Great as it is, the Birth and Death Chronology of Scholars in the Qing Dynasty is not perfect. The author of this paper studies the lecturers from Fuwen Academy, Chongwen Academy, Ziyang Academy, Xuehai Academy, Dongcheng Academy, etc., and corrects and supplements the dates of birth and death and titles of more than 30 of them, including Zhang Xiguang and Jiang Guoliang.

Iliad is a Western classic originally written in ancient Greek. Most Chinese readers are not able to read ancient Greek, and have to read one Chinese translation of Illiad. Up to now, there have been numerous Chinese translations  of Illiad , which are of different quality and deserve close evaluation. On the basis of a in-depth textual comparison among some common Chinese translations of Illiad , it is believed that the one by Chen Zhongmei, and the one by Luo Niansheng and Wang Huansheng are the top two, while others have their own features.

Tsiang,Tingfu F.'s Chinese Modern History is a far-reaching work in the field of modern history research. Since 1938, there have been more than 60 editions of Chinese Modern History. The book was created in the war fire, so it is doomed to be a part of China’s patriotic activities. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the book "disappeared" on the mainland. After the reform and opening up, there was a boom in the publication of Chinese Modern History. We can see that it is because the time and the political background at that time that the book Chinese Modern History evolved into some many versions.

China studies, which has profound impact overseas, boasts a long history in Japan. Based on investigation method, China studies research institutions in Japan can be generally divided into three categories: official institutions founded  by  government,  demotic  institutions  operated  by  a  legal  person  or  academic  associations,  and  research institutions  in  universities.  This  article  selects  the  representative  research  institutions  from  the  above  classifications, introduces  their  history,  prime  study  and  academic  achievements,  and  summarizes  the  characteristics  of  the  China studies in Japan as well as its development and evolution.

“City Study” library service, as a new serving pattern, has been promoted in Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan and other cities for it facilitates the development of communities. Based on a case study on “City Study” and their serving modes, the author of this paper analyzes problems in funds, working hours, number of libraries and safety control. The author also offers suggestions for improvement. The goal is to identify featured and distinctive developing paths for “City Study” in different areas. As a result, “City Study” service, guided by proper theories, can improve its service.

Space reconstruction and functional reorganization are among the important measures in the transformation and development of university libraries. Due to the advancement of informationization, digitalization and networking, the library of Jiangnan University has made some achievements in overall planning, spatial layout and environmental education by taking renovation as an opportunity. The reconstruction has a macro plan and will be implemented step by step. The first step is to remold the first floor of Area A and Area C and next Area B and the rest floor of Area A. As a result, the reconstruction provides Internet and power sockets for every desk at the library. Readers can expect a self- service library which is endowed with great culture deposit and targeted discipline service.

In Xiashan of Shanyin, the He’s family is known as a prominent family in Yuezhong area since the Ming dynasty, with people of talent coming forth in large numbers. Clan He's spectrum of Shanyin Xiashan in Qing dynasty, collected by the Keqiao District Museum in Shaoxing, is indispensable for studying the origins, family development, and celebrities of Clan He's family in the Xiashan. Misleading concepts exist in the spectrum, as well as the posts assumed by the family members are exaggerated and fabricated. The article attempts to restore its original face through historical documents and make a brief assessment of its value. There is no denying that the spectrum describes a quite complete genealogical tree for the He’s. It helps some celebrities in the Ming and Qing dynasties find their positions in the He’s clan and improve the research on scholars taking part in the imperial examination in Shaoxing.

Most of the text content in Qing Wen Xian Tong Kao Jing Ji Kao  was excerpted from Si Ku Quan Shu Zong Mu. However, Shi Bu Jing Ji Kao compromised Ma Duanlin′s Wen Xian Tong Kao and Si Ku Quan Shu Zong Mu  in the area of catalogue and stylistic rules and layout. By studying Shi Bu Jing Ji Kao as samples, we may draw the conclusion that Shi Bu Jing Ji Kao  had revised many disadvantages of Si Ku Quan Shu Zong Mu.

The reading pictures of ancient China is a window to understand the reading information of the ancients. The author of this paper collects several reading pictures in Taizhou in the Qing Dynasty from relevant materials. Based on these pictures, the paper tries to analyze the reading objectives in ancient times: people read for pleasure and enjoyment and scholars read for academic success and official rank. The paper also studies the development of reading habits: families worked to hold big book collection and asked celebrities to paint and inscribe. They aimed to develop a reading habit nationwide. Loyalty and piety were the goal of reading. Women were also encouraged to read in the Qing Dynasty. That is how the paper can facilitate the promotion of reading education today.

The production of the painted edition of Huangqing Zhigong Tu (The Picture Album of Subordinate Peoples of the Qing Dynasty) was a national project during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It officially began in the sixteenth year of Qianlong period (1751). A decade later in 1761, the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong period, it was initially completed. Since then, it has gone through five supplements in Qianlong period and redraws and supplements in Jiaqing period before finally finalized. In terms of edition, the original painted edition in Qianlong Reign was hand scroll and album, later, two copies of color painting manuscripts were made.

The paper reviews documents about health information behaviors in both China and foreign countries to improve scholars’ understanding of this field and facilitate further research. The paper firstly discusses the concepts of health information and health information behaviors and then reviews related research in both China and abroad from the demands of health information, search and access of health information and utility and evaluation of the information. At last, the paper suggests that some fields lag in both research and scholars, research objects and methodology are not diversified. The author of this paper believes that mobile health information behavior will become a new focus.

Hanshu Yiwenzhi recorded books collection before the Han dynasty, which reflected the development of the ancient  books,  and  summarized  the  academic  history  comprehensively.  Through  the  researching  on  Hanshu  Yiwenzhi, we can find that the traditional academic which developed from the Pre-Qin Period to the Han dynasty has the following characteristics:  Confucianism had achieved a dominant position, the hundred schools of thought was fused into a unified framework of academic theory gradually, the development of the literature and history was deeply affected by the study of Confucian classics.

Yi Chou Reading Club, organized by the progressive youths, is the most influential  and successful reading community  in  Taizhou,  Zhejiang  province  in  the  first  half  of  the  20th  century.  This  community  goes  through  four developmental  stages:  Xiao  Xia  club,  formal  establishment,  rapid  development  and  forced  collapse  which  offers ideological  enlightenment  and  lay  a  solid  foundation  for  Linhai  CPC  construction  and  development,  it  also  provides talents pool for CPC in Linhai, whose leading members actively participated in the recovery and development of CPC in Taizhou, which made great contribution to the building of the CPC in Tai Zhou.

The National Library of France is one of the libraries to have the most abundant Chinese Classics in the world. It has not only a large number of books, documents and manuscripts but many precious paintings, prints, rubbings and photographic originals covering both social science and natural science. These documents provide an indispensable basis and guarantee for the study of sinology in France. The collection and collation of Chinese classic are the results of the efforts of generations of French sinologists. By reviewing the history of the collection of Chinese classics from the middle ages to the period of the First and Second World Wars, this paper describes French sinologists who have contributed great to the collection and cataloging of the documents. Apart from studying the development of sinology in France, the author of this paper also aims to research the spread and influence of Chinese culture abroad and to highlight the role of Chinese culture in cultural exchanges.

Based on the development of public libraries’ makerspaces, the paper studies practices taken by Science and Technology Branch of Hangzhou Public Library “Makerspace” in the last three years from the perspective of the public library makerspace business implementers. This paper employs spatial thinking, platform thinking, systematic thinking, and relationship thinking to explore the implementation path and development mechanism of transformation from public library's makerspace to STEAM maker education space. At last, this paper proposes suggestions from the aspects of cross-border cooperation, platformization, linkage operation, public in-depth practice, integration into the community, cooperated supervision, in order to provide reference for the construction and development of public library maker space.

The block-printed edition of Hong Wu Ping Yang Zhi in the Ming Dynasty is the earliest extant local chronicle in Shanxi, which adopts a three-class compendium style. It boasts both concise description and rich historical data. Hong Wu Ping Yang Zhi is presented in the form of pictures and texts, including the map of some states and counties of Pingyang Prefecture in the early Ming Dynasty, which can be rarely seen. Some of its contents are extracted from old records before the Ming Dynasty, showing detailed historical materials of the Pingyang mansion in the early Ming Dynasty. Thus it is of great literature value for us to understand the work of records cultivation in Pingyang before the Ming Dynasty and the regional features of Pingyang Prefecture in the early Ming Dynasty. Some scholars inferred that the chapter number of Hong Wu Ping Yang Zhi was less 30, but according to annals and the Wen Yuan Ge Shu Mu, it could be inferred that the book had four volumes with less than 20 chapters. The book made a mistake in putting Pingyang under Zhao State. There is a higher possibility that Pingyang was administrated by Han State. Therefore we may underestimate the value of Hong Wu Ping Yang Zhi.

The New History of the Five Dynasties and the Old History of the Five Dynasties are the most basic historical materials  for  studying  the  history  of  the  Five  Dynasties.  However,  errors  were  unavoidable  in  these  two  history  books due  to  various  limitations  during  the  writing  process  of  The  New  History  of  the  Five  Dynasties  by  Ou  yangxiu  and the  Old  History  of  the  Five  Dynasties  by  Xue  Juzheng,  as  well  as  the  mistakes  made  in  circulation  or  carving.  In  this paper, the author makes research on more than 20 suspected errors of the New History of the Five Dynasties and the Old History of the Five Dynasties to provide reference for scholars who study and use them.

Based on the folk collection of manuscripts of the Qing Dynasty Xiaoshan Metropolitan Examination Titles, referring to the Qing Dynasty imperial examination materials and the relevant research results, the article describes the Xiaoshan metropolitan examination in the Qing Dynasty. The paper also makes supplementary records for the manuscript that did not include Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations). It examines the phenomenon of "maoji" (fraudulent membership) among the Xiaoshan Jinshi, the imperial examination family and the important officials of the imperial court. In this way, we can reflect on the developments of the Xiaoshan imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty, especially the metropolitan examination. Since Xiaoshan has changed its name and the area under its jurisdiction repeatedly in history, the paper is based on the area under the jurisdiction of Xiaoshan before the establishment of Binjiang District in 1996.

In 2022, generative artificial intelligence, with ChatGPT as a prominent example, emerged as a powerful force, rapidly infiltrating various industries. Representing a significant technological breakthrough from being merely functional to being user-friendly, generative artificial intelligence aligns with the fundamental direction of the digital library's transformation into a smart library. It promises innovative applications in resource development, service models, and service ecosystems. The Zhejiang Library's Zhejiang Xinguan has constructed an integrated framework for smart libraries and actively explored the potential applications of generative AI within this framework. This exploration serves as a valuable insight for libraries, encouraging them to seek technological empowerment through enhanced collaboration, upgraded hardware and software infrastructure, strengthened local data development, expanded smart service scenarios, and improved user interaction experiences. It also highlights the importance of mitigating potential technological risks from data security, legal issues, and AI ethics.

A severe strike of the COVID-19 virus has posed a great threat to China and the rest part of the world, which also forced libraries to face the challenges and reflect on their works. In view of the current situation of public health and epidemic prevention in libraries, this paper identifies weaknesses in architectural design, spatial planning, distribution of public facilities, management consciousness and measures. The paper suggests raising the awareness of library management, make full use of information resources, invest more in library construction and improve working efficiency. It is hoped that the work of epidemic prevention in public space can be more standardized and exercised in daily life. That is how libraries can be more capable of responding to public health emergencies and be more modernized.