Lecture talk by Masao Takaku at International Summer School of Informatics - Join Event by T3 Information Schools (Taiwan-Thailand-Tsukuba), September 8-9th, 2014
Helping Memory Institutions in the Networked Information Society
1. Helping Memory Institutions in the Networked Information Society
Masao Takaku
(University of Tsukuba)
masao@slis.tsukuba.ac.jp
@tmasao
International Summer School of Informatics
September 9th, 2014
Tsukuba, Japan
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3. About me (Masao Takaku)
•University of Tsukuba
Associate Professor
Joined this school last year (2013).
Received PhD in Information Science (2004).
Research fields
Information Retrieval, Web Information Seeking Behavior, and Digital Library
•Before joining here, I worked for a national institute as a library engineer.
Development and operation on Web services such as a institutional repository.
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4. 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
•March 11th, 2011. 14:46PM
Over 20,000 people were killed or missing.
400,000 houses were damaged.
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6. What and how can we do?
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https://twitter.com/arg/status/46159899150925824
As a Librarian or library services, let’s think about what can we do NOW.
9. Crisis response with ICT (cont.)
•sinsai.info
Ushahidhi(Open source software)
+ OSM (Open Street Map)
+ Voluntary effort
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10. saveMLAKProject
1.Gathering information ofMLAK’s facilities in damaged areausing wiki (http://savemlak.jp)
2.Coordinating activities to rebuild the functions of MLAK.
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Museum
Library
Archives
Kominkan*
MLAK =
* community center.
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Basic information (Facility template)
Free text information
(How much damages, operation notices, source of info., etc.)
13. Facility Template on saveMLAKWiki
•Name
•Transcription
•Address
•Longitude and Latitude
•Phone number
•FAX number
•Email address
•URL for Web site
•ISIL (International Standard Identifier for Libraries)
•Notes
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14. Some Statistics of saveMLAKWiki
•Pages: 30,000
•Contributors: 300
•Edits: 140,000
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18. Components of saveMLAK
•Voluntary efforts and community to gather information.
Semantic MediaWiki
Pro-bono (professional + volunteer)
•Communication
Twitter –social media
Mailing list
MeetUp–online/offline meetings
Wiki –wiki style
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19. Open Data from saveMLAKWiki
•Datasets
Whole datasets by XML Dump
CC-BY-SA license
List of basic information of facililtiesby Tab Separated Value format
Public Domain
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20. Other activities of saveMLAKproject
•Support at several public libraries
MinamisanrikuTown Library
ICT support
Natori City Library
Coordination for building temporary library
KesennumaCity Library
•Cooperation with Prefecture Libraries
Agreement with Miyagi Prefecture Library
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21. Coordinating activities to rebuild the functions of MLAK (1)
•Temporary library buildings in NatoriCity Library
January 4th, 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argeditor/6633697713
January 4th, 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/argeditor/8348064613/
22. Coordinating activities to rebuild the functions of MLAK (2)
•Books
MinamisanrikuTown Library
School libraries in
KesennumaCity, MinamisanrikuTown and others cities.
Octoter17, 2012
By MinamisanrikuTown Library’s staff
23. saveMLAK: Outcomes
•Pro-bono community
MeetUps-Every month 10-20 attendees
Tech, Project manager, Accounting, PR, etc.
•Cooperation with other organizations
Miyagi Prefecture Library, Natori City Library, MinamisanrikuTown Library
Japan Library Association, Tohoku University Library, Harvard University, Japan Philanthropy Association, iSPP, Internet Museum, National Federation of KominkanAssociations of Japan, etc.
•Awards
LOD Challenge 2011 Best Dataset Awards
Library of the Year 2012 (Japan) nominee
INFOSTA Good Organization Prize (2012)
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24. Lessons from my experiences
•Support the community
Information is essential to survive and reconstruct people’s daily lives after the crisis.
•Support librarians to work for the community
Networks of libraries beyond regions and institutions would be helpful.
Communication takes high costs.
Coordination efforts are the key to success.
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25. Summary
•Project “saveMLAK”
Using ICT technologies for supporting and rebuilding library services after the disaster.
Building community beyond the cultures of MLAK.
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