The Cross-Strait Library Science Conference

2012/07/04

FENG, WEN-HSING

The 11th Cross-Strait Library Science Conference was this year, for the very first time, held in Taiwan. The Conference is an ongoing event that began in 1993 and serves to bring together experts and scholars in library science from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. In the past, it has been held at a number of prestigious universities and libraries in Mainland China, such as the East China Normal University (Shanghai) and Peking University, among others. This year, it was held at Tamkang University’s Tamsui Campus.

This year, the event was jointly organized by Tamkang University, the Chinese Association of Library and Information Science Education, as well as Wu Han University’s Information Resources Research Center. Held over two days (July 4-5), the Conference was attended by 270 scholars from Mainland China and Taiwan.

The theme of the Conference was ‘Establishing Closer Relations in the Field of Library Science and a New Era for the Library Industry’. During the Conference, numerous academic papers relating to library science were presented. Delegates from Taiwanese universities, such as National Taiwan University, National Cheng Chi University, National Taiwan Normal University, and National Chung Hsing University presented a total of 40 such papers. At the same time, delegates from 24 Mainland Chinese universities and library associations from around Mainland China presented a total of 73 dissertations.

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