...Jiazhen Liu This paper looks briefly at changes in preservation practice for library materials in China, as well as constraints and, in more detail, current needs in this area. In recent years, a large number of library buildings of various kinds and sizes have been built, providing a practical...

... the introduction of CD‐ROM technology, which provided instant access to all Library of Congress and foreign language MARC records for both bibliographic checking and cataloguing purposes. Library materials Purchasing techniques Hong Kong Information technology China Language Cataloguing...

... standards Library materials Education Professional associations Vietnam Moving into a socialist market economy under the “doi moi” (innovation) policy for the past nine years, Vietnam has seen its GNP jump from US$9.6 billion in 1991 to US$20.3 billion in 1995 (Global Development Finance...