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Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress - Selected Writings (Hardcover)
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Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress - Selected Writings (Hardcover)
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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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