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Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress
Selected Writings
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2012
Summary
In this collection of essays written by the former head of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, Chi Wang chronicles the modest beginnings of the Chinese Collection at the Library of Congress and his crusade to transform it into the largest collection and Chinese cultural presence outside Asia.
For anyone who has ever wondered what goes on inside the marble walls of one of the country’s oldest federal institutions, Wang relates an insider’s account of the major milestones and changes to the administration of the Collection over the years. Readers will be surprised not only to learn about some of the rare and priceless books that have found their way to the Library of Congress but also by the candor with which Wang shares his story about serving under three different Librarians of Congress, each with a different mandate and mark they wanted to leave behind.
Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress has value as American library history but also serves as a useful introduction to Chinese historical archives and libraries. Select writings discuss publication and personnel exchanges with Chinese academic libraries, Chinese character encoding and library automation, and publishing activities in China.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8548-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8549-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
205
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Preface No access
1 Building a Better Chinese Collection No access Pages 1 - 36
2 Possibilities for Future Book Exchanges and Other Findings from Trip to China, 1972 No access Pages 37 - 46
3 Follow-Up Observations on China’s Libraries and Publishing Activities, 1973 No access Pages 47 - 52
4 Libraries and Library Collections in China and Hong Kong No access Pages 53 - 60
5 Chinese Knowledge of the United States: A Preliminary Survey, 1980 No access Pages 61 - 82
6 Report on Trip to Chinese Film Festival No access Pages 83 - 96
7 Chinese-Character Encoding Methods and Library Automation No access Pages 97 - 108
8 The Challenges of Collection and Facility Management for China’s Libraries, 1984 No access Pages 109 - 116
9 The Early History and Development of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, 1984 No access Pages 117 - 124
10 Conducting Research on China No access Pages 125 - 134
11 The Teaching of U.S. History in the People’s Republic of China, 1985 No access Pages 135 - 142
12 Tracing the History of Libraries and Archives in China, June 28, 1989 No access Pages 143 - 152
13 Library of Congress Chinese Collection No access Pages 153 - 160
14 The Chinese University of Hong Kong No access Pages 161 - 166
15 Developments and Trends in Publishing in the People’s Republic of China No access Pages 167 - 176
Appendix A: Testimony before Congress on the State of the Library of Congress Chinese-Language Collection No access Pages 177 - 184
Appendix B: Comments on the Proposed Reorganization of the Library of Congress Asian Division, Spring 2003 No access Pages 185 - 192
Appendix C: Recognition by CEAL for Contributions and Service to East Asian Libraries No access Pages 193 - 196
