Overseas Training Project

Overview

The Japan Association of National University Libraries (JANUL) dispatches a few of its member librarians abroad every year. This project aims to foster librarians who acquire global awareness and management skills. To achieve this, the project expects dispatched librarians to:

  • research advanced activities or cases at libraries and consider how to develop a scholarly environment in Japan
  • attend international conferences and speak on the situation of Japan

 


Grant Amount

Long-term (2 weeks or more) 600,000 yen / person
Short-term (about 1 week) 300,000 yen / person

 


Schedule

November to March Application period
  • Before application, applicants need to fill in the application form and make tentative appointments with organizations or people to be visited.
March to May Selection process
  • Review and selection by the JANUL committee
June to the next March (the end of the fiscal year) Start of grant

 


Grant List

2019

Term Name /
Affiliation
Area Theme
Long Aki SATO /
Hokkaido University
Australia Case report of research data management support services in Australian university libraries
Short Yumi SEGAWA /
Tokyo Gakugei University
Poland Report on the environment of Japanese studies and the usefulness of Japanese digital collections in Poland
Short Ryoichi ARIMA /
Kobe University
Singapore Learning Support in Higher Educational Institution Libraries in Singapore

 

2018

Term Name /
Affiliation
Area Theme
Short Tomomi OJIRO /
Hitotsubashi University
Netherlands Open Access supporting system at university libraries in the Netherlands
Short Kota ISHIGURO /
Kobe University
United States Space of academic libraries and role of librarian on the library building process

 

2017

Term Name /
Affiliation
Area Theme
Long Yuka TANIGUCHI /
Kobe University
United States The report of recent progress of outreach services in American University Libraries
Short Umi OTA /
Kyushu University
Taiwan Information Literacy for International Students
Short Yoshiko KANEDA /
University of Toyama

Itsumi KOMURA /
Osaka University
United States Cooperation and coordination between university libraries and other organizations in North America

and more (in Japanese)
https://www.janul.jp/ja/operations/overseas_trainees