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.