LCCEAL Cataloging Internship Program a Progress Report by

LC-CEAL Cataloging Internship Program a Progress Report by Joy Kim Chair, Subcomittee on LC-CEAL Cataloging Internship Program

Goal To Provide training opportunities to CEAL members who don’t have training support from their employers

Partners Ø CEAL: Recruit applicants and Provide scholarship ($500 per intern up to three interns per year) Ø Library of Congress: Provide training materials, workspace, and training by experienced catalogers Ø Interns (and/or their Employers): Support for travel, accommodations, and meals

Selection Guidelines (developed by the CEAL Executive Board) The Applicant: Ø Ø Ø Is a CEAL member Has no CJK colleague or training support in-house Works for a library with fewer than 50, 000 CJK titles Has less than two years of professional cataloging experience Graduated from library school within the past 3 years Has limited language proficiency for the materials s/he catalogs

Subcommittee Members Ø Hideyuki Morimoto (Columbia) Ø Abraham Yu (UC Irvine) Ø Joy Kim (USC), Chair

Charge for the Subcommittee Ø Recruit Applicants Ø Recommend Finalists to LC Ø Oversee the Program Ø Recommend whether to continue the program or not

Three Applications Received Asako Yoshida: Reference Librarian/ Bibliographer at the University of Manitoba, Canada, which has 1, 000 CJK titles. Spends 15% time on cataloging Japanese & Chinese. Ø Yuimi Kanno: 2 years cataloging experience, no CJK. Works for the Jefferson County Public Library, Co. , which is expanding anime and manga collections Ø Shelley Wei Ching Sii: 2 years cataloging experience, 2006 graduate. Works for the Logos Evangelical Seminary, Ca. , which has 12, 000 Chinese books Ø

Subcommittee Recommendation Subcommittee submitted all three applicants with the following considerations: Ø The applicants are enthusiastic for the program & eager to learn CJK cataloging; Ø Have great potential to improve their cataloging skills regardless their current level; Ø Have no training support in-house; Ø The training will be an investment in the future CJK workforce, especially for Japanese

LC’s Decision LC offered the internship positions to all three Ø Yuimi Kanno of the Jefferson County Public Library, Co. , will intern this summer for a month Ø Shelley Wei Ching Sii wishes to intern next year Ø Asako Yoshida’s internship may be delayed until 2008

Subcommittee’s Future Role Ø Two-year trial program—one more cycle Ø Monitor the progress and make a recommendation at the end of the trial period

That’s All! Direct Questions or Comments to: Philip Melzer Hideyuki Morimoto Abraham Yu Joy Kim Mary Lin (Chair, TCP)