A Historical Perspective: The Root Cause for the Underdevelopment of User Services in Chinese Academic Libraries

Reference Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2004
Author	Author: Jing Liao
Journal	Journal of Academic Librarianship
Volume	30
Issue	2
Pagination	109-15
Language	English
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Region	Asia
Library Type	Academic Libraries Private/Personal Library State/Government Libraries
Chronological Period	Ancient Period (pre 500) 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 1800-1849 1850-1899 18th century 1900-1949 1950-1999
Abstract	The low prioritizing of user service is a longstanding problem in Chinese academic libraries. While acknowledging various external and internal obstacles for this problem, this article argues that traditional library culture, as demonstrated throughout the article, constitutes the root cause for the underdevelopment of user services on information accessibility in Chinese academic libraries.
Annotation	Includes discussion of early imperial and private libraries as antecedents for practices in modern Chinese academic libraries.