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  title info:
    title: Academic libraries in the U.S. and China
    sub title: comparative studies of instruction, government documents, and outreach
  name:
    name part: Hanrong, Wang.
  name:
    name part: Latham, Bethany.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: Cambridge
    publisher: Chandos Publishing
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: Academic libraries have a long history both in the USA and China, with institutions developing along different trajectories, and responding to the rapidly changing library environment globally. Academic Libraries in the US and China compares current practices within Library and Information Science (LIS) in the USA and China, giving an historical overview of instruction, government documents, and outreach in academic libraries, as well as discussion and comparative analysis. An introduction leads to chapters on instruction, government publications, and outreach. Each topic is covered both for American and Chinese academic libraries. A conclusion then gives comparative analysis of US and Chinese academic libraries. Provides a clear examination of the historical foundations of three key areas within the academic libraryIncludes examples of easy-to-implement current practicesAnticipates future trends.
  table of contents: 1. Instruction in American academic libraries / Hanrong Wang -- 2. Instruction in Chinese academic libraries / Zhengjun Wang -- 3. Government publications in American academic libraries / Bethany Latham -- 4. Government publications in Chinese academic libraries / Xuan Xu -- 5. Outreach in American academic libraries / Charlcie Pettway Vann -- 6. Outreach in Chinese academic libraries / Shaorong Liu -- 7. Conclusion: A comparative analysis of US and Chinese academic libraries / Hanrong Wang, Bethany Latham, and Charlcie Pettway Vann.
  note: edited by Hanrond Wang and Bethany Latham ; with contributions by Charlcie Pettway Vann [and others].
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
    geographic code: a-cc---
  subject:
    topic: Academic libraries
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Academic libraries
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Bibliothèques universitaires
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Bibliothèques universitaires
    geographic: Chine
  subject:
    topic: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
    topic: Library & Information Science
    topic: Archives & Special Libraries
  subject:
    topic: Academic libraries
  subject:
    geographic: China
  subject:
    geographic: United States
  classification: Z675.U5 H36 2013eb
  classification: 027.0 23
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Chandos information professional series
  identifier: 9781780633565
  identifier: 1780633564
  identifier: 1843346915
  identifier: 9781843346913
  identifier: CL0500000439 Safari Books Online
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: HKP
    record creation date: 130806
    record change date: 20260326195132.7
    record identifier: in00005752823
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng