This is the second focus, we are proposing you to better know the team of Standing Committee. After Peter Lor, Yasuyo Inoue, from Japan, has accepted to be interwieved.

IFLA LTR: Who are you, Yasuyo Inoue?

Yasuyo Inoue: Former Librarian, now teaching at Dokkyo University locating at Saitama, northern part of Tokyo.

IFLA LTR: Are you a native of Japanese?

Yes, I was born, grown up, went to a graduate school on American studies in Kyoto. After working at several libraries I went to a library school (Simmons; GLIS) in US. Five years ago I had been spent a year at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in US again.

IFLA LTR: What are you teaching?

Five classes in one semester and seven classes in another semester, both public librarianship and school media specialist/teacher-librarian courses. Mainly I teach introduction to public librarianship, children/YA’s library services, collection management, public library management, public library services, and library history. Also I teach on school library media specialist/teacher-librarian courses.

IFLA LTR: What else are you doing?

I have been a member of committee on Intellectual Freedom at libraries of Japan Library Association last twenty years. So I joined first two terms to be a member of FAIFE (1998-2006), now I am back to be a member of FAIFE again along to be a member of LTR.

IFLA LTR: What is your publication?

Last year I published two books on collection management, especially on e-books and libraries, and more than ten articles but all in Japanese. As for non-Japanese ones, “Manga story.:Le manga et les bibliotheques au Japon.”(Bibliotheque(s); revue de l’association des bibliothecaires de france. No. 61(2012.3)40-44p), “The Code of Ethics of the Japan Library Association”(ed. By Robert W. Vaagan). The ethics of librarianship: an international survey (Pub. by K.G. Saur. 2002. pp.142-162), and so on.

IFLA LTR: What is your research theme?

My concern is on children/YA’s library services and Intellectual Freedom. Last year JLA IF committee did national survey on IF at public libraries. Almost 10 years ago we did same one, and seek for change or not among librarians’ recognition on IF. Hope to compare the result at an international level soon.

Thanks to Yasuyo Inoue, and see you soon for some other focus on Standing Committee’s Members.