ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 59| October 2002
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Kinetica Chinese Japanese Korean Users Meeting Report and
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(back row, left to
right) Kathy
Collier, ANU; Bemal Rajapatirana, NLA; Philip Lincoln, Macquarie Univ.; CP
Tang, NLA; Carolyn Jones, Univ. Qld; Kwee-Tin Yeoh, City of Sydney Lib.; Helen Hoffmann, La Trobe Univ.; Rob Walls, NLA; (front row, left to right) Bick-har Yeung, Univ. of Melb.; Magdalen Lee, Univ. of Sydney; Sit-ling Tull, Murdoch Univ.; Nancy Ly, Univ. of NSW; Sue Munro, Univ. of NSW and Patricia Scott, Adelaide Univ. |
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The 2002 Kinetica Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) Users Meeting, held on 7 August at Darling Harbour, was a successful event attracting 24 attendees from all over Australia and was the most widely represented users meeting since the inception of the Service in 1996. The meeting provided members with an opportunity to review progress against the recommendations from The Australian National Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) Service Review, and also enabled participants to consider future requirements for the Service. Key issues considered during the meeting included software, data sources and promotion of the CJK Service, particularly to public libraries. The support for searching using CJK script improved significantly earlier this year when the CJK WebOPACs Unicode tables were upgraded, enabling users to search in all three CJK languages through standard web browsers, without the need for additional third-party software. At this meeting, members learnt of the AnzioWin telnet software, which is easy to install, inexpensive, supports both EACC (East Asian Character Code) and Unicode, and provides a viable alternative for library staff who would otherwise catalogue onto the CJK database using more cumbersome software. Some advantages of AnzioWin include:
The focus on additional data sources stemmed from recent system enhancements that enable members to search and capture cataloguing records from external databases in real-time. This has meant an increased interest in improving the gap in available data for Japanese and Korean materials. Members suggested and demonstrated several potentially useful sources of data including NACSIS-CAT, the database of Japanese language materials from the National Institute of Informatics Japan (NII) and the Digital Library of Korea, which is a collaborative venture between Koreas major domestic library services, including the National Library of Korea and the National Assembly Library of Korea. Kinetica staff will investigate the feasibility of providing access to these sources and liaise with the relevant institutions. The project to acquire and load the Chinese Pinyin Name Authority File was also completed in July 2002. This added approximately 160 000 authority records to the CJK database and improved access to Chinese name authorities for all member libraries. Promotion of the CJK Service was also uppermost in member libraries thoughts and many of the recommendations focused on the need to cross-promote the service, and consider opportunities for members and CJK staff to raise awareness of this service. Improving the coverage of the CJK database to augment support for public libraries was a recommendation from the 2001 CJK Review, and to this end a project to load the City of Sydney Librarys 18 000 CJK records is in its final stages. On completion, the CJK database will contain a significant collection of records describing public library materials and new holdings for the City of Sydney Library. In addition, the City of Sydney Library will benefit from enhanced CJK records in their local system. It will also pave the way for other public libraries to fully participate in the CJK Service including recording and maintaining their holdings on the CJK database, retrospectively upgrading their local catalogues, and continuing to contribute to the CJK Service. The minutes from the 2002 Kinetica CJK Users Meeting will be available shortly on the web site. To find out more about the CJK Service and current projects, please visit our web site: http://cjk.nla.gov.au/ To read The Australian National Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) Service
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