WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
4. PREFACE 10
5. WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE PRE-CONFERENCE 11
6. WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE IFLA RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS SECTION 15
7. WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 17
8. ADDRESS TO THE AUDIENCE OF THE PRE-CONFERENCE ON BEHALF OF THE CHINA NATIONAL LIBRARY AND CHINA SOCIETY FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 20
9. A CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE SOCIAL CULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE CULTURAL MINISTRY OF THE STATE COUNCIL 22
10. THE GREAT INVENTION WITH EVERLASTING IMMORTAL MASTERPIECES 25
11. ON THE INVENTION OF WOOD BLOCKS FOR PRINTING IN CHINA 35
12. THE CALLIGRAPHY AND PRINTING CULTURAL HERITAGE OF GANSU – THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGRAVED PRINTING PROCESS AND PAPERMAKING: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH 45
13. CATEGORIES, FEATURES AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS OF THE EXISTING WOOD BLOCKS FOR PRINTING IN CHINA 71
14. ONE OF THE GREAT WONDERS IN THE LIBRARY’S COLLECTION – A CASE STUDY ON WOOD BLOCKS FOR PRINTING IN THE ZHEJIANG LIBRARY 87
15. FROM PROTOTYPE TO RED PRINT: A STUDY ON THE PRIMARY SOURCE IN YUSHUTANG CONGSHU OF THE TEST PROCEDURE OF THE NEW WOOD BLOCK PRINTED BOOKS IN THE LATE QING DYNASTY 101
16. AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT ON THE TECHNIQUES OF CLAY-BOARD PRINTING IN ANCIENT CHINA 114
17. THE INHERITANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF WOOD LETTER PRINTING CULTURE IN THE ZHEJIANG GENEALOGIES 123
18. “GRAPH-BOOK” AND LAYOUT DESIGN IN ANCIENT CHINA 135
19. TRADITIONAL HANDMADE PAPER IN CHINA TODAY: ITS PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS 147
20. THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PAPER MAKING AT WENZHOU AREA, ZHEJIANG, CHINA 157
21. SOME ISSUES ON THE PRESERVATION AND REINFORCEMENT OF PAPER-BASED RELICS 170
22. RESEARCH ON RECOVERING THE DAMAGED ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS OF THE CHINA YI MINORITY 176
23. MR. LIU CHENGGAN’S TRAIN OF THOUGHT BEFORE AND AFTER DONATING JIAYE TANG TO THE ZHEJIANG LIBRARY 188
24. THE “PI & LU” POEM COLLECTION AND BOOK COLLECTION IN SUZHOU IN THE LATE-TANG DYNASTY 197
25. RARE MING EDITIONS IN THE BERLIN STATE LIBRARY – THE EXAMPLE OF THE LIEGUOZHI ZHUAN 206
26. A STUDY OF THE DECEIVING TRICKS EMPLOYED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION AIDS PUBLISHERS IN THE MID- AND LATE-MING PERIOD 215
27. A RESEARCH REVIEW OF CHINESE BOOKS EXCHANGED BETWEEN ANCIENT CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA AND ITS INFLUENCE 226
28. CLOSING REMARKS 242
29. LIST OF PAPERS FOR THE 2006 IFLA RBMS PRE-CONFERENCE IN HANGZHOU, CHINA 244
30. AFTERWORD 249