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Increasing the Pace of an Integral Library System in China: Moving Toward the Twenty-First Century.
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Zhu, Qiang; Zhang, Sha Li, Tr. – College & Research Libraries, 1998
Academic libraries in China are transforming traditionally isolated and separated operations by initiating an integral library system to connect all academic libraries nationwide with each other and with other information networks abroad. The current academic library environment in China, the concept of the integral library system, and major goals…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
Computerization of Library and Information Services in Mainland China.
Lin, Sharon Chien – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1994
Describes two phases of the automation of library and information services in mainland China. From 1974-86, much effort was concentrated on developing computer systems, databases, online retrieval, and networking. From 1986 to the present, practical progress became possible largely because of CD-ROM technology; and large scale networking for…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries