Recent Reference Books in Taiwan

Authors

  • Lin‑Yea Cheng
  • Martha C. Leung
  • Joyce Yung‑tzu Wu

Abstract

Surveys the publication of reference books in Taiwan between 1972 and 1988, as a continuation of Tze‑chung Li’s 1974 study. The number of reference books published in the period was 4,079; social science materials accounted for 38% and science/technology materials for 23%. Principal publications in all categories are cited and annotated.

Author Biographies

Lin‑Yea Cheng

Lin‑Yea Cheng is an Instructor in Library and Information Science in the World College of Journalism, Taipei. A native of Taiwan, she took a B.A. there at the Fu‑Jen Catholic University. In 1990 she earned an M.L.S. at Rosary College. She was a reference librarian in the National Central Library, Taipei, from 1983 to 1987.

Martha C. Leung

Martha C. Leung is Library Media Specialist, Amherst Central High School, Buffalo, New York.

Joyce Yung‑tzu Wu

Joyce Yung‑tzu Wu is Librarian of the Sinological Institute, University of Leiden, Netherlands. A native of Taiwan, she earned her bachelor’s degree there, at National Cheng Kung University. After 13 years as a librarian in Hong Kong, she came to the United States and took her master’s degree in library science at the State University of New York, Buffalo. She then served as Assistant Librarian at the University of Hong Kong until 1986, when she moved to the Netherlands. An article by her appeared in Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies.

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (1993)

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