id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14561 Ellis, Richard The Role of the Academic Library in the People's Republic of China 1990-07-01 17 .pdf application/pdf 10734 624 62 I reasoned that the way in which the role of Chinese university libraries was perceived might be reflective of the domi- nant cultural, political, and economic real- ities of China, and that, as these realities are vastly different from those of North America (where I had lived my life until now), so might the role of university li- braries in China be much at variance with the perceived role of university libraries on this continent. THE PLACE OF LIBRARIES IN CHINA China has four types of libraries: those in schools (including university libraries), public libraries, libraries associated with the Academica Sinica (a scientific research organization that has many branches throughout China), and union libraries (established in factories for the use of the employees and their families). cache/crl-14561.pdf txt/crl-14561.txt