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Preserving Chinese historical resources: Report on an international cooperative microfilming project

Diane Perushek (Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois, USA)
Kathlin Smith (Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC, USA)

Asian Libraries

ISSN: 1017-6748

Article publication date: 1 August 1999

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Abstract

US and Chinese institutions recently concluded a co‐operative project to microfilm more than 3,700 titles of Chinese‐language monographs published from 1932 to 1945 ‐ the years leading to and including the Sino‐Japanese War. The books were all from the collection of Fudan University in Shanghai, which also undertook the filming with support from American partners. The project had three explicit objectives: to enrich the US collection from this period, to preserve the fragile monographs, and to build capacity within Fudan University for future preservation microfilming work. While successful in meeting these objectives, the project also offers many lessons for future co‐operation.

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Perushek, D. and Smith, K. (1999), "Preserving Chinese historical resources: Report on an international cooperative microfilming project", Asian Libraries, Vol. 8 No. 8, pp. 289-296. https://doi.org/10.1108/10176749910287873

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MCB UP Ltd

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