30 Years of Fudan (Video)

This is an interesting video clip about the history of Fudan University during the 30 years from 1978 to 2008. It was presented at the gathering of Fudan young alumni at Marriott Beijing City Wall, March 7, 2009, with an audience of 650 participants.

It reminds me of the 1980s of idealism when China just began to be open to the outside world. It can be called an enlightenment period after the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). I studied at Fudan from 1980 to 1987 for my bachelor's and master's degree. I was deeply influenced by the campus culture of Fudan, which is sometimes mislabeled with "petit bourgeoisie".

Fudan Alumni got together

Yesterday, about 650 young alumni (1978-2008) of Fudan University got together at Marriott Beijing City Wall. I graduated from Fudan University in 1987, and had never participated in any gathering of Fudan alumni in Beijing.

I am very glad that I can join this meeting and see many friends. However, most alumni are graduates in the 1990s and 2000s, and I was very old among them.

IFLA Chinese Language Centre established!

Forwarding the latest news from IFLA Headquarters:

IFLA Chinese Language Centre established at the National Library of China, Beijing

In February 2009 the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the National Library of China (NLC) in Beijing signed a cooperation agreement by which NLC received a status of IFLA Chinese Language Centre. It can now be seen as a permanent representative of IFLA/HQ for the Chinese speaking community, as well as the other way around: it is hoped that IFLA/HQ will get improved access to Chinese speaking library and information professionals.
The IFLA Chinese Language Centre will promote IFLA, support IFLA’s Asia and Oceania Section as well as other relevant IFLA professional bodies and liaise with IFLA/HQ. Among the priorities of the Centre are:
1. Active membership recruitment. This will be conducted with the help of national or other association members and/or national libraries. Institutions and associations (including specialist and state associations) within the Chinese language community will be actively encouraged to join IFLA.
2. (Co-) organising regional IFLA events. These will be co-organised with IFLA/HQ, and/or with IFLA professional units (Sections and Core Activities). This activity includes seeking sources for funding of IFLA projects.
3. Seek involvement in local or regional professional events to gain support within the Chinese language community, trying to get IFLA “branding” of local or regional events.
4. Contribute to more effective communication within the Chinese language community and with the IFLA bodies involved. These activities include the publication of newsletters, translations of key IFLA documents and publications and the production of a Chinese translation of IFLA Express during IFLA’s annual congresses.
5. Representing IFLA in the Chinese language community, in a pursuit to make IFLA more visible in that community, promoting IFLA goals, principles and core values.
6. Translation of key IFLA documents, guidelines, press-releases, papers prepared for the Assembly Meetings etc.

For further information about the Centre and its activities please contact
Mr. Yan Xiangdong
Email address: interco@nlc.gov.cn
Fax +86-10-68419271
The Hague/Beijing, March 2009

NLC is planning the digital collection development for the year of 2009

Today, National Library of China held a meeting on the digital collection development in 2009. All department directors atttended the meeting. Some departments are responsible for the projects and others will provide supports.

NLC Staff Meeting Held Today

The Annual Staff Meeting of National Library of China was held today in NLC Concert Hall. About 1000 staff members attended the meeting. Dr. Furui Zhan, Director of the library, presented a report for the year of 2008 and a plan for the year of 2009. Mr. Heping Zhou, Vice-Minister of Culture, also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloging Department (I am the director of the department) received two awards respectively for the excellent services of the Online Library Cataloging Center and for the innovative services though the cooperation of Chinese bibliographic records uploaded to OCLC's WorldCat.

Workshop on the Digital Collection Development and Sharing

Workshop on the Digital Collection Development and Sharing
Schedule
“数字资源建设与共享研讨会”
会议议程

Date:26.02.2009
时间：2009年2月26日

Opening Ceremony 开幕式（8:30—9:00）
Moderator: Sun Tan，Director, Information Resources Section of Society of Science and Technology Information of China; Deputy Director, Researcher, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
主持人：孙 坦 中国科技情报学会信息资源专来委员会主任
中科院国家科学图书馆副馆长、研究员
Welcoming Remarks from
Library Society of China
Acquisition and Collection Development Section of IFLA
Collection Development and Sharing Section, Library Society of China

中国图书馆学会领导致辞
国际图联资源采访与建设专业委员会主席Lynn F. Sipe致辞
中国图书馆学会资源建设与共享专业委员会主任杨沛超致辞

Agenda （9：00-11：50）
会议进程（上午9：00-11：50）
The Changing Collections for eScience: What That Means for Libraries?（9:00--9:20）
eScinece环境下图书馆资源建设方式的变革
Julia GELFAND,Library of University of California, Irvine, USA
Julia GELFAND，美国加州大学欧文分校图书馆
Comments (question and translation)　提问（9:20 - 9:30）


JULAP: Juba University Library Automation Project（9:30 - 9:50）
JULAP: Juba大学图书馆自动化项目
Ole Gunnar Evensen,University of Bergen Library, Norway
Ole Gunnar Evensen，挪威卑尔根大学图书馆
Comments(question and translation)　提问（9:50 - 10:00）

Coffee Break　茶歇（10:00-10:20）

Digitizing Collections at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill（10:20-10:40）
北卡罗来纳大学Chapel Hill分校图书馆的馆藏数字化
Nadia Zilper, Library of University of North Carolina at ChapelHill, USA
Nadia Zilper，美国北卡罗来纳大学Chapel Hill分校图书馆
Comments(question and translation)　提问（10:40-10:50）
Promoting the Chinese Scientific Innovation to the World----Chinese Science Citation Database on the platform of ISI Web of Knowledge（10:50-11:10）
推动中国科学创新走向世界--ISI Web of Knowledge 平台上的中国科学引文数据库（CSCD）
YUE Weiping，Thomson Reuters
岳卫平 汤姆森路透科技信息集团
Comments(question and translation)　提问（11:10-11:20）

Discussion(translation included)　交流讨论（11:20-11:50）

Lunch　午餐（12:00-13:30）

Agenda （13：30-17：00）
会议进程（下午：13：30-17：00）
Moderator: CHU Jingli, Head of Subject Librarian Services Department, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
主持人：初景利 中国科学院国家科学图书馆学科咨询部主任

Development of Digital Resources in CAS（13:30--14:00）
中国科学院数字资源的建设与发展
ZHAO Yan, Associate Research Librarian, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
赵艳 中国科学院国家科学图书馆副研究馆员

The Cooperative Collection Development of Academic Libraries in China（14:00—14:30）
中国高校图书馆的合作资源建设
XIAO Long, Deputy Director, CALIS National Information Center in Science, Social Science and Humanities
YAO Xiaoxia, Vice Secretary General, CALIS Management Center
肖珑 　 中国高等教育文献保障体系（CALIS）全国文理中心主任
姚晓霞 中国高等教育文献保障体系（CALIS）管理中心副秘书长

Chinese Resource Development in National Library of China（14:30—15:00）
国家图书馆中文资源建设
GU Ben, Director, Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloging Department, National Library of China
顾犇 国家图书馆中文采编部主任

The Digital Resource and Service of Library of Academy of Social Sciences of China（15:00—15:30）
中国社会科学院图书馆数字资源建设与服务
JIANG Ying, Deputy Director, Library of Academy of Social Sciences of China
蒋颖 中国社会科学院图书馆副馆长

Coffee Break　茶歇（15:30--15:50）

Discussion　交流讨论（15:50-17:00）
Moderator: LIU Xiwen，Head of Operational Office, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
主持人：刘细文 中国科学院国家科学图书馆业务处处长

Closing Ceremony　闭幕式
Summary　会议总结

Multilingual ICP Statements to Be Published

The final version of the Statement of International Cataloguing Principles and its translations in major languages will be published on the IFLA site very soon at the following address:
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/icp/
Before then, I put the Chinese translation on my personal website at the following address:
http://www.bengu.cn/homepage/library/ICP-2009_Chinese.pdf
to promote its distribution according the resolution of IME ICC (at the last page of the text).