Describes the development of the Digital Library Initiatives, the project’s experimental centers, and several information resource sharing networks in America and compares them with the development of the China Digital Library Project (CDLP), the China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS), and related initiatives. Comparisons are made between the two countries’ approaches to organization and coordination of their respective digital library projects and the related developments in networking, information resources, and information technology. Also discusses the existing problems and coping strategies for digital library projects in China.
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