Automation of Library and Information Services in China to 1990 [Selection] [ELIS Classic]

This entry provides an invaluable look at the early days of automation in Chinese libraries and information services. The author gathered information from all over mainland China, and provides a detailed history of the developments in the country up through 1990. Three of the lengthiest tables have been removed for the sake of brevity (original numbers: Tables 2, 3, 8); readers are directed to the first edition of ELIS, v. 50, 1992, for those.Table 2 Twenty-Five Databases of the SDBS ProjectNo.DatabaseCurrent Status 1Engineering Chemistryin service 2Mass Spectrain service 3C-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrain service 4Infrared Spectrain service 5Toxicity of Chemical Compoundsin service 6Crystallographic Structurein service 7Protein Sequencesin service 8Chinese Chemical Abstractin service 9Computer and Automation Abstractin service10Nomenclature and Structure of Chemical Compoundsin progress11Rare-Earthin progress12Nucleic Acid Sequencesin progress13National Energy Resourcesin progress14Optical and Electronic Technologyin progress15Natural Resourcesin progress16Chinese Biological Resourcesin progress17Chinese Optical Abstractin progress18China's Natural Resources Abstractin progress19Chinese Biology Abstractin progress20Scientists and Technicians at CASin progress21Astronomyin progress22Microbial Resourcesin progress23Chinese Medicinal Herbsin progress24Corrosionin progress25Economic Plants Resourcesin progressTable 3 Current Contents of Chinese Scientific & Technological Journals (1989)SubjectNumber of Papers/YearNumber of Disks/YearMathematics & Mechanics1,8001Physics1,6201Chemistry & Chemical Engineering19,2008Biology3,6002Agriculture & Aquatic Products21,0008Environment Protection2,1001Earth & Astronomy8,5204Mining & Metallurgy18,0607Mechanical Engineering, Power, & Electrical Engineering27,00011Radio & Automation15,3006Light Industry & Textile11,2205Aviation, Aerospace, & Transportation11,3405Architecture & Irrigation12,5405Information Science1,2601Medicine13,0205General13,0205Total180,60075—ELIS Classic, from 1992