Two New Brochures on Korean Studies materials

Dear Korean Studies materials users,

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library is pleased to announce that two new information brochures on Korean Studies related materials are now available for our users.

Access to the brochures

From the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library homepage:
Path: East Asian Library Website -> Resources menu -> Korea Studies Resources -> Guides & Finding Aids

o Brochure 1 title: How to Access the North Korean Film Collection
The University of Toronto has one of the most substantial collections of North Korean film materials in North America. The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library offers a collection comprised of 107 film titles: 61 feature films and 46 non-fiction films.

http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eal/web/resources/korean/HowToAccessTheNorthKoreanFilmCollection_2010.pdf

o Brochure 2 title: The International Human Rights Campaign for South Korea Collection
In 1994, Reverend Fred Bayliss of the United Church entrusted the University of Toronto with the care of thousands of primary documents relating to human rights campaigns in the Republic of Korea. He was involved in the Monday Night Group which was composed of missionaries who provided information about human rights abuses to foreign correspondents.

http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eal/web/resources/korean/TheInternationalHumanRightsCampaignForSouthKoreaCollection_2010.pdf

Hard copies of these brochures will be soon available in the East Asian Library on the brochure table beside the Reference Desk.

If you have any questions regarding the brochures, please contact Hana Kim, Korea Studies Librarian at hn.kim@utoronto.ca.

North Korean newspaper database, KPM

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library will have a trial subscription to the “KPM (=Chosŏn ŏllon chŏngbo kiji/조선 언론 정보 기지)” from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, 2010.

The KPM provides more than 100 real-time reports on a daily basis including all the paper articles in 6 major North Korean newspapers such as Nodong sinmun (노동 신문), Minju Chosŏn (민주 조선) and Pyongyang Times as well as articles and treatises in 15 journals including “Kyŏngje yŏn’gu (경제 연구).” KPM also offers news reports by the local journalists of the “Pyongyang Branch of Chosŏn sinbo (조선 신보).” News on political parties and government offices, news on metropolitan and local areas, in-depth coverage in the economic field, interviews with people in various industries, and so on, can be viewed with site photographs in real time.

Access to the KPM database

From the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library homepage:
Path: East Asian Library Website  Resources menu  Korea Studies Resources  Search  e-newspapers  KPM
(or http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eal/flash/menu.cfm?level=5&id=4)

We have two month trial subscription so we hope that you will make the most of it.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Korea Studies Librarian, Hana Kim at hn.kim@utoronot.ca.

Korean History: Fresh Perspectives DVD set

The East Asian Library has received a generous gift from the Korea Foundation, of the 20-volume DVD set, “KBS Korean History: Fresh Perspectives (Yŏksa sŭp‛esyŏl)”.

Through the joint-reproduction by the Korea Foundation and KBS Media, Korean History: Fresh Perspectives, originally produced and broadcast by KBS from 1998 to 2003 provides English and Korean subtitles. This DVD set will help in the teaching and learning of Korean studies-related topics, in particular Korea history.

According to the Korea Foundation, a project committee was created comprised of three Korean history professors (Professor Michael Shin of Cambridge University, Professor Eugene Park of the University of California at Irvine, and Professor Andre Schmid of the University of Toronto), to select 20 episodes from among the original episodes, for which English subtitles would be provided.

The East Asian Library also holds copies of the DVD set “KBS Yŏksa sŭp‛esyŏl (History Special)” (100 volumes).

These DVDs may be requested at the East Asian Library circulation desk and viewed in the Library.

Call number: PN1997.2 .Y658667 2009 v.1-20 (+ 1 folded episode guide)
Location: Protected Shelves at the East Asian Library

For more information, please contact the Korea Studies librarian, Hana Kim by telephone at 416-978-1570, or via email at hn.kim@utoronto.ca.

Two New Brochures on the North Korean Photograph Collection

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library is pleased to announce that two new information brochures on the North Korean Photograph Collection are now available for our users.

This rare photograph collection on North Korea was made available by Mrs. Young Kahang, who in August 2002 donated 153 oversized print photographs in memory of her late husband Mr. Won-jin Kahang. The collection itself originates from the late Mr. Kahang, who had accumulated extensive materials relating to Kim Il-sŏng, Kim Chŏng-il and North Korea in general.

There are three different ways to get the information on the Photograph Collection:

1. Physical photographs are located in the Oversize Room of the East Asian Library. In order to access to the materials, please request them at the Circulation desk. (Call numbers may be found in the online finding aid.)

2. FADIS (Fine Art Digital Imaging System)

FADIS is a content management system initially developed by the Department of Fine Art at the University of Toronto. The entire North Korean Photograph Collection has been digitized and uploaded on FADIS.

This resource may be added by University of Toronto instructors as an in-class teaching resource.

3. University of Toronto Libraries’ Online Catalogue

Detailed bibliographic information for each image can be viewed through the University of Toronto Libraries catalogue search function (search by title or call number).

To assist you in accessing the materials, the Library has prepared the following two brochures:

Access to the brochures

From the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library homepage:

Path: East Asian Library Website -> Resources menu -> Korea Studies Resources -> Guides & Finding Aids

• Brochure 1 title: How To Use the North Korean Photograph Collection

• Brochure 2 title: The North Korean Photograph Collection: Online Finding Aid

Hard copies of these brochures are also available in the East Asian Library at the brochure table beside the Reference Desk.

For further information, comments or inquiries, please contact Hana Kim, Korea Studies Librarian at hn.kim@utoronto.ca or at 416-978-1570.

Online exhibition "Korean Independence Movement," 3/1/1919

The following message was originally posted on the eastlib listserv by Sachie Noguchi on March 29, 2010:

Some of you may be interested in the following online exhibition "Korean Independence Movement," 3/1/1919, which was launched by the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary.

The exhibition Web address is:
http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio7688161 .

The press release of this exhibition is available from:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/news/exhibitions/2010/20100326.korean_independence.html

"Colonial-Period Korea" database (trial subscription)

Dear Korean Studies materials users,

We would like to let you know that the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library will have a trial subscription to the “Colonial-Period Korea” from Feb. 1 to Mar. 1, 2010.

The “Colonial-Period Korea” database is a product of Brill. It contains a unique collection of rare documents relating to the Japanese occupation of Korea, from the late nineteenth century up to 1945, representing a highly significant period in Korean history, and vital for a true understanding of many reflexes in the Koreas today.

Drawn from the holdings of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University, New York, the collection includes more than 62,000 pages in Japanese language, 18,000 pages of Western (in most cases English) early impressions of Korea, and Korean texts (16,000 pages).

Access to the Colonial-Period Korea
From the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library homepage:
Path: East Asian Library Website -> Resources menu -> Korea Studies Resources -> Search -> e-references -> Colonial-Period Korea
(or http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eal/flash/menu.cfm?level=5&id=3)

We have only a one month trial subscription so we hope that you will make the most of it.

If you have any questions regarding the database, please don't hesitate to contact Hana Kim, Korea Studies Librarian, at hn.kim@utoronto.ca.