recent progress in the million book digital library project in china by prof. jihai zhao zhejiang...
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Recent Progress in the Million Book Digital Library Project in China
By Prof. Jihai ZhaoZhejiang University Libraries, Hangzhou, China
Email: [email protected]
Introduction
In Dec. 2000, the Memorandum of Understanding on the China-US Million Book Digital Library Project was signed.
A short name of the project: CADAL (China-America Digital Academic Library).
In Sept. 2002, three Chinese government agencies decided to support the Project to scan 1 million volumes of books.
In Aug. 2004, MOE approved to allocate RMB 70 million yuan (US$8.65 million) to support the staffing and operation of the 16 scanning centers and 2 technical centers around China.
The project startup conference was held in Beijing in November 2004.
By Aug. 2006, 1 Million books had been scanned, and the first-phase (2001-2005) project passed the national appraisal, though most of the Chinese ebooks are still under the OCR and Metadata processing.
Scanning centers in China
16 academic libraries have joined the project in China, and established scanning centers in their premises. – Chinese Academy of Scienc
es,
– Fudan University,
– Nanjing University,
– Peking University,
– Tsinghua University,
– Zhejiang University
Scanning centers in China (cont.)
– Beijing Normal University,
– Huazhong University of Science & Technology,
– Jilin University,– Shanghai Jiaotong University
– Sichuan University,
– Wuhan University,
– Xi’an Jiaotong University,
– Zhongshan University,
– Renmin University of China, and
– China Agricultural University.
Scanning centers in China (cont.)
We have established a scanning center in Shenzhen Free Trade Zone for digitizing the books shipped from US and Hong Kong libraries.
Chengdu
Changchun
Xi’an
Guangzhou
Beijing
Nanjing
ShanghaiHangzhouWuhan
Scanning centers in China, 2005
Shenzhen
Chengdu
Changchun
Xi’an
Guangzhou
Beijing
Nanjing
Shanghai
HangzhouWuhan
Shenzhen
Avoid duplication of scanning books. – 4 partners responsible for check
duplication for 4 types of books respectively.
Quality Control (QC)– QC in scan and data production– QC after data submitted to SC (15 staff)
and NC (7 staff)
Digitization progress Till now, 1,023,425 volumes of Chinese and
English books and other materials have been scanned in the Chinese partners, including – 155,910 Chinese ancient books,– 236,594 Chinese books and journals published
during 1911-1949, – 298,869 Chinese books published after the year
1949,– 178,159 dissertations and theses, – 2786 Chinese art and other materials, and– 151,107 English books
Digitization Output Partners Scanned Partners Scanned
CAS 42998 Beijing Normal Univ 27484
Fudan Univ 104494 Huazhong Univ of ST 18858
Nanjing Univ 51692 Shanghai Jiaotong Univ 15222
Peking Univ 106407 Xi’an Jiaotong Univ 25703
Tsinghua Univ 50230 Zhongshan Univ. 15476
Zhejiang Univ 303980 Remin Univ. 22217
Jilin Univ 38611 China Agri. Univ 10152
Sichuan Univ 42161 Shenzhen Center 88209
Wuhan Univ 34681 others 24850
Total 1,023,425
Among the scanned books, about 300 thousand are still in the copyright protection duration. Why did we scan these books?– The status of collections. The books published
before 1980’s are under poor conditions.– The central government of China passed new
regulations about digitization and web service based on the Copyright Law.
New copyright regulations Regulations on Protection of Rights of
Communication Via the Information Network came into effect on July 1, 2006.
The library, archive and museum may digitize a published work in its collection for display or archiving, and provide the digital work with its own network for public reading to its readers within its premises, without permission from the copyright owner, and no remuneration is paid according to the regulations, but it should not get any economic benefits from the process. (Article 8)
A portal to search and view the digital books was established:
http://www.cadal.zju.edu.cn
Users around the world may have access to the digital books with 120,000 daily clicks, covering over 70 nations and regions.
We have bought 50 flat scanners and 100 TB storage for the project.
We plan to buy another 100 TB storage for the backup of the digital resources.
Next Plan
Scanning. The second 1 million books Digital preservation. Storage and backup Access. OCR, Infrastructure, Integration,
Manpower and technical supports… Cooperation. Domestic: develop new
partners; International: technology and personnel exchange…
Conclusion
The first 1 million books have been scanned, and the digital resources have been freely accessed to and applied by the users around the world as well as the partners. CADAL Project for the Tenth-five Year Plan (2001-2005) has passed the national appraisal for the achievements and accomplishments of the project objective.
We are preparing the second phase of the project for the Eleventh-five Year (2006-2010) Plan, and hope to scan next 1 million books and more materials in other formats, such as audios, videos, newspapers, microforms, paintings, photos, and so on. We hope CADAL project, as part of UDL, will make more and more great contributions in knowledge dissemination, academic communications and digital preservation of cultural treasures, beneficial for this and next generations.
We are looking forward more cooperative partners around the World in the next phase of CADAL project.