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Library shows how ancient books have been saved
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AN exhibition was launched at Shanghai Library yesterday to display the city’s achievements in preserving Chinese ancient books over the past decade.
The exhibition, showcasing 70 ancient books provided by 12 local libraries and museums, runs until Sunday and admission is free. Both books listed in the national and city-level lists of valuable ancient books are exhibited.
Shanghai established a Chinese ancient books preservation center at Shanghai Library in 2008 after the State Council launched a nationwide campaign.
The city has been coordinating with local public libraries, museums, publishers and libraries in universities, research institutes and religious organizations regarding the preservation and research of ancient books.
Shanghai Library alone has repaired 19,733 ancient books with over 1.09 million pages in the past 10 years.
Zhou Deming, deputy director of Shanghai Library, said there are more than 50 million ancient books in China and at least 10 percent of them are in urgent need of repair. “But the number of professionals who can do repairing is less than 100,” Zhou added.
A forum, the third of its kind, will be held today for experts from Shanghai and Taiwan to exchange experiences in ancient books protection.
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