scholarly journals The National Library of China is the research and methodological center for public libraries

2019 ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Yang Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
National Library ◽  
National Library Of China

scholarly journals Practices and thinking of public libraries in China during COVID-19

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110460
Author(s):  
Zhou Xin
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
New Media ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Library Services ◽  
National Library ◽  
Online Services ◽  
Collaborative Development ◽  
National Library Of China

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries in China closed their doors in early 2020 and moved all their services online. This change has brought unprecedented challenges for the development of library services, while it has also brought opportunities and motivation for the future transformation of libraries. This article uses official WeChat accounts of the National Library of China and more than 30 provincial public libraries as the main information sources to summarize and classify the services provided during the period of closure. It also collates and analyses news items released by these libraries to guide the improvement of the online services of public libraries in the pandemic environment. Finally, it puts forward the author’s reflections and suggestions on the key development directions of libraries in the post-pandemic era in six areas: reading promotion, smart libraries, new media operation, information literacy cultivation, open access and collaborative development.

Transmission of Renaissance herbal images to China: the Beitang copy of Mattioli’s commentaries on Dioscorides and its annotations

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-253
Author(s):  
Wu Huiyi ◽  
Zheng Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Natural History ◽  
National Library ◽  
Materia Medica ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Northern Chinese ◽  
Jesuit Missionaries ◽  
Animal Names ◽  
National Library Of China ◽  
Made In

The Beitang Collection, heritage of a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Jesuit library in Beijing now housed in the National Library of China, contains an incomplete copy of Pietro Andrea Mattioli’s commentary on an Italian edition of Pedanius Dioscorides's De materia medica (1568) bearing extensive annotations in Chinese. Two hundred odd plant and animal names in a northern Chinese patois were recorded alongside illustrations, creating a rare record of seventeenth-century Chinese folk knowledge and of Sino-Western interaction in the field of natural history. Based on close analysis of the annotations and other contemporary sources, we argue that the annotations were probably made in Beijing by one or more Chinese low-level literati and Jesuit missionaries during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. We also conclude that the annotations were most likely directed at a Chinese audience, to whom the Jesuits intended to illustrate European craftsmanship using Mattioli’s images. This document probably constitutes the earliest known evidence of Jesuits' attempts at transmitting the art of European natural history drawings to China.

Profil Pustakawan Ahli Utama dan Pengukuhannya

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-227
Author(s):  
Fathmi Fathmi ◽  
Arief Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
National Library ◽  
Bachelor Degree ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Pustakawan Ahli Utama is required to speech at the inauguration ceremony. Their number is 72 persons but not all of them had to speech. This study is to determine: the development arrangement and the process of the inauguration speech, their profile, include who has made the inauguration speech, and the reasons not made the script. The research was using a descriptive qualitative approach. The results found that Director National Library has not set the regulations yet. The inauguration speech process has administrative and scientific processes. The profiles of the Pustakawan Ahli Utama were 49 men and 23 women; educated as bachelor degree 33 persons, magister degree 37 persons, and  doctoral degree 2 persons; the rank of Pembina Utama is 9 persons, Pembina Utama Madya 53 persons, and Pembina Utama Muda 10 persons; worked at National Library 23 persons, university 18 persons, special libraries 14 persons and public libraries 13 persons; 34 persons are still active and 38 persons have retired. Main reason who has not made are they have not submitted DUPAK to IV / e, they have not socialized the regulations, they have difficulties for a script; they had not been told; and nearing retirement.

scholarly journals The A.-Z. Validi National Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan — the Beginning of History

2011 ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Rimma A. Gilmiyanova
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Research Library ◽  
National Library ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article is devoted to the development of the first public libraries in Ufa in the 19th century including Republican Research Library, which became predecessors of the National library of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

scholarly journals Libraries of Tajikistan: current state and development prospects

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
G. B. Makhmudov
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Local History ◽  
National Library ◽  
Persian Literature ◽  
Work Effectiveness ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The Republic

In the article, the author reveals the systems of libraries in the Republic: the number of libraries, the total amount of library collections in traditional and electronic media. Training and professional retraining of personnel, perfecting the librarians social image, scientific-research and scientific methodical work effectiveness’ growing are of great importance.The dominant role of the National Library of Tajikistan as a center for scientific research of the dynamics and prospects for the development of library and information technologies, advanced training and retraining of library workers in the Republic is observed.The article touches upon priority trends of the National Library development, gives characteristics of some long-term projects, such as “Creation of an electronic collection of book monuments of Tajik-Persian literature”, “Creation of an electronic collection of book monuments on the culture and art of the Tajik people”, aimed at forming the national segment of the electronic collection of book monuments of the Tajik people. Another important direction of its work on preserving and popularizing the historical and cultural heritage is the creation of historical and local history resources for the state public libraries of the Republic.

Democracy, digitisation and public libraries

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Skøtt
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
National Library ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Media Types

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate what democratic challenges the digitisation of the public libraries in Denmark has entailed. Using the concepts from a national library professional strategy from 2012, an analysis of 9 librarians’ experiences with digital dissemination in practice is conducted. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a part of a larger research project called “If digitisation is the answer, then what was the question?”. This sub study builds on the semi-structured interviews with library staff members, case-descriptions of two central providers of digital public library materials, as well as literature studies of missions, vision and strategies from different public library policy institutions. To frame the study, a literature review has been conducted. Findings The author detects the presence of several incompatible conditions in digital dissemination. These conditions are predominantly of an organisational nature, potentially containing major consequences for citizens’ free and equal access to information, knowledge and culture. Among other things, the Danish public libraries risk substantiating an already existing and problematic polarisation between technologically capable and incapacitated groups of people. Originality/value The digital transformation of society has only just begun. Therefore, it is important to examine the consequences of the transition to digital media types for central cultural institution such as the public libraries. The present study is an early and minor contribution to the illumination of a process requiring many more and large-scale studies.

The National Library of Chile

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ursula Schadlich
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
National Library ◽  
National Network ◽  
Technical Control ◽  
Integrated Policy ◽  
Dual Character ◽  
The Creation

In 1812 the creation of a public library was proposed for the encouragement of education and national culture. This was eventually to become the National Library of Chile. Its first Director, Manuel de Salas, was the author of the legal deposit law. For the first 100 years the library held the dual character of central collection library and public library. Gradually its public library functions were transferred to other bodies, under the administrative and technical control of the National Coordination of Public Libraries, which reports to the Director of the National Library. As it grew in importance and volume over the years, the library moved three times. The present building, begun in 1913, was completed in 1963, with some additional alterations in 1980 and 1981. The creation of the Office of Libraries, Archives and Museums in 1929 made possible an integrated policy for conserving, safeguarding and disseminating the national cultural heritage. The application of computer systems to bibliographic processes – notably the NOTIS system – has led to national network of bibliographic information (RENIB) that now includes academic and public libraries, the Library of Congress of Chile, and other documentation centres.

The Biblioteca Nacional of Spain

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Girón
Keyword(s):  
Computer System ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Conservation Unit ◽  
National Library ◽  
Substantial Role ◽  
Library System ◽  
Autonomous Regions ◽  
Rare Books

The Biblioteca Nacional (BN), founded in 1712 as the Royal Library, became the national library in 1836 and has since then served as the nation's bibliographic repository and a public library for Madrid. It became an autonomous body in 1991. In a major reconstruction of the existing BN building, space occupied by other bodies is being recovered. Legal deposit, established in 1716, now includes audio and visual recordings; the BN has not however had the resources needed to ensure enforcement. The Autonomous Regions have legal deposit of all material published in them. A Reproduction and Conservation Unit has been created to conserve the valuable collections of manuscripts, incunabula and rare books. A new computer system has enabled the BN to undertake several important bibliographic tasks, but not yet to fulfil its role as apex of the Spanish library system. After many years of international isolation the library is playing a substantial role in IFLA and in cooperative activities with Latin American libraries. The challenge facing the BN today is to identify and articulate its role as it relates to public libraries in the Autonomous Regions and to university and special libraries.

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