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China to Build Modern Digital Libraries

With the wide use of computers in recent years, Chinese libraries of various levels and different types have established comprehensive information service systems, which is an important step in China's progress in building an informationized society.


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  • Information Network Gives New Look to Traditional Libraries
    • With the wide use of computers in recent years, Chinese libraries of various levels and different types have established comprehensive information service systems, which is an important step in China's progress in building an informationized society, said Sun Beixin, deputy-director of the National Library of China.

    He said Thursday in Beijing that the construction of an information network has given a new look to traditional Chinese libraries. China now has about 3,000 public libraries at county-level and above.

  • Contest Held to Promote Use of Computers in Libraries
    • At a press conference to introduce a computer knowledge contest among the staff members of all China's public libraries, Sun said a group of state-level scientific projects, including the trial digital library project, have set up an elementary platform for the construction of digital libraries.

    The contest, hosted by China's Ministry of Culture to promote the use of computers in libraries, will be held from December 4 to 6. About 30 teams from all over the country will participate in the contest.



    China's Digital Library

    Applied with high tech digital information database system and representing the future development trend of libraries, China's digital library will become a large knowledge information center of easy access and simple operation without space restriction.

    It will completely solve the problems of the inconvenience of the Internet and too little Chinese information proportion. In the mid1990s, many institutions in the country started to study the possibility and technologies of establishing the digital library and National 863 Program of Ministry of Science and Technology had listed relevant topics for research.

    In 1998, Chinese National Library proposed the construction of China Digital Library and won the confirmation of Authorities of Ministry of Culture and relevant academicians and experts. Taking into account the interregional, interagency and inter nature of the project, a joint meeting on the construction of China's digital library was created with the participation of 21 members from Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ministry of Education, News and Press Administration and renowned Chinese universities and research institutions, including 6 senior academicians.



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