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  • 2021-10-19
The 2021 Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) annual meeting “Digital Libraries” organized by the National Central Library took place on 28 September
The 2021 Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) annual meeting “Digital Libraries” organized by the National Central Library took place on 28 September

The PNC is one of the most important specialist international academic organization events of the year in Pacific Rim countries. Its annual conference is held in different parts of the Pacific Rim every year, and organizes speeches related to the latest internet technologies and seminars to advance opportunities for academic exchanges and information-sharing among member countries.

 

As the Covid-19 pandemic continued to ravage the globe, the PNC was held this year (2021) in the form of an online video conference for the first time. The annual meeting and joint meeting were held from 28 to 30 September. The conference was hosted by Academia Sinica, with the theme of "Sustainable Digital Heritage.” Three heavyweight specialist lectures and 17 dialogs on sub-topics were arranged to discuss how to preserve human civilization and cultural heritage sustainably in the era of digital sharing.

 

The National Central Library (NCL) is invited to organize a number of library sessions every year. In addition to enhancing the international visibility of the achievements of Taiwan’s library resources, it takes this opportunity to conduct academic exchanges and develop more cooperation opportunities with participants from various countries. The special session “Digital Libraries” organized by the NCL, Taiwan this year is held at ten thirty on September 28th. This session is moderated by NCL Director-General Dr. Tseng. This digital library session focuses on “Memory of National and City Heritage in the Knowledge Age.” Memory of national and city heritage could represent a shared interpretation of a nation’s or cities’ past. Over the past few decades, libraries and museums have tried to archive and digitize all kinds of materials memorizing human and cultural experiences and preserve them for the future generations. It is observed that cultural institutions using new technologies and diversified collecting approaches to generate new types of content and formats.


On this occasion, there were more than 70 participants on line at the same time. At question time, speakers and online scholars exchanged and shared the experiences of the National Museum of Taiwan History and the National Library of Singapore, reconsidering, through the event, the development trend for the sustainable digital heritage of libraries and museums in the age of knowledge and digitalization.

Also, the poster proposed by the NCL this year (“When Elementary Students Encounter the Classics-- Poems and Verbal Learning in Progressive Pace: An Interactive Learning Platform”) was chosen for the PNC poster competition. It was proposed by Director  Li-Chun Chen and System Analyst Hsiu-Mew Shao, Digital Knowledge System Division and the poster is exhibited on 28 September at the online event.


Last Update Time:2022-09-01
  • Director-General Shu-hsien Tseng of the NCL hosts the 2021 PNC session “Digital Libraries.”
    Director-General Shu-hsien Tseng of the NCL hosts the 2021 PNC session “Digital Libraries.”