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the Library Science. However, his bibliographical thoughts have been ignored so far. Therefore,
this paper is intended to make a tentative interpretation of his bibliographical thoughts by means
of both textual analysis and historical analysis. When studying in the University of Nanking, Tsien
was influenced by Liu Kuo-chün’s bibliography course, and published his early paper “Library and
Academic Research”, in which he elaborated on the functions, types, compiling and evaluation of
bibliography. Besides, he compiled An Index to Opinions on the Mukden Incident, providing many
clues for later scholars. After his graduation from the University of Nanking in 1932, Tsien worked
in the Chiao Tung University Library in Shanghai. Under the guidance of Librarian Ding U Doo,
Tsien not only compiled Ding U Doo: A Bio-Bibliography, but also took part in the compiling of A
Selected Bibliography of Books for Ordinary Libraries. In 1937, Tsien transferred to the Shanghai
Office of the National Library of Peiping, where he was influenced by Tung-Li Yuan and other
colleagues. In 1947, Tsien went to study in the United States and later stayed there. Influenced by
Lester Asheim and Jesse H. Shera, Tsien learned more about Western bibliographical thoughts,
and began to make use of bibliometrics and make comparisons between Chinese and Western
bibliographical thoughts. When teaching in the University of Chicago, Tsien introduced Tung-
Li Yuan and Eugene Wu’s bibliography works and laid a solid academic foundation for himself.
As a result of his research, Tsien published some important bibliographies, including Western
Impact on China Through Translation: A Bibliographical Study and China, China: An Annotated
Bibliography of Bibliographies, and A Preliminary Bibliography of Chinese Printing History.
Tsien’s bibliographies could be divided into different types,such as annotated, comprehensive
and special ones. And his bibliographical thoughts got influenced by both Chinese and Western
scholars. He not only attached great importance to the role of bibliography in academic research
and library work, but also emphasized bibliographers’ dedication. Besides, influenced by Tsien,
some of his disciples accomplished a lot in bibliography. Based on the experience of Tsien’s
academic life and achievements gained, we once again verified the role of bibliography in the
“academic gateway to learning”. In carrying forward the fine traditional culture of China, the
function of bibliography should be of special significance.

The situation of library-matching market of Chinese electronic books and the
co-operative strategy between electronic books and paper books
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DUAN Shuangxi〇
Recently, on the one hand, libraries in China face increasing pressures on shortage of budget and
physical space, and the PDA (Patron Driven Acquisition) model is in urgent need. On the other
hand, librarians have no choice but to purchase aggregator packages when Chinese e-books are

* Correspondence should be addressed to DUAN Shuangxi, Email: sxduan@library.ecnu.edu.cn, ORCID: 0000-0001-7733-7187