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  • 2011-11-07
Fifth Council Meeting on the Conference on Cooperative Development and Sharing of Chinese Resources Comes to a Successful Close
Fifth Council Meeting on the Conference on Cooperative Development and Sharing of Chinese Resources Comes to a Successful Close

The Fifth Council Meeting on the Conference on Cooperative Development and Sharing of Chinese Resources was held on November 3 at National Central Library. More than ten representatives were in attendance from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. During the meeting, the council secretariat reported on activities during 2010 and 2011, as well as reviewed minutes from the previous meeting. Discussion then moved to planning the 9th Conference on Cooperative Development and Sharing of Chinese Resources in 2012, including assigning a host and selecting a time and location. In addition, Taiwan proposed two new projects this year, namely the construction of a Collective Archive Site for Chinese Academic Institutions proposed by National Taiwan University, and Chinese Music Repository Project proposed by the Taiwan Music Center, Center for Chinese Studies, National Taiwan Normal University’s Music Digital Archives Center, and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music’s library. Both proposals were met with welcome and support by the council. After the meeting, council members from overseas were given a tour of the new environmentally-friendly Beitou Branch Library and the Solar Library and Energy-optimized House. They also got to see traditional Taiwanese culture and customs at the Center for Traditional Arts. The Conference on Cooperative Development and Sharing of Chinese Resourcesis an international meeting held every two years for the purpose of promoting the development and sharing of Chinese resources worldwide. Related issues and policies are discussed, reports are given on the status of various projects, new cooperative endeavors are proposed as a way to increase sharing and exchange of resources. In 2007 a governing council was established. That year the first council meeting was held in Macao, and from then on it has focused on cooperative creation and use of library resources. It has also actively promoted new projects to preserve Chinese culture. Currently, 12 projects are underway with three of them already completed: the General Catalog to Chinese Genealogy, Chinese Standardized Name Database, and the Sun Yat-sen Digital Library. The first stage of the Worldwide Chinese Ancestry Web has also been completed.

Last Update Time:2011-12-01