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Program activity will run from August 1 to October 31 this 3. Exploring Formosa Online: This activity aims to relevant rights of the provided images, which will year. The event will include five major activities: through riddle and deduction games to increase be digitally watermarked and captioned on Global "Reading " Event Stimulates Interest 1. Taiwan Study Camp; 2. Exploring Formosa understanding of the "Taiwan Memory," Memory Net. in Books Online; 3. Images of Taiwan: Historic Photographs "Window on Taiwan," and "Reading Taiwan," of Taiwan; 4. Taiwan Photo Exhibition; and 5. information systems. Publication of An Introduction to Online Resources Well-known scholars and experts of Taiwan The Ministry of Education has long promoted for Taiwan Studies. studies will also be invited to present lectures in community education and encouraged the habit of The Taiwan Study Camp will be held from conjunction with the photo exhibition. lifelong education. In conjunction with the August 7 to 28 and consist of six sessions (12 "Museums and Young People" theme of this year's groups) in northern, central and southern Taiwan. Service and Seed Instructor Training International Museum Day, the ministry joined The camp will introduce various NCL information Program for Overseas Chinese Libraries in hands with community education organizations systems, such as "Taiwan Memory," "Window on and other related units to organize the "Young Taiwan," and "Reading Taiwan," as well as print The "Malaysian Overseas Chinese Library Taiwan: See, Know and Act" series of lifelong publications in the library collection to elementary Services and Seed Instructor Training Program" Prof. Ching-chih Chen (second from right) and NCL learning activities from May this year. The activity and high school teachers and librarians at social Director General Juang Fang-rung (center) (Photo by aimed to stimulate an interest in self-exploration was held in Malaysia from July 4 to 29, 2006. The education organizations. The camp aims to Pinery S. Wu) program was organized by the Graduate Institute and study, and thereby stimulate the abilities and heighten awareness of the customs, history and of Library and Information Science, National creativity of children and youth in Taiwan so that unique qualities of Taiwan, and thereby foster the The NCL will broadly publicize the Taiwan Normal University with assistance from they can present the vitality of Taiwan on the public's appreciation of their native land. cooperation project in relevant NCL activities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cabinet-level international stage. The Taiwan Photo Exhibition will visit four such as conferences and publications, and Global National Youth Commission, Overseas Chinese In conjunction with the lifelong learning venues from September 15 to November 19: the Memory Net will also assist in promoting the Affairs Commission, and the Library Association activities and an MOE project to bolster lifelong County Library, Taichung County Cultural NCL's outreach activities in the digital area to of the R.O.C. (Taiwan). learning systems, the NCL, National Taiwan Center, Kaohsiung Municipal Library, and Hualien countries in the region. Library, National Museum of Natural Science, County Cultural Bureau. Activities include the Prof. Chen first raised the concept of a "World National Museum of Marine Biology and following: NCL and Global Memory Net Ink Digital Library" in 1993. She is now in charge of Aquarium, and National Education Radio jointly 1. Exhibition of Japanese-era postcards in the NCL Memorandum of Cooperation planning the Global Memory Net project, which is planned a "Reading Taiwan" activity to promote collection: A selection of 1,000 postcards will be supported by the International Digital Library family reading, to provide the public with a displayed, with themes including the customs The NCL and Global Memory Net planning Program of the National Science Foundation broader environment conducive to reading, and to and lifestyles of Taiwan, the Taiwan Fair, director Prof. Ching-chih Chen of GSLIS, (U.S.A.). Global Memory Net is an integrated encourage the public to research and read about architecture, artifacts and local industries Simmons College signed a memorandum of multimedia search system offering rapid links to Taiwan. The library also published An Introduction 2. Exhibition of the best historical photographs of cooperation on July 19, 2006. Under the multimedia documents and bibliographic resources to Online Resources for Taiwan Studies, Taiwan submitted for the "Images of Taiwan" agreement, the NCL will provide high-quality around the world, similar to OCLC's World Cat introducing 200 to 250 major websites for Taiwan activity: A display of selected photographs that images from Taiwan Memory and Rare Books and online resources such as Google Scholar and studies. aim to increase public understanding and Information Net systems for use on Global Google Video. Organized by the NCL, the "Reading Taiwan" appreciation of local history, traits and customs Memory Net. NCL will retain all ownership and 3 National Central Library 4

Bureau of International Exchange of Publications traits and exchange activities of the NCL. The to facilitate exchange. briefings gave the visiting librarians a better The NCL also presented two reports at the understanding of the progress made by the NCL in seminar. Editor Sung Mei-chen introduced the recent years in terms of collection building and NCL's 3T characteristics and development status; information systems, hopefully making these and Director Peng Wei spoke on the collection resources more widely used by researchers abroad.

Events

LAC Kicks Off 2006 Summer Program Prof. Ching-chih Chen (left), signs the memorandum NCL Deputy Director-General Sung Chien-cheng (far of cooperation with Director Yu Hsiao-ming, right), National Taichung Library Director Hsueh, representing NCL Director-General Juang. (Photo by The Library Association of the R.O.C. Mao-sung (left, standing) welcome summer workshop Pinery S. Wu) (Taiwan) is holding its 2006 summer workshop participants at National Taichung Library. series from July 17 to September 1. The 11-session Special Report series includes courses on senior library High School, and Tzu Chi University in Hualien. management, library collection development in the The courses were attended by senior high school, NCL Hosts Seminar on East Asian Libraries digital age, introductory and advanced courses on vocational high school, middle school and in the U.S. The "Seminar on U.S. East Asian Library information organization, cataloging standards, elementary school teachers. The main online Characteristics and Exchanges " was joined by library operations and marketing, reading and systems covered were: 1. READncl (produced by In order to further understand the Michael Meng (third from right), Wen-ling Diana Liu (second from right) and NCL Deputy Director General libraries, library quality management, digital the NCL): Introduction to Periodical, Government, characteristics of East Asian libraries in the U.S. Sung Chien-cheng (third from left). (Photo by Pinery content collection, management, publication and and Literary Information; 2. E-Publication Web and strengthen exchanges and cooperation with S. Wu) utilization, library operations and local resource (NICT): Online Browsing of over 2,000 Illustrated such libraries, the NCL hosted a "Seminar on U.S. utilization, book information laws and regulations, Books; and 3. Taiwan Genealogy Online (National East Asian Library Characteristics and Exchanges" and library e-learning space sharing planning and Digital Archives Program): Introduction to Clan on July 13, 2006. Mr. Michael Meng, director of practical issues. Histories, Family Migration Charts, and the Asia Library at the University of Michigan; Genealogical Charts. and Ms. Wen-ling Diana Liu, a librarian at the East NCL Organizes Summer Workshop on Online Asian Library, Indiana University presented Data Searching Lecture on "Archaic Land Deeds and Clan reports and shared their experience with NCL staff Relations in Taiwan" during the seminar. Mr. Meng spoke on the The NCL and National Institute for Compilation and Translation (NICT) jointly situation at his library and the status and In conjunction with the Taiwan Archaic organized the "Learning Online, Soaring High" challenges of the Michigan-Google Project. Ms. Documents Exhibition at the National Central education and training course from July 4 to 12 at Liu introduced the characteristics of the Chinese Library, held from April 21 to June 20, 2006, the Taipei Municipal University of Education, language materials in the Indiana University The Seminar on U.S. East Asian Library NCL invited Professor Wen Chen-hua of the Characteristics and Exchanges (Photo by Pinery S. Wu) National Taichung Library, Kaohsiung Municipal collection. The event was organized by the NCL's Graduate Institute of Taiwan History at National