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Informationen zum Autor Conghui Fang is a Professor of Library and Information Science! and works in the library of Nanjing University of Science and Technology. She has served as a reference service librarian! director of the library administrative office! and as director of the acquisition and cataloguing department. Conghui now the director of the information strategic research department! and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Performance Measurement and Metrics. Contributors include: Chunjuan Huang! Hongxia Qiao and Xiaoxia Zhou. Klappentext The issues faced by Chinese libraries and librarians are those faced by library practitioners more globally! however! China also has its own unique set of issues in the digital era. Chinese Librarianship in the Digital Era is the first book on Chinese libraries responding to these issues! and more. Zusammenfassung The issues faced by Chinese libraries and librarians are those faced by library practitioners more globally! however! China also has its own unique set of issues in the digital era. Chinese Librarianship in the Digital Era is the first book on Chinese libraries responding to these issues! and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Historical review of the Chinese library; Digital environment of the Chinese library; Digital libraries in China; Library and digital copyright in China; Debate on the core value of the library; The public library: Silhouette of public services in Chinese society; The academic library: Focusing on service; Library consortia in China: Cooperation! sharing and reciprocity; Future prospects.
List of contents
- List of figures and tables
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- About the authors
- Chapter 1: Historical review of Chinese libraries
- Abstract:
- The ancient Chinese library
- The modern Chinese library (1840-1999)
- The context of era
- Chapter 2: The Chinese library's digital environment
- Abstract:
- Review of internet development in China
- The information content industry
- Digital publishing
- Chapter 3: The digital library in China
- Abstract:
- Research history
- Practicing course
- Digital libraries and traditional libraries - Chinese interpretation
- Chapter 4: Digital copyright in China and libraries
- Abstract:
- A brief history of Chinese copyright development
- Digital libraries and digital copyright
- The library community's standpoint on digital copyright
- Chapter 5: The Tao and utensils debate: the core value of a library
- Abstract:
- Genesis
- Modern China's political context
- The library's core value in the Chinese context
- Chapter 6: Public library: the silhouette of China's social public service
- Abstract:
- Three factors pushing the development of the public libraries in China
- The layout of public libraries' service facilities and networks in the digital era
- Public library's individual development with digital technology support
- The public library digital service is promoted by a national major digital culture project
- Difficulties and the future for China's public libraries
- Chapter 7: Academic libraries: focusing on service
- Abstract:
- Influence of digital technology on academic library
- University library
- Special libraries
- Chapter 8: Library consortia in China: cooperation, sharing, and reciprocity
- Abstract:
- The development of library consortia in China
- The characteristics of library consortia in China
- Cross-system library consortia
- National library consortia
- Regional library consortia
- Chapter 9: Future prospects
- Abstract:
- Future librarians - human beings or machines?
- Creating the future of the library with both Tao and utensils
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Report
"The sharing of resources via library consortia is a relatively new phenomenon in China. It centres on cooperation, sharing and reciprocity but is heavily dependent on government support, and here again there exist discrepancies between sectors and geographical locations." --Australian Library Journal, September 2 2014
