FINDING THE CHINESE-AMERICAN SELF IN SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 5th WCILCOS-Vancouver, Canada-2012

Deep roots in Chinese traditional scholarship and book culture Intellectual acuity to foreign culture and modern library practice Professional attentiveness to the issues of Chinese librarianship and bridging cultures 2

Deep Roots In Chinese Traditional Scholarship And Book Culture 3

Bibliographical study is a basic skill for Chinese scholars and also the foundation of research methodology. 治學先治目 4

Yuan Tongli 袁同礼 ( ) – China in Western Literature: a Continuation of Cordier’s Bibliotheca Sinica Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin 钱存训 (1910- ) – Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginning of Chinese Books – Inscription and Paper and Printing 5

Collectively, bibliographical publications have contributed to the scholarship from the several aspects: Fill gaps Offer authentication reveal unique collections 6

Intellectual Acuity To Foreign Culture And Modern Library Practice 7

Lois Mai Chan – Library of Congress Subject headings: Principles and Applications – Immroth’s Guide to the Library of Congress Classification – Dewey Decimal Classification: A Practical Guide 8

Hwa-wei Lee – Computer applications in library and information services: the Current AIT Experiments and Future Plans (1969) – Regional Cooperation in Scientific and Technical Information Service (1971) – Trend in Automation in American Academic Libraries – Fundraising for the 1990s 9

Chinese Librarianship Journal – library web technology – data storage and retrieval, – the scholarly communication, – open access – informatics 10

Professional Attentiveness To The Issues Of Chinese Librarianship And Bridging Cultures 11

Library and Information Subject Abstract (LISA) Using “China” or “Chinese” in subject and title fields in peer- reviewed English journals 12 Range of yearsTotal Titles#s per year

Library and Information Subject Abstract (LISA) in 2011, among total 4,648 peer-reviewed articles indexed in LISA 13 Country# of Titles% CHINA INDIA UK USA France360.77

Chinese-American librarians are more aware of the cultural elements in the librarianship and diversity issues Overseas Chinese possess unique attributes and qualities 14

Finding own identities—the Chinese, the American, and the Chinese American. They have become an integral part of the profession – in adding ethnic diverse to the profession, – bring in their unique voices through their successful careers, active professional organization and through teaching and research 15

THANK YOU 谢谢！ Dr. Shuyong Jiang 蒋树勇博士 Associate Professor, Library Service, Chinese and Korean Studies Librarian 副教授, 中、韩研究馆员 16