THE FLOW PATH OF SCHOLARLY INFORMATION IN CHINESE STUDIES —A PRELIMINARY SURVEY RESEARCH Shuyong Jiang & Haihui Zhang CDPDL 2014

The Context of the Research  Significant and unprecedented growth of Chinese studies in North America in last couple of decades  Engagement in broader international scholarly collaborations and frequent exchange of activities between American and Chinese scholars  Increased accessibility to scholarly information in different languages  More mature electronic products  Evolving and changing scholarly communication system due to advanced technology

中国研究学术传播途径和模式调查 SURVEY ON FLOW PATH OF SCHOLARLY INFORMATION IN CHINESE STUDIES

The Questionnaire  How do American and Chinese scholars remain aware of new scholarly publications published on either side?  How did they access the new research publications from scholars on the other side?  Who participated in the survey –  26 scholars from the United States  20 scholars from mainland China  When the survey took place –  February, 2014

Q1

American Scholars 1. Citations of research papers 2. Review/bibliography/index 3. Colleagues or friends in the U.S 4. Colleagues or friends in mainland, TW, and HK 5. Publishers’ websites or catalogs 6. East Asian Library at your institute Chinese Scholars 1. Citations of research papers 2. Review/bibliography/index 3. Library at your institute 4. Colleagues or friends in the U.S. 5. Publishers’ websites or catalogs 6. Colleagues or friends from mainland, TW, and HK

Q3

American Scholars 1. Citations of research papers 2. Colleagues or friends in the U.S. 3. Colleagues or friends in mainland/TW/HK 4. Regular search databases such as Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ) 5. Subject databases in your library Chinese Scholars 1. Regular search databases such as JSTOR 2. Citations of research papers 3. Subject databases in your library 4. Colleagues or friends in the U.S. or other countries 5. Colleagues or friends in mainland/TW/HK

Q2

American Scholars 1. Use library’s ILL service 2. Purchase a personal copy when visiting 3. Check the availability in East Asian Library at your institute 4. Purchase a personal copy from a vendor in the U.S. 5. Purchase a personal copy online 6. Recommend your librarian to purchase a copy for the library Chinese Scholars 1.Check the availability in your library 2.Use library’s ILL service 3.Purchase a personal copy 4.Recommend your librarian to purchase a copy for the library 5.Purchase a personal copy online 6.Purchase a personal copy from a vendor in China

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Q6 & Q7 Two additional questions on the electronic journal databases for US scholars

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What Are Suggested  Better communication means -- Newsletter, blog and other forms  Newsletter of publications in my field;  RSS Digest /RSS feeds, each associated with a specific subject keyword, would be great  online newsletters with very brief summaries  make the scholarly information available on a regular basis

 Librarian’s role as a liaison to faculty and students  a highly qualified reference librarian to assist faculty and students  Librarians make the information available on a regular basis  Better help with: method to buy Chinese books on-line What Are Suggested

 同行推荐和学术圈引导  学术圈内的交流  各种交流  网络＼同行和自己出访  学术论文或学术会议  定期访问 JSTOR 、 EBSCO 等数据库，以及国家图书馆、 、 等网站  读国外的学术刊物  相关学术数据库和网站  学术资源电子化  定期阅读海外有关期刊  海外学术研究动态介绍  阅读。  图书评论和研究论著目录 What Are Suggested

THE FINDINGS POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS FURTHER STUDIES ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION

The Findings  To American scholars, scholars’ circles are most important and reliable sources for scholarly information.  To American scholars, the library is not necessarily a primary place for new information; and librarians are yet to be in their circles  Citations and book reviews of academic works are primary sources for both American and Chinese scholars to discover new information

Possible Improvements  Better communication means (RSS, newsletters, blogs, and research aids)  More involvement in academic circles and build better connection with scholars through meetings, academic networks, translations and etc.  Engaging in Open Access publishing of scholarly writings in Chinese studies

 Generate more similar surveys  More data  Different levels  Different disciplines  Comparison  Citation Analysis /Bibliometric Studies  The Chinese Studies focused  Benchmark Further Studies:

You Are Invited :  Survey On Flow Path Of Scholarly Information (use Explorer)  海外中国研究领域学术传播新途径和模式调查 (use Explorer)

ShuYong Jiang Haihui Zhang THANK YOU!