BuildingaKnowledgeDiscoveryToolthroughCrossregionalCollaboration:theExperienceofIndexingKoreanClassicAnthologies

SteveChing &CelineCheungRunRun ShawLibrary,

CityUniversityofHongKong6November2012

PekingUniversityLibrary110th AnniversaryCelebrationInternationalConferenceonChangeandChallenge:RedefinetheFutureofAcademicLibraries

&ThePacificRimDigitalLibraryAlliance(PRDLA)2012AnnualMeeting

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TheIndexingProject

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TheChinesecharacterculturalsphere theregionwhereChinesewritingsystemwas/hasbeenmadeuseofhistorically

TheKoreanclassicanthologiesHangguk Yoktae Munjip Chongso writteninChinesebyKoreanwriters,rangedfrom7thcenturytoearly20thcentury

VeryusefulresourcesforEastAsianstudies,butinconvenienttouse

HowcanauserknowresourcesrelatingtoShanhaiguan*areavailableintheKoreanclassics?(vol.42,vol.62, )

v.42p.36v.62p.344

*Shanhaiguan theeastmostpassoftheGreatWall

Contentsnotes/tableofcontentsareveryimportantincataloguinganthologies

Anthologiesindexesareveryusefultoolsfordiscoveryofresourcesaswell

Examplesofanthologiesindexes:English:

Essayandgeneralliteratureindex TheColumbiaGrangersindextopoetryinanthologies

Chinese:EssayindextoYuan,Song,Ming,&Qingdynastyanthologies

AnindexdatabasecreatedbyUniversityofWashingtonlibraries HangukYoktaeMunjipChongsoNameIndex

http://db.lib.washington.edu/klcni/klcni.htm

Indexedtobooklevel&onlytheMcCuneReischauerromanizationindextermsaresearchable

http://db.lib.washington.edu/klcni/klcni.htmhttp://db.lib.washington.edu/klcni/klcni.htm

Anopenaccess online essaylevel indexdatabase

Faculties interestsdriven Providestableofcontentsmetadataandmore Multiplelinguisticindexterms Chinese,Hangul,&McCuneReischauerromanization

Fulltextimages suppliedbypublisher

TheKoreanClassicAnthologiesIndexingProject

//sanhaekwan retrievedintheKoreanClassicanthologiesindexdatabase exampleofmetadata&fulltext

Improvelibraryservices Maximizeusageoflibrarycollection Saveuserstimeonfindingresources Increasediscoverabilityofresources

Helpscholarsresearchengagement HelpChinesescholars discoveryofChinesematerialswrittenby

foreignwriters torediscoverandreinnovatetheirunderstandingoftheEastAsiancultureandhistory

HelpsinologistsovertheworldtodiscovermaterialswritteninChinesebyKoreanwriters

Benefitsoftheindexdatabase

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SeminarDate:20March2009Venue:UserEducationRoom,RunRunShawLibrary,CityUniversityofHongKong

IntroductionofSpeaker:ProfLongxiZHANG,ChairProfessor,DepartmentofChineseTranslationandLinguistics

ExhibitionIntroduction

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/about/event/ce_kr_classics/exhibits.htmhttp://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/about/event/ce_kr_classics/index.htm

Outcomes(1)

Developedandexpandedqualitylibrarycollection throughcollaborationwithpublisher,librariesgetaccesstoeversionoftheKoreanclassicanthologies

Deliveredefficientandeffectivelibraryservices libraryuserscansearch,browseandmakeuseoftheanthologiesanytimeanywhere

Outcomes(2)

About80%ofthematerialsintheKoreanclassicanthologiesarenotreportedthusfar,soresearchersstarttoexplorethematerialsandtoengagenewEastAsianstudyactivitiesmakinguseofthisindexdatabaseasaknowledgediscoverytool

Example1:PresidentObamacited inhisspeech

ThePresident'sTownHallinShanghai2009.11.16

To return to the proverb -- consider the past. We know that more is to be gained when great powers cooperate than when they collide. That is a lesson that human beings have learned timpeople -- in the studies we share, the business that we do, the knowledge that we gain, and even in the sports that we play. And these bridges must be built by young men and women just

Toreturntotheproverb considerthepast. Weknowthatmoreistobegainedwhengreatpowerscooperatethanwhentheycollide. Thatisalessonthathumanbeingshavelearnedtimeandagain,andthatistheexampleofthehistorybetweenournations. AndIbelievestronglythatcooperationmustgobeyondourgovernment. Itmustberootedinourpeople inthestudiesweshare,thebusinessthatwedo,theknowledgethatwegain,andeveninthesportsthatweplay. AndthesebridgesmustbebuiltbyyoungmenandwomenjustlikeyouandyourcounterpartsinAmerica.

(18571935):

Example2:KoreanTravelersTales:

TravelsofMarcoPolo

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Nurtureideasthatleadmoreideas

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SonPongsang

Sosanchip

Nurtureideasthatleadmoreideas,

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Prospectiveapplication

Asalessthan30yearsoldlibrary,wedonothavemanyrareandspecialcollections,butthroughcollaboration,particularly,throughjointexhibitionactivities,forums,publicationofcatalogueandbuildingvirtualsiteofdigitizedexhibitionmaterialscanextendourcollectionsononehand,andcanfacilitateresearchandcoursedevelopmentontheotherhand

CityUHKLibraryswebsiteoftheproject:http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/digital/kr_classics/index.htm

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/digital/kr_classics/index.htm

Futureprojectsunderconsideration

Oldlanddeeds,historicaldocumentscomparativestudyoflandandpropertytransactionhistoryinHongKong&Koreapriorto1945

KoreanConfucianshrines gazettesConfucianismdevelopmentinEastAsia

Transactionin1895(Pawnapieceofland)

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1936,STAMPDUTYonLandDeed(

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Thankyou

hsching@cityu.edu.hklbceline@cityu.edu.hk

mailto:lbceline@cityu.edu.hk

Building a Knowledge Discovery Tool through Cross-regional Collaboration: the Experience of Indexing Korean Classic Anthologie The Indexing ProjectThe Chinese character cultural sphere - the region where Chinese writing system was/has been made use of historically The Korean classic anthologies Hangguk Yoktae Munjip Chongso --written in Chinese by Korean writers, ranged fHow can a user know resources relating to Shanhaiguan * are available in the Korean classics? (vol. 42, vol. 62, )The Korean Classic Anthologies Indexing Project//san hae kwan retrieved in the Korean Classic anthologies index database example of metadata & full textBenefits of the index database The collaborationOutcomes (1)Outcomes (2)Example 1: President Obama cited in his speech Example 2: Korean Travelers Tales: : Nurture ideas that lead more ideas , Nurture ideas that lead more ideas, , Prospective applicationCityUHK Librarys web site of the project: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/digital/kr_classics/index.htmFuture projects under considerationTransaction in 1895 (Pawn a piece of land) ( 1936, STAMP DUTY on Land Deed( )