Chinese Librarianship in the Digital Era

<ul> <li>List of figures and tables</li> <li>List of abbreviations</li> <li>Acknowledgements</li> <li>Preface</li> <li>About the authors</li> <li>Chapter 1: Historical review of Chinese libraries</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>The ancient Chinese library</li> <li>The modern Chinese library (1840–1999)</li> <li>The context of era</li></ul> <li>Chapter 2: The Chinese library's digital environment</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>Review of internet development in China</li> <li>The information content industry</li> <li>Digital publishing</li></ul> <li>Chapter 3: The digital library in China</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>Research history</li> <li>Practicing course</li> <li>Digital libraries and traditional libraries – Chinese interpretation</li></ul> <li>Chapter 4: Digital copyright in China and libraries</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>A brief history of Chinese copyright development</li> <li>Digital libraries and digital copyright</li> <li>The library community’s standpoint on digital copyright</li></ul> <li>Chapter 5: The Tao and utensils debate: the core value of a library</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>Genesis</li> <li>Modern China’s political context</li> <li>The library’s core value in the Chinese context</li></ul> <li>Chapter 6: Public library: the silhouette of China's social public service</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>Three factors pushing the development of the public libraries in China</li> <li>The layout of public libraries’ service facilities and networks in the digital era</li> <li>Public library’s individual development with digital technology support</li> <li>The public library digital service is promoted by a national major digital culture project</li> <li>Difficulties and the future for China’s public libraries</li></ul> <li>Chapter 7: Academic libraries: focusing on service</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>Influence of digital technology on academic library</li> <li>University library</li> <li>Special libraries</li></ul> <li>Chapter 8: Library consortia in China: cooperation, sharing, and reciprocity</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>The development of library consortia in China</li> <li>The characteristics of library consortia in China</li> <li>Cross-system library consortia</li> <li>National library consortia</li> <li>Regional library consortia</li></ul> <li>Chapter 9: Future prospects</li> <ul> <li>Abstract:</li> <li>Future librarians – human beings or machines?</li> <li>Creating the future of the library with both Tao and utensils</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul> <li>References</li> <li>Index</li></ul>