Report on
NCC New Council Members
Election
Toshie Marra
The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese
Library Resources
2007 Open Meeting
Tsai Auditorium of Harvard Center for Government and
International Studies
Friday, March 23, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
NCC Executive Committee
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Tokiko Y. Bazzell (Chair for 2007 Election)
Toshie Marra (Chair for 2006 Election)
Susan Matisoff (faculty)
Kenji Niki
Victoria Bestor (ex officio)
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Vacant Positions
 September 2006 Election:
– Social Sciences Faculty Member—replacing Prof.
Michael Smitka (2004-2006)
– 3 Librarians—replacing Sharon Domier (20042006), Kenji Niki, and Eiko Sakaguchi (2004/72007/6)
 January 2007 Election:
– Japan Liaison—replacing Prof. Syun Tutitya
(2004/7-2007/6)
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Calls for Nominations
 Posting on Eastlib, H-Japan, JAHF, J-Lit, EMJ, and
Easianth:
– Social Sciences Faculty Member: Japanese Anthropology,
Business/Economics, Government/Political Science, Law or
Sociology
– Librarians: 1) co-chair of the ILL/DD Committee; 2) co-chair
of the Librarian Professional Development Committee; 3) a
member of the Japan Foundation Library Support Program
Advisory Committee; and/or 4) co-chair of the Digital
Resources Committee (DRC)
 Soliciting direct input:
– Japan Liaisons: Nominations from 3 Japan Liaisons
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Nominated Candidates
 Social Science Faculty position:
– 12 nominations
– 6 candidates were contacted
– 2 candidates stood for election
 3 Librarian positions:
– 13 nominations
– 10 candidates were contacted
– 6 candidates stood for election
 Japan Liaison position:
– 6 individuals were nominated and contacted
– 2 candidates stood for election
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Election at the Council Meetings
 Individual Review: Each candidate
submitted a statement of candidacy and a
brief curriculum vitae
 Group discussion
 Voting
– Election of new Council members shall be made by a
two-thirds majority vote by incumbent members of
the NCC (NCC Bylaws: III.B.)
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New Council Members Elected
 Social Science Faculty:
– Robin LeBlanc (2007-2009), Associate Professor of Political
Science, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
 Librarians:
– Chiaki Sakai (2007-2009), University of Iowa: co-chair of the
ILL/DD Committee
– Maureen Donovan (2007/7-2010/6), Ohio State University:
co-chair of the Librarian Professional Development
Committee
– Hitoshi Kamada (2007/7-2010/6), University of Arizona: a
member of the Japan Foundation Library Support Program
Advisory Committee
 Japan Liaison:
– Akio Yasue (2007/7-2010/6), Senior Advisor, National Diet
Library
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Thank you for your
participation!
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