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The National Central Library (NCL) was established in Preface in 1933. In 1954, a total of 130,000 rare books were Organization of the brought to . With this collection, the National Central Executive Yuan Library was reopened at No. 43, Nanhai Road, City. In Foreword 40 1986, NCL was relocated to the current site and began a new era of automated library Organizational Chart services. From 1992, NCL began to march into a new era of digital archiving. On 08 41 August 1st, 2008, I took up the post of twelfth Director General of the National Central Milestones Personnel and Budget Library. Like other major libraries in the world, in the past decades. NCL has evolved from 42 1933 1937 the traditional manual sorting process to today’s industrial standard automated services NCL Facilities In recent years, rapid development of digital and multimedia technologies has brought NCL into the digital era of the meta-library. During this period of development, the 1938 1945 functions and importance of libraries in society were also affected. In this context, a Operations redefining and repositioning has taken place. For instance, at an earlier stage, people 1946 1948 thought a library was equivalent to a warehouse for books. In the modern age, some 46 think digital archiving is the same as a digital library. Contradictions in definitions and 1949 1976 Library and Information understanding slowed down the development of libraries. At present, library Acquisitions development worldwide has to move from the slow pace of an earlier digital era into a 1977 1985 new era, when library services will become the heart of actions in an information society and digital culture. 1986 1995 In view of the need of new cultural developments in the digital era, and responding to the call of the United Nations WSIS Conference at the Information Society World Summit 2003-2005, the NCL proposed five goals for its future 1996 2007 development: 50 1.Coordinate with information policies to upgrade the social values of libraries. 2008 Library and Information Organization 2.Synchronize with global trends to develop high quality library human resources. 20 3.Advocate the concept of knowledge consumerism to offer target-groups service. Annual Events NBINet 4.Promote knowledge management and implement knowledge-support 12 engineering. 2007 5.Construct a meta-library and develop NCL into a world knowledge base. 6 Changes in the exterior or modes of operation do not compromise a library’s contribution to society. Various types of libraries support various types of social and organizational activities, which may include support in literacy, information, and 54 knowledge, be it an elementary or junior high school library, a public library, an Organization and Promotion academic library, or a national-level library. As the National Central Library, we have of the Special Collections the obligation to offer literacy, information, and knowledge support services and contents on a national scale. Based on these considerations, and in preparation for the new digital era, the NCL board meeting has resolved to publish the first annual report in 75 years, which aims to explore the potential of the knowledge consumer market, conceptualize the digital contents for core services, provide the most updated information for the NCL staff, and 58 report to society on the most current issues in library development. This annual report Archiving and Reader is also a summary of the annual work plan. As an executer of public projects that are Services funded by government budgets and supported by the resources of the nation NCL EU i reports to the public the achievements in the last year. I would especially like to commend NCL’s Division head, Ms Wu Ying-Mei, for her tireless effort in compiling the annual report within such a short period. Your opinions are highly valuable to us, and we welcome all advice and suggestions. Karl Min Ku Director General, National Central Library Overview December 2008 64 Collection Digitization and Statistics Services 92 Profile 92 Budget 93 NCL Facilities 95 Personnel 68 96 Collections Service to the Library 99 Community Technical Services 100 Reader Services 4 104 Extended Services 72 104 Service to the Knowledge Information Systems Industry 105 ISBN Center for Chinese Studies (ISSN CIP 2009 2012

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50 108 Mission Vision 2008 108 108 PNC Administrative Aims 2008 108 Administrative Goals and Descriptions 82 112 Center for Chinese Studies Strategies and Programs

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1936 1937.11.18 1936 National Central Library Preparation Office 130 Nanjing Cheng-Xian Hall 1937.11.23 1937.12.15 Foreword 1938.02.20 The predecessor of the current National Central Library was founded in Nanjing 1938.05.01 in 1933. Through World War II, restoration of the capital, and government relocation to Taiwan, the National Central Library was reestablished in Taipei in 1954 and relocated into a venue in the Taipei Botanical Garden at Nanhai Road in1955. In 1986, the 1938.09.04 Library was moved to the present location at Zhongshan S. Road. In 1996, the 1939.03.01 Legislative Yuan passed the National Library Organization Ordinance and retained the name of National Central Library. During the past twelve years, the National Central 1939.08.17 Library was re-launched into a new era. 1940.07.31 In 2001, the President promulgated the Library Law , which officially 1940.08.01 delegated the duty of collecting, cataloging and archiving publications in the nation, as Organic Statute of the well as the responsibilities of preserving the nation's cultures, promoting academic 1 National Central Library studies and researches, and directing the development of libraries in the nation to the 1940.10.16 National Central Library. Under the leadership of the successive Director Generals, the 13 National Central Library, in its 75th years, has marched towards becoming a modern library of the 21st century. 1941.02.01 1945.10.27 Milestones 14

The Preparation and Initiating Stage [1933 to 1937] National Central Library Center 01.21.1933 The Ministry of Education appointed Mr. Chiang Fu-ts'ung as a member of the library's preparatory committee and in charge of organizing the 1946.06.24 National Central Library. 04.08.1933 The Ministry of Education appointed Mr. Chiang Fu-ts'ung as the director of the library's preparatory office. 1946.07.12 04.21.1933 The preparatory office was officially set up at No. 7, Shatangyuan, Nanjing. 04.24.1933 The Ministry of Education approved the provisional organization program for the preparatory office. 07.01.1934 Under the direction of the Ministry of Education, the NCL took over the 1945 1948.12.26 1945 National Central Library Nanjing Center International Publication Exchange operations of Academia Sinica. 02.05.1936 The Preparatory Office acquired a new venue and was relocated into No.48, Chengxian St., Nanjing. 09.06.1936 The reading room was officially set up at the Chengxian St. venue and opened to the public. 08.15.1937 The Japanese bombarded Nanjing and the NCL suspended its operations 1949.10 to the public. 1952.04.09 4 23 11.18.1937 The NCL was ordered to relocate to Hankou; a total of 130 cases of important books were transported. 11.23.1937 The NCL arrived in Hankou and set up an office in St. Andrew at the 1954.08.01 Jiyu Bridge. 12.15.1937 Relocation to Changsha. 1954.10 Provisional Capital during the War [1938 to 1945] 1954.10.23 1955.09.19 02.20.1938 The NCL was temporarily set up at an office in Chuandong Normal University's Auditorium. 1956.03.01 05.01.1938 A reading room was set up in Chongqing and a special section of war 1958.01 literature was opened for public access. 1965.11.23 09.04.1938 The International Publication Exchange Office Branch was set up in Kunming. 03.01.1939 Japanese air force bombarded Chongqing and the Reading Room was 1966.09.21 2 officially closed. 08.17.1939 Baisha public reading room was officially opened. 07.31.1940 The preparatory affairs ended. 1967.07.01 08.01.1940 The NCL was officially established and Mr. Jiang Fu-Ts'ung resumed the 1968.03.02 3 2 3 The second Director- The third Director- post of the First Director-General of the NCL. General Chu Wan-Li General Pao Tsun-Peng 10.16.1940 The Republic Government promulgated the National Central Library Organic Statute which included a total of 13 regulations. 1969.01.03 02.01.1941 The NCL was officially opened to the public in Chongqing . 1969.08.28 10.27.1945 The Republic Government announced the amendment of Article 14 of IFLA the National Central Library Organic Statute which stipulated that the International Publication Exchange Office was part of the NCL. 1970.02.20 1970.08.15 4 Return to Nanjing Victory of the Pacific War [1946 to 1948] 4 5 The fourth Director- The fifth Director- General Li Tze-Chung General William C.Ju 06.24.1946 The war ended and the NCL returned to Nanjing. The Nanjing 1972.05.01 Headquarters was opened to the public. 1972.07.15 07.12.1946 The Executive Yuan announced the International Publication Exchange Office Organizational Rules. The office was set up in Nanjing with a branch in Shanghai. 1972.08.11 12.26.1948 Publications and relic were transported to Taiwan by Navy and 1973.04.06 5 merchant ships.

Relocation to Taiwan [1949 to 1976] 1973.10.22 1973 1973 Taiwan Provincial Taipei Library annexed 10.1949 The NCL was reorganized into the Central Museum and Library Joint as a branch Administration, Central Library Section. 04.09.1952 The president promulgated the Publishing Law ; in which Article 4 and 23 stipulates respectively that one copy of news magazines, books and other publications must be sent to the National Central Library 1977.03.31 6 upon issuing. 1978.03.28 01. 08.1954 The Ministry of Education was instructed to restore the NCL. 10. 1954 The NCL office was set up in the Ministry of Education and officially began operations. 1980.04.22 10.23.1954 Mr Chiang Fu-ts'ung resumed as the Director-General of the NCL. 6 09.19.1955 The NCL was relocated into the offices in Nanhai Park and began The sixth Director- operations. General Wang Chen- Ku 03.01.1956 The NCL was officially opened to the public after restoration. 1981.06.01 01.1958 The Special Collection Room was officially opened to the public. 1982.10.12

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1956 1956 National Central Library Nanhai Road Center 1987.05.05 11.23.1965 NCL representatives travelled to the US to take over the shipment of 1987.10.12 Beijing Library Rare Books Collection. 1987.12.15 09.21.1966 Mr. Chu Wan-Li took up the post as the Second Director-General of the NCL. 07.01.1967 The microform materials room was officially opened. 1988.09.16 03.02.1968 Mr. Pao Tsen-Peng took up the post as the Third Director-General of the NCL. 1989.02.21 7 01.03.1969 The National Catalog Center was officially opened. The seventh Director- 08.28.1969 The NCL was officially admitted as a member of IFLA. General Yang Chung- 1989.07.01 Sen 02.20.1970 Mr. Bao You-Yu Was Acting Director-General of the NCL. 08.15.1970 Dr. LI Tze-Chung took up the post as the Fourth Director-General of the 1989.08.01 7 NCL. 1990.07.13 05.01.1972 The Legal Room was officially opened. 1991.10.30 07.15.1972 The NCL conducted the First National Library Conference. 08.11.1972 Mr. Xie You-Hua Was Acting Director-General of the NCL. 04.06.1973 Dr. Ju William C. took up the post as the Fifth Director-General of the 1992.02.12 8 NCL. The eighth Director- General Tseng Chi- 10.22.1973 Taiwan Provincial Taipei Library was reorganized as a branch of the Chun NCL. 1992.05.05 8

The Developmental Stage [1977 to 1985] 1993.09.23 03.31.1977 Mr. Wang Chen-Ku took up the post as the Sixth Director-General of the 10 NCL. 03.28.1978 The relocation preparatory committee was established to initiate relocation of the NCL. 1994.05.19 04.22.1980 The Ministry of Education forwarded the amendment of the Preparation 1994.10.01 of Resource and Information Center for Chinese Service which assigned 1988 1988 Opening of the Information and Computing the NCL as the duty unit for the preparation operations. Library 1996.01.09

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1986 1997.10.30 1986 Opening of the Taipei City Zhongshan S. Rd. Center Promulgation of the Organic 1998.02.19 Statute of the National Central 06.01.1981 The Ministry of Education invited Director-General, Mr. Wang Chen- Library Ku, to serve as the Director of Resources and Information Center for 1998.04.10 9 Chinese Studies. 1998.05.14 10.12.1982 Minister of Education, Zhu Hui-Sen hosted the groundbreaking 1998.06 www ceremony for the new venue at Zhongshan South Road. 12.1982 The Computer Room was established, which marked the beginning of automated operations. 1998.07.01 02.01.1984 Automation began to be implemented for Chinese cataloging from this month onwards. 2000.12.01 9 01.07.1985 The relocation planning team was organized. 2001.01.04 The ninth Director- General Juang Fang- 06.11.1985 The NCL signed Bibliography Exchange Agreement with the Online 2001.01.17 Rung Computer Library Center (OCLC). 2003.04.21 70 The New Center [1986 to 1995]

07.21.1986 The NCL began to transport books into the new venue. 2004.11 09.28.1986 Opening ceremony of the Zhongshan South Road Center. Premier, Mr. 2005.03.09 Yu Guo-Hua hosted the ribbon cutting and presented a speech. 05.05.1987 The Resource and Information Center for Chinese Studies was renamed 2006.01 as the Center for Chinese Studies. 10.12.1987 The Fine Art Room was officially established. 2007.03.01 10 12.15.1987 The NCL hosted the First Taipei International Book Exhibition. 09.16.1988 The affiliated Information and Computing Library was officially opened; 2007.03.08 5 Vice Minister of Education, Shi Jin-Chi, hosted the opening ceremony. 02.21.1989 The NCL hosted the Second National Library Conference. 10 2007.06.12 The tenth Director- 07.01.1989 The National ISBN Center was officially established. General Wang Wen- 08.01.1989 Dr. Yang Chung-Sen took up the post as the Seventh Director-General of 2007.07.14 Lu NCL. 2007.07.23 2007 07.13.1990 The Bibliographic Information Center was officially established. 10.30.1991 The National Bibliographic Information Network Joint Online Cataloging System was officially launched. 4 02.12.1992 The Audio-Visual Room was officially opened; President Advisor, Mr. Qiu Chuang-Huan, hosted the ribbon cutting. 05.05.1992 Dr. Tseng Chi-Chun took up the post as the Eighth Director-General of 2007.07.25 9 the NCL. 2007.09.17 11 09.23.1993 Over one hundred thousand volumes of collections from the Chinese International Library of Uruguay arrived in Taiwan and were donated to the NCL. 05.19.1994 The Mainland China Information Room was officially opened. 2008.03.26 10.01.1994 The Information Network System was officially launched. 11 The eleventh Director- General Huang Kuan- Renaming and Re-Launch [1996 to 2007] Chung 2008.04.21 1940-41 01.09.1996 The National Central Library Organic Statute was passed in the Legislative Yuan. 2008.05.06 97 01.31.1996 The National Central Library Organic Statute was promulgated by the President. 04.21.1996 The NCL hosted the National Central Library Renaming Ceremony, 2008.05.07 which was presided by the Vice Minister of Education, Mr. Yang Guo-Ci. 10.30.1997 Director of Reader Services Division, Soong Chien-Cheng, was Acting 2008.07.30 World Digital Deputy Director-General. Library, WDL 02.19.1998 The Remote Library Service was officially launched. 2008.08.01 12 04.10.1998 Dr. Juang Fang-Rung took up the post as the Ninth Director-General of the NCL. 2008.08.28 05.14.1998 The Reference Division, Research Division, and Guidance Division were set up. 2008.09.23 06.1998 The NCL launched the ROC Periodical Index Search System WWW version. 07.01.1998 The information Division was established. 2008.10.02 6 Director-General Karl 12.01.2000 The NCL organized the Third National Library Conference. Min Ku 01.04.2001 The Library Law was passed in the Legislative Yuan. 01.17.2001 Promulgation of the Library Law. 2008.10.27 04.21.2003 The NCL hosted the 70th Anniversary and Taiwan Memory/Taiwan 2008.11.24 98-101 Info System launching Ceremony; President Chen Shui-Bian launched the system. 11.2004 The NCL signed a Taiwan Genealogy Digitization Cooperation 2008.12.03 Agreement with the Genealogical Society of Utah. 03.09.2005 NCL signed an agreement with the US Library of Congress for cooperative ventures in digitization of Chinese rare books. 2008.12.16 01.2006 The NCL signed an exchange and cooperative agreement with the Chen Feng-Tian Memorial Library of the Republic of Panama. 03.01.2007 Mr. Wang Wen-Lu took up the post as the tenth Director-General of the NCL. 03.08.2007 The NCL received the Fifth Executive Yuan Jinxin Award for Advocating Women Participation in Decision-Making. 06.12.2007 The NCL hosted the Postcard Collection Exhibition. 07.14.2007 The NCL organized the Banned Publications Exhibition. 07.23.2007 The International Publications Exchange Department organized the 2007 NCL International Cooperation Forum; National Library of 2008 Vietnam, General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2008 Opening of the Fine Arts & Audio Visual Center National University Library, and Institute of Han-Nom Studies Library, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences were invited for discussions of cooperative and exchange ventures. The forum was hosted by the NCL's Director-General, Mr. Wang Wen-Lu. 12 07.25.2007 The NCL received the Ninth Ministry of Education Service Quality Excellence Award. 2008 8 1 12 09.17.2007 Dr. Huang Kuan-Chung took up the post as the Eleventh Director- General of the NCL. Open Access e- Launching into the New Era [2008 to ] contents 21 03.26.2008 Center for Chinese Studies hosted a three-day International Conference on the Cultural Interpretations of Mobility. 300 04.21.2008 The NCL hosted the Rescuing National Documents - An Exhibition of Rare Books Acquired by the NCL between 1940 and 1941. IFLA 05.06.2008 Editor, Ms Zheng Yu-Ling, received the 2008 Ministry of Education APLAP ILCA Excellence in Education and Public Service Award ITMA 1985 05.07.2008 Director-General of NCL, Dr. Huang Kuan-Chung, received the Third- Class Medal for Education and Culture Professionals 1990 CALA 07.30.2008 The NCL signed the (WDL) Cooperative Program 5 21 Agreement with the US Library of Congress and officially became participant of the Project. 08.01.2008 Mr. Karl Min Ku took up the post as the Twelfth Director-General of NCL. 1. 08.28.2008 The NCL and BCC signed the Audio Broadcasting Archiving 2. Cooperation Agreement 09.23.2008 The NCL signed memorandum with National Cheng Chi University for 3. joint ventures in the Library Advanced Management Elite Program and 4. International Organization Library Program. 5. 10.02.2008 The NCL received the Sixth Executive Yuan Government Organization File Management Golden File Award. 10.27.2008 The Arts and Audiovisual Center was officially opened. 11.24.2008 The Council of Economic Development, Executive Yuan, approved the Creating a Reading Environment & Space Reformation: the 2009-2012 Library Innovative Service Program. 12.03.2008 Director of Acquisition Division, Yu Hsiao-Ming, and Editor of International Publication Exchange Department, Liao Shiow-Man, hosted the book donation ceremony on behalf of the NCL at the National Library of Vietnam. 12.06.2008 Mr. Sung Chien-Cheng received the Special Contribution Award from the Library Association of the Republic of China Taiwan 12.07.2008 The NCL signed agreements with the General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City, Institute of Han-Nom Studies Library, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, and Vietnam National University Library and Information Center. 12.16.2008 The NCL signed Taiwan Presbyterian Church Foundation Document Digitization Project Cooperation Agreement with the Taiwan 12 Presbyterian Church Foundation. 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Mr. Karl Min Ku Appointed as the 12th Director-General Mr. Karl Min Ku graduated from the Library and Information Science Research Institute of Dominican University, Chicago, United States. Over the years, he has been committed to the studies of library science. Mr. Karl Min Ku pioneered the world's first 2002 Chinese Open Access Full Text Legal Information System and E-Contents News Knowledge Management System and published several books, including March on the Meta-library and Knowedge Mangement , An International Librarian with his 2007 3 Frontiers in the Digital Age , and Web Library: Knowledge Management and 6 Innovation , as well as a series of academic works and nearly 300 research theses in Chinese and foreign journals. 2008 10 6 Mr. Karl Min Ku served as a member of the International Federation of Library NCL won the Sixth Organization File Management Golden File Associations and Institutions (IFLA), president of the Association of Parliamentary Award Librarians of Asia and the Pacific (APLAP), chairman of the Interlibrary Cooperation Association, and chairman of the Chinese Information Technology Management Association (ITMA). Mr. Karl Min Ku received the R.O.C. Public Service Excellence Medal in 1985 and the Chinese American Librarians Association Service Excellence Award in 1990. 75 After becoming the 12th Director General of the National Central Library on 2008 4 21 August 1 2008, Mr. Karl Min Ku proposed five goals for the development of the 5 25 National Central Library in the 21st Century, which will herald a new millennium for library science: 1940-41 1.Coordinate with information policies to upgrade the social values of libraries. 2.Synchronize with the world trend to develop high quality library human resources. 3.Advocate the concept of knowledge consumerism to offer target-group service. Minister of Education presented the award money 4.Promote knowledge management and implement knowledge-support service. 5.Construct a meta-library and develop NCL into a world knowledge base.

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Completion of the file stack room The National Central Library Won the Sixth Organization File Management Golden File Award 2008 5 Files are important historical documents that witness the development and reforms of an organization; their importance is paramount. To encourage development 7 of quality file management in government organizations, the National Archive Administration initiated the File Management Golden File Award (Golden File Award hereafter) in 2002. The National Central Library was nominated by the Ministry of Education for the 6th Golden File Award in March 2007. Through self-assessment, preliminary evaluation, document reviews, and actual award evaluation, the strict selection process spanned over a period of one year. During the process of the award evaluation, the Special Collection Division, Huang Kuan-Chung received the third-class Education and Culture Professional Award responsible for archiving the NCL's historical documents, coordinated NCL's 75th anniversary celebration with the Rescuing National Documents - An Exhibition of Rare Books Acquired by the NCL between 1940 and 1941 , which took place from April 21 to May 25, 2008. Witnessing the historical archives of the NCL is an important 2007-2010 event in the development of libraries in the Republic of China. In response to open access of files, the NCL has set up the File Access Request Rules , which serve as the basic standards for application to file access. Related information was also published on the website to provide for convenient public inquiry. 2008 This year, 25 government agencies and 30 file management personnel, led by the NCL, received the Golden File Award and the Golden Quality Award. A public presentation ceremony was held on October 2nd 2008. Secretary-General of Executive 1973 Yuan, Mr. Xue Xiang-Chuan, represented Premier Liu Zhao-Xuan to present the award. NCL's Director-General Mr. Karl Min Ku accepted the award on behalf of the NCL. In 1999 the October 30th Executive Yuan Meeting, the Minister of Education, Zheng Rui- 1986 Cheng, personally commended the NCL and presented the award money of one million New Taiwan Dollars. 1990

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MARC21 Former Director-General, Dr. Huang Kuan-Chung, received the Third- Class Medal for Education and Culture Professionals Former Director General of the NCL, Dr. Huang Kuan-Chung, received the third- 2008 7 30 class Medal for Education and Culture Professionals on May 7th, 2008. This medal commended Dr. Huang Kuan-Chung's outstanding contribution to the education of liberal arts in the nation. Former Director-General, Dr. Huang Kuan-Chung, is an internationally renowned World Digital Library, historian. Over the years, he has dedicated to assisting the schools of history studies of WDL several universities for reorganization and reformation of curricula and consolidating the views of education policy leaders to develop a concrete and effective mechanism. At the same time, he joined in the promotion of history-centered cross-field general WDL education and professional education programs and advocated improvement programs for upgrading the humanity/social education and research, including the 2007-2010 Taiwan Literature, History, and Art Program under Globalization, Marine Personnel World Digital Library WDL Incubation Program, evaluation of Literature, History, and Language institutes in Taiwan, and development of digital education programs for liberal arts. He is an Signed the World Digital Library (WDL) Cooperation Agreement with the U.S. Library of Congress noteworthy scholar in both education planning and administration, who opens a new era for the development of liberal arts and social sciences. WDL

Mr. Soong Chien-Cheng and Ms Cheng Yu-Lin received the Special Contribution Award and 2008 Outstanding Education and Civil Service Personnel Award respectively 2008 9 1 Mr. Soong Chien-Cheng has been an editor at the NCL since 1973. In 1999, he was appointed as the first deputy director of the NCL. During this period, he supervised the construction of the new NCL site on Zhongshan SouthRoad. Under his supervision, the NCL won the Taipei City Government's Excellent Construction Award . In 1986, Mr. Soong was recognized by the Ministry of Education through the Quality Educator Award and in 1990 Mr. Soong organized the first Book Exchange Carnival. Mr. Soong has been an active participant in the administrative works of the NCL. He 2007 edited the Directory of Taiwan District Libraries and Information Units and the Yearbook 4 of the Republic of China Libraries. He is also committed to digital archiving of PhD dissertations, journals and newspapers. On December 6th, 2008, Mr. Soong received the Special Contribution Award from the Library Association of the Republic of China 2008 12 3 (Taiwan), in recognition of his dedication and efforts in the past 35 years for library science. On May 6th, the Ministry of Education held the 2008 Ministry of Education Excellence in Education and civil Service Award ceremony, which was hosted by the Administrative Vice Minister, Mr. Lu Mu-Lin. The NCL's cataloging Division Editor Cheng Yu-Lin was among the award recipients. Ms. Cheng Yu-Lin has been in service at the NCL since 1986 and participated in the amendment of national cataloging standards, the development of the Windows version of the National Bibliography CD- ROM systems, and the upgrading of the automated cataloging module system. Ms Cheng always ensures successful completion of her missions. She was entrusted with the 481 implementation of the Chinese Corporate Names Authority Records Compilation Project and Internationalization of Chinese Bibliographies. With her dedication, the 490 NCL obtained the MARC21 Taiwan Area Exclusive Identification Codes . Ms Cheng is dedicated and responsible, positive and innovative, honest and enthusiastic, and a Signed a cooperative agreement with the General Sciences Libraty of Ho Chi good model for all civil service personnel. Minh City NCL Participated in the World Digital Library Program On July 30th 2008, the NCL signed the World Digital Library (WDL) Cooperative Program Agreement with the US Library of Congress and officially became part of the alliance. The WDL was proposed by the US Library of Congress and developed in joint venture with UNESCO and other world organizations. The initiative aims to promote international and cross-cultural knowledge exchange. The participating organization must submit resources to be integrated into the WDL digitalized resources and offer free multilingual resources and major cultural assets through the Internet, including 2008 3 26 28 resources in manuscripts, maps, rare books, music scores, recordings, videos and photographs for education and academic research purposes. The Cooperative 9 25 Agreement was delivered in person by the US Library of Congress, Acting Chief of 8 Asian Division, Dr. Mi Chu, to the NCL's Director-General Mr. Karl Min Ku on her trip to Taiwan on September 1st, 2008.

NCL Signed Cooperative Agreements with Vietnam Libraries 300 In recent years, cultural exchanges between Taiwan and Vietnam have become more frequent, apart from trade exchanges and technology cooperation. In 2007, the NCL invited four directors, including those from the National Library of Vietnam, General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City, Library and Information Center, Vietnam National University of Hanoi and Institute of Han-Nom Studies of the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences to Taiwan for discussions of cooperative ventures. For continuous exchange and cooperation with Vietnamese libraries, the Director of Journalism, Yu Hsiao-Ming, and Representative of International Publication Exchange Office, Liao Shiow-Man, hosted a book-presentation ceremony on behalf of the NCL at the Vietnam National Library on December 3rd 2008. Taiwan's representative to the Office in Vietnam, Liang Ying-Bin, represented the nation to present the books to the Director of National Library of Vietnam, Pham the Khang. A total of 481 titles 490 books were presented including government publications and Taiwan's outstanding publications, which are expected to enrich the library collections and contribute to the Chinese-language reading public in Vietnam. On December 7th, the NCL signed a cooperation agreement with the General Science Library of Ho Chi Minh City, Library and Information Center, Vietnam National University of Hanoi and the Institute of Han-Nom Studies, Library of the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, which joins these institutions in the development of library cooperative programs and activities.

2008.03.26-28 International Conference on the Cultural Interpretations of Mobility NCL Hosted the International Conference on the Cultural Interpre- tations of Mobility In the era of the World Neighborhood and Global Village , tourism, migration, and migrants are common phenomena. Attention on these moving phenomena in history is thus developed. In recent years, scholars of the literary arts in Taiwan have begun to take interest in the issues of space . Some of them have engaged in research on the topic. Thus, the Center for Chinese Studies decided to hold a 2008 10 cinter-disciplinary International Conference on the Cultural Interpretations of 27 Mobility discussing the emerging issues. The event was held from March 26 to 28 of 2008 at the International Conference Hall of NCL. The Conference spanned over two and half days and discussions were conducted in various sessions. A total of 25 papers were presented, including 8 foreign scholars from the United States, Japan and Australia. The NCL invited the College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University, Speech of Minister of Education, Cheng Jei-Cheng College of Liberal Arts, National Chung Hsing University, and Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy of Academia Sinica to co-host the event. Members of the preparatory committee included Academia Sinica Research Fellows Wang Ay-Ling, Li VOD Fung-Mao (Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy), and Hung Ying-Kuei (Institute of Ethnology), Yeh Kuo-Liang, Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Professor Cheng Yu-Yu of the Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, Lin Fu-Shih, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, National Chung Hsing University, and Professor Liu Ching-Cheng of the History Department of Cheng Kung University. NCL's Director-General and Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Professor Huang Kuan-Chung, presided as the convener. This novel topic initiated a new academic fervor. This conference attracted over 300 participants, who joined in the heated discussion with enthusiasm. Through this conference, we wish to stimulate study of this novel subject, mobility , and encourage scholars in related fields to initiate collective interdisciplinary studies.

2008.10.27 Oct. 27, 2008, Arts & Audiovisual Center opened by Minister of Education, Cheng Jei-Cheng, Legislator, Hung Hsiu-Chu, and NCL s Director-General, Karl Min Ku Arts and Audiovisual Center was Officially Opened To sow the seeds of aesthetic life and provide art workers a hall of knowledge, the NCL specially planned the Arts and Audiovisual Center . The Minister of Education, 1928 Dr. Cheng Jei-cheng, officially opened the center on October 27th, 2008. 1949 The Arts and Audiovisual Center aims to collect art publications, journals, audio- 2008 5 visual and multimedia resources and provide access to art publications and audio-visual materials, reference services, and copying services. An information retrieval service is 8 28 also available online through the shared NCL electronic databases and video-on-demand (VOD ) system, enabling readers to search for various types of bibliographic, full-text and digital resources. To enrich the Arts and Audiovisual Center, the NCL also plans to involve the 10 15 students and faculties of music or fine art institutions in universities in cooperative ventures. Art seminars, music concerts or creative fine art events will be held at the Center, offering artists a multi-function space for creative works and performances. 10,939 CD-R 10,878 MD 2,907 20,000 20 1924 1968

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Signed the digitization cooperation agreement with the Taiwan Presbyterian Church BCC Donated Broadcasting Recordings The Broadcasting Corporation of China ( BCC) is a pioneer in the Chinese broadcasting industry. In1928, the BCC was founded in Nanjing and relocated to Taiwan with the Republic government in 1949. The BCC carries the mission of continuous dissemination of Chinese culture. The BCC contacted the NCL in May 2008, enquiring about donating broadcast recordings of past programs and cooperation on digitalization. On August 28th, the NCL and BCC signed the Audio Broadcasting Archiving Cooperation Agreement , which stipulates that the NCL provide a suitable space for archiving and carry out digitization to properly preserve these historically and culturally significant resources. The first donated materials arrived on October 15th. The content included 10,939 reel tapes, 10,878 CD-R discs, 2907 MD and tapes, approximately 20,000 vinyl records and approximately 20 boxes of play scripts and reference books. Among them, the sound recording of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's 1924 Speech and President Chiang Kai-Shek's announcement of the implementation of nine-year compulsory education in 1968 are most significant.

NCL Signed Document Digitization Cooperation Plan with the Taiwan Presbyterian Church The NCL and the Taiwan Presbyterian Church Foundation signed a Document Digitization Project Cooperation Agreement on December 16th, 2008. The NCL's Director General, Mr. Karl Min Ku, and Taiwan's Christ Presbyterian Reverend Chang Overview De-Qian joined in the agreement signing ceremony. Based on this agreement, the NCL is expected to carry out digital archiving for the correspondence manuscripts and documents of early missionaries in Taiwan over a three-year span. Furthermore, the NCL plans to photograph the relics used at the time, such as Taiwan's first elevator and typewriter, to scan the images, and briefly annotate them to preserve the historical information of missionaries in Taiwan, the history of Taiwan's churches, Taiwan's pioneering history, and the history of mechanical technology. It is expected to enrich the Library's collection and to provide as reference for the general public and academic research. 194 2008 18 20 National Central Library Zhongshan S. Rd. Center front view National Central Library Zhongshan S. 2008

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or motivating research intention within NCL and upgrade academic research, intention within NCL and upgrade research or motivating Mr. Karl Min Ku, the new Director-General, openly received suggestions and openly received Director-General, the new Min Ku, Karl Mr. In the aspects of user-friendly standardized services, information flow services, services, information flow In the aspects of user-friendly standardized and “education action plan. Through the “Listening to People” NCL drafted To F 29 4 ction Plan”, in which a total of 89 actions will be implemented. This year, NCL was ction Plan”, in which a total of 89 actions will be implemented. This year, Research and Publications opinions for his reference to administer the NCL after taking up post. Six opinions for his reference the from held with a total participants of 54 experts were consultation conferences and information science community library Generals Services”, the roles and functions of libraries, as well as the agenda in “Fourth as well and functions of libraries, Services”, the roles Conference”. National Libraries to Team” Development Research Academic Library NCL set up the “National Central officially cases. With dedicated efforts, NCL is now relevant plan and evaluate centrally Grant. Research National Science Council Academic Yuan the Executive supported by in work the academic research beneficial to promote will be tremendously This grant NCL. and innovative value-added services, NCL drafted the “2008 Service Quality Upgrading services, NCL drafted value-added and innovative A to the and recommended civil service organizations chosen as one of the most excellent for commendation. Yuan Executive this Action and actions”, NCL aims to enforce promotion and “reinforced training” Plan. through Joint Services program the National Library institutions, NCL pushed forward and National Taichung Branch, the NCL, NCL Taiwan alliance between strategic begin to meet in joint national libraries the three September of this year, From Library. basis. on an irregular conferences tatistics S

2009 3 eceive grant from the National Science Council R 2 6 2008 rinciples Academic Research Development Team Organizational Development Team Academic Research P 700 , 484 Unit: NT$, 000 0 8 6 Statistics 12 2 67 488,140 443,892 0 Budget Profile Annual Budget (By Category) 23,007,737 2006 2007 2008 Government Government Government 64 9 NCL Central Subtotal NCL Central Subtotal NCL Central Subtotal 44,402 95,310 139,712 43,831 65,506 109,337 58,787 90,568 149,355 8 144,216 144,216185,012 141,822 19,200 204,212 172,742 19,991 141,822 192,733 159,692 166,153 9,500 175,653 159,692 36 otal T epresentative: Director General 9 internallyeading Rooms: Min Ku Name: Karl 2 externally opulation served: 23,007,737 people ersonnel Category P Equipment Operations Name of Organization: National Central Library Ministered by: Ministry of Education R P R Opening Hours: 64 hours per week (67 for the study room) (hours after 6:00pm counted as night hours; closed on Monday) Day: 36 hours Saturday: day 8 hours night 0 hours Sunday: day 8 hours Night: 12 hours night 0 hours

2 2 2 2 Unit: m Unit: m Unit: m 989 561 1,100 2,126 1.69 m 1 332 1 board= 1.69 m2 of books and periodicals are stored in the 30 00 00 37 00 00 00 116568684 116 568 684 116 568 684 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 13F., No. 106, Sec. 2, Heping E. Road 13F., No. 7, Shiyi Rd., Yangmei Township, Taoyuan County Taoyuan Township, No. 7, Shiyi Rd., Yangmei Arts and Audiovisual Center 5,802 7 13F No. 156, Yanping S. Road No. 156, Yanping approx. 300,000 volumes 10 Information and Computing Library 106 2008 156 arehouse otal otal otal Item Item T T W T Exhibition area Item & include Stacks eading eading room remote storage site, which takes up 332 storage boards remote storage site, which takes Office R Stacks *The Arts and Audiovisual Center was opened in October 2008. **A total of 5,802 boxes Office R

2 Unit: m Unit: NT$, 000 000 3,000 4,000 4,000 624378 624297 378 624 297 378 297 4,392 4,392 4,456 2,859 2,923 4,392 9,394 9,394 9,394 2006 2007 2008 12,644 12,644 12,644 10,842 41,494 10,842 41,494 10,842 41,494 36,092 51,717 53,285 Acquisition Budget Chungshan S. Road NCL Facilities 2006 2007 2008 Government Government Government 20 Main Building 910 910 935 935 887 138 1,025 otal T Item 8,032 1,600 9,632 7,596 10,5001,000 18,0965,200 500 7,000 2,000 1,500 11,300 1,200 18,300 7,200 5,000 1,200 2,000 2,400 7,000 1,850 5,000 300 5,400 2,150 10,400 NCL Central Subtotal NCL Central Subtotal NCL Central Subtotal 16,850 16,850 17,286 3,000 20,286 17,232 178 17,410 )3, ype T materials eading room otal eriodicals Office Meeting room R Study room Stacks Classroom Exhibition area Cafe) Park, Others (Corridor, (Web Archive) (Web Books P Newspapers AV Electronic resources ( Others T Units: volume / item / piece / sheet / roll Units: volume / title / item / Piece / roll / sheet 113273 121 209 122 244 9,492 8,746 9,315 2006 2007 2008 32,875 76,348 38,381 125,295 127,574 137,873 168,048 212,998 185,935 2006 2007 2008 ear 242 1 3 Y 47 40 687 1,642 809 95 511 23,82 8,025 14,7796,668 10,161 40,094 12,522 7,016 9,005 45,731 12,673 8,693 6,619 31,668 10,8602,222 3,214 2,919 1,375 26,350 56,515 31,769 58,348 20,766 46,723 Exchange Collections Acquisitions ear otal Y T ) otal T eriodicals (title) eriodicals (volume) ype oose-leaf (sheet) ype Received Sent Received Sent Received Sent (roll) T Books (volume) P Newspapers (title) Non-book Materials (piece, roll, sheet, frame, item) Electronic Database (title) T Books (volume P CDs (piece) Magnetic Disks (piece) Microfiches (Piece) Microfilms (roll) Maps (sheet) L Video Tapes Audio Tapes, Others

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Sex Education Incl. Dunhuang Scrolls 30 46 508 8,844 1,391 6,235 1,767 1,272 13,085 25,890 12,482 16,046 84,092 11,950 12,682 otal T 826,559 in 2008 2008 1,022,879 Collection Units: volume / item / sheet / piece / roll 2008 367 1 46 413 508 6,235 1,767 1,272 11,950 0 030 0 046 0 0 0 0 18 259,656 259,656 25 195 19 62 257 53 13,085 205 13,030 2 8,976 22,006 960 25,890 168110 8,844 1,391 132 16,046 361 12,682 8,198 826,559 1,262 12,482 24,720 1,022,879 13,476 84,092 100,579 1,665,657 14,625 646,556 2,312,213 Increase in Collection Increase in Collection 125,547 2,961,784 14,647 3,617,424 2008 otal Collections T anguage Chinese Languages Foreign L otal T ype 2008 2008 T are Books (volume) ecords (piece) eriodicals (title) ostcards (sheet) ine Arts Collections (piece) oose-leaf Music Scores ablets (piece) Books (volume) R P Newspapers (title) Non-book Materials Han Dynasty Wooden T Ink Rubbings (sheet) Maps (sheet) Microforms (piece/roll) (roll) Audio Tapes R LDs (piece) Slides (piece) (roll) Video Tapes Video Disks (piece) CDs (piece) Magnetic Disks (piece) P F L (sheet) Others (item) Electronic Database (title)

Units: volume / title / item/ piece / roll/ sheet 113273 121 122 209 244 9,492 8,746 9,315 2006 2007 2008 30,302 22,339 20,450 152,750 130,391 128,837 192,930 161,806 158,968 Yerr Archive (By Type) otal T eriodicals (title) ype T Books (volume) P Newspapers (title) Non-book Materials (piece, roll, sheet, frame, item) Electronic Database (title) 169 Unit: record / times Unit: seat / person / volume / page Chungshan S. Road -- 258 258 258 1,688 795 809 42,546 36,011 34,886 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 631,406303,743 593,908549,979 386,860 543,130 612,584 302,115 525,976 802,360 903,673 908,281 1,045,638 1,081,649 1,116,535 6,134,658 6,855,042 7,637,347 17,203,747 16,497,236 15,716,962 11,471,656 13,060,368 14,480,283 16,326,485 58,892,132 50,251,284 20 (NBINet) National Bibliographic Information Network Reader Services Item Item Overview eading Seats (seat) otal Library Card Applications (year / record) Bibliographic Records (accumulated / record) Member Library Holdings (accumulated / record) Bibliographic Output Bibliographic Searching (year/times) R Seats (seat) Study Room Information / Computer Search Seats (seat) Library Card Applications (person) T (person) Library Onsite Users (person) (person) Collection Retrieved (volume) Collection Retrieved Document Photocopy (page)

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Unit: title / record Unit: volume / item / title 147 99 130 6,280 6,037 6,292 2006 2007 2008 42,28126,375 42,018 25,955 41,341 25,665 692,256 779,636 654,434 273 209 244 726 106 52 183 341 9,3325,351 6,722 5,447 5,505 6,958 21,559 17,756 2006 2007 2008 25,242 16,030 24,294 65,566 140,681 94,355 114,220 349,256 180,985 122,815 151,404 455,204 echnical Services International Standard Coding Cataloging T Item ISRC CIP ISSN ISBN otal T Item Subtotal / estern Language Books (volume) estern Language are Books (volume) International Standard Book Number (ISBN/title) (CIP/record) Cataloging in Publication Code (ISRC/record) International Standard Recording International Standard Serial Number (ISSN/record) ISBN / CIP ISBN / CIP Bibliographic Output (record) R Chinese Books (volume) W Japanese / Books Language Korean (volume) Non-Book Materials (incl. periodicals) (item/title) Electronic Database (title) (cases) Unit: person Unit: case/page (cases) 86 112 42 70 32 34 185124 89 115 93 159 4,487 4,146 3,144 2006 2007 2008 (cases) (3,845) (888)(2,240) (1,170) (3,733) (4,395) (30,872) (31,823) (22,829) 16 32 17 451385 452 291 347 587 2,490 2,357 2022 2006 2007 2008 33,836 45,158 41,423 37,178 48,290 44,396 Other libraries requested NCL requested Other libraries requested NCL requested Item Reference Enquiries Inter-Library Cooperation otal T Item -mail etter ace-to-Face elephone F T L E Internet Inter-Library LoansInter-Library (case) Photocopies- Inter-Library Domestic (case/page) Photocopies- Inter-Library International (case/page)

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101 40 4,965 3,137 1,917 114,127 Unit: seat / person / page Unit: seat / person / volume / page - 777 84 53 50 -- --17 - -- -- 5,500 4,808 4,172 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 148,560 124,696 99,187 Arts and Audiovisual Center anping S. Road Heping E. Road Y 10 Information and Computing Library 2008 Item Item / / eading Seats (seat) The Arts and Audiovisual Center was opened in October 2008 eading Seats (seat) R Information/Computer Search Seats (seat) Library Onsite Users (person) (person) Collection Retrieved (volume) Collection Retrieved Document Photocopy (page) R Information/Computer Search Seats (seat) Library Onsite Users (person) Document Photocopy (page) 14 4,041 12,519 20/420 15/330 68/1,137 29/1,584 31/2,765 Unit: record/page/person Unit: times/person/course index and images 2006 2007 2008 93 110 155 13,139,076 14,435,94831,027,249 15,963,303 32,753,847 35,515,097 123,857,269 164,485,405 177,231,185 22 14,288 11,612 37,317 42/289 51/251 50/196 2006 2007 2008 2/130 2/151 3/137 47/1,578 46/1,526 44/1,652 13/210,469 16/199,572 6/190,480 (record) Information Systems person) person) courses Extended Services for Readers times Item earners (person) Courses (course) person) L person) for Foreign Visitors for Foreign person) Item raining (times T & Certified Courses (course) Certified Courses (person) otal learning hours for certified T earning Campus Online Learning L NCL's database contains 22 systems, including online catalog, periodicals NCL's database contains 22 systems, including online catalog, eading Promotion (incl. book eading Promotion olicy Advertisement orums (times Library Instruction(times/person) (times/person) Guided Tours R exhibition) (times/person) Education Speeches (times Seminars (times F P E- NCL Database Bibliography Creation NCL Database Image Creation (page) Access to Information Systems (person)

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103 Unit: person/page 2006 2007 2008 574 140,134 1,318 553,828 663 12,326 75,765 635,328 206,341 1,685,723 47,279 415,404 erson Page Person Page Person Page 216,495 2,748,354 2,047,662439,715 27,505,819 5,351,716 205,890681,072 573,237 4,204,917 8,687,301 649,303106,161 513,634 129,145 1,482,526 7,655,896 1,697,370 387,829 5,337,756 9,733 94,015 136,642 1,364,137 P 1,519,782 11,007,361 3,345,532 45,467,797 871,214 13,789,322 Document Delivery Online & otal T Items egistered Post rintout Fax Online Display Direct Printout R Express Post Scanned P uture Prospects F

105 17 copy page (titles) (titles) ( titles) title (volumes) (pages) ( volumes) volume Unit: times/ volume record (volume) ( copies) Unit: person (volumes) (volumes) (volumes) ( volumes) (volume) Unit: volume Enquiries 1,271 1,287 publication Display (volume) (records) (records) (volume) 5,6305,256 8,2122,667 5,6301,259 105,751 5,256 2,667 1,625 1,259 33 12,563 14,812 8,209 14,812 ( copies) (volumes) (volumes) (volumes) (volumes) Acquisitions Cataloging Archived Total (incl. copies) (incl. copies) (person) 6 2 Item Acquisitions and Organization 20 661 Center for Chinese Studies 13,531 9,135 22,649 4,843 358,310 (Person) Academic Journals Newspapers Academic Activities Reader / Reference Services Item times participant (person) Item Readers Collection Retrieved Reference Photocopies olumes V Category Sinology Books Sinology Periodicals Sinology PhD Dissertations Overseas Sinology Journals Sub-total Seminars International Conferences International Book Exhibition 108 Principle Research Preliminary Research Preliminary RDA ISBD FRBR IFLA Primary Research

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109 to highlight the uniqueness of its ensure sustainable development of libraries and librarianship of libraries sustainable development ensure esources, leads in the quest for knowledge, and offers continuous flow of new and offers continuous flow leads in the quest for knowledge, esources, In pace with the global information society, preserve national documents, preserve In pace with the global information society, sustainable facilitate lifelong learning, and ensure disseminate knowledge, of sinology. development To academic and cultural that consolidates the world's library Construct a world-class r ideas and wisdom. services. As digital of library resource Collection is the core The Library has become increasingly works and related of a library, work Cataloging is the core ision Extract library collection grading and distribution system collection grading library library collections and provide well-organized and high quality reader services. and high quality reader well-organized collections and provide library policy collection development 1.Plan a library and distribution system collection grading 2.Establish a library Collection Library 3.Highlight the uniqueness of National Central services reader high-quality and graded 4.Provide Future Prospects: National Central Prospects: Future Library Plan 2009-2012 Strategic Mission V Administrative Aims of libraries. the social values with information policies to upgrade 1.Coordinate human resources. high quality library to develop trend with the world 2.Synchronize services. consumerism to offer target-group the concept of knowledge 3.Advocate engineering. management and implement knowledge-support knowledge 4.Promote base. knowledge NCL into a world and develop 5.Construct a meta-library Administrative Goals and Descriptions Goal one: Collection Grading and Distribution System Goal Two: Consolidate Bibliographic Resources technology develops, diversified knowledge media emerge. Electronic resources are now are resources Electronic media emerge. knowledge diversified technology develops, library of traditional the development and revolutionizing becoming prominent the to the coming of digital era, In response of providing. collections and ways and established a policy its collection development has revised Library National Central Bibliography and graded. collection becomes highly diversified as the library complex of In this era history. throughout management tool for libraries has been a knowledge has continued the Library the National Central technology, network highly advanced of automation and adopted information technology to build a bibliography project to effectively processes each of the work The system integrates backbone structure. with the further integrated are resources Bibliographic the cataloging efficiency. upgrade services. knowledge function for extended search 112

111 through books makes the library an entrusted agency for an entrusted agency the library books makes through the virtual reading environment environment the virtual reading rove The knowledge content and bibliography resources provide the function of provide resources content and bibliography The knowledge and spaces not only and service oriented architecture Pleasant, comfortable, with the mission of Library the National Central endows Law The Library collections international society authority resources services. Meeting the World international publication exchanges. In the wave of globalization and the coming In the wave international publication exchanges. on the duty of will take Library the National Central era, economy knowledge as academic activities and as well and exchanges, facilitating international cooperation academic and influence of Taiwan's the achievements to expand conferences, community. and scale of international cooperation the level 1.Upgrade international visibility and influence the library's 2.Increase book resources of rare and joint development programs 3.Continue digital cooperation personnel abilities of library vision and professional the world 4.Upgrade 4.Promote international bibliographic sharing to bring Chinese publications the international bibliographic 4.Promote sharing mechanism for resource to build a cross-domain 5.Enhance technical standards union cotalog cataloging and sharing promote cooperative bibliographic 6.Advocate 1.Consolidate bibliographic records of the NCL to lower the cost of cataloging of the NCL to lower records 1.Consolidate bibliographic to satisfy the needs of users cataloging efficiency 2.Upgrade scope on library's the search to expand processing resources electronic 3.Strengthen Goal Three: Strengthen Knowledge Services Goal Four: Environments Upgrade Physical and Virtual Goal Five: Participation on International Activities continuing as well as lifelong education and satisfy the needs for information. It is an continuing as well the quality of library upgrade To public. for the general access point of knowledge service utilized to build a knowledge services, information technology should be well service system will services. The knowledge knowledge value-added system and provide as principle research, as well and primary research, as a backup for preliminary serve upgrade and facilitate knowledge dissemination and innovation, knowledge promote and Sinology-research Knowledge in the society. services will enter college and growth of Chinese campuses and internet communities to facilitate continuous development economy. in the knowledge the nation's competitiveness and raise culture services reference consultation support mechanism to reinforce 1.Establish a knowledge dissemination knowledge service to promote personalized knowledge 2.Provide services to support academic studies and knowledge sinology research 3.Promote to come in the readers and attract environment the public with a good reading provide services. Nonetheless, in today's image of library a positive but also reinforce library the internet; therefore, people conduct their daily activities over and more more society, users has also become comfortable for library more making the internet environment has Library The National Central administration. one of the major issues library virtual reading as improving spaces, as well physical on enlivening been working friendly and high-quality indoor an environmentally readers to provide environment services to campuses. and extend space, services spaces and innovate 1.Enliven 2.Imp long established internationalism of academic studies. The library's advocating Appendices

113 ement program ement program rov service program service program Chinese Studies Library portal management system 2.Shared bibliography recording process program program process recording bibliography 2.Shared cataloging program resource 3.Electronic program exchange 4.International bibliographic program conversion records 5.Authority 6.Union catalog service program 5.Establish a National Central Library blog management system Library 5.Establish a National Central e-books collection authorization and Library 6.Establish a National Central Strategies and Programs Strategy One: Establish a Collection Grading and Distribution Services System to Provide Target-Group policy collection development 1.Amend the library programs special collections acquirement 2.Reinforce and distribution program 3.Collection grading program promotion 4.Arts and audiovisual Strategy Two: Establish a Bibliographic Logistics System Platform to Integrate and Share Bibliographic Resources imp procedure working 1.Bibliography Strategy Three: Establish a Knowledge Support and Consultation System to Provide In-depth Knowledge Services 1.Expert consultation service program notice service program publications advance 2.New support program 3.Theses and dissertation research support program research 4.Chinese periodical bibliography support program knowledge literature 5.Contemporary program alerting service integration resources 6.Knowledge 7. Strategy Four: Public Reading Construct a Physical and Virtual Environment to Upgrade the Quality of Reading and Literacy service program and innovative 1.Space redesign service program dissemination and international culture knowledge 2.New service management System infrastructure Library 3.Establish the National Central Wide Web World Library's of the National Central and improvement 4.Integration Strategy Five: Reinforce International Exchange and Academic Participation to Expand the Influence of Taiwan plan space development exchange 1.Professional plan vision of the librarians the world 2.Upgrade international visibility and influence plan Library's the National Central 3.Upgrade program books digital cooperation the international rare 4.Develop program digital library participation in the world 5.Active 2008

1. 978-957-678-470-5 2008 01 2. 978-957-678-476-7 2008 02 3. 1940-41 2008 04 4. 978-957-678-479-8 2008 06 An Investigation on Subject Gateways on the Web 5.NBINet 978-957-678-480-4 2008 06 6. 2007 978-957-678-465-1 2008 08

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1. ISSN 1026-5279 1967 7 National Central Library Bulletin 2.National Central Library Newsletter 0034-5016 1969 4 3. National Central Library News Bulletin 1026-7220 1978 4 4. ISSN 1560-6708 1999 1 New Books Monthly 5. 0253-2875 1982 1 Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies 6. 0254-4466 1983 6 Chinese Studies

1. ISBNnet News http://lib.ncl.edu.tw/isbn/index.htm 2. http://catweb.ncl.edu.tw/sect-8.htm 3. The E-newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies http://ccs.ncl.edu.tw/ccsenews

116 Appendices Annual Publications 1. http://www.ncl.edu.tw/mp.asp?mp=2 2. http://aleweb.ncl.edu.tw/ Books 3. http://nbinet2.ncl.edu.tw/ 1.Selected Publications of National Central Library 4. http://readopac1.ncl.edu.tw/ncl3/index. 978-957-678-470-5 January 2008 2.An Introduction to the Digital Collection of the NCL jsp 978-957-678-476-7 February 2008 5. http://readopac.ncl.edu.tw/cgi/ncl9/m_ncl9 3.Rescuing National Documents: An Exhibition of Rare Books Acquired by the NCL 6. http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE between 1940 and 1941 April 2008 =search/search_sim.hpg&dtd_id=12&g=1 4.An Investigation on Subject Gateways on the Web 7. http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE 978-957-678-479-8 June 2008 5.Guidelines for Bibliographic Data Processing for NBINet's Cooperative Cataloging =search/search_sim.hpg&dtd_id=11&g=1 978-957-678-480-4 June 2008 8. http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi? 6.Chinese Classification Scheme, 2007 HYPAGE=search/search_sim.hpg&dtd_id=16&g=1 978-957-678-465-1 August 2008 First edition second printing 7.Chinese Cataloging Rule: Users' Manual, 3rd ed 9. http://lit.ncl.edu.tw/ 978-957-678-481-1 August 2008 10. http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/ 8.Catalog of Reference Works Published in Taiwan, 2007 978-957-678-482-8 November 2008 11. http://lib.ncl.edu.tw/isbn/index.htm 9.2008 ROC Library Yearbook 12. http://esource.ncl.edu.tw/ 978-957-678-483-5 2008 13. http://infolib.ncl.edu.tw/ Journals 14. http://ref.ncl.edu.tw/ 1.National Central Library Bulletin (Semi-annually) 15. http://isrc.ncl.edu.tw/ ISSN 1026-5279 First issue: July 1967 16 http://cu.ncl.edu.tw/ 2.National Central Library Newsletter (Quarterly) ISSN 0034-5016 First issue: April 1969 17 http://memory.ncl.edu.tw/ 3.National Central Library News Bulletin (Quarterly) 18 http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/ ISSN 1026-7220 First issue: April 1978 4.New Books Monthly (Monthly) 19. http://vod.ncl.edu.tw/ ISSN 1560-6708 First issue: January 1999 20. http://catweb.ncl.edu.tw/ 5.Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies (Quarterly) 21. http://search.ncl.edu.tw/ ISSN 0253-2875 First issue: January 1982 6.Chinese Studies (Quarterly) 22. http://readtw.ncl.edu.tw/readtw/index.jsp ISSN 0254-4466 First issue: June 1983 23. http://twstudy.ncl.edu.tw/ E-Newsletters 24. http://rarebook.ncl.edu.tw/ 1.ISBNnet News (Monthly) 25. http://ccs.ncl.edu.tw/ccs/ccs.asp (http://lib.ncl.edu.tw/isbn/index.htm) 26. http://issn.ncl.edu.tw/issn/ 2.Online Cataloging Resources Service news (Monthly) (http://catweb.ncl.edu.tw/sect-8.htm) 3.The E-newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies (Monthly) (http://ccs.ncl.edu.tw/ccsenews)

117 118 Self-established Databases 2008 Regulations 1.National Central Library (http://www.ncl.edu.tw/mp.asp?mp=2) 2.National Central Library Online Catalog (http://aleweb.ncl.edu.tw/) 3.NBINet Union Catalog (http://nbinet2.ncl.edu.tw/) 1. 4.PerioPath: Index to Chinese Periodical Literature 2008 3 11 (http://readopac1.ncl.edu.tw/ncl3/index.jsp) 0970000829 5.Guide to ROC Periodicals (http://readopac.ncl.edu.tw/cgi/ncl9/m_ncl9) 6.ROC Government Gazette Search System 2. (http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE=search/search_sim. 2008 3 11 hpg&dtd_i d=12&g=1) 0970000829 7.ROC Government Statistic Search System (http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE=search/search_sim. 3. hpg&dtd_i d=11&g=1) 2008 4 17 8.ROCpub: Catalog of ROC Government Publications Access System 0970001252 (http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE=search/search_sim. hpg&dtd_i d=16&g=1) 4. 9.Contemporary Literature and Historical Resources Full-text Search System 2008 4 18 (http://lit.ncl.edu.tw/) 10.Electronic Theses and Dissertation System (http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/) 0970001275 11.ISBN.net Taiwan (http://lib.ncl.edu.tw/isbn/index.htm) 5. 12.NCL Electronic Database System (http://esource.ncl.edu.tw/) 2008 4 18 13.Information and Computing Library (http://infolib.ncl.edu.tw/) 14.Online Reference Service (http://ref.ncl.edu.tw/) 0970001275 15.International Standard Recording Code (http : //isrc.ncl.edu.tw/) 6. 16 E-Learning Campus (http://cu.ncl.edu.tw/) 2008 4 25 17.Taiwan Memory (http://memory.ncl.edu.tw/) 18.Taiwan Info (http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/) 0970001354 19.NCL VOD System (http://vod.ncl.edu.tw/) 7. 20.Online Cataloging Resources Service (http://catweb.ncl.edu.tw/) 2008 5 13 21.Chinese Knowledge Portal (http://search.ncl.edu.tw/) 22.Window on Taiwan (http://readtw.ncl.edu.tw/readtw/index.jsp) 0970001513 23.Taiwan Research Portal (http://twstudy.ncl.edu.tw/) 8. 24.Rare Books Image Search System (http://rarebook.ncl.edu.tw/) 25.Center for Chinese Studies (http://ccs.ncl.edu.tw/ccs/ccs.asp) 2008 5 19 26.ISSN.net Taiwan (http://issn.ncl.edu.tw/issn/) 0970001574

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