Fukusima, Yukihiro
Faculty of Letters Library and Information Science Associate Professor
Research Overview
Before assuming my current position at Keio University, 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 (1926–1940), 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.