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Xiang, Dong, Jiang; Xiao-Quing, Liu – Electronic Library, 1983
Provides a brief introduction to computer applications in information organizations in China. Highlights include information retrieval (personnel, equipment, bibliographic databases, information retrieval programs and systems, service status); library management; and Chinese character processing (code method, character root method). History,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Lin, Sharon Chien – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1994
Describes two phases of the automation of library and information services in mainland China. From 1974-86, much effort was concentrated on developing computer systems, databases, online retrieval, and networking. From 1986 to the present, practical progress became possible largely because of CD-ROM technology; and large scale networking for…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries