TRAVEL GRANTS

2011 Awardees

The East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce the following recipients of its travel grants for 2011. The purpose of these grants is to support scholars who wish to do research at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. They are sponsored by the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Xin-Zhu Chen, Association Professor of History, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, for her research on U.S. - China trade relations from 1844-2001

Dr. Hsiu-Chuang Deppman, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, Oberlin College, for her research on the contemporary Chinese fiction and films.

Dr. Richard Hartnett, Chair and Professor (retired) of Higher Education Studies, West Virginia University, for his research on Jixia Academy in the state of Qi during the Warring States period.

Dr. Guoqing Li, Chinese Studies Librarian, Professor, Ohio State University, for his research on cultural and historical contact between China and the western world.

Dr. Mandy Jui-man Wu, for her studies of the history of Northern Dynasties, Buddhism, and Silk Road.

OUTREACH

The East Asian Library will co-organize the 18th international conference of the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the U.S. (ACPSS), October 5-7, 2012

The East Asian Library, in collaboration with the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the U.S. (ACPSS), the Asian Studies Center of the University of Pittsburgh, and the United Societies of China Studies (USCS), will organize the 18th international conference of the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the U.S. (ACPSS), October 5-7, 2012, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The theme for the 2012 conference revolves around the aspects of modernization and cultural development China is currently undergoing in an increasingly globalized and digitized world. Please click below for details of the call for papers and the sponsoring organizations.

CALL FOR PAPERS (English): Modernity and Cultural Development: The Changing China in a Globalized and Digitized World 

CALL FOR PAPERS (Chinese): 现代化与文化发展：中国在全球化和数字化时代中的变革

ASPSS: http://www.acpssus.org/

Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/

The United Societies of China Studies (USCS): http://www.uscs-us.org/

Hong Xu’s Speech at the Symposium on Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee's Thoughts on Librarianship, November 2011, Shenzhen, China

Dr. Hong Xu, head of the East Asian Library, representing the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS), and the Society of Chinese Studies Librarians (SCSL), delivered a congratulation speech at the Symposium on Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee's Thoughts on Librarianship李华伟博士图书馆学术思想研讨会, held on November 17, 2011 at the Shenzhen Library in Shenzhen, China.  

Dr. Lee, a PITT alumnus, and the former chief of the Asian division in the Library of Congress, was honored for his lifetime achievements in Chinese-American library relations at the symposium which consisted of speeches and presentations by the Chinese American Library Association members and the debut of two major publications, 《李华伟文集》(The Collected Writings of Hwa-Wei Lee) and 《书籍殿堂的智者》(The Sage in the Cathedral of Books: The Biography of Hwa-Wei Lee).

For the original speech (in Chinese) given by Hong Xu, please visit p.6 of the SCSL Newsletter.

Hong Xu’s Speech at the Book Donation Ceremony, October 12, 2011, Beijing, China

On October 12, 2011, Dr. Hong Xu delivered a speech at the book donation ceremony in memory of Ms. Ying Zhang who died of cancer in Beijing at 41. Ms. Zhang was the former Deputy Manager of Publications Export Department, China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC). To commemorate her contributions in broadening the cultural exchange and acquisition channels of Chinese publications in North American libraries, members of the Society of Chinese Studies Librarians (SCSL) and CNPIEC donated a total of $22,422.90 (Chinese RMB), resulting the purchase of 726 volumes and sets of books and multi-media materials . These materials were donated to the Children’s Welfare Center, Fangshan District, Beijing.  For details for the donation ceremony and Hong Xu’s speech, please visit the SCSL newsletter. 

The East Asian Library Co-sponsored Symposium on “Chinese Studies in North America: Past and Present”, June 24 – 27, 2011, Shanghai, China

The field of Chinese Studies in North America has experienced tremendous expansion since the 1980s. This development has put North America at the center of the stage formerly dominated by the European Sinology traditions and scholarship. To review Chinese studies in North America and promote academic exchanges between scholars from China and North America, the East Asian Library (a branch library of the University Library System) and the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and the Center for Overseas Chinese Studies, Department of History at the East China Normal University of P.R. China, jointly organized and sponsored an international symposium on “Chinese Studies in North America: Past and Present”. The conference was held in the East China Normal University in Shanghai, China on June 24 – 27, 2011. About 70 scholars and professionals attended the symposium and exchanged ideas on Chinese studies in North America.

Dr. Hong Xu, head of the East Asian Library, and Ms. Haihui Zhang, Chinese studies librarian, attended the symposium on behalf of the East Asian Library and the Asian Studies Center of the University of Pittsburgh.

For more details, please click here to read the conference report (in Chinese). For conference program, please click here.

The East Asian Library Co-sponsored Symposium on “Collection Development, Research and Service on Chinese Studies”

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Library of China, the Symposium on “Collection Development, Research and Service on Overseas Chinese Studies” was held in the National Library of China on September 7 - 10, 2009.

The symposium was sponsored by the National Library of China, and co-sponsored by the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh, USA; The Center for China Studies Abroad, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; The National Research Center of Overseas Sinology; The Beijing Foreign Studies University. More than 100 scholars and professionals in overseas Chinese studies research and information services attended the symposium, exchanging ideas on the history and prospects of Chinese studies overseas, and the collection development, research, and information services on overseas Chinese studies.

Dr. Hong Xu, head of the East Asian Library, attended the symposium on behalf of the University Library System and the Asian Studies Center. Please click on the symposium website for more details. http://www.nlc.gov.cn/yjfw/zgxwx/index_en.htm

Hong Xu’s Good-will Visit to Chinese Partner Libraries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Mainland China

From September 1st to October 17, Dr. Hong Xu, Head of the East Asian Library, visited China with Dr. Rush Miller, University Librarian and Director of the University Library System, Michael Debrishus, Assistant Director of the University Library System, and Sherrie Schmidt, Dean of University Libraries at Arizona State University.

Their first stop was Hong Kong where they visited libraries at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. They then traveled to Macau where Dr. Rush Miller delivered a keynote speech at the Forum on "Library Collaboration in the Web 2.0 Age - an International and Regional Perspective".  In Macau, Dr. Hong Xu met and exchanged ideas with library directors from mainland China and Taiwan. 

In Mainland China they visited Zhongshan University (also called Sun Yat-Sen University), Wuhan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, the Life Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai), National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing University, and Qinghua University. They were delighted to meet all former visiting librarians / scholars and hear about their achievements by applying what they learnt from the ULS-China Librarians Training and Exchange Program.

After Beijing, they visited Shanxi Normal University in Xi’an where Dr. Miller and Dr. Xu signed a document delivery agreement with Shanxi Normal University Library. The next stop was a visit to Sichuan University Library, and schools in the earthquake affected areas, and donated a total of more than 2,000 volumes of English materials to Juyuan Middle School, Beichuan High School, Mianyang Teachers’ College, and Sichuan University Library.

Dr. Hong Xu also visited Wuyi College, Chongqing University, and Xiamen University, where she gave a series talks on library research methodology, collection development and services in the digital environment. 

Dr. Hong Xu (middle) with Dr.Paul Poona (left), Director of the University of Macau Library, and  Dr. GE Jianxiong (right), Director of Fudan University.

Rebuilding School Libraries after the Sichuan Earthquake--Newest Update

On September 22nd and 23rd, 2008, a delegation headed by Dr. Rush Miller, University Librarian and Director of the University Library System, Mr. Michael Debrishus, Assistant Director of the University Library System, Sherrie Schmidt, Dean of University Libraries at Arizona State University, and Dr. Hong Xu, Director of East Asian Library at University of Pittsburgh, visited schools and colleges in the earthquake affected areas.

438 volumes of English books donated by people in Pittsburgh area were presented to Beichuan Middle School (北川中学)，and 341 volumes of English books were presented to Juyuan High School (聚源中学)，two worst-hit schools in the Dujiangyan (都江堰) area during the Sichuan earthquake in May 2008. In addition, 672 volumes of donated materials were presented to Mianyang Normal University Library (绵阳师范学院).

As a token of appreciation for the friendly cooperation and partnership between the University of Pittsburgh Library System and the Sichuan University Library, the delegation visited and met Dr. Shi Jian, Vice President of Sichuan University, China. During the meet, Dr. Miller presented a donation of 681 books in humanities and social sciences published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

The delegation meet with Mr. Shi Jian, Vice President of Sichuan University	Presentation Ceremony at Mianyang Normal University
Presentation ceremony at Juyuan High School	Presentation ceremony at Beichuan Middle School

For more news coverage and pictures, please click the following links:

Sichuan University

Mianyang Normal University

Update on Rebuilding School Libraries after the Sichuan Earthquake

From June 1 to June 30, the University Library System launched a call for donation of English materials for grades 7-12 students in the Sichuan Earthquake affected area. More than 1,700 volumes of books have been received from various sources. A sincere thank-you is here for all of you who kindly donated your materials for this effort.

Depend on the subject, age, and physical conditions, the donated materials will be shipped to Sichuan University Libraries, then distributed to one worst-hit middle school, high school, and college.

On June 20th, Dr. Hong Xu, Head of the East Asian Library, visited the earthquake area and talked with student survivors in person.

PROJECTS

Modern China Studies Digital Project

We are very pleased to announce the release of the Modern China Studies website which provides access to 36 titles (37 volumes) about Modern China published in the first half of the twentieth century.

During the past year, the Digital Research Library (DRL), the East Asian Library, and Preservation Department of the University Library System (ULS) have worked closely to digitize selected monographs from the Chinese collection as part of an NEH grant awarded to the ULS. The grant called for the microfilming of 3,000 acidic texts as well as the digitization of several dozen texts that formed a pilot project.

We selected the pre-1955 texts that document aspects of the Modern China period. The books are divided into two main categories (Primary Sources and Reference Tools), then subdivided by subject or type. Subjects within the primary sources consist of history, law, literature, political science and social science. The reference tools contain bibliographies, chronologies, directories, handbooks, statistics, and yearbooks. A browse page provides primary access to the digital texts.

We welcome any comments and feedback from you.

SERVICE UPDATES

New Partner Libraries in China for Document Delivery at the East Asian Gateway Service, October 2011

In October 2011, 中国地质大学 图书馆 （China University of Geosciences Libraries）, and 中国科学院昆明动物研究所图书馆（Kunmin Institute of Zoology, CAS）joined in the East Asian Gateway Service  partnership between the University Library System (ULS), University of Pittsburgh, and academic and research libraries in China, for global document delivery, and gift and exchange programs between China and the United States. For service details, please visit the East Asian Gateway Service website:

Yomidas Rekishikan Became Available (June 2011)

Yomidas Rekishikan is a full text database of the Yomiuri Shinbum, the largest newspaper in Japan, from the inaugural issue in 1874 to present. All full text articles of Yomiuri shinbun from 1874 to 1989 are available from image database of shukusatsuban (reduced-size edition) and most of the articles are retrievable in full text except some articles with copyright issue from 1986 to present. The database also includes the English edition: the Daily Yomiuri (Sept. 1989- to the present), both searchable by article, keyword, subject category, and issue. Charts and photographs are not included. Also includes biographical information on 26,000 people.

Duxiu Database Became Available

Duxiu is a huge knowledge system and it is a platform of in-depth searching, full text retrieval, and document delivery services. It provides access to more than 3 million Chinese bibliographic entries and 2 million scholarly resources (full-text searching, full-text reading or limited views) in all subjects and formats, such as books, journal articles, newspapers, theses, conference papers, videos, and webpage.  End users can also receive contents through online requests.

e-Korean Studies Portal

E-Korean Studies is an integrated portal service of 9 electronic databases that provides Korean resources in all academic disciplines, including arts and humanities, social sciences, sciences, medical sciences, legal information, etc. Of special interest to many will be the inclusion of North Korean science and technology journals. The databases contain a variety of resource formats, such as e-books, periodicals and newspapers, dissertations and research reports, archaeological excavations, laws, classical literature, dictionaries and encyclopedias, and video lectures.

Chinese Filmscript and Advertisement Collection, 1946-1985

This database contains scripts of documentary films and newsreels from the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).

The National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals (NICNP)

NICNP is a powerful search tool for Chinese newspapers and periodicals. The University of Pittsburgh's subscription allows patrons to search bibliographical information of Chinese newspaper and periodical articles published from 1833 to 1949.

Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei Database

This is the complete index database for Japanese magazines and periodicals FROM MEIJI ERA TO THE PRESENT. It is based on Koseisha's print index Meiji, Taisho, Showa Zenki Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei (120 vols). It  also contains the National Diet Library's Zasshi Kiji Sakuin and citations for articles from numerous regional publications. Search results link to NDL OPAC and to NII's WebCat.

Scripta Sinica Database Became Available

Scripta Sinica (漢籍全文資料庫) is a full-text database containing about 460 Chinese pre-modern works essential to research in traditional Sinology. The Scripta Sinica database is developed by the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, in Taipei, Taiwan. It contains almost all of the important Chinese classics, especially those related to Chinese history. Major works include 二十五史, 明實錄, 清實錄, 大清會典事例, all titles in 十通, 大正新脩大藏經, 全上古三代秦漢三國六朝文, 全唐文, etc. New contents are being added regularly.

The database follows the traditional Sibu 四部 classification system, which divides all books into four major categories (jing 經 classics, shi 史 history , zi 子 philosophers, and ji 集 anthologies) . In addition, digitized texts of selected congshu 叢書( large sets) are also included.

To access the database, please either type in “scripta sinica” in PITTCat Plus, or go to the database directly: http://hanchi.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/ihp/hanji.htm . For off-campus access, please follow “connecting from off campus” procedures as detailed in http://www.library.pitt.edu/services/remote.html

STAFF NEWS

Hong Xu’s Joint Appointment at the Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China

East Asian Library Welcomes New Visiting Librarian from China

The East Asian Library welcomes the following new visiting scholars:

Ms. Chunming Wang, subject librarian at Chengdu branch of National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Ms. Wang will be with us for 6 months, until August 2012. She can be reached at wangch@pitt.edu. Her office is in 207 Hillman Library.

Prof. Jinhua Li, Department of Information Management, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. Prof. Li is interested in knowledge management, knowledge acquisition, and knowledge transfer in digital libraries. He will stay with us till the end of May, 2012. He can be reached at lijh@mail.ccnu.cn or 412-648-7048. His office is in 207F Hillman Library.

Recent Publications by the EAL Librarians

Chinese Studies in North America: Research and Resources
Editor-in-Chief: ZHANG Haihui
Associated Editor: XUE Zhaohui & JIANG Shuyong
Beijing, Zhonghua Book Company, 2010.11
ISBN: 978-7-101-07542-7
《北美中国学：研究概述与文献资源》
主编：张海惠, 副主编：薛昭慧、蒋树勇
中华书局 2010年11月

Comparative Experiences in Chinese and American Higher Education: Interviews with Prominent Chinese American Scholars
Interviewed and Edited by: Haihui Zhang
Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2011.1
ISBN: 9787300129969
《中美大学教育体验与比较：美国知名华裔学者访谈录》
张海惠 采访 / 编著

English-Chinese/Chinese-English Glossary of Library and Information Science
Compiled by Xiuying Zou & Yue Shu
Beijing, National Library of China Press
ISBN: 978-7-5013-4011-8
《英汉—汉英图书馆实用核心词汇》
邹秀英 舒悦 编 徐鸿 朱强 Lucille Chia 审校
国家图书馆出版社 2010 年11月

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