Retrodigitization activities in THUL

Retrodigitization activities in THUL

Jiang Airong

Tsinghua University Library

EMANI Meeting

GRENOBLE – 16 Oct, 2006

Introduce about Tsinghua Library c

ompleted first phase tasks of the Ch

ina-US Million Book Digital Library P

roject.

• The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project is often called CADAL (China-America Digital Academic Library) project in China.

• The CADAL is a collaborative project between universities in China and America.

For the past three years, the Ministry of Education of China provided 70 Million RMB Funding to CADAL.

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

The CADAL project has 19 partners in China. Among those have 16 Universities.

The CADAL project has 19 partners in China. Among those have 16 Universities.

Tsinghua Library is one partner of CADAL

and takes charge of digitalization of ancient bo

oks, the Republic of China (Min Guo) books an

d the degree dissertations in THU Library.

According to CADAL’s plan, Tsinghua Libr

ary’s task is digitization of 50 000 volumes of C

hinese collections.

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

Until July, 2006, the following collections are scanned:

the ancient books →→ 2 638 819 pages (16 945 volumes)

the Republic of China(Min Guo) books →→ 3 465 616 pages (23 102 volumes) the degree dissertations →→ 948 721 pages (10 186 volumes)

Total is 7 053 156 pages (50 233 volumes).

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

Until July, 2006, more than one Million c

ollections are digitalized by all partners i

n China.

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

Because it is difficult to select and transport

English book from America to China.

Finally, 85% are Chinese books, 15% are

English books.

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

CADAL‘s Homepage: http://www.cadal.zju.edu.cn/Index.action

At present

•About 150 000 Chinese ancient books and

100 000 English old books (only before 1923) are available to everyone over the Internet.

•Because copy right issue, the Min Guo books and journals, the degree dissertations and Chinese modern books are not available to everyone, some only open to all partners of CADAL project, some only open to 3-4 partners.

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

a page of ancient math book

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

A page of the Nine Chapters on the Math Art ( 100 B.C. -50 A.D.)

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

two pages of English math books

The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project

According CADAL’s Mission, English homepage will be released before long.

According CADAL’s Mission, English homepage will be released before long.

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