Book exchanges between Shanghai and Taipei
20/8/2004 10:13
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
As of September
16th, citizens from Shanghai and Taipei will be able to borrow books from each
other's libraries, as part of a program jointly initiated by the Shanghai
Library and Taipei Municipal Library to increase cultural exchangebetween the
two cities, the Xinmin Evening News reported today.
The Taipei Municipal
Library boasts 36 rooms, with nearly four million volumes . And following a
merger with the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Innformation, the
Shanghai Library now boasts 50 million volumes of books and documents.
From
September 16, citizens from Shanghai and Taipei can search online for the books
and documents they wish to borrow and the books will then be requested and sent
via post to the respective libraries.
The Taipei Municipal Library will
promote the program at a public library expo next
month.
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