The National Central Library on Monday launched its first Taiwan Academic Digital Resource Center in Paris to help improve the accessibility of Taiwanese research documents to academics in France.
The center was established in collaboration with the Paris-based University Library of Languages and Civilizations (BULAC) and inaugurated at an event attended by National Central Library Director-General Tseng Shu-hsien (曾淑賢) and BULAC director Marie-Lise Tsagouria.
The new center is an online service that provides digital resources for research, including electronic books, compiled by the National Central Library and other Taiwanese institutions or businesses, Tseng said.
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Digitization can help solve storage issues and distance constraints, while saving time for researchers, she said.
“Through digital transformation, the National Central Library has established the first-ever Taiwan Academic Digital Resource Center to help Taiwan research be accessible to French academics,” she said.
The National Central Library seeks to deepen its cooperation with BULAC, including by organizing workshops and online lectures, she said.
The center is the first platform of its kind launched in collaboration with a foreign partner, Tsagouria said, adding that it is a model for other institutions.
BULAC anticipates more cooperation with the National Central Library, whether it be in Chinese-language studies or library training, she said.
Monday’s ceremony also included the signing of an agreement between the two institutions to collaborate on a catalog of ancient Chinese books.
The National Central Library since 2005 has been involved in digitization cooperation projects in numerous countries with university and national libraries that have important ancient Chinese books.
It has Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies in 40 countries, which provide institutions with physical copies of Taiwanese research materials.
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