Building a better Chinese collection for the Library of Congress
Subtitle: selected writings
By: Chi Wang
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780810885486; 9780810885493
Subjects: Library of Congress. Asian Division; Library resources; Book industries and trade; Relations; Chinese imprints; Libraries; Library of Congress; Scholars; Biography; History
Work titles: Essays
Description: "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."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Building a better Chinese collection : remembering my Library of Congress years (1957-2004); title: Possibilities for future book exchanges and other findings from trip to China (1972); title: Follow-up observations on China's libraries and publishing activities (1973); title: Recent advances and improvements to libraries and library collections in China and Hong Kong (1976); title: Chinese knowledge of the United States : a preliminary survey (1980); title: Report on trip to Chinese film festival : Torino, Italy (February 25 - March 8, 1982); title: Chinese character computer encoding methods and library automation : a bibliographical survey; title: The challenges of collection and facility management for China's libraries (1984); title: The early history and development of the Library of Congress Chinese collection (1984); title: Relevent sources and U.S. archival materials for conducting research on China (1984); title: The teaching of U.S. history in the People's Republic of China (1985); title: Tracing the history of libraries and archives in China (1989); title: Esources for the researcher in the Library of Congress Chinese collection (1993); title: Overseeing the development of a modern research library for the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1993); title: Developments and trends in publishing in the People's Republic of China : an American perspective (1994); title: Appendix A. Testimony before Congress on the state of the Library of Congress Chinese language collection; title: Appendix B. Comments on the proposed reorganization of the Library of Congress Asian Division; title: Appendix C. Recognition by CEAL for contributions and service to East Asian Libraries.