10 minutes and you know about Shanghai

An interesting video clip:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/NyZNRud4I6Q/

Colorful Memories, a Video Clip about the Foreign Acquisitions & Cataloging Department, NLC

Colorful Memories, a Video Clip about the Foreign Acquisitions & Cataloging Department, National Library of China, was released today at:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/IK70ntdDgp8/

It shows all aspects of the department, including routine work, researches and organizational culture.

As the director of the department, I am very glad to have the video clip released at the end of 2012, which is the second year of my term of office in this department after my three-year term in the Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloging Department.

China Library Annual Conference held in Dongguan

China Library Annual Conference was held in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, during November 21-24.

I spoke about international cataloging activities at a forum and a session, and chaired a session on resource development, which won "Best Session" of the conference during the Closing Session.

The Conference used to be the Annual Conference of the Library Society of China, and is now sponsored by the Ministry of Culture.

There were 3000 participants for the conference this year.

China Library Annual Conference to be held in Dongguan

China Library Annual Conference is to be held next week during November 21-24 in Dongguan, a small city between Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

The Conference used to be the Annual Conference the of the Library Society of China, and is now sponsored by the Ministry of Culture.

National Library of China promotes the National Access to Cambridge Journals Digital Archive

National Library of China (NLC) just signed an agreement with Cambridge University Press (CUP) for the National licence of the Cambridge Journals Digital Archive, which includes all back issues of the journals published by Cambridge University Press.

NLC and CUP jointly held several promotion meetings in Guangzhou, Shanghai and other cities to help librarians around China to provide services to their users.

Preparing to go back

I am leaving Helsinki this afternoon. Because of the short visa period, I cannot wait until the Closing Ceremony of the WLIC (IFLA General Conference).

With Cataloguing Colleagues in OCLC Reception

Mauro Guerrini, Elena Escolano Rodríguez, Barbara Tillett and me (Ben Gu):

Italian version of ISBD published online

Italian version of ISBD published online: http://www.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/export/sites/iccu/documenti/2012/ISBD_2012_trad_it_online.pdf

Chinese Interpretors in WLIC2012

Yesterday evening, I had dinner with six Chinese interpreters and translators from National Library of China for the IFLA General Confernce (WLIC 2012). Three of them are from my department, the Foreign Acquisitions & Cataloging Department.

Chinese Caucus Meeting held before the WLIC2012

Just be fore the offical opening of the 78th IFLA General Conference (WLIC 2012), about 120 Chinese delegates attended the Chinese Caucus Meeting this evening, during which I introduced the latest developments in international library cataloging community.

Arrived in Riga for the Pre-conference

As the vice-group-head of the delegation of the Library Society of China, I arrived in Riga late this evening wth 24 other colleagues.
We met some troubles during the visa checking and waited for about 2 hours in the airport.
We will attend the pre-conference tomorrow.
It's a very tiring day.
We are glad that the Typhoon hadn't arrived before our departure from Shanghai Pudong Airport yesterday at 11:00, and the flight of the Russian Airlines is not late, because the transit time in Moscow was just 1.5 hours.

National Library of China Publishing and ALA Publishing reach agreement on Chinese language RDA

This news item is directly related to me and National Library of China:

http://www.rdatoolkit.org/content/425

RDA training begins today in Beijing

Barbara Tillett's RDA training began today in the morning at the auditorium of the National Library of China.

The training will last 2.5 days, and there will be a half-day seminar immediately after the training.

RDA training and seminar to be held soon

The National Library of China and the Library Society of China will jointly hold an RDA training session and a related seminar on the future of RDA in China.
Barbara B. Tillett, chair of JSC, will host the training session during July 9-11, 2012, and the seminar will be held in the afternoon of July 11, 2012.

"Anonymous Classics: a list of uniform titles for Chinese works" published

The IFLA Cataloguing Section just published Anonymous Classics: a list of uniform titles for Chinese works on the IFLA Website:

http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/anonymous-classics-a-list-of-uniform-titles-for-chinese-works

Beginning with 2006, the job was done jointly by French colleagues and Ben Gu.

It was approved by the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section in 2011, and was formally released yesterday.

NLC to host RDA training

National Library of China is planning to host a two-day RDA training session and a one-day seminar on RDA implementation in early July for the implementation of RDA in China. Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, chair of JSC, will present the training session and will also attend the seminar. During the seminar, Chinese cataloging experts will discuss the problems, challenges and strategies for the implementation of RDA in China.

As the coordinator, I have been very busy since late March for the planning of the training and the seminar.

Li Kai will speak about RDA in China during ALA conference

Mr. LI Kai, who used to be a cataloger at the Capital Library of China and will be a graduate student of the Information School, Syracuse University, will talk about the recent developments concerning the implementation of RDA and related issues in China durong ALA Annual Conference.

Program details:

ALCTS site: http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ala/ac/12/rdaworldwide

ALA site: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/258

Chinese Edition of ISBD Consolidated Edition published

Today, I received sample copies of the Chinese Edition of ISBD Consolidated Edition. The original edition was published by De Gruyter Saur in August 2011, and this Chinese edition is published by the National Library of China Publishing House in April 2012.

Starting with July 2011, I completed the translation in December 2011. I am very glad that the book is finally published.

Fourth National Conference on Library Acquisitions was held in Xi'an

The Fourth National Conference on Library Acquisitions was held during April 25-26, in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

Found by me, the conferences have been held biannually since 2005, and is now jointly sponsored by the National Library of China and China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation, supported by China Book Business Report and the Committee for Resource Development & Sharing of the Library Society of China, and financially supported by several publishers, such as Gale Cengage Learning, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, ProQuest, John Wiley & Sons, Springer and Macmillan.

There were 1 keynotes speaker, 3 experts speakers and 230 participants for this conference in Xi'an.

RDA Lecture in NLC

A lecture on RDA is held in the National Library of China, Beijing, now, by Ms. HU Xiaojing, an expert from the East China Normal University Library.

There about 200 people in the audience, from NLC and other libraries in Beijing.

Tsinghua Library's Video wins IFLA International Marketing Award

Tsinghua University Library's video series "Falling in Love with the Library" wins the 10th IFLA International Marketing Award.

Please see details at:

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/10th-ifla-international-marketing-award-winners-announced

40th Anniversary of President Nixon’s visit to China

Yesterday afternoon, I went to the U.S. Embassy in China to attend an ceremony to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.

Chargé d'Affaires Robert Wang invited some guests to attend a reception and the China premiere screening of a new documentary produced by the U.S.-China Institute of the University of Southern California, Assignment: China – The Week That Changed the World. The screening was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Mrs. Mona Locke.

Planning the year

With the coming of the Chinese Lunar New Year (February 23, 2012), we are very busy with the planning of the whole year. The plan will be finalized next week.