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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I have to say, this is really great news. I didn’t know you were so far into cataloging already. Must be a pretty fun job!<BR>
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This will be a major resource for those wanting to study Japanese film in North America; while it’s being cataloged, it would actually be wonderful to now what becomes available. In fact, only a few of us have seen the riches there. Beth, it would be wonderful if you could blog about what you’re finding. The more people know about what’s there, the more possibilities open up. This would be wonderful!<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Le 10-01-29 15:14, « <a href="bsk9@columbia.edu">bsk9@columbia.edu</a> » <<a href="bsk9@columbia.edu">bsk9@columbia.edu</a>> a écrit :<BR>
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> Allow me to introduce myself.<BR>
> I am an Archival/Public Services Librarian at Columbia University's<BR>
> Starr East Asian Library. Over one year ago, I started processing the<BR>
> Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film at<BR>
> Columbia. Some of you may have had the opportunity to work on<BR>
> materials in this collection before it arrived in NYC in 2006. It is a<BR>
> large collection of over 900 boxes of (mostly) Japanese film studies<BR>
> materials located off-site at a shared facility with Princeton and NY<BR>
> Public in NJ. I recall boxes to Columbia for processing, so I work<BR>
> from a few guides and a barcode list. I am creating an online finding<BR>
> aid with detailed information so that users will be able to visit<BR>
> Columbia and request materials for research. Although it is still in<BR>
> its early stages (I have mainly worked through the following sections:<BR>
> scenarios, movie theater handbills, film production company files,<BR>
> censorship, and others), I hope to hear more about what our future<BR>
> patrons would like to see (and am considering creating a blog).<BR>
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> I have a background in modern Japanese history and used to work as a<BR>
> public services librarian at Cornell University and before that as a<BR>
> Japanese reference librarian at the Library of Congress.<BR>
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> Thanks,<BR>
> Beth Katzoff<BR>
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