December 14 “In Favor 26 countries were in attendance, accompanied of Vietnamese Students by NCL Director-General Shu-hsien Tseng and Learning Chinese Words in the Native Language senior library staff. Factor.” Dr. Dinh Thi Hong The guests were entertained with a varied Thu, Post-doctoral Research program of activities and performances on of Department Chinese Dr. Dinh Thi Hong Language and Culture at the theme of this year’s reception, “Taiwan Thu Vietnam National University. Together,” including music, traditional customs, international dance, and cosplay. The reception December 20 “Matter and was also honored by the presence of President Material in Seventeenth- Century Nanjing Painting, Ing-wen Tsai, as well as senior politicians, with Reference to Hu Yukun’s economists, and heads of diplomatic missions Use of the Album Format.” in Taiwan. The scholars took the opportunity to Mr. Greg Seiffert, Ph. D. Candidate of Department mix and converse with the guests at this grand of Art and Archaeology at Mr. Greg Seiffert occasion, a day of friendship to remember in the Princeton University. years to come. December 20 “Omnes Dii Gentium Daemonia. Antonio de Santa María Caballero, OFM, the Chinese Rites Controversy, and the Experience of The Other.” Dr. Iveta Nakládalová, Dr. Iveta Post-doctoral Research of Nakládalová Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Visiting scholars participate 2018 R.O.C. National Day Reception at the Taipei Guest House. CCS News and Activities ■ 2018 Farewell Party for Taiwan Fellowship Scholars ■ CCS’s Visiting Scholars Attend the 2018 The National Central Library (NCL) has R.O.C. National Day Reception been tasked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The 2018 R.O.C. National Day Reception (MOFA) to carry out the Taiwan Fellowship was held at the Taipei Guest House on October project. On December 17, 2018, MOFA held 10, as is customary. The National Central a farewell party for foreign scholars currently Library (NCL) made special arrangements to in Taiwan on the research fellowship. Vice- have CCS’s recipients of the Research Grant minister of Foreign Affairs Li-jie Tsao spoke for Foreign Scholars in Chinese Studies, the at the event. The NCL Director-General Shu- Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ recipients of the hsien Tseng, and fellowship recipients in Taiwan Fellowship and their spouses to attend. Taiwan and their family members, ambassadors A total of 46 scholars and their spouses from and representatives to Taiwan from the host 14 National Central Library Newsletter Vol.50 No.1 February 2019 countries of the foreign scholars, and executive Co-organizer: Taiwan Medical Library director of the Fulbright Scholar Program Dr. Association & Library Association of The Republic of China (Taiwan) & William C. Vocke attended this event. In all, Interlibrary Cooperation Association there were close to one hundred people in Date: October 25, 2018 attendance. Venue: Taipei Medical University Library MOFA’s Taiwan Fellowship began in 2010 to encourage outstanding experts and scholars ■ Conference on Smart Technology Application and Service Innovation abroad to come and conduct research in Taiwan’s universities and research institutes for a period Organizer: National Library of Public of three months to a year. It was hoped that Information Date: October 26, 2018 doing so would stimulate scholarly exchange and Venue: National Library of Public collaboration between scholars in Taiwan and Information abroad. As of this year, a total of 934 scholars ■ 2018 ORCID Taiwan Workshop from 78 countries have come to Taiwan for Organizer: National Cheng Kung University research. This has increased Taiwan’s visibility in Library & Open Researcher and the international community, as well as furthered Contributor Identifier the link between research institutes in Taiwan Date: October 29, 2018 and the international community at large. Venue: National Cheng Kung University Library ■ 2018 International Conference of CONCERT Organizer: Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center Co-organizer: National Taiwan Normal University A group photo of the Taiwan Fellowship sholars at the Date: November 12-13, 2018 Farewell Party. Venue: National Taiwan Normal University LIS Seminars ■ Conference on New Generation Automated Management for Books and Value Added ■ Conference on 2018 Digital Dissertation Service Consortium Organizer: National Tsing Hua University Organizer: National Taiwan University Library Date: November 16, 2018 Co-organizer: ProQuest & TBMC Venue: National Taiwan University Date: October 19, 2018 ■ Forum on the Trends of Library and Venue: National Tsing Hua University Information Science Education in 2028 ■ Conference on Scholarly communication Organizer: Chinese Association of Library and Research Influence & Information Science Education Organizer: Taipei Medical University Date: December 15, 2018 Library Venue: National Central Library National Central Library Newsletter Vol.50 No.1 February 2019 15.