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Zhang, Jian – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
This paper discusses the author's experience directing the Purple Mountain Observatory Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Nanjing, China. Routine collection development, management and preservation issues are described, and the unique challenges and opportunities involved in operating a remote observatory library are highlighted.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Astronomy, Library Administration
Qiu, Chunlan; Wen, Rongsheng – International Education Studies, 2008
Based on an analysis on the features and problems in the libraries of some newly-upgraded local undergraduate institutions, this article finally comes to a series of management countermeasures.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Library Development

Huang, Hong-Wei – College & Research Libraries, 2000
Discussion of mergers in China between individual colleges and universities and much larger universities that have been a part of China's higher education reform focuses on the influence on academic libraries. Topics include collections; acquisitions; staffing; services; funding; resource sharing; library administration; online cataloging systems;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Wei, Karen T. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
Focusing on academic libraries in North America, this article describes the selection and acquisition of library materials for Chinese Studies from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It provides an historical overview of the Chinese book publishing and exporting practice, identifies and evaluates current online and printed…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Cheng, Shauley – 1987
As early as the sixth century B.C., China's imperial library served as a depository of national literature and archives, and in 1905 China's first public library was opened. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, however, library development has been sporadic. Brief examinations of some of China's major libraries reveal the status,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Nofsinger, Mary M. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes an exchange program between academic libraries in Sichuan Province and Washington State University, and discusses the Chinese approach to academic librarianship in the areas of management and personnel, access and circulation, automation, reference services, collection development and censorship, and library facilities. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Censorship