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Volume 1990 Number 90 Article 3

6-1-1990

National Bibliographic Control of Current Publications in China National Bibliographic Control of Current Publications in China

Raymond N. Tang

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R a y m o n d N . T a n g Un ive r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a a t B e r k e l e y

O v e r a l l P i c t u r e of C u r r e n t C h i n e s e P u b l i c a t i o n s

L e t u s first l o o k a t t h e ove ra l l p i c t u r e of c u r r e n t C h i n e s e p u b l i c a t i o n s b e f o r e w e p r o ­c e e d t o e x p l o r e m e a n s of g a i n i n g a n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h i c c o n t r o l , if i n d e e d t h a t is pos s ib l e . A c c o r d i n g t o t h e p a p e r " Z h o n g g u o sishi n i a n l a i d e c h u b a n g a i k u a n g <f |£) u*> f \%5>*3 H ( A Survey of F o r t y Y e a r s of C h i n e s e Publishing)*' g iven b y F a n g H o u - s h u e d i t o r of Zhongguo chuban nianjian *p \zfctifrtyZ& ( C h i n a P u b l i s h i n g Y e a r b o o k ) a t t h e S e m i n a r o n t h e C o l l e c t i o n , P r o c e s s i n g a n d U s a g e of C h i n e s e B o o k s , A u g u s t 23 -25 , 1989 in Bei j ing, " . . . there w e r e 1,537 n e w s p a p e r s , 5 ,865 p e r i o d i c a l s , 5 3 6 p u b l i s h e r s , 6 2 0 p r i n t e r s , 12,157 s t a t e - m a n a g e d b o o k s t o r e s . T h e r e w e r e a ha l f -mi l l ion p e o p l e invo lved in t h e news , i n f o r m a t i o n , a n d p u b l i s h i n g indus t r i e s . " In 1978, t h e r e w e r e 105 p u b l i s h e r s , w h e r e a s in 1989 t h e r e w e r e 5 3 6 ac t ive p u b l i s h e r s .

N a t i o n a l P u b l i s h e r s :

1. P u b l i s h e r s d i rec t ly r e p o r t i n g t o X i n w e n c h u b a n shu #p a *9 ^ S ( B u r e a u of N e w s I n f o r m a t i o n a n d P u b l i s h i n g ) 2 0

2. G o v e r n m e n t a n d p a r t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s , socia l g r o u p s 156

3 . M a j o r un ivers i ty p r e s s e s 20

4. A r m e d fo rces 14

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Loca l P u b l i s h e r s :

G e n e r a l p u b l i s h e r s 66

2. Unive r s i t y p r e s s e s 70

3. S p e c i a l i z e d p u b l i s h e r s 190

T o t a l 326

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O u t p u t of p u b l i c a t i o n s , 1949-1988:

1. Ph i l o sophy , socia l s c i ences 107,030

2. S c i e n c e a n d t e c h n o l o g y 198,338

3 . L i t e r a t u r e a n d a r t s 163,906

4 E d u c a t i o n a n d c u l t u r e 113,397

T o t a l 582 ,671

T h e r e w a s a p h e n o m e n a l r i se in b o o k p r o d u c t i o n a f t e r t h e c h a o t i c p e r i o d of t h e G r e a t P r o l e t a r i a n C u l t u r a l R e v o l u t i o n (1966-1976) . I n 1967, on ly 2 ,925 t i t l e s w e r e p u b l i s h e d , wi th on ly 3 6 b e i n g t e x t b o o k s . T h e y e a r 1969 w a s t h e n a d i r w i t h on ly 1,907 t i t l es of b o o k s , 7 z 0 t i t l es of t e x t - b o o k s , 4 2 n e w s p a p e r s , a n d 2 0 p e r i o d i c a l s p u b l i s h e d . A f t e r t h e C u l t u r a l R e v o l u t i o n , p u b l i c a t i o n s g r e w by l e a p s a n d b o u n d s .

B o o k s : 1978 14,989 1979 17,212 1980 21 ,621 1981 25 ,601 1982 31 ,784 1984 40 ,075 1985 45 ,603 1988 66 ,000

P e r i o d i c a l s : 1976 5 0 0 1981 2 ,800 1984 3,907 1988 5,865

N e a r l v o n e h u n d r e d p u b l i s h e r s a r e n o w a d a y s p r imar i ly , o r t o a c e r t a i n d e g r e e , i nvo lved in pub l i sh ing a n t i q u a r i a n c lass ica l w o r k s . Sixty a r e invo lved in p u b l i s h i n g a r t w o r k s . S ince 1979, m o r e t h a n 3 ,000 d i c t i o n a r i e s h a v e b e e n p u b l i s h e d . S i n c e 1984, m o r e t h a n 1,500 c o l l e c t a n e a h a v e b e e n t o p r e s s . A s of 1988, m o r e t h a n 4 ,500 c lass ica l t ex t s in lit­e r a t u r e , h is tory , p h i l o s o p h y , a n d l a n g u a g e s h a v e b e e n p r i n t e d a n d m o r e t h a n 160 y e a r ­b o o k s h a v e b e e n p r o d u c e d . I n t h e las t t e n y e a r s , 14 p u b l i s h e r s h a v e b e e n e n g a g e d in p u b l i s h i n g f o r e i g n - l a n g u a g e m a t e r i a l s , i n c l u d i n g p a p e r s a n d p r o c e e d i n g s from a c a d e m i c a n d r e s e a r c h ins t i tu t ions . F r o m 1980 t o 1986, 3 ,575 f o r e i g n - l a n g u a g e t i t les w e r e p u b l i s h e d .

R e g i o n a l a n d loca l p u b l i s h e r s h a v e la te ly b e c o m e v e r y ac t ive a n d e n t e r p r i s i n g . E v e r y p r o v i n c e o r a u t o n o m o u s r e g i o n h a s i ts o w n p u b l i s h i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n a i ts o w n Di f angzh i w e i y u a n h u i ^JS%J^^ ( T h e C o m m i t t e e o n L o c a l H i s t o r i e s ) , r e s p o n s i b l e for c o m p i l i n g a n d p u b l i s h i n g loca l d o c u m e n t s . S ince 1980, m o r e t h a n 3 ,000 xian zhi j £ &% ( c o u n t y h i s t o r i e s ) h a v e b e e n p u b l i s h e d .

Z h o n g g u o s h e h u i k e x u e y u a n c h u b a n s h e ( t h e C h i n e s e A c a d e m y of Soc ia l S c i e n c e s P r e s s ) a l o n e h a s b e e n p u b l i s h i n g a n o t a b l e n u m b e r o f s cho la r ly w o r k s . T h e A c a d e m y h a s o v e r 3 ,000 r e s e a r c h e r s a n d is n o w p u b l i s h i n g 7 5 p e r i o d i c a l s

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a n d t h e a m b i t i o u s l y l a r g e s e r i e s e n t i t l e d Dangdai Zhongguo congshu A\ «f $ & & ( C o n t e m p o r a r y C h i n a s e r i e s ) .

T h e F i r s t N a t i o n a l A r c h i v e s in Bei j ing , t h e S e c o n d N a t i o n a l A r c h i v e s in Nan j ing , a n d r e g i o n a l a r c h i v e s in S h a n g h a i , S h e n y a n g , C h o n g q i n g , C h e n g d u , a n d o t h e r c i t ies a r e so r t i ng o u t p r i m a r y s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s for mic ro f i lming a n d p u b l i s h i n g . T h e N a t i o n a l C e n t e r of Mic ro f i lm ing is c o o r d i n a t i n g nMcrofilminjg a n d r e p r o d u c t i o n p r o g r a m s . T h e un ive r s i ty presses turn o u t fine scho la r ly p u b l i c a t i o n s which o f t en a r e so ld o u t very quickly .

Unoff ic ia l m a g a z i n e s , d e m o n s t r a t i o n c i rcu la r s , p r o t e s t s t a t e m e n t s , b ig c h a r a c t e r p o s t e r s , a n d p o e m s of l a m e n t a l s o exist . I n fact , in T a i w a n a s e r i e s c a l l ed Dalu dbda kanwu huibian AT&*& ~TN!W#*flfe ( A C o l l e c t i o n of C h i n e s e M a i n l a n d U n d e r g r o u n d P u b l i c a ­t i ons ) a l r e a d y h a s p u b l i s h e d 2 0 v o l u m e s a n d c o n t i n u e s t o g r o w . O n e finds m i m e o g r a p h e d s ing le s h e e t s so ld a t t e n o r t w e n t y c e n t s e a c h a t s t r e e t c o r n e r s in C h i n a . F o r e x a m p l e , "Zwxin xiaoxi & # t ft, ( T h e L a t e s t N e w s ) " w a s j u s t o n e of such

Eu b l i c a t i o n s so ld o n t h e s t r e e t in f ron t of t h e N a n j i n g H o t e l . I t c a r r i e s s e v e n t e e n a n d w r i t t e n e n t r i e s i n c l u d i n g "Why d i d H u Y a o b a n g R e s i g n ? , " T h e I n s i d e S to ry of t h e

D e a t h of L i u S h a o q i , " a n d " T h e C u r r e n t S t a t u s of H u a G u o f e n g . " S u c h a r e t h e p i e c e s t o b e f o u n d in "Xiaodao xiaoxi -I 'j&vftjj. ( N a r r o w P a t h I n f o r m a t i o n ) , " a so r t of g r a p e v i n e goss ip news sheet.

"Minjian judao fat& ( C o m m o n F o l k s C h a n n e l ) " p u b l i c a t i o n s a r e difficult t o t r a c k d o w n . M a n y of t h e m a r e n o t p u b l i s h e d in t h e C h i n e s e m a i n l a n d b u t a r e s m u g g l e d o r b r o u g h t in f r o m H o n g K o n g , M a c a o , a n d e v e n f r o m T a i w a n . T h e y i n c l u d e m a r t i a l a r t s sagas , s e n t i m e n t a l r o m a n c e s , d e t e c t i v e s to r i e s , p o r n o g r a p h i c e x p o s e s , e r o t i c m a t e r i a l s u n d e r t h e c o v e r of e s t h e t i c i s m , h u m a n a b e r r a t i o n s in t h e n a m e of h u m a n n a t u r e , fengshui s u p e r s t i t i o n s , a n d fo r tune - t e l l i ng . T h e s e i t e m s a r e so ld in t r a i n s , t r a n s p o r t a t i o n d e p o t s , a n a a t r o a d s i d e s ta l l s . Soc io log is t s a n d o t h e r r e s e a r c h e r s f ind such m a t e r i a l s in­f o r m a t i v e in r e v e a l i n g t h e t e n o r of t h e t i m e s a n d of p a r t i c u l a r e n v i r o n m e n t s .

In t h e las t few y e a r s , effor ts h a v e b e e n b e g u n t o p u b l i s h l a r g e m o n o g r a p h i c se t s s u c h as Zhongguo dabaike quanshu ( C h i n e s e G r e a t E n c y c l o p e d i a ) w i t h a p r o j e c t i o n of s even ty v o l u m e s a n d Zhongguo meishu quanji v* if) ( A C o l l e c t a n e a of C h i n e s e A r t ) in sixty v o l u m e s . T h e r e is a l s o t h e h u g e s e t tfiZhonqhua dazangjing *f #;*ujSX& ( T h e C h i n e s e T r i p i t a k a ) a n d t h e v o l u m i n o u s s e r i e s of loca l g a z e t t e e r s . I n a d d i t i o n , t h e r e a r e e x p e n s i v e mic ro f i lm co l l ec t i ons of D u n h u a n g a r ch iva l m a t e r i a l s , o l d n e w s p a p e r s , a n d ou t -o f -p r in t p e r i o d i c a l s . F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e r e a r e c o m p u t e r s o f t w a r e p r o d u c t s d e a l i n g wi th T a n g p o e t r y a n d t h e nove l , Hung lou meng friJ&fy ( D r e a m of t h e R e d C h a m b e r ) .

F o r fo re ign s c h o l a r s , t h e r e is a lways t h e p r o b l e m of h o w t o c o p e w i t h "neibu faxing ^ - J f f ^ J ( i n t e r n a l d i s t r i b u t i o n ) " m a t e r i a l s . " I n t e r n a l d i s t r i b u t i o n " m a t e r i a l s are n o t neces sa r i l y s e c r e t o r classif ied m a t e r i a l s in t h e W e s t e r n s e n s e . E u g e n e W u of t h e H a r v a r d - Y e n c h i n g L i b r a r y h a s m e n t i o n e d t h a t " s o m e un ive r s i ty p r e s s e s i n C h i n a h a v e r e c e n t l y f u r t h e r c o m p l i c a t e d t h e s i t ua t i on . I n a n effor t t o k e e p s o m e of t h e i r p u b l i c a t i o n s a w a y f r o m c e n t r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n a b r o a d by t h e g o v e r n m e n t - d e s i g n a t e d export c o r p o r a t i o n s , t h e y h a v e r e s o r t e d t o us ing t h e neibu l a b e l t o g a i n c o n t r o l o v e r

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t he i r o w n d i s t r i b u t i o n o v e r s e a s . " 1 T h e r e a r e s eve ra l c a t e g o r i e s of " in t e rna l d i s t r i bu t ion" m a t e r i a l s :

1. "Guonei faxing IUvti££r " o r "Xian guonei faxing T&tfJi&^H' •" M a t e r i a l s for d o ­m e s t i c d i s t r i b u t i o n only, g e n e r a l l y a va i l a b l e , b u t n o t for e x p o r t .

2. "Neibu faxing \&jf ." " In t e rna l d i s t r i bu t ion" m a t e r i a l s for u s e by a l m o s t al l g o v e r n m e n t officials o r c a d r e s w h o c a n s h o w iden t i f i ca t ion p e r m i t s o r l e t t e r s of r e c o m m e n d a t i o n . I n c l u d e d h e r e a r e Cankao xiaoxi fc%>f\& ( R e f e r e n c e N e w s ) wh ich c a r r i e s d o m e s t i c a n d fo re ign n e w s for officials a n d c a d r e s in g e n e r a l a n d Neibu cankao ziliao fttffcfyftti ( I n t e r n a l R e f e r e n c e S o u r c e M a t e r i a l s ) w h i c h p r o v i d e s t w o 7 0 - t o 8 0 - p a g e v o l u m e s a day , o n e i n t h e m o r n i n g a n d t h e o t h e r in t h e a f t e r n o o n , o f u n a b r i d g e d t r a n s l a t i o n s of f o r e ign n e w s , r e p o r t s , a n d c o m m e n t a r i e s for h igh officials a n d p a r t y l e a d e r s . T h e r e a r e a l s o t h e "sanziyibao S^fa - ( s e l f - compi l ed , se l f -p r in ted , a n d se l f -d i s t r ibu ted" p u b l i c a t i o n s by t h e Zhengxie ( [Al l C h i n a ] Po l i t i ca l C o n s u l t a t i v e [ C u l t u r a l a n d H i s t o r i c a l D a t a C o m m i t t e e s ] ) , soc ie t i e s , u n i o n s , a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l g r o u p s . T h e y n e e d on ly t o a p p l y for a g e n e r a l p u b l i c a t i o n n u m b e r for e a c h p u b l i c a t i o n they p r o d u c e .

3 . "Neibu kongzhi faxing i##**£$» | )M;f " I n t e r n a l c o n t r o l l e d d i s t r i b u t i o n for u s e by h igh- leve l p a r t y m e m b e r s , g o v e r n m e n t officials, o r a l i m i t e d n u m b e r of e x p e r t s ; for e x a m p l e , t i t les such a s Lushan huiyi shilu ( T h e V e r i t a b l e R e c o r d s of t h e L u s h a n C o n f e r e n c e ) , t h e u n a b r i d g e d e d i t i o n of Jinpingmei Q & ( T h e G o l d e n L o t u s ) , w o r k s d e a l i n g wi th t h e soc ia l p r o b l e m s of p r o s t i t u t e s a n d j u v e n i l e d e l i n q u e n t s , a n d t r a n s l a t i o n s t h a t involve copyr igh t . S o m e of t h e m a r e l a t e r a l l o w e d w i d e r d i s t r i bu t i on .

T h e exp los ion of p u b l i c a t i o n s is fue led by a w i d e r a n g e of p u b l i s h e r s t h a t i n c l u d e s c e n ­t r a l ly -con t ro l l ed n a t i o n a l p r e s s e s ; p r o v i n c i a l , r e g i o n a l , a n d m u n i c i p a l p r e s s e s ; un ive r s i ty a n d i n s t i t u t i ona l p r e s s e s ; a n d soc ie ty a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l g r o u p p r e s s e s . T h i s s i t u a t i o n is f u r t he r c o m p l i c a t e d by a n a d d i t i o n a l " in t e rna l d i s t r i bu t i on" sy s t em. T h e r e f o r e , n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h i c c o n t r o l of c u r r e n t C h i n e s e p u b l i c a t i o n s is a ve ry c h a l l e n g i n g t a sk .

N a t i o n a l B i b l i o g r a p h i e s a n d R e f e r e n c e T o o l s

H a v i n g t h u s r e v i e w e d t h e c u r r e n t s c e n e of C h i n e s e p u b l i s h i n g e n t e r p r i s e s , w e m a y feel d i s m a y e d a t t h e t a s k of a t t e m p t i n g t o g a i n n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h i c c o n t r o l o v e r s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s . Y e t , t h e w a r is n o t los t . A d e c e n t , e v e n highly sa t i s fac tory , c o n t r o l is a c h i e v ­a b l e if w e cal l u p o n o u r p a t i e n c e a n d r e s o u r c e f u l n e s s . Ac tua l ly , t h e r e a r e a n u m b e r of f ine n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h i e s , g e n e r a l a n d spec i a l i z ed i ndexes , a n d s u b j e c t - o r i e n t e d b i b ­l i o g r a p h i e s a n d y e a r b o o k s t o h e l p u s . O t c o u r s e , p e r s o n a l c o n t a c t s w i t h e x p e r t s a n d c o l l e a g u e s in C h i n a c a n l e a d t o h i d d e n r e s o u r c e s , a l b e i t in a r o u n d a b o u t w a y . F o r u p -t o - d a t e i n f o r m a t i o n , v a r i o u s week ly , b iweek ly , a n d m o n t h l y "shuxun ( b o o k n e w s ) " p u b l i c a t i o n s a r e i m p o r t a n t .

E u g e n e W . W u , " T h e h e a r t of t h e m a t t e r : l ib ra ry r e s o u r c e s a n d c o n t e m p o r a r y C h i n a s tud ies , " p r e p a r e d for t h e c o n f e r e n c e o n "Pe r spec t i ve s o n t h e A m e r i c a n S t u d y of C o n ­t e m p o r a r y C h i n a , " T h e A s p e n I n s t i t u t e a t W y e P l a n t a t i o n , Ju ly 2 0 - 2 3 , 1 9 8 8 , p . 15 .

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T i t l e s of th i s t y p e i n c l u d e Sheke xinshumu fe^Sfa^Q ( N e w B o o k s in Soc ia l S c i e n c e s ) , Beijing tushu xinxibao ft*>\i%i& (Be i j ing B o o k N e w s ) , Tianjin shuxun j^y$X<\fL (T i an j in B o o k N e w s ) , Shanghai xinshumu J^zb&jXH ( S h a n g ­h a i N e w B o o k l i s n , Quanguo guji xinshumu £ ||] £ Jfc gj ( N a t i o n a l N e w B o o k l i s t o n Class ica l W o r k s ) , Quanguo waiwen xinshumu &rffl$Y jL#T*>' 8 ( N a t i o n a l N e w B o o k l i s t o n F o r e i g n L a n g u a g e P u b l i c a t i o n s ) , Wenyibao JL%jf$i ( L i t e r a t u r e a n d A r t N e w s ) , Wenxuebao i f. ffc ( L i t e r a t u r e N e w s ) , a n d o t h e r s imi la r , t ime ly b o o k n e w s l e t t e r s . T h e s e a r e n o t c a t a l o g e d for t h e l ib ra ry co l l ec t ion , b u t a r e l o o k e d a t by b i b l i o g r a p h e r s a n d s e l e c t o r s t o k e e p t h e m u p - t o - d a t e . B e c a u s e t h e s e b o o k l i s t s wil l l a t e r b e s u p e r s e d e d by c u m u l a t i v e b o o k c a t a l o g s a n d b e c a u s e of office s p a c e a n d h a n d l i n g p r o b l e m s , t h e y a r e qu ick ly d i s c a r d e d , e x c e p t for a few wi th e x t r a i n f o r m a t i o n o n p u b l i s h i n g t r e n d s a n d n e w p u b l i s h i n g p ro j ec t s . T h e y p r o v i d e lists of t i t les o f w h a t is c u r r e n t l y a v a i l a b l e o r s o o n f o r t h c o m i n g . T h e d i s a d v a n t a g e s of t h e s e n e w s l e t t e r s is t h a t t hey a r e f r a g m e n t e d a n d la rge ly r e p e t i t i v e of o t h e r s imi la r n e w s l e t t e r s . T h e r e g i o n a l o n e s a r e i n t e r e s t i n g for t h e i r c o v e r a g e of loca l p u b l i c a t i o n s . T h e i n f o r m a t i o n in t h e b o o k n e w s l e t t e r s f r o m G u a n g z h o u a n d C h e n g d u , for e x a m p l e , a r e d i f fe ren t f rom t h a t f o u n d in t h e o n e s f rom T ian j in a n d S h a n g h a i .

F o r m o r e t h o r o u g h a n d s u s t a i n e d check ing , w e r e s o r t t o t h e fo l lowing t i t les :

1. Baokan wenzhai kapian -ffc-Hifctij-f ( A n n o t a t i o n c a r d s o n a r t i c l e s in n e w s p a ­p e r s a n d m a g a z i n e s ) , 1985- . T h e y a r e m a d e by Z h o n g g u o r e n m i n d a x u e s h u b a o z i l i ao z h o n g d n i f g) A & < £ $ P \ " t ' ^ ( C e n t e r for M o n o g r a p h i c a n d Ser ia l M a t e r i a l s , P e o p l e ' s U n i v e r s i t y of C h i n a ) . S o far twenty-s ix sub jec t f ields in t h e h u m a n i t i e s a n d socia l s c i ences a r e a v a i l a b l e .

2. Baokan ziliao suoyin ffcf >] I ( I n d e x t o S o u r c e M a t e r i a l s in N e w s p a p e r s a n d M a g a z i n e s ) , 1985- T h i s is c o m p i l e d f r o m Fuyin baokan ziliao JLtfifchifctt ( R e p r i n t s f r o m C h i n e s e P e r i o d i c a l s a n d N e w s p a p e r s ) , c o v e r s 102 sub jec t c a t e g o r i e s , a n d is p u b l i s h e d by t h e s a m e C e n t e r for M o n o g r a p h i c a n d Se r i a l M a t e r i a l s , P e o p l e ' s Un ive r s i t y o f C h i n a . S e e i t e m n o . 4 , Fuyin baokan ziliao, b e l o w .

3 . Chinese Publications on Microforms, 1981- I s s u e d by Z h o n g g u o s u w e i c h u b a n w u j i n c h u k o u gongs i tf ) Q f i f e Wo UL*- ** *3 ( C h i n a N a t i o n a l M i c r o f o r m I m p o r t a n d E x p o r t C o r p o r a t i o n ) . T h i s is a v e i y l i m i t e d list b u t o n e t h a t is g r o w i n g . I t is a i m e d a t p r e s e r v a t i o n a s we l l a s r e p r i n t i n g r a r e b o o k s , o l d n e w s p a p e r s a n d p e r i o d i c a l s , a r ch iva l co l l ec t ions , d e t e r i o r a t i n g d o c u m e n t s , a n d loca l h i s to r i e s .

4 . Fuyin baokan ziliao B? f ^ f ^ ^ R e p r i n t s f r o m C h i n e s e P e r i o d i c a l s a n d N e w s ­p a p e r s ) , 1978- . I s s u e d by t h e C e n t e r for M o n o g r a p h i c a n d Se r i a l M a t e r i a l s , P e o p l e ' s U n i v e r s i t y of C h i n a . T h i s is o n e of t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t s e r i e s o f p u b l i ­c a t i o n s c o n t a i n i n g a r t i c l e s cu l l ed f r o m a b o u t 1,700 C h i n e s e p e r i o d i c a l s a n d n e w s p a p e r s in C h i n a . M a n y of t h e s e p e r i o d i c a l s a n d n e w s p a p e r s a r e u n a v a i l a b l e o u t s i d e of C h i n a , s i nce t h e y a r e d e s i g n a t e d for " i n t e rna l d i s t r i b u t i o n " only . I n fact , it w a s t h e po l icy of t h e C h i n e s e g o v e r n m e n t b e f o r e 1980 n o t t o e x p o r t th i s s e r i e s a t a l l , d e s p i t e r e p e a t e d r e q u e s t s f r o m m a n y fo r e ign i n s t i t u t i ons . I t r e p r e ­s e n t s a fairly c o m p r e h e n s i v e a n d i n - d e p t h c o v e r a g e of s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s for C h i n e s e s t u d i e s in t h e h u m a n i t i e s a n d soc ia l s c i ences . T h e s e r i e s c o v e r s m o r e t h a n o n e h u n d r e d sub jec t f ields. T h e n u m b e r of sub jec t f ie lds v a r i e s d e p e n d i n g o n w h e t h e r a p a r t i c u l a r f ield h a s e n o u g h m a t e r i a l o r n o t . T h e r e f o r e , a f ield m a y b e s u b s u m e d u n d e r a n o t h e r field o r a n e w field m a y b e c r e a t e d . M o s t of t h e

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sub jec t fields a r e c o n s t a n t . H o w e v e r , it is p o s s i b l e t h a t a r t i c l e s from m a j o r we l l -k n o w n j o u r n a l s a r e n o t r e p e a t e d h e r e a n d a r t i c l e s t o o l o n g a r e n o t i n c l u d e d h e r e b u t m e r e l y l i s ted in Baokan ziliao suoyin, i t e m n o 2 a b o v e .

5. 1949-1979 fanyi chuban waiguo gudian wenxue zhuzuo mulu 1949-1979 %&tit#fa \ $ 0 ^ • 'This t l t l e ^ c o m p i l e d by Z h o n g g u o B a n b e n t u s h u g u a n

( T h e N a t i o n a l E d i t i o n s L i b r a r y ) , Bei j ing , 1980. T h i s c a t a l o g of f o r e ign c lass ica l l i t e r a t u r e in t r a n s l a t i o n r e p r e s e n t s c a t a l o g s of s imi l a r k i n d t h a t a p p e a r from t i m e t o t i m e .

6. M a s t e r s t h e s e s a n d d o c t o r a l d i s s e r t a t i o n s o n h u m a n i t i e s a n d soc ia l s c i ences enjoy a spec i a l file of l i b ra ry c a r d s in t h e L i b r a r y of t h e A c a d e m y o f Soc ia l Sci­e n c e s in B e i j i n g w h e r e t h e y h a v e b e e n c o m p i l e d s ince 1983 . T h e y a r e f i led by a u t h o r , t i t l e , a n d subjec t . N o p r i n t e d b o o k c a t a l o g of t h i s c o l l e c t i o n h a s b e e n p u b l i s h e d . B e f o r e 1983, t h e r e w e r e n o m a s t e r s o r P n . D . d e g r e e s c o n f e r r e d . T h i s file is m o r e u p - t o - d a t e t h a n is Zhongguo guojia shumu tf 8 w h i c h c l a ims t o list t h e s e s a n d d i s s e r t a t i o n s a s we l l a s p u b l i s h e d m a t e r i a l .

7. Minguo shiqi zongshumu, 1911-1949 ®, 1911-1949 . C o m p i l e d by Bei j ing t u s h u g u a n I $ l 4 v § ( Bei j ing: S h u m u w e n x i a n c h u b a n s h e , 1987. T h e p u b l i s h i n g of th i s k i n d of r e t r o s p e c t i v e c a t a l o g is ve ry m u c h in d e m a n d cu r r en t l y , a n e v i d e n c e of t h e ef for ts b e i n g m a d e t o i m p r o v e b i b l i o g r a p h i c c o n t r o l . S imi ­larly, i n d e x e s t o l i t e r a t u r e , a r c h a e o l o g y , a r t , h i s tory , p h i l o s o p h y , e c o n o m i c s , a n d so o n by m a j o r sub jec t j o u r n a l s a r e he lpfu l t o a c e r t a i n d e g r e e . T h e y a r e i s sued m o r e f r equen t ly t h a n t h e m o r e c o m p r e h e n s i v e n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h i e s a n d k e e p s cho l a r s i n f o r m e d of t r e n d s , i ssues , a n d m a j o r e v e n t s in t h e f ield c o v e r e d .

8. Zhongguo baokan daquan *f iU k £ ( A C o m p l e t e C a t a l o g of C h i n e s e N e w s p a p e r s a n d P e r i o d i c a l s ) . Bei j ing: R e n m i n y o u d i a n c h u b a n s h e /^&j$f4L% fjk ( P e o p l e ' s P o s t a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s P u b l i s h i n g H o u s e ) , 1987 . T h e m o s t c o m p l e t e l i s t ing of C h i n e s e n e w s p a p e r s a n d p e r i o d i c a l s p u b l i s h e d i n t h e P e o p l e ' s R e p u b l i c of C h i n a . T h e 1987 e d i t i o n cons i s t s o f t w o v o l u m e s i nc lud ing , fo r t h e first t i m e , 2 ,896 t i t l es t h a t a r e n o t d i s t r i b u t e d t h r o u g h t h e p o s t off ices. I t p r o ­v ide s full b i b l i o g r a p h i c i n f o r m a t i o n a n d d e t a i l e d a n n o t a t i o n s . La t e ly , s e v e r a l o t h e r g u i d e s l ike th i s a r e b e i n g p u b l i s h e d . T h i s t i t l e is m o r e i n f o r m a t i v e a b o u t t h e d a t e of t h e first i s sue , h is tory , c o n t e n t s , r e a d e r s h i p , a n d s o o n . T h e 1987 Quanguo baokan neirong huibian £ ifj r&&ZC$h ( N a t i o n a l G u i d e t o C o n t e n t s o f N e w s p a p e r s a n d P e r i o d i c a l s ) by t h e Be i j ing P o s t Off ice is a l s o usefu l for l ib ra ry s e l e c t i o n w o r k .

9. Quanguo baokan suoyin: zhesheban is) *fcp\f.Z\: ' f t M ^ ( G u i d e t o N e w s ­p a p e r a n d P e r i o d i c a l L i t e r a t u r e of C h i n a : H u m a n i t i e s a n d S o c i a l S c i e n c e s ) , 1973- . S h a n g h a i : S h a n g h a i t u s h u g u a n Jz'sfhl£i;Qt ( S h a n g h a i M u n i c i p a l L i b r a r y ) , i s s u e d m o n t h l y . T h i s is t h e m o s t c o m p r e h e n s i v e p e r i o d i c a l a n d n e w s p a p e r i n d e x in C h i n a . A s of 1989, it i n d e x e d a r t i c l e s i n 128 n e w s p a p e r s a n d 2 ,223 p e r i o d i c a l s p u b l i s h e d in C h i n a . N e w s p a p e r a r t i c l e s a p p e a r first, fo l lowed by p e r i o d i c a l a r t i c l e s . T h e r e is n o c u m u l a t i o n .

10. Quanguo xinshumu Gift ( N e w B o o k s C a t a l o g of t h e P e o p l e ' s R e p u b l i c o f C h i n a ) . C o m p i l e d by Z h o n g g u o b a n b e n t u s h u g u a n , 1950- . I s s u e d m o n t h l y w i t h a n a n n u a l c u m u l a t i o n e n t i t l e d Quanguo zongshumu £ jH jL* ^ 8 ( C u m u l a t i v e N a t i o n a l B i b l i o g r a p h y ) . T h e s e t w o t i t l e s a r e d i e m o s t

c o m p r e h e n s i v e n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h i e s i n C h i n a . P r i m a r i l y t h e y list p u b l i c a t i o n s d e p o s i t e d a t t h e N a t i o n a l E d i t i o n s L i b r a r y i n c l u d i n g b o o k s , s e r i a l s , r e p r i n t s ,

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official p u b l i c a t i o n s a n d r e p o r t s , m a p s , m u s i c a l s co re s , ch i l d r en ' s b o o k s , t r a n s l a t i o n s , p i c to r i a l w o r k s , w o r k s in b r a i l l e , m i n o r i t y a n d fo r e ign l a n g u a g e b o o k s p u b l i s h e d in t h e P e o p l e ' s R e p u b l i c of C h i n a . G o v e r n m e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s a r e n o t spec ia l ly iden t i f i ed . I t s h o u l d b e p a r t i c u l a r l y n o t e d t h a t "neibu faxing" t i t l es a r e n o t i n c l u d e d . A l l t i t les i n c l u d e d m t h e s e t w o b i b l i o g r a p h i e s m u s t h a v e a "Tongyi shuhao fr^- M -§ ( g e n e r a l p u b l i c a t i o n n u m b e r ) , s i nce t h e N a t i o n a l E d i t i o n s L i b r a r y s e r v e s s o m e w h a t a s a copy r igh t l ib ra ry . T h e c o v e r a g e is c l a i m e d t o b e 95 t o 9 8 p e r c e n t of all p u b l i c a t i o n s d e p o s i t e d w i t h t h e l ib ra ry . F o r m e r l y t h e l i b ra ry r e q u i r e d t w o c o p i e s t o b e d e p o s i t e d t h e r e b u t n o w on ly o n e copy is r e q u i r e d b e c a u s e of t h e s h o r t a g e of s p a c e in t h e l ib ra ry . Y e t e x p e n s i v e a n d r a r e p u b l i c a t i o n s s u c h a s Beiyejing $ ( P a l m L e a f S u t r a ) a t a cos t of $2 ,000 a n d Han Xizai yeyantu Kff^fefrS ( H a n Xiza i ' s B a n q u e t ) a t $1 ,800 a r e difficult t o co l lec t . T h e r e - is n o l a w t h a t e n f o r c e s d e p o s i t i n g . S o m e p u b l i s h e r s pe r s i s t in n o t s e n d i n g f ree d e p o s i t s . H o w e v e r , " / l e&w' jn ib l i ca t i ons a r e l i s ted in Quanguo neibufaxing tushu zongmu & fafy Hii w h i c h is for i n t e r n a l d i s t r i b u t i o n only .

11 . Quanguogaodengyuanxiaoshehuikexuexuebaozongmulu t&A*-$ fr\ % % f fc &~13 ( N a t i o n a l C o l l e g e a n d U n i v e r s i t y Soc ia l S c i e n c e s J o u r n a l s in­d e x ) is c o m p i l e d by J i l in d a x u e s h e h u i k e x u e x u e b a o c h u b a n s h e £ f £ £ $ f ^ ^ ^ t ^

(J i l in U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s } , 1906-1949, 1977-1979, 1980, 1981 , 1982, 1983 , 1984 v o l u m e s a r e a v a i l a b l e . M o s t l ikely, n o A m e r i c a n l i b ra ry h a s t h e c o m p l e t e r u n . I n t h e 1984 v o l u m e , m o r e t h a n 15,000 essays f r o m 2 3 8 h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n a c a d e m i c j o u r n a l s w e r e i n d e x e d . T h e 1984 v o l u m e w a s p u b l i s h e d in 1986. L a t e r v o l u m e s s h o u l d s o o n b e a va i l a b l e . T h i s is a scho la r ly r e f e r e n c e too l .

12. Quanguo neibufaxing tushu zongmu 1949-1986 £tj £ 1949-1986 ( N a t i o n a l I n t e r n a l D i s t r i b u t i o n B o o k s G e n e r a l C a t a l o g ) , c o m p i l e d by Z h o n g g u o b a n b e n t u s h u g u a n , (Bei j ing: Z h o n g h u a shu iu , 1988) . I t c o v e r s 1 8 3 0 1 t i t les of i n t e r n a l d i s t r i b u t i o n m a t e r i a l s . I t s h o u l d c o m p l e m e n t Quanguo zongshumu f^Jh- Q ve ry nicely. I t is a h ighly v a l u a b l e r e f e r e n c e b o o k in twen ty - fou r sub jec t f ie lds .

13. Quanguo zongshumu £ t t | ( C h i n a N a t i o n a l C u m u l a t i v e B i b l i o g r a p h y ) . T h i s is c o m p i l e d by Z h o n g g u o b a n b e n t u s h u g u a n (Be i j ing : Z h o n g h u a snuju, 1955- ) a n d is t h e a n n u a l c u m u l a t i o n of Quanguo xinshumu, i t e m n o . 10 a b o v e . V o l u m e s c u r r e n t l y a v a i l a b l e a r e 1 9 4 9 - 1 9 6 5 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 - . S u s p e n d e d in 1966-1969 a n d 1971 .

14. Zhongguo chuban faxing jigou he baokan minglu «J> ll) £ f& £tfi*iti}Jft>'&4*\i> j j t C o m p i l e d by G a o G u o g a n ,fj & . Bei j ing: X i a n d a i c h u b a n s h e $ & t V i Jffc

fe., 1985 . I t l ists p u b l i s h e r s , d i s t r i b u t o r s , n e w s p a p e r s , a n d p e r i o d i c a l s w i t h t h e i r n a m e s , a d d r e s s e s t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r s , fax, a n d o t h e r n u m b e r s w h e r e a p p r o p r i a t e . T h i s k ind of g u i d e h e l p s u s s o m e t i m e s in t r a c k i n g d o w n s o u r c e s .

15. Zhongguo chuban nianjian «P \U A- flfcsf' % ( C h i n a P u b l i s h e r s Y e a r b o o k ) , Bei j ing: S h a n g w u y i n s h u g u a n ' ( C o m m e r c i a l P r e s s ) , 1980 . It p r o v i d e s : ( 1 ) m a j o r e v e n t s in t h e indus t ry , ( 2 ) surveys , ( 3 ) a r e v i e w of p u b l i s h i n g c o n d i t i o n s , ( 4 ) d o c u m e n t s r e l a t i n g t o pub l i sh ing , ( 5 ) p u b l i s h e r s ' d i r e c t o r i e s , ( 6 ) lists of n e w l y - p u b l i s h e d b o o k s a n d r e f e r e n c e w o r k s , ( 7 ) l ists of n e w l y - p u b l i s h e d n e w s p a p e r s a n d p e r i o d i c a l s , a n d (8 ) p u b l i s h i n g s ta t i s t ics . T h e first t h r e e s ec t i ons c o n t a i n a r t i c l e s by a u t h o r i t i e s o r spec ia l i s t s in v a r i o u s f ie lds .

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16. Zhongguo dangdai qikan zonglan q |D % 4 \ P\ Pfc ( M a n u a l of C u r r e n t P e r i o d i c a l s of C h i n a ) . H a e r b i n : H e i l o n g j i a n g r e n m i n c h u b a n s h e , 1987. A s u b s t a n t i a l t w o - v o l u m e se t t h a t lists all t h e p e r i o d i c a l s r e g i s t e r e d a n d p u b l i s h e d in 1986. A f e a t u r e of th is g u i d e is t h a t all t h e p e r i o d i c a l s a r e a r r a n g e d by g e o g r a p h i c r eg ions a n d a r e fu r the r d iv ided i n to f if teen sub jec t f ie lds . I t p r o v i d e s i n f o r m a t i o n o n the a i m , specia l ty , evo lu t i on , a u d i e n c e , p u b l i s h e r , v o l u m e , t e l e p h o n e , a d d r e s s , p r i ce , f r equency , a n d o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n in t w e n t y c a t e g o r i e s . T h e r e is a sub jec t index a n d a s t r o k e index . S c h o l a r s s h o u l d b e d e l i g h t e d wi th t h e subjec t f e a t u r e .

1 7 . Zhongguo guji shanben shumu ^ felh J f e & f - ^ ' S ( N a t i o n a l U n i o n C a t a l o g of C h i n e s e R a r e B o o k s ) h a s b e e n u n d e r c o m p i l a t i o n in a n a t i o n w i d e c o o p e r a t i v e effort s ince 1980 wi th p r e p a r a t o r y m e e t i n g s g o i n g b a c k t o 1978. I n 1980, a to ta l of 138,471 c a t a l o g c a r d s of C h i n e s e r a r e b o o k s w e r e c o l l e c t e d f r o m 7 8 1 l i b ra r i e s , m u s e u m s , a rch ives , d o c u m e n t a t i o n c e n t e r s , a n d a c a d e m i c in s t i t u t i ons . T h e ca t ­a log will h a v e five d iv is ions : J i n g $h (c lass ics) , Shi ( h i s t o r i e s ) , Z i ?r ( p h i l o s o ­p h e r s ) , J i % (be l l e s l e t t r e s ) , a n d C o n g 4 6 ( c o l l e c t a n e a ) , t h e C h i n e s e t r a d i t i o n a l wav of c lass i f icat ion. T h e first v o l u m e , o n t h e C h i n e s e classics , w a s p u b l i s h e d in 1986. T h e r e m a i n i n g v o l u m e s a r e yet to c o m e .

18. Zhongguo guoiia shumu *f & $ ( C h i n e s e N a t i o n a l B i b l i o g r a p h y ) . C o m ­pi led by Z h o n g g u o guoj ia s h u m u b i a n w e i h u i ^ if] ft ( T h e C h i n e s e N a t i o n a l B i b l i o g r a p h y E d i t o r i a l C o m m i t t e e ) of Bei j ing t u s h u g u a n , (Bei j ing: S h u m u w e n x i a n c h u b a n s h e # ft £ £ £ % fo^U 1987) , in t w o v o l u m e s . It w a s p l a n n e d t h a t th is t i t le w a s t o b e p u b l i s h e d m o n t h l y a n d c u m u l a t e d a n n u a l l y as a n a t i o n a l b ib l i og raphy . T h i s p i lo t e d i t i o n c o v e r s on ly C h i n e s e b o o k s a n d se r ia l s p u b l i s h e d o n t h e C h i n e s e m a i n l a n d in 1985, t h e r e b y fal l ing s h o r t of t h e goa l to i n c l u d e C h i n e s e - l a n g u a g e p u b l i c a t i o n s o u t s i d e of m a i n l a n a C h i n a as wel l . T h e m a i n v o l u m e , in 1,373 p a g e s , is a r r a n g e d in th i r ty -e igh t sub jec t c a t e g o r i e s . T h e index v o l u m e cons is t s of t h e t i t le a n d a u t h o r i n d e x e s . T h e goa l is t o e v e n t u a l l y p r o d u c e a n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h y m o r e u p t o i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d s a n d t o i m p r o v e t h e w a y Quanguo xmshumu is c o m p i l e d . F o r e i g n scho la r s a sk why t h e N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y of C h i n a a n d t h e N a t i o n a l E d i t i o n s L ib ra ry c a n n o t c o m b i n e t h e i r efforts t o p u b l i s h a n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h y t o g e t h e r wi th m o r e s p e e d , m o r e c o m p r e h e n s i v e c o v e r a g e , a n d m o r e a c c u m u l a t i o n . So far, t h e N a t i o n a l E d i t i o n s L i b r a r y only p u b l i s h e s Quanguo xinshumu m o n t h l y .

19. Zuixin Zhongguo qikan quanlan $ ( T h e L a t e s t G u i d e to C u r r e n t C h i n e s e P e r i o d i c a l s ) , (Bei j ing: X i a n d a i c h u b a n s h e , 1989) , 785 p a g e s . T h i s lists c u r r e n t p e r i o d i c a l s u p t o O c t o b e r 1988. A n o t e w o r t h y f e a t u r e is t h a t t h e d e s c r i p t i o n s of t h e p e r i o d i c a l s a r e p r o v i d e d by t h e p u b l i s h e r s t h e m s e l v e s . T h e t i t les a r e a r r a n g e d by l o c a t i o n a n d subjec t , w i th an i n d e x by t i t l e .

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Z h o n g g u o c h u b a n faxing k e x u e yan j iusuo f f s H f & f c H ^ I %1t\fLft\ ( C h i n a P u b l i c a t i o n a n d D i s t r i b u t i o n I n s t i t u t e ) w a s e s t a b l i s h e d in M a r c h 1985 a n d h a s p u b l i s h e d Zhongguo chuban nianjian )3 % hfr ( C h i n a P u b l i s h e r s Y e a r b o o k ) ; Chuban faxing yanjiu t M 6 £ * $ i * m > ( P u b l i s h i n g a n d D i s t r i b u t i o n S t u d i e s ) , a m o n t h l y ; a n d Chuban cankao ( P u b l i s h i n g R e f e r e n c e ) , a s e m i - m o n t h l y p u b l i c a t i o n . P r o v i n c i a l a n d m u n i c i p a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s d e a l i n g wi th p u b l i c a t i o n s a r e a l so d e v e l o p i n g v igorous ly . W i t h t h e a d d e d t o o l of a u t o m a t i o n , w e h o p e all such e n d e a v o r s will n e l p t o b u i l d a b e t t e r n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h i c c o n t r o l .

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