This year the SEALG (South East Asia Library Group) annual meeting was held in conjucntion with the EUROSEAS (the European Association for South East Asian Studies) conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Annual Meeting of the SEALG was helod on 27-28 August at the Gothenburg University Library. On the 27th, we met Siv Tranefeldt, a subject librarian of the library, who welcomed us with a nice reception of fruits and cold drinks, and then took us on a library tour. The impession of the Gothenburg University library is that it has been recently refurbished, with extension of the library building. Some significance of the 'new look' of the library include the glass roof (photo above), which was built to prevent sound/ noice coming from the reception and staff room on the lower floor, and the preservation of its written card catalogue system. For more photos taken during the library tour and the SEALG meeting, see in the link to flickr at the end of this article. The library had also arranged two presentations on their library system: E-resources and Opac system, jointly presented by Annica Rydholm and Helen Gravas. The focal point of the presentation is that the library has increased its usage of e-resources. In the evening, SEALG members shared dinner at the the Svarta Oliver, a great restaurant in the heart of Gothenburg as recommended by staff member of the Gothenburg University Library.
On the 28th, SEALG members met again at the Gothenburg University Library. We exchanged our work experiences and knowledge as well as current and update library news. In the second part of the meeting, Jana Iguma (British Library) gave her presentation on the 15th century manuscript of Chinese-Lao Glossary, now housed at the British Library.
Apart from the SEALG meeting, some SEALG members also participated in the EUROSEAS Conference. Doris Jedamski (University Library, Leiden, Netherlands) gave her presenation on 'Changing and continuity: Crime and espionage novels in (colonial) Indonesia before and after 1945' and Jotika Khur-Yearn (SOAS, University of London, UK) gave his presentation on 'Shan popular literature: Buddhist stories and folk tales', both presented in the panel: Popular Literature of Southeast Asia.
The next SEALG Annual Meeting is to be held at the Cambridge University, UK (to be confirmed).
Related web links:
www.sealg.org
www.sealg.org
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