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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers:
Digitization and Collaborative CollectionSusan Xue
Electronic Resources LibrarianUniversity of California at
Berkeley
Hong ChengChinese Studies Librarian University of California at
Los Angeles
March 25, 2010
• Scope of new (post-1949) local gazetteers
• Compilation and publishing• Research value• Digitization and online availability• Strategy for collection
development
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
• Scope
Compilation started from 1950s, 250 counties had draft version, only 29 titles officially published before 1966
By 2007, 5812 first-run new gazetteers at provincial, city and county level (三级志 ) had been published, 99% completion
Second-run gazetteers (续志 ) started in 2000. By 2007, about 400 titles published, increase in vols., particularly for county gazetteers
By 2002, over 4,000 (incomplete statistics) subject, township and village gazetteers have been published since 1949
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
• Compilation and publishing
New local gazetteers are financially supported by governments
Compiled by experts/scholars organized by governments
Distributed through commercial channels Prices in a range of $10-$100 per vol.
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
• Research value
Record local histories in continuity. First-run gazetteers ending time between 1985-1990, not time limit for beginning time, most cover the Republic Era well
Use of archival, original and first-hand materials Maps of localities Statistical data hard to locate elsewhere for 1950s-70s (party
members, zhiqing numbers, commodity prices etc) Sources of revenues and expenditures at local level Accounts of historical events such as the Great Leap Forward and
the Cultural Revolution Biography of well-known local figures Natural disasters and damage caused Development of infrastructure (housing, road, railways etc.)
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
• Digitization
Digitization of new local gazetteers Officially started in 2001
In 2006 “The Regulation on the Work of Local Gazetteers” requires new gazetteers accessible through database/website
Official website of China Local Gazetteers Steering Group created in 2006, with links to provincial gazetteers websites http://www.difangzhi.cn/
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
• Full-text online availability
20 provinces have created shengqing database 省情数据库
Among them, 11 have all, two have some provincial gazetteers in full-text, other seven have catalogs
Five provinces have all city/county gazetteers in full-text, eight provinces have some city/county gazetteers in full-text
Table: Full-text New Gazetteers Online Availability
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
Strong points of digitized gazetteers: Convenient alternatives from print version If preserved and accessible by the public,
print version would not be criticalWeak points of digitized gazetteers: Not yet completed Some searchable, most only viewable by
chapter/section, no original texts Difficulty to browse a book quickly Unstable
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
• Strategy for collection development
Explore options of preserving digital version of new gazetteers by using web archiving technology (California Digital Library Web Archiving project)
Provide access to digital new gazetteers once preserved (cataloging/web presence)
At present, digital gazetteers are not stable, libraries cannot take the risk and totally rely on it
Pursue collaboration in collecting print new gazetteers among libraries, keep at least one print copy in UC system
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Digitization
• Challenge in Collecting Printed Chinese Local Gazetteers
• Collaborative Collection as a Solution
• Expansion and Extension
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Challenge in Collecting Printed Chinese Local Gazetteers
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Challenge in Collecting Printed Chinese Local Gazetteers
Explosion of Local Gazetteer Publishing
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According to the Yearbook of Local Gazetteers 2008, the total number of the first round gazetteers published at the county level or higher reached 5,812 titles by 2007, which did not included the titles below the county level.
• Challenge in Collecting Printed Chinese Local Gazetteers
Explosion of Local Gazetteer Publishing
Increasing Needs from Users
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Challenge in Collecting Printed Chinese Local Gazetteers
Explosion of Local Gazetteer Publishing
Increasing Needs from Users
Shrinking of Acquisition Funding
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Collaborative Collection as a Solution
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Collaborative Collection as a Solution
UC Berkeley and UCLA Collaboration
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Collaborative Collection as a Solution
UC Berkeley and UCLA Collaboration
Common Collection at Province and County Levels
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Collaborative Collection as a Solution
UC Berkeley and UCLA Collaboration
Common Collection at Province and County Levels
Collaborative Collection at In-Between and Sub-County Levels
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Expansion and Extension
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Expansion and Extension
Collaboration Strengthens Collection
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Expansion and Extension
Collaboration Strengthens Collection
Expansion of Local Gazetteer Collection: Grassroots Gazetteers
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Post-1949 Chinese Local Gazetteers: Collaborative Collection
• Expansion and Extension
Collaboration Strengthens Collection
Expansion of Local Gazetteer Collection: Grassroots Gazetteers
Local gazetteers below the county LevelTown 鎮 District 區
Township 鄉Commune 社 Brigade 隊 Village 村Street Community 街道Neighborhood Community 社區 / 里弄
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• Expansion and Extension
Collaboration Strengthens Collection
Expansion of Local Gazetteer Collection: Grassroots Gazetteers
Extension of Local Gazetteer Collection: Post-1949 Chinese Genealogies
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Thank YouContact Information
Susan Xue [email protected] Cheng [email protected]
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