European Network of Korean Resources Specialists
Réseau européen des spécialistes des ressources coréennes

The 2024 KF-ENKRS network workshop:

Unlocking Korean Collections to the World:
Digitization, Research and Teaching Support

Ouvrir les collections coréennes au monde:
numérisation, recherche et soutien à l’enseignement

Collège de France

11 place Marcelin Berthelot
75005 Paris, France
16-18th of May, 2024

Poster | Brochure | Program


Program


Thursday 16 May

Room Glowinski & Room 5
(Salle Glowinski & Salle 5)

09:00-09:30

Walk-in and Registration. Coffee and Tea provided.

During check-in you can pick up your badge and tote bag, join the other members for coffee and tea and wait for sessions to start.

IMPORTANT: please do not bring suitcases and big bags to the conference site. We cannot accommodate these due to security reasons. Please go to your hotel first and ask the staff to keep them in storage for you until you can check into your room.

09:30-10:15

Opening of the Conference. Words of Welcome

  • Mi-Sug NO (Project Director, Library of Korean Studies, Collège de France)
  • Nadia KREEFT-MISHKOVSKYI (ENKRS Chair, Asian Library, Leiden University Libraries)
  • Anne CHATELLIER (Director DBAC, Collège de France)
  • Yannick BRUNETON (Director, Centre of Korean Studies, Collège de France, Professor UPC, Decu EPHE)
10:15-10:45

Round of Introductions: ENKRS Members

Following up on a point of feedback from last year, in order to welcome the new members as well as refresh our memory from last year, we would like to do a quick round of introductions before we start with the sessions.

10:45-11:15

Session 1: Member Presentation
Chair: Youn-hi HUGHES (Library for East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK)

 

SUCIU, Marian (Traian Brad Branch of Octavian Goga, Cluj County Library, Romania)
The Korean Breeze at the "Traian Brad" Branch
Although the Korean Wave has helped the spread of the Korean culture in the whole world, in the case of Romania the Hallyu phenomenon is just a small breeze. Moreover, the Korean cultural spread in Cluj-Napoca, an important city from Romania, is mainly due to the development of the Korean Cultural Center, the link of Suwon with Cluj-Napoca as sister city and the involvement of Open Bridge Consortium Cultural and Business Association, but lately the "Traian Brad" Branch of "Octavian Goga" Cluj County also plays and important role in the spread of the Korean culture in Cluj-Napoca. This library branch plays an important role in the spread of the Korean culture because it has developed a Korean Shelf, mainly with books in English about Korea, but also with a few Romanian translation from the Korean literature. Furthermore, as the younger generations are not only attracted by the Korean pop music, but also by the way in which their music idols behave, they want to study basic language notions and to understand the Korean culture. Therefore, "Traian Brad" Branch offers unique workshops and activities for children and teenagers who want to find out more about the unique Korean culture.

11:15-11:30 Coffee and Tea Break
11:30-12:30

Session 2: Member Presentation
Chair:  Minjeong SHIN (Humathèque, Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, France)

 

QUISEFIT, Laurent (BULAC Library, Paris, France)
The Collin de Plancy Collection: Old and Rare Korean Documents in the BULAC Library

Collin de Plancy (1853-1922) was France's first diplomatic representative in Korea. After a long career in China, he was appointed French Consul General and Chargé d'Affaires in Seoul in 1888. He stayed there until 1890; on his return, he donated more than 600 books and documents to the Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Langues Orientales, of which BULAC is the heir. The works donated by Collin de Plancy, from his personal collection, cover all fields of knowledge. They formed the basis of Maurice Courant's work when he undertook, on Collin's advice, to compile the Korean bibliography. Highlights of the collection include popular Korean novels published in the capital, language manuals and uigwe (ceremonial protocols). Some of these documents have been digitized through partnerships and are now freely available on the library's website.

 

RILEY, Ha Yea (Hannie) (University of Oxford, Wycliffe Hall, United Kingdom)
A Study of 'Terminations of the verb Hata' in Connections with Lumen

This presentation is to examine a book called Terminations of the verb Hata which is currently housed in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, and is freely available in a digitized image format to the public through the University of Oxford’s own library discovery tool called SOLO. Originally however, this monograph had not been known to the public until 2011.

Terminations of the verb Hata, which was published in 1896, was first introduced to the public in 2011 through a book called Korean Treasures: Rare Books, Manuscripts and Artifacts in the Bodleian Libraries and Museums of Oxford University by Min Chung. This book was published by the Bodleian Libraries with funds supplied by the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea. It introduced Terminations of the verb Hata very briefly as a part of the Rutt Collection which was donated to the University in 2008 by Monsignor Richard Rutt, stating that this book was the only known extant copy in the world.

It is not only the unicity of the book that makes interesting but also the fact that it does not contain any information about its publishing responsibility. In addition, as it states on the front cover of the book, it was published ‘for private circulation only’. Also the subtitle, ‘with occasional references to some of the verbal terminations used in Lumen’ adds more mystery to this book as no further explanation about the identity of ‘Lumen’.

The Bodleian Library digitized the whole book and made it available online from 2014.

Therefore this presentation about this book is to unfold the secret behind this book’s publication, background and purpose, as well as publishing responsibility for the first known book on a Korean verb ending conjugation use.

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30

Session 3: Guest presenter Presentation and Roundtable Debate
Chair: Nadia KREEFT-MISHKOVSKYI (Asian Library, Leiden University Libraries)

 

KANG, Mikyung (Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, United States of America)
Digitization of Korean Resources at Harvard-Yenching Library

Since 2007, Harvard-Yenching Library has been digitizing the Korean Rare Book Collection and North Korean Propaganda Poster Collection. Often, the Library acquired digitized materials if no physical copies available to acquire, such as North Korean newspapers in PDF and text datasets and digital photo collections. This presentation will illustrate the current status of off-line digital resources through acquisitions and online digital resources through in-house digitization projects of the Korean Collection at Harvard-Yenching Library.

 

Roundtable: Digitization and Korean Studies Librarianship: Unlocking Korean Collections to the World

15:30-16:00 Coffee and Tea Break
16:00-17:00

Session 4: Member Presentation
Chair: Jiyeon WOOD (Japanese and Korean Section, Cambridge University Library, UK)

 

DANEŠOVÁ, Veronika (Library of the Oriental Institute Czech Academy of Sciences)
The Korean Library at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

The Korean Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences was founded in 1958 with the donation of several hundred books and periodicals by the Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Most of these books were published in the 1950s, especially after the Korean War. Among the most valuable and unique titles are Kim Il-chul's Choson minsok tchalnori jongu (Studies on Korean Masks, 1958), Chosondji, a Korean translation of the 1900 Russian treatise Opisaniye Korei. Further, An Ham-gwang's literature textbook documents the change in the evaluation of literature that had taken place in North Korea since the 1950s, and the nearly complete collection of the newspaper Nodong sinmum. In 1996 and 1997, our collection received generous gifts made by the Korean Foundation of South Korean publications. The presentation shall introduce the collection in more detail, highlight how its development was influenced by the changes in the international relations of our region, as well as point out the obstacles faced by most Post-Communist countries in management and further development of such collections.

 

HU, Jing (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin State Library, Germany)
Challenges and Solutions: European Networks for Korean Studies E-Resources

The presentation will offer a snapshot of the access to Korean databases in Europe and explore optimal solutions for enhancing the framework for Korean e-resources. I will focus on the service model of CrossAsia, managed by the Berlin State Library, and discuss how CrossAsia delivers e-resource services to libraries outside of Germany. Additionally, the discussion will concentrate on how to improve access to Korean e-resources for dispersed scholars of Korean Studies in Europe.

17:00-18:00 Reception & Meeting with Members
18:00-19:00 Break (freshen up / move to dinner location)
19:00-21:00 Dinner
sponsored by The Korea Foundation
 

Friday 17 May

Room Glowinski & Room 5

09:00-9:30 Walk-in, Coffee and Tea
09:30-10:00

Session 5: Cataloging Korean Collections: Troubleshoot, Updates, Questions
Chair: Arjan VAN DER WERF (KU Leuven Libraries Artes)

A chance for cataloguers to meet up, ask questions, update each other on new practices, and share their knowledge with other colleagues. This session is optional for those not directly responsible for cataloging materials.

10:00-10:30

Session 6: Member Presentation
Chair: Jiyeon WOOD (Japanese and Korean Section, Cambridge University Library)

 

Nadia KREEFT-MISHKOVSKYI (Asian Library, Leiden University Libraries)
"Pixels and Patience": Digitizing 1200 North Korean Propaganda Posters, and What I Should Have Done Differently

Starting out at a Subject Librarian for Japanese and Korean Studies at 24 with no experience, no knowledge of Korean, and way too much youthful optimism, I did not hesitate to say ‘yes’ when approached 3 months into my new job about the possibility of digitizing a large collection of North Korean propaganda posters privately held by collector Willem van der Bijl. Wading into the territory of digitization issues, personnel rotations, copyright problems, technical limitations and sky-high ambitions for an interactive website, this project is now officially in its 12th year - yes, as long as my employment! - and finally the end seems in sight. I learned many things over the course of the years about the do’s and don’ts of undertaking such a project, and hope to share this with my colleagues.

10:30-11:00 Coffee & Tea Break
11:00-12:30

Session 6 (continued): Guest Presenter and Roundtable Debate
Chair: Nadia KREEFT-MISHKOVSKYI (Asian Library, Leiden University Libraries)

 

KIM, Ellie (Mãnoa Library, University of Hawai‘i)
The North Korea Collection Project of University of Hawaii at Mãnoa Library

The North Korea Collection Project of University of Hawaii at Manoa Library is currently in the final stages. These materials can be a key to understanding North Korea and North Koreans. The scale of  UHM library’s North Korea Collection shows the history of our institution that has been intensively researching and collecting the NK materials for decades. The content of the publications can be regarded as an essential primary source for North Korean studies. Considering extremely limited information from the country, this is a rare opportunity to get information from North Korea's insiders and might be a little hint to understand their society and culture. Besides the importance of the contents, North Korean publications can be considered rare materials. Since North Korea is a closed country and there is an economic sanction against them, we cannot freely order books from there or communicate with publishers and vendors of North Korea. In this presentation I would like to share our experience on developing the North Korean Collection and digitization of the collection and the challenges and outcomes we faced during the project.

 

Roundtable on Korean Collections and Teaching & Research Support

12:30-14:00

Lunch Break

 

Room change: Room Glowinski & Room 2
(Salle Glowinski & Salle 2)

14:00-15:30

Session 7: Vendor Presentations
Chair: Heesun ROH (Bibliothèque de l'UFR LCAO, Université Paris Cité)

  • Nurimedia by CHOI Jae Hoon
  • NK Pro by Melanie IVEY
  • Kong & Park by Flavia PANA
  • Media Korean Studies by Lee Si Han
  • Korea Media by RI Sang ho (coordinator: Jiyeon WOOD)
  • Panmun by LIM Junho
15:30-16:00 Coffee and Tea Break
16:00-16:30

Session 8: Presentation by the National Library of Korea
Chair: Youn-hi HUGHES (Library for East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield)

 

PARK, Soyoung (National Library of Korea, Seoul).
National Knowledge and Cultural Heritage Digital Services Strategy at the National Library of Korea

16:30-17:30 Tour at Collège de France
19:00 - Free Time Dinner for Members, Board Meeting
 

Saturday 18 May

Venue change:
Institut des Civilisations – 52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine 75005 Paris
Room Françoise Héritier
(Salle Françoise Héritier)

09:00-09:30 Walk-in, Coffee and Tea
09:30-10:30 Session 9:ENKRS General Assembly (Members only)
Nadia KREEFT-MISHKOVSKYI (ENKRS Chair)
10:30-11:00 Coffee and Tea Break
11:00-12:00

Session 10: Visiting the Pôle Mondes Asiatiques (PoMA) through its Library of Korean Studies
Chair: Mi-Sug NO (Library of Korean Studies, Collège de France)

PoMA has a large Reading Room which welcomes researchers from the five Libraries of Chinese, Indian and Central Asian, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan Studies. The Collection of the Korean Studies began with the Korean works of Pr. Charles Haguenauer in 1959 and has been enriched by the holdings bequeathed by Daniel Bouchez and Marc Orange. The Library houses the Maurice Courant’s Korean Heritage Collection. 

Presentation of the Korean Part of the “James Albert Kemp Collection of Far Eastern and South-East Asian Amulets and Talismans”, to be Housed on a New Database of the Research Centre of East Asian Civilisations (CRCAO) 
Chair: Josef KYBURZ (Research Centre of East Asian Civilisations-CRCAO UMR-8155, CNRS
The Centre de Recherches sur les Civilisations d'Asie Orientale (CRCAO) housed in this venue has received over the last couple of years a collection of over a thousand paper charms, amulets and talismans from China, Japan, Vietnam and, last but not least Korea. It has been brought together over the last half a century by an American amateur sojourning in South-East and far-eastern Asia. We shall have a look at the Korean part of this vast ensemble and learn about what our research centre is planning to do with it, namely to feed it into an open access database along the lines of the one already existing on the Japanese paper charms known as Ofuda (http://ofuda.crcao.fr/). We would be happy to profit from your expertise and professional advice on this matter

12:00-12:30

Closing Addresses

  • Mi-Sug NO (2024 Network Workshop Project Director, Collège de France)
  • Nadia KREEFT-MISHKOVSKYI (ENKRS Chair)

 


Generously supported by: 
The Korea Foundation, GIS Asie- French Academic Network on Asian Studies,
Centre national de la recherche scientifique, and Collège de France