Fukusima, Yukihiro
Faculty of Letters Library and Information Science Associate Professor
Research Overview
Before assuming my current position at ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app, I worked at the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives and served as a specially appointed associate professor at the University of Tokyo's Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies. At the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives, I was in charge of the conservation of modern administrative documents as cultural assets, the release of materials from the prewar Showa era (1926¨C1940), the use of detailed Kyoto City maps, and the registration of the Hyakugo Archives (the archives of Toji Temple) as a UNESCO ¡°Memory of the World¡± as well as their online publication under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY), for which we received the Library of the Year award in 2014. At the Kyoto Prefectural Library, I was in charge of formulating a service plan, establishing a library council, examining evaluation criteria, and speeding up cross-search capabilities. I researched the construction of knowledge information infrastructure and digital archives.