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Nancy M. Cline, chief librarian of Harvard College Library, said at the signing ceremony in Widener Library that the project would help preserve rare and aging items in the collection and allow scholars from around the world to access the materials for free...
...When we first embarked on this project just a little less than a year ago, the scope and size seemed incredibly daunting,” Cline said, noting that the two libraries are a half-world apart. “But we realized we shared a commitment to supporting research and scholarship, a strong commitment to caring for heritage materials...and to [creating] high-end digital collections for the future...
...first three-year phase of the project will begin in January and digitize books from the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, which date from about 960 AD to 1644. The second phase will begin in 2013 and digitize Qing Dynasty books that date from...
...their class account. But here's the catch: the students can't go and spend the money on a new iPod or an Xbox at the end of the year. Each account, which could reach a maximum of $15,000, can only be used to finance a school-related project or endeavor, such as a class trip abroad to improve foreign-language skills, computer equipment for the classroom or driving lessons to obtain a license. Still, not a bad deal. (See pictures inside a boarding school...
...while the party's role in Chinese state media wasn't trumpeted, it also wasn't missed by human-rights activists and press critics who attended the conference. While the summit was billed as a nongovernmental event, David Bandurski of Hong Kong University's China Media Project noted on the project's website that Li was formerly the deputy chief of the CCP's propaganda department. The summit, Bandurski wrote, is "a naked ploy by the CCP to enhance China's global influence over media agendas," and the foreign media representatives "an audience at court...