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Columbia University's Starr East Asian Library Receives 2,200 Taiwan Publications from the Information Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.
(July 29, 2002)  (July 29, 2002) Columbia
University's C.V. Starr East Asian Library received
2,200 books published in Taiwan from the
Information Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Office (TECO) in New York. TECO relocated its library
in June and donated its collection to a number of academic
libraries.
Due to TECO's association with Professor David Wang, Chair
of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia,
and the strength of the University's program in Chinese
literature, TECO donated the books on literature to Columbia. Two
graduate students in Chinese studies and Charles Wu, Head of
Technical Services at Starr, went to the TECO library and selected
over 2,200 volumes. These books significantly enrich the Starr
Library's collection.
Dr. Amy Heinrich, Director of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library
said, "The addition of these volumes to our collections is
tremendous." She continued, "They increase our ability to
support research and study of Taiwan and its literature. Receiving
this donation of books from TECO is an honor."
The Information Division of the
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York is one of more
than 50 overseas offices of the Government Information Office (GIO)
of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Its primary mission is to
promote better understanding between Taiwan and the United States
in all aspects by keeping the American press, academic, political,
and social leaders abreast of accurate and up-to-date information
about Taiwan.
The C. V. Starr East Asian Library
is one of the major collections for the study of East Asia in the
United States, with well over 720,000 volumes of Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Tibetan, and Western language materials, with some holdings
in Mongol and Manchu, and over 5,000 periodical titles. The
collection, established in 1902, is particularly strong in Chinese
history, literature, and social sciences; Japanese literature,
history, and religion, particularly Buddhism; and Korean history.
The library's web site is located at
http://www.columbia.edu//cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/index.html.
For further information contact:
Mr. Charles Wu
Head of Technical Services,
C. V. Starr East Asian Library
(212) 854-2579
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