[KS] TIME-SENSITIVE Library Travel Grant to Use Manhwa Collection at UW East Asia Library

Hyokyoung Yi hkyi at u.washington.edu
Wed Jul 2 13:08:24 EDT 2014


Dear Colleagues,

The University of Washington East Asia Library is pleased to offer travel 
grants to scholars
outside Seattle/Tacoma area to conduct Korea-related research using Manhwa
(Korean graphic novel) collection in the East Asia Library of the University
of Washington.

The East Asia Library's Manhwa collection consists of over 15,000 volumes in
Korean. It is the most largest and comprehensive Manhwa collection in North
America. The collection mainly has publications from 1980s thru early 2000s
when Korean graphic novels were mostly in prints before moving to online
format called webtoon. The collection has comprehensive works by famous
cartoonists such as Yi Hyon-se, Pak Pong-song, Ko Haeng-sok, Yi Sang-mu and
many others.

Nearly 900 individual titles are already cataloged and available from OCLC
Worldcat database or UW Library catalog for descriptions on these books. The
rest of uncataloged materials (approx. 600 titles) is available in excel
document upon request.

GRANT AMOUNT: Up to $1,500 to cover travel expense (air and lodging)

PRIORITY GIVEN TO APPLICANTS:

* who document how their research will benefit from access to Manhwa
collection at UW and whose research will take advantage of our strengths

DEADLINES:

* Applications are being accepted. The due for application deadline is
August 1, 2014.
* A total of two awards will be made.
* Awards must be used and receipts submitted by December 31, 2014.
* Each recipient is required to submit a short summary of the research
accomplished with the grant within 30 days upon completion of the travel.

TO APPLY:
Submit (email applications preferred) a brief description of your research
topic, sources in the collection you plan to use, a brief curriculum vitae,
and an estimated budget to Hyokyoung Yi, hkyi at uw.edu.  If you have any
questions, please contact Hyokyoung Yi.


Hyokyoung Yi
Head, Public Services / Korean Studies Librarian
East Asia Library
Box 353527
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3527
Tel. 206-543-6603
hkyi at uw.edu
 





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