[PW] ? Education in China

[Miriam Gottschalk]

My first professional job (in 1997) was to establish a library in an
international school which shared a facility with a Chinese public school.
This was in Tianjin Economic and Development Area, 2-1/2 hours SE of
Beijing.  There was a huge public library in Tianjin city, with a
periodicals room which had dozens of magazines from China as well as other
countries, including the Utne Reader!!  The library is six stories, with
millions of volumes.  Chinese people are avid readers.  The newspapers are
displayed in glass cases on the streets and people are always reading.

There was a goal in China at that time to establish thousands of public
libraries all over the country.  Visit the following:

http://www.allcountries.org/china_statistics/22_6_facilities_services_and_ex
penditures_of.html	gives a chart of library statistics from 2004

http://www.nlc.gov.cn/en/others/tushuguan.htm	lists links to libraries'
websites all over China and Taiwan (public, research, school, other
libraries abroad) 

http://www.chinatoday.com/reference/reference.htm	China Reference and
Libraries

Hope this helps!

Mim Gottschalk
Children's Librarian
Rancho Mirage Public Library
71-100 Highway 111
Rancho Mirage, CA  92270
760-341-7323  Ext. 774
miriamg at ranchomiragelibrary.org