周余姣.邓衍林之生平、著述与贡献[J].中国图书馆学报,2017,43(1):107~126
Teng Yen-lin's Life,Academic Works and Contributions
邓衍林之生平、著述与贡献
Received:November 02, 2016  
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Key words:Teng Yen-lin  Library scientist  Tien Hsiang middle school  The secretariat of the United Nations  Union catalogue  Reference service
中文关键词:  邓衍林  图书馆学家  天祥中学  联合国秘书处  联合目录  参考咨询
基金项目:本文系国家社会科学基金重点项目“中国图书馆学史专题研究”(编号:13AZD066)的研究成果之一
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ZHOU Yujiao 中山大学资讯管理学院 广东 广州510006 
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Abstract:

    This paper focuses on Teng Yen-lin,a representative figure of the Second Generation or the so-called Boone Library School Generation in the library history of China. Born in Jiangxi Province,Teng Yen-lin (1908-1980)was a well-known library scientist,bibliographer and expert on reference work. After graduating from Hongdao Middle School,he started his library career as a staff in Jiangxi Provincial Library. In 1930,he enrolled in the Boone Library School,and received a systematic library science education under the guidance of Samuel Tsu-Yung Seng and other forerunners. One year later,he became an employee of the National Library of Peiping,and engaged in reading service and reference work for nearly ten years. With the help of Tung-li Yuan,he compiled a lot of bibliographical works and laid a solid academic foundation for himself too. In 1939,he entered the Teachers College of the Southwest Associated University to continue his education. In 1940,he co-built the Tien Hsiang Middle School,which was once hailed as “The Best Middle School in China”. Between 1941 and 1944,he acted as its principal and was believed to be seeking the route of Mr.Tsai Yuen-pei,the renowned former president of the National Peking University. Between 1945 and 1946,he studied at the Columbia University,and did part-time work in the Harvard-Yenching Library led by Alfred Kaiming Chiu for a short period. In 1946,he got an M.A. degree in Education from Columbia University,and then served in the Secretariat of the United Nations for about 10 years.In 1956,despite America’s obstruction,he came back to China and became an associate professor in the Library Science Department of Peking University after accepting the employment invitation from the Dean Wang Chung-min. In 1957 and 1958,he was granted three interviews with the former Premier Zhou Enlai,causing a sensation in the Chinese library circle. Later,he was appointed as the Head of the National Book Union Catalogue Board,and contributed a lot for Chinese union catalogue work. In short,studying and working in many important institutions at home and abroad,and dedicated to library-related work all his life,Teng was among the Chinese model library scientists in the 20th century. His personal life and academic course can be seen as a miniature of Chinese library scientists’ endeavor,which deserves close attention.

    Regretfully,Teng’s life,academic works and contributions were ignored by for a long time. On the basis of painstaking textual work,this paper makes a detailed survey of his life,focusing on his library-related education and employment career. In order to get an overall understanding of his academic thoughts,this paper makes a textual analysis of his bibliographic works,such as Recommendatory Chinese Reference Books,Union Catalogue of Books on Chinese Mathematics in the libraries of Peiping,A Catalog of Chinese Frontier Books, Reference Work and Basic Reference Works and Several Basic Problems of Compiling the Union Catalog. Three characteristics of his academic career and achievements were sum up. They are as follows:Firstly,Teng held fast to the principle of National Peiping Library and served for the scholars wholeheartedly; Secondly,Teng was honored as a walking encyclopedia for his bibliographical works on many disciplines; Thirdly,Teng dedicated and contributed greatly to the cause of union catalogue during China’s “March towards Science”. In the end,The author calls for further research to Teng Yenlin. 86 refs.

中文摘要:
      邓衍林,我国图书馆学家、目录学家和参考咨询专家,曾在文华图书馆学专科学校、西南联合大学师范学院、美国哥伦比亚大学研究院求学,先后在江西省立图书馆、国立北平图书馆、哈佛燕京图书馆、联合国秘书处工作,1956年冲破阻挠返国,服务于北京大学图书馆学系,受到周恩来总理三次接见。后担任全国图书联合目录编辑组组长,为我国联合目录事业做出了突出的贡献。目前国内尚无专文探讨其生平、著述与贡献。本文详考其生平,重点揭示了他的图书馆职业生涯以及他在创办昆明天祥中学、任职联合国秘书处和组织领导我国联合目录事业上的贡献,并对其主要著作《中文参考书举要》《中国边疆图籍录》《参考工作与基本参考书》等进行分析,总结了他在我国图书馆学史上的学术地位和贡献。参考文献86。
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