Recap: International Workshop-Forum on China’s Publishing Soft Power

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On Friday, August 14, 2015, the Brown University Library hosted a workshop and forum about China’s Publishing Soft Power. Below is a list of the presentations.

Opening Speech: Introduction to the Conference and Attendees (Li Wang)

Session I. Trends in Global Information and Communication (Moderator: William S. Monroe)

1. Keynote Speech: Global Brown: Comprehensive Internationalization (Sonia Feigenbaum)
2. Keynote Speech: Libraries, Publishing and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age (Ned Quist)
3. Understanding Moore’s Law in Digital Publishing (Xiao Chuan Lian)
4. From Hollywood to Huallywood—through Visual Literacy (Yan Ma)
5. Arab Spring and Publishing Landscape of the Middle East (Ian Straughn)
6. Brill Publishers and the Publishing Process with Brill (Qin Higley)

Session II. Landscape of Booming Publishing Enterprises in China (Moderator: Hong Ji)

1. Keynote Speech: Growth of China’ Publishing Industry (Zhang Zhiqiang)
2. Chinese Scholarly Publishing:  (Huang Fang)
3. Growth of Chinese Digital Publishing (Susan Xue)
4. Pishu: Non-official Report Series for Social Science Studies (Xie Shouguang, Liren Zheng, and Liang Fan)
5. Chinese Bookfairs: Domestic and International (Wang Pengfei)
6. Publishing Industry in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Maco (Zhuge Weidong)

Session III. Challenges and Strategies for Accessing to Chinese Scholarly Resources (Moderator: Zhuge Weidong)

1. Best Practices for Selecting and Acquiring Growing Chinese Print Resources (Ming Sun Poon)
2. Issues on Evaluation on Chinese E-resources (Chengzhi Wang)
3. Organization and Access to Chinese Materials for the Confucius Institutes in the U.S. (Yan Ma)
4. Reexamine the Role of Special Collection Librarians (Yan He)
5. Professional Exchanges and Collaborations between Chinese and American libraries and librarians (Shuyong Jiang)

Concluding Remarks and Announcements (Li Wang)

List of Attendees