Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
China Initiative

International Workshop - Forum on China's Publishing Soft Power

Friday, August 14, 2015

8:00am – 6:00pm

Conference Room 103, Horace Mann House 47 George Street, Providence, RI

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.           Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00 a.m.           Introduction to Workshop-Forum and Its Attendees/Presenters (Li Wang)

 

Session I. Trends in Global Information and Communication

(Moderator: Bill Monroe)

 

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.           Keynote Speech (TBD) (Sonia Feigenbaum)

9:15 - 9:25 a.m.           Keynote Speech: Libraries, Publishing and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age (Ned Quist)

9:25 - 9:35 a.m.           Issues on Digital Publishing (TBD) (Xiao Chuan Lian)

9:35 - 9:45 a.m.           From Hollywood to Huallywood—through Visual Literacy (Yan Ma)

9:45 - 9:55 a.m.           Arab Spring and Publishing Landscape of the Middle East (Ian Straughn)

9:55 - 10:05 a.m.         Brill Publishers and the Publishing Process with Brill (Qin Higley)

 

Session II. Landscape of Booming Publishing Enterprises in China

(Moderator: Hong Ji)

 

10:05 - 10:20 a.m.       Keynote Speech: Growth of China’ Publishing Industry (Zhang Zhiqiang)

10:20 - 10:30 a.m.       Chinese Scholarly Publishing:  (Huang Fang)

10:30 - 10:40 a.m.       Growth of Chinese Digital Publishing (Susan Xue)

10:40 - 10:50 a.m.       Pishu: Non-official Report Series for Social Science Studies (Liren Zheng, Liang Fan)

10:50 - 11:00 a.m.       Chinese Bookfairs: Domestic and International (Wang Pengfei)

11:00 - 11:10 a.m.       Publishing Industry in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Maco (Zhuge Weidong)

11:10 – 11:20 a.m.      Coffee Break

 

Session III. Challenges and Strategies for Accessing to Chinese Scholarly Resources

(Moderator: Zhuge Weidong)

 

11:20 - 11:30 a.m.       Best Practices for Selecting and Acquiring Growing Chinese Print Resources (Ming-sun Poon)

11:30 - 11:40 a.m.       Issues on Evaluation on Chinese E-resources (Chengzhi Wang)

11:40 - 11:50 a.m.       Organization and Access to Chinese Materials for the Confucius Institutes in the United States (Yan Ma)

11:50 - 12:00 noon      Reexamine the Role of Special Collection Librarians (Yan He)

12:00 - 12:10 p.m.      Professional Exchanges and Collaborations between Chinese and American libraries and librarians (Shuyong Jiang)

12:10 - 12:20 p.m.      Questions and Answers

12:20 - 12:30 p.m.      Concluding Remarks and Announcements (Li Wang)

(12:00 - 1:00 p.m.)      Lunch (on site or carry out)

12:30 - 6:00 p.m.        Discussion and Exchange (group tour to Newport, R.I.)