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Guide to Starting a New Chinese Collection
Introduction
With the rapid growth and development of Chinese Studies programs in American universities and colleges, more and more schools feel the pressing need for collecting books and journals in the original Chinese language, and providing faculty and students with essential reference tools, primary sources, and archival materials in the original Chinese language, so that researchers are able to do in-depth research and studies on topics relating to China's traditional cultures as well as present social, political, and economic conditions. This guide is made with this purpose in mind, and is meant to serve as a starting point for those institutions that are starting a Chinese collection from scratch.
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Key Reference Titles
A collection of essential reference materials is the basis for any Chinese collection, regardless of its size and history. For key reference titles for Chinese studies, please refer to the Basic Reference Guide compiled by Haihui Zhang, the Chinese Bibliographer at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh.
Acquisition Channel
After you have a list of Chinese books to collect, you will need to know where and from whom to acquire them. Please click here for a PDF list of major vendors in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Unied States for Chinese printed resources and videos/audio materials.
Further Readings
Xiuying Zou, "Five Fundamental Elements to Jumpstart a New East Asian Collection", Journal of East Asian Libraries, no137 (October 2005) p.10-13
曹道衡，《古典文学要籍简介》, 江苏古籍出版社，2000
费振刚，《中国古代文学要籍导读》，北京大学出版社，2003
胡适，《最低限度的国学书目:胡适文存第二集第一卷》，远流出版事业股份有限公司，1986
李宗邺，《中国历史要籍介绍》，上海古籍出版社，1982
张舜徽，《中国古代史籍举要》，湖北人民出版社，1980
Professional Organizations
Collaborations with Other East Asian Libraries in North America
- Brigham Young University --- Asian Collection
- Cornell University --- The Asia Collections
- Columbia University --- Starr East Asian Library
- Columbia University --- Law Library
- Duke University --- East Asian Collection
- Harvard University --- Harvard-Yenching Library
- Harvard University --- East Asian Law Collection
- Indiana University --- East Asian Collection
- Library Congress --- Asian Reading Room
- National Library of Medicine --- History of Medicine Division (East Asian Rare Book Collection)
- New York Public Library- (Humanities and Social Sciences Library)-- The Oriental Division
- Ohio State University --- East Asian Studies Reading Room (EAS)
- Ohio State University --- Chinese Collection
- Ohio State University --- Japanese Collection
- Ohio State University --- East Asian Studies Center
- Princeton University --- Gest Oriental Library and East Asian Collections
- Princeton University--- Gest Oriental Collection
- Rutgers University --- East Asian Library
- Stanford University --- East Asian Collection
- Stanford University --- East Asian Library
- University of Arizona-- East Asian Collection
- University of British Columbia --- Asian Library
- University of California, Berkeley --- East Asian Library
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine --- East Asian Collection
- University of California, Los Angeles ---East Asian Library
- University of California, San Diego --- East Asian Collection
- University of California, Santa Barbara --- East Asian Studies
- University of Chicago ---- East Asian Collection
- University of Colorado-- East Asian Library
- University of Iowa --- East Asian Collection
- University of Hawaii --- Asia Collection
- University of Hawaii --- China Collection
- University of Hawaii --- Japan Collection
- University of Hawaii --- Korea Collection
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ---Asian Library
- University of Kansas --- East Asian Library
- University of Maryland---East Asian Collections
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Minnesota --- East Asian Library
- University of Michigan --- Asia Library
- University of North Carolina.Chapel Hill --- East Asian Studies Collections
- University of Oregon --- East Asian Collection
- University of Pennsylvania --- East Asian Studies
- University of Pittsburgh --- East Asian Library
- University of Southern California ---East Asian Library Resources
- University of Texas at Austin --- Asian Studies Network Information Center
- University of Toronto --- Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
- University of Virginia ---East Asian Collections
- University of Washington --- East Asia Library
- University of Washington School of Law (Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library)-- East Asian Law Department
- Washington University --- East Asia Library
- University of Wisconsin ---East Asian Collections
- Yale University --- East Asian Collection