field? What were the concerns early on and how did specialists tackle them? Our Multimedia History Project interviews reflect on NCC’s journey! Check out our chat with former NCC Executive Director Vickey Bestor: guides.nccjapan.org/multimediahist…

What sources are available for early US-Japan interactions?⛵ Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Cameron Penwell (Library of Congress) on “Exploring Early US-Japan Encounters at the Library of Congress” to find digitized resources for your teaching & research! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

How can digital scholarship be applied as a teaching tool in the classroom? 🤔 If you’re interested in some examples, have a listen to this roundtable by Michaela Kelly & Elizabeth Parke from our 2017 digital scholarship workshop! 📝 guides.nccjapan.org/torontodigital…

Are you planning classroom content on modern Japan next term? 🗾 Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Sayaka Chatani (@nushistory) on Grassroots Operations of the Japanese Empire for fascinating primary sources for your teaching needs! 📃 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…