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Mr. Paul Lau (劉得光)
(University Library System, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Email: <paullau@lib.cuhk.edu.hk>
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Paul Lau is currently the Computer Officer of Library System at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He obtained his degree in Computer Aided Engineering at The University of Huddersfield, U.K. in 1993. After graduated, Paul worked at Lingnan University and Hong Kong Police department on system design and development projects.
In 1997, Paul joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong as Assistant Computer Officer and responsible for system design and development, project planning and implementation. Projects undertaken included digital reformatting of existing collections and the development of web-based interface for these digital resources. Apart from WEB based database system, he is also responsible for the system enhancements of The Chinese University Library Smartcard project.
He is currently involved in projects on HKLIT ( Hong Kong Literature database), HKinchip (Chinese Periodicals index Hong Kong database), HKCAN (Hong Kong Chinese Authority Database), and MCDRAMA (Contemporary Chinese Drama Database).
ABSTRACT
MISSION POSSIBLE! : A Collaborative Project on Chinese Name Authority Control – the HKCAN Model
Presenting on behalf of the JULAC-HKCAN Workgroup
2006-2007 JULAC-HKCAN Standing Committee Members:
- Chinese University of Hong Kong Library (HKCAN Database Host Institution)
- City University of Hong Kong Library
- Hong Kong Baptist University Library
- Hong Kong Institute of Education Library
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library
- Lingnan University Libraries (HKCAN Workgroup Secretary)
- University of Hong Kong Libraries
Although they have been widely adopted throughout the world since the mid-1970s, MARC authority records developed in the early days are rendered in romanized forms, without any original scripts. This kind of transliteration presents no morphological meaning to the original Chinese headings. It is often confusing to the Chinese readers, even when they are accustomed to various romanization systems.
In order to tackle this problem, as well as to meet the bilingual nature of the community, the Hong Kong academic libraries began to cooperate since 1999, to build a Hong Kong Chinese Authority name (HKCAN) Database. This presentation provides an overview of Chinese name authority projects with particular focus on the latest achievements of the HKCAN Project. This presentation features HKCAN Workgroup’s experiences in implementing the Project as a cooperative effort, its subsequent findings and the significant impacts created on the current and future developments of Chinese authority work among the library communities in Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, as well as Japan.
In addition to the contents and coverage of the HKCAN Database, this presentation also features the new XML Model developed for the HKCAN Database, with detailed descriptions on its new functionalities and capabilities. In mid 2003, the HKCAN Database Host Library – the University Library System of the Chinese University of Hong Kong initiated in mid 2003, to develop a new XML model. The new features of this new XML model have eliminated many obstacles that have previously hindered an effective sharing and exchanges of data on an international scale.
The future of regional resources sharing and cooperation among libraries in East Asia is yet to be shaped and the Chinese libraries are learning the ropes in authority work, we are confident that their efforts in cooperation on authority work can ultimately benefit other libraries worldwide.
The presentation will also include the following:
- detailed analysis on HKCAN Database’s monthly growth statistics, as well as its monthly contribution to OCLC.
- live demonstration, featuring the One-Stop Search functionality developed by the HKCAN Host Institution for the simultaneous harvesting of authority records from various national name authority files, e.g., from National Library of China, National Central Library of China (Taiwan), HKCAN, and from the Library of Congress.
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