No. 139 Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Number 139 From the President Articles Zhan Furui The National Library of China in Prospect Eugene Wu Beyond Technology Yuan Zhou An Unstated Mission: Chinese Collections in Academic Libraries in the U.S. and their Services to Overseas Chinese Caitlin Nelson "Midway between the Occident and the Orient": The Glenn W. Shaw Collection at the Asia Collection, University of Hawaii, Manoa Susan Meinheit Tibetan and Mongolian Collections at the Library of Congress Meiqing Macy Zheng McGill-Harvard-Yenching Library Joint Digitization Project: Ming-Qing Women's Writings 1 7 June 2006 i

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Victoria Chu and Kefeng Qiu Collection Evaluation of Chinese History Resources on the Ming and Qing Dynasties at the East Asian Collection, University of Wisconsin, Madison 41 Fred Y. Ye An Essay on the Expenditure Distribution in American East Asian Libraries 49 Amy Tsiang Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking Maggie Liu "Library as Place": Implementation of 5-S System Eugenie Ng, Patrick Lo, and Owen Tam Web-OPAC and Selected Databases: A Comparative Study of the Searching Effectiveness and Efficiency Reports January 2006 NCC Council Meeting Report 86 53 57

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The 2005 Workshop for Overseas Librarians Sponsored by The Korea Foundation and The National Library of Korea: A Report Shashi Interest Group meeting Minutes CEAL Activities New Appointments Professional Vacancy Announcements Indexes

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