Web Chat: Popular E-Books in U.S. Public Libraries: Successes and Challenges

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Web Chat: Popular E-Books in U.S. Public Libraries: Successes and Challenges
Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 06:00 EDT (10:00 GMT/12:00 Rome)
Location: http://bitly.com/CONXrome 

Description: Discuss the future of reading and learn how e-books are changing today's public libraries.

Format: This will be a video web chat in English.

Charlene Chou's RDA lecture at PKU

Yesterday, we attended Charlene Chou's lecture about RDA testing at Peking University Library.

There were about 150 people in the audience. I met many familiar catalogers from various libraries in Beijing.

More about Charlene's lecture, please download her PPT file:

http://www.columbia.edu/~cc179/RDA_test_CALIS.ppt

NLC middle managers meet in a suburb of Beijing

Department directors of National Library of China attend a two-day meeting today and tomorrow in a suburb of Beijing.

During the meeting, the plan for the whole year will be discussed.

About 80 department directors, deputy directors and assistant directors are present.

NLC Miniblog opens

The official miniblog (a Chinese counterpart of Twitter at Sina.com) of National Library of China opened last week and has attracted about 8,000 fans.

Welcome to visit the following site:

http://t.sina.com.cn/1964077187

Last day before the Lunar New Year

Today is the last work day before the Chinese Lunar New Year (February 3).

Many colleagues take leaves to go their hometowns for family reunion.

NLC section chiefs announced yesterday

The appointment of about 200 section chiefs of National Library of China was announced yesterday.

According to the middle management rotation policy of National Library of China, department directors and deputy directors were appointed respectively in early December and late December 2010.

All the procedures for the selection of section chiefs took about a week.

In my department (Foreign Acquisitions and Cataloging Department), there are 5 newly promoted chief (or vice-chiefs) among the 14 positions of the 7 sections.

As the Lunar New Year approaching, many colleagues will return to their home towns to see their parents in the next week.

New Position in the New Year

I became the director of the Foreign Acquisitions & Cataloging Department, National Library of China, on January 1, 2011.

It is my new position, but not quite new. Because I used to be in charge of foreign acquisitions and cataloging work from 1987 to 2004, and in charge of all acquisitions and cataloging work from 2004 to 2007.

During the last three year, I had the position of the director of the Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloging Department, which was split from the former Acquisitions & Cataloging Department in 2008.

Now I am back to my old office, and talk with my old colleagues.

I hope I will enjoy the new position in the next three years.