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[Bodleian Library - Oxford] [Brotherton
Library (Chinese Section) - Leeds] [Chinese Section of
the British Library - London] [The British Library
- Boston Spa] [ Institute for Chinese Studies Library
- Oxford][University of Sheffield - East Asian studies
Library][University of Sheffield, Chinese Collection]
[Durham University Library] [Faculty
of Oriental Studies Library, Cambridge]
| address |
Department of Oriental Books, Bodleian Library, Oxford, OX1 3BG |
| fax |
+44 1865 277029 |
| telephone |
+44 1865 277034 |
| e-mail |
oriental@bodley.ox.ac.uk |
| foundation |
1602; first Chinese book acquired 1604. |
| Chinese language holdings |
occupied shelving 3,400 linear metres (Feb '1995), including approx.
800 current periodicals, 4,000 pre-modern editions, 1,500 reels of microfilm. |
| special collections |
Sinica - includes 17th century acquisitions (120 fasc.), Alexander
Wylie's books, Taiping pamphlets, Protestant missionary publications (1,500
items), modern acquisitions of pre-modern imprints and fine editions; Backhouse
- mostly fine pre-modern imprints, including approx. 100 Ming editions. |
| catalogue/library system |
allegro, Big-5 encoding. Accessible externally via telnet: erl.ox.ac.uk
(or 163.1.62.50). Currently includes
41,000 titles catalogued in Chinese to the second level of description
as defined in AACR2.
WWW access to the allegro catalogues: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/oriental/cats.htm |
| librarians |
David Helliwell (djh@bodley.ox.ac.uk),
Shu-ching Naughton, Zhang Yajie |
| notes |
The Chinese Studies Library and Eastern Art Library are on detached
sites, but are run jointly with the main research collection described
above. Together, their Chinese language holdings amount to approximately
700 linear metres, including a collection of some 300 congshu. All Chinese
language holdings of Oxford libraries are being incorporated into the allegro
catalogue. |
| Name |
Brotherton Library - Chinese Section |
| address |
University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT |
| fax |
+44 113 3435561 |
| telephone |
+44 113 3434987 |
| e-mail |
d.arrandale@leeds.ac.uk |
| foundation |
(of Chinese collection) 1962 |
| Professor(s) |
Don Remmington, Gregor Benton |
| library holdings |
ca. 50,000 vols. 150 current Chinese serials |
| catalogue/library system |
(for Chinese books) allegro-c since 1993 |
| special focus |
20th century China materials on the Chinese diaspora esp. in Europe
collected in the Dept. of E. Asian Studies |
| library staff / contact |
Xiyi Huang |
| (inter-library) loan |
Contact ILL Section
or Xiyi Huang |
| computer equipment |
[General library has most modern equipment] |
| internet/www |
www: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/gateway/gateway.html |
| address |
Chinese Section, Oriental & India Office Collections, The British
Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2 DB |
| fax |
+44 71412 7641 |
| telephone |
+44 71412 7650/7651 |
| e-mail |
oioc-enquiries@bl.uk |
| foundation |
British Library and acquisition of first Chinese book 1753 |
| catalogues |
Fiche catalogue (pre-1964): pinyin card catalogue (1964-1996): 1996-
Allegro catalogue -
(1966 Wade-Giles' romanisation card catalogue; 1966-1993 Hanyu pinyin
card catalogue; Nov. 1993 - Allegro-C automated catalogue) |
| Chinese language collections |
The 'national' collection of Chinese books and mss.
Special collections:
- Couling-Chalfant collection of approximately 500 inscribed oracle
bones.
- Stein collection of paper documents from Dunhuang and other Sino-Central
Asian Sites, including the Diamond sutra, the world's earliest dated (AD
868) printed "book"; also, inscribed wood and bamboos slips (Han period
206 BC-AD 220)
- Manuscripts include Taiping documents (Gordon papers), maps, parts
of the Yongle dadian
- Leifengta printed scroll (AD 975)
- More than 200 Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing (AD 960-1911) fine printed
editions
- Modern printed books & periodicals: broad coverage of the humanities
& social sciences and, also traditional Chinese medicine |
| librarians |
Frances Wood (Frances.Wood@bl.uk)
and Graham Hutt (Graham Hutt@bl.uk) |
| Internet/WWW |
The Chinese
Section
The India and Oriental
Section
The British Library |
| notes |
Humanities and social sciences in Chinese: from the 1880s to 1997,
copyright receipt from Hong Kong; strong collections of early printed fiction
(Ming-Qing), Peking Gazette and, most notable, the Stein collection from
Dunhuang which is being gradually digitised and mounted on the web.
Materials in Chinese and in other languages are available from other
departments in the British Library such as the India Office Collections,
Science Reference and Information Service and Document Supply Centre (located
in Boston Spa, Yorkshire). For further information see the World Wide Web
homepages of the library or contact the Section for a copy of guide to
the Chinese language collections.
The on-line digital database of the International Dunhuang Project
may be found at http://idp.bl.uk |
last update: 26/2/2000
| address |
The British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby, W.Yorkshire LS23
7BQ, UK |
| fax |
+44-(0)-1937-546480 |
| telephone |
+44-(0)-1937-546048 |
| e-mail |
hiroko.brittain@bl.uk |
| library holdings |
767 Current Chinese Serials |
| special focus |
Science, technology, medicine, business, finance,law and humanities. |
| librarians |
Mrs. Hiroko Brittain |
| Internet/WWW |
http://www.bl.uk/ |
| inter library loan |
Permitted through registered users. |
last update: 26/2/2000
| Name |
Institute for Chinese Studies Library - Oxford |
| address |
Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG, U.K. |
| fax |
+44 1865 280431 |
| telephone |
+44 1865 280430 |
| e-mail |
library@orinst.ox.ac.uk |
| foundation |
1994 |
| library holdings |
33,000 v. |
| catalogue/library system |
Allegro (for works in Chinese and Japanese); OLIS for other material. |
| special focus |
A teaching/lending library of the University of Oxford in support of
the University's taught courses on China at both undergraduate and graduate
levels. |
| library staff / contact |
Minh Chung |
| (inter-library) loan |
Available. British Library ILL code: OX/U23 |
| computer equipment |
Public access, with CJK feps, to the automated catalogues and to the
internet. |
| internet/www |
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/oriental |
| others |
1.WWW access to the allegro catalogues: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/oriental/cats.htm
2.Telnet access to the allegro catalogues: telnet://
erl.ox.ac.uk
3.Telnet access to OLIS: telnet://
library.ox.ac.uk |
Last update: 12/12/1997
| Name |
University of Sheffield, East Asian Collection |
| address |
Arts Tower, Floor 1, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN |
| fax |
+44 114 273 9826 |
| telephone |
0114 22 27333 |
| e-mail |
g.m.goddard@sheffield.ac.uk |
| foundation |
1963 |
| library holdings |
n/a |
| catalogue/library system |
TALIS |
| special focus |
East Asia (CJK): modern history, social sciences, literature and language. |
| library staff / contact |
Gill Goddard, East Asian Studies Librarian |
| (inter-library) loan |
via British Library ILL scheme |
| computer equipment |
Yes |
| internet/www |
www: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~lib/ |
| others |
|
| Name |
University of Sheffield, Chinese Collection |
| address |
Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK |
| fax |
+44 114 222 7290 |
| telephone |
+44 114 222 7334 |
| e-mail |
easl@sheffield.ac.uk |
| foundation |
(1997 for Chinese collection) |
| library holdings |
Bookstock :approx 1,000 Chinese language and 3,500 English language |
| catalogue/library system |
TALIS (for all languages) |
| special focus |
Subject coverage centres on:- Language and literature (20th c.)
History and society (late Ch'ing onwards) Economy and business (20th
c.) Government and politics (late Ch'ing onwards) Religion
and philosophy |
| library staff / contact |
Gill Goddard, East Asian Studies Librarian |
| (inter-library) loan |
ill@sheffield.ac.uk |
| internet/www |
http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libdocs/ml-cr38.html |
last update: 26/2/2000
| Name |
Durham University Library |
| address |
South Road, Durham DH1 3LY, United Kingdom |
| fax |
+44 191 374 7481 |
| telephone |
+44 191 374 3021 |
| e-mail |
M.A.Sunuodula@durham.ac.uk |
| foundation |
Chinese studies collection in Durham University is largely developed
after 1945 |
| Professor(s) |
Dr Michael Dillon (Senior lecturer in Chinese history), Mr Don Starr
(Lecturer in Chinese language) |
| library holdings |
About 40,000 titles on China, of which half are in Chinese and the
other half in European languages |
| catalogue/library system |
INNOPAC |
| special focus |
Chinese art and archaeology; ethnic minorities; modern Chinese politics
and history; Ming Qing literature; modern Chinese literature |
| library staff / contact |
Mr Mamtimyn Sunuodula |
| (inter-library) loan |
Interlibrary Loans, Durham University Library. User code: 11204. Interlibrary.Loans@durham.ac.uk |
| computer equipment |
2 PC's for the use of librarian and Unionway is availabe accross the
University network for users |
| internet/www |
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Library/ |
Last update: 24/11/1999
| Name |
Faculty of Oriental Studies Library, Cambridge |
| address |
Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, UK |
| fax |
+44 1223 335110 |
| telephone |
+44 01223 335112 |
| e-mail |
oriental-library@lists.cam.ac.uk |
| foundation |
1935 |
| library holdings |
Faculty Library 60,000 vols, Chinese collections 7,000 vols |
| catalogue/library system |
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Catalogues/OPAC |
| special focus |
Mainly and undergraduate teaching collection of books and journals
but also contains some research material. |
| library staff / contact |
C.A. Ansorge |
| (inter-library) loan |
Via the Cambridge University Library |
| internet/www |
http://www.oriental.cam.ac.uk/guide1.html |
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