ISSN 0034-5016 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Vol. 45 No. 4 November 2014 National Central Library In this issue Spotlights ■ NCL Director General Tseng Leads a Delegation to Attend the Spotlights 1-3 2014 ALA Annual Meeting and Presents a Keynote Speech at the Events 4-8 CALA Annual Meeting NCL Publications 8 The 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Meeting was LIS Seminars 9 held on June 26 to July 1 in Las Vegas. A seminar, library and information NCL International 9 Exchange Events exhibition, poster exhibition and other activities were simultaneously held Chinese Studies 10-12 with the event. Symposium CCS News and 13 Activities News from Taiwan 13-14 Libraries Postal Address: 20 Chungshan S. Rd. Taipei, Taiwan 10001, Republic of China NCL Director General Shu-hsien Tseng (right) with ALA President Barbara Tel: +886-2-23812713 Stripling. Fax: +886-2-23820747 E-Mail: Led by National Central Library (NCL) Director General Shu-hsien [email protected] Tseng, the 15-member library delegation from Taiwan was joined by Website: representatives of the Parliamentary Library of Legislative Yuan, Taiwan http://www.ncl.edu.tw (R.O.C.), National Library of Public Information, National Taiwan Library, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) Library, and the Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies at NTNU. The delegation attended the ALA conference knowledge services, pursuit of excellence, and poster exhibition, as well as participated in the enhancing culture and fostering global sinology Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) exchanges. Annual General Meeting. Director General Tseng presents a keynote speech at The Taiwan delegation at the event opening the meeting. ALA member organization CALA also held ■ Donation Ceremony of Hungarian its annual meeting on June 29 under the theme Heritage Music Collection & Presentation of “Exploring the World: Librarian Leadership of UNESCO World Heritage - Hungarian and Global Outreach.” The meeting is the most Dance House highly respected annual event for professional On July 28, the NCL held a donation exchanges in the Chinese library community. The ceremony and a presentation of Táncház, traditional NCL, which is in charge of professional library Hungarian dancing, in the International Conference development in Taiwan, has earned respect and Hall. attention among its peers in the international Director General Tseng said that the donation community. of a set of 50 CDs (Heritage of Our Future XX→ NCL Director General Shu-hsien Tseng was XXI) from the Hungarian Trade Office represents therefore invited to present a keynote speech at classic traditional Hungarian folk music collection the CALA annual meeting entitled “Gathering for a century. The 20th century was a great time Knowledge, Striving for Excellence, Promoting for folk songs in Europe as it experienced a large Culture, Creating Sinology Ripple World-wide: production of records and other recordings. Experiences of the NCL on Library Leadership Due to the advent of the digital age, and in and Global Outreach.” light of the fact that traditional Hungarian cultural The speech shared the NCL’s achievements identity is not at odds with their integration in the and leadership experience in the areas of European Union (Hungarian folk songs are a part 2 National Central Library Newsletter Vol. 45 No. 4 November 2014.