Chinese librarianship in the digital era / / Conghui Fang ; with contributions by Hongxia Qiao, Chunjuan Huang, and Xiaoxia Zhou

• Autore: Fang Conghui
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiii, 190 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 025.04
• Soggetto topico: Libraries and the Internet - China; Digital libraries - China
• Persona (resp. second.): QiaoHongxia; HuangChunjuan; ZhouXiaoxia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Chinese Librarianship in the Digital Era; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; About the authors; 1 Historical review of Chinese libraries; The ancient Chinese library; The modern Chinese library (1840-1999); The context of era; Note; 2 The Chinese library's digital environment; Review of internet development in China; The information content industry; Digital publishing; 3 The digital library in China; Research history; Practicing course; Digital libraries and traditional libraries - Chinese interpretation ; Note 4 Digital copyright in China and libraries; A brief history of Chinese copyright development; Digital libraries and digital copyright; The library community's standpoint on digital copyright; 5 The Tao and utensils debate: the core value of a library; Genesis; Modern China's political context; The library's core value in the Chinese context; 6 Public library: the silhouette of China's social public service; Three factors pushing the development of the public libraries in China; The layout of public libraries' service facilities and networks in the digital era ; Public library's individual development with digital technology support The public library digital service is promoted by a national major digital culture project; Difficulties and the future for China's public libraries; Notes; 7 Academic libraries: focusing on service; Influence of digital technology on academic library; University library; Special libraries; 8 Library consortia in China: cooperation, sharing, and reciprocity; The development of library consortia in China; The characteristics of library consortia in China; Cross-system library consortia; National library consortia ; Regional library consortia 9 Future prospects; Future librarians - human beings or machines?; Creating the future of the library with both Tao and utensils; Conclusion; Note; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The library in China has been transformed by rapid socioeconomic development, and the proliferation of the Internet. The issues faced by Chinese libraries and librarians are those faced by library practitioners more globally, however, China also has its own unique set of issues in the digital era, including developmental imbalance between East and West, urban and rural areas, and availability of skilled practitioners. Chinese Librarianship in the Digital Era is the first book on Chinese libraries responding to these issues, and more.The first part of the book places discussion in history
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese librarianship in the digital era
• ISBN: 1-78063-373-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820614903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chandos information professional series.